OXBOW BOOK NEWS

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New and forthcoming titles forSummer 2017

ArchaeologyThe Ancient WorldGreece and RomeThe Middle Ages

A warm welcome to the Summer edition of the Book News, in which you will find a

veritable hoard of books on everything from the invention of numbers to the subterranean

landscapes of the Western Front. Egypt and the Near East are particularly well represented

in this catalogue, from texts to tombs, and urbanism to agriculture.

The Romans feature strongly in our Autumn publishing programme. Britannia Romana by

R. S. O. Tomlin draws on the work of the Roman Inscriptions of Britain project to tell the

story of Roman Britain through its epigraphy. Combining historical narrative with themed

explorations of Roman society, it shows just how much we can learn from inscriptions,

and how they shed light on the everyday lives of the inhabitants of Roman Britain. The

House of the Surgeon, Pompeii edited by Michael Anderson and Damian Robinson publishes

the first results from the important Anglo-American excavations in Pompeii, providing

a full account of one of the most iconic houses in one of the world’s most iconic sites.

It adds considerable detail to our knowledge of Pompeii’s urban development. The work

of Alan Sorrell will be immediately familiar from countless guidebooks and museums

from Roman sites across Britain. Alan Sorrell: The Man Who Created Roman Britain by Julia

Sorrell and Mark Sorrell tells the story of this peerless archaeological illustrator and the

processes which informed his detailed and evocative reconstructions.

Winchester is the subject of the next volume in the hugely popular series of atlases from

the Historic Towns Trust. Edited by Martin Biddle and Derek Keene this large format work

traces the development of Winchester in maps and text from Roman times to the early

modern era. Winchester also forms the focus of a new archaeological synthesis by Patrick

Ottaway – Winchester: An Archaeological Assessment, while the latest in the Winchester

Studies series publishes and analyses the vast and important skeletal remains spanning 1300

years from Roman to medieval from excavations in and around Winchester, and features

as an Editor’s Choice.

This issue of Oxbow Book News has been compiled by Mike Schurer © Oxbow Books 2017

Published by Oxbow Books, The Old Music Hall, 106–108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JETel: +44 (0)1865-241249 | E-mail: oxbow@oxbowbooks.com | www.oxbowbooks.com

Cover Image: Rock art in south-east Scania by Peter Skoglund © Peter Skoglund reproduced with permission.From: North Meets South: Theoretical Aspects on the Northern and Southern Rock Art Traditions in ScandinaviaEdited by Peter Skoglund, Johan Ling and Ulf BertilssonForthcoming from Oxbow Books in 2017.

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General Interest

Coins of England & The United KingdomStandard Catalogue of British CoinsEdited by Emma HowardThis historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalogue to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the present day, arranged in chronological order and divided into metals under each reign, then into coinages, denominations and varieties. Under Elizabeth II the decimal issues are separated from the pre-decimal coinages, with all decimal coinage since 1968 listed in a separate volume. 808p, col illus (Spink Books 50th ed. 2017) 9781907427633 Hb £30.00, NYP

Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme SeriesIn the 20 years since i t was set up The Portable Antiquities Scheme, which records f inds made by the public, has had a huge impact on Britain’s archaeology. The vast amounts of data which it has produced have enabled the location of many new sites, and proved a watershed in relationships between archaeologists and the wider public, metal-detectorists in particular. This series explores the past region by region by presenting 50 finds which combine the representative with the spectacular or unusual, and together shed light on trade, religion, warfare and daily life from Prehistory to the modern age.

50 Finds from HampshireBy Katie Hinds96p, col illus (Amberley 2017) 9781445662343 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from YorkshireBy Amy Downes & Rebecca Griffiths96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445661469 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from Manchester and MerseysideBy Vanessa Oakden96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658551 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from LancashireBy Stuart Noon96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658377 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from EssexBy Ben Paites96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658353 Pb £14.99

50 Finds From Nottinghamshire and DerbyshireBy Alistair Willis96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658537 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from SurreyBy David Williams96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658735 Pb £14.99

50 Finds from CumbriaBy Dot Boughton96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445658230 Pb £14.99

The Sea in History SeriesHow important has the sea been in the development of human history? Very important indeed is the conclusion of this important four vo l u m e wo r k . T h e books bring together the world’s leading maritime historians, who consider, across the entire world, subjects related to h u m a n m i g r a t i o n , trade, economic development, warfare, the building of political units including empires, the dissemination of ideas, culture and religion, and much more, showing how the sea was crucial to all these aspects of human development.

The Sea in HistoryThe Ancient WorldEdited by Christian Buchet300p, 48 b/w illus. (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271573 Hb £125.00The Sea in HistoryThe Medieval WorldEdited by Michel Balard1086p, b/w illus (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271597 Hb £125.00

The Sea in HistoryThe Early Modern WorldEdited by Christian Buchet & Gerard Le Bouedec1072p, b/w illus (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271580 Hb £125.00

The Sea in HistoryThe Modern WorldEdited by N. A. M. Rodger848p, b/w illus (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271603 Hb £125.00

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Method and TheoryForthcoming from Oxbow Books

Public Archaeology and Climate ChangeEdited by Tom Dawson, Courtney Nimura, Elías López-Romero & Marie-Yvane DaireThis volume promotes n e w a p p r o a c h e s t o studying and managing sites threatened by climate change, specifically actions that engage communities or employ ‘citizen science’ initiatives. With examples from across the globe, this selection of 18 papers details the scale of the problem through a variety of case studies. Contributors examine differing responses and proactive methodologies for the protection, preservation and recording of sites at risk from natural forces and demonstrate how new approaches can better engage people with sites that are under increasing threat of destruction. 208p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707049 Pb £38.00

Archaeologies of Gender and ViolenceEdited by Bo Jensen & Uroš MatićUroš Matić and Bo Jensen have brought together a team of both young and senior researchers from many different countries in this first volume that aims to explore the complex intersection between archaeology, gender and violence. Papers range from theoretical discussions on previous approaches to gender and violence and the ethical necessity to address these questions today, to case studies dealing with gender and violence from prehistoric to early medieval Europe, but also including studies on ancient Egypt, Persia and Peru. The contributors deal both with representations of violence and its gendered background in images and text, and with bioarchaeological evidence for violence and trauma with a gendered background. 252p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706882 Pb £36.00

Engaging with the DeadExploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human BodyEdited by Jennie Bradbury & Chris ScarreEngaging with the Dead adopts a cross-disciplinary, archaeologically focused, approach to explore a variety of themes linked to the interpretation of mortuary traditions, death and the ways of disposing of the dead. Nineteen papers highlight the current vitality of ‘death studies’ and the potential of future research and discoveries. Contributors explore changing beliefs and practices over time, considering how modern archaeology, ethnography and historical records can aid our interpretations of the past, as well as considering how past practices may have influenced understandings of death and dying within the modern world. 288p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706639 Hb £55.00

Children, Death and BurialArchaeological DiscoursesEdited by Eileen Murphy & Mélie Le RoyChildren, Death and Burials assembles a panorama of studies with a focus on juvenile burials; the 16 papers have a wide geographic and temporal breadth and represent a range of methodological approaches. All have a similar objective in mind, however, namely to understand how children were treated in death by different cultures in the past; to gain insights concerning the roles of children of different ages in their respective societies and to find evidence of the nature of past adult–child relationships and interactions across the life course. A broad range of issues are addressed within the volume, including the inclusion/exclusion of children in particular burial environments and the impact of age in relation to the place of children in society. 240p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707124 Pb £40.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSAntiquarianismsContact, Conflict, ComparisonEdited by Benjamin Anderson & Felipe RojasScholars have made significant progress in the documentation and analysis of indigenous antiquarian traditions, but the clear-cut distinction between “indigenous” and “colonial” archaeologies has obscured the intense and dynamic interaction between these seemingly different endeavours. This book concerns the divide between local and foreign antiquarianisms focusing on case studies drawn primarily from the Mediterranean and the Americas. Points of comparison and contrast provide a framework for conjoint analysis of the emergence of hybrid or cross-bred antiquarianisms. Rather than assuming that interest in antiquity is a human universal, this book explores the circumstances under which the past itself is produced and transformed through encounters between antiquarian traditions over common objects of interpretation. 232p, (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706844 Pb £35.00

Dress and SocietyContributions from ArchaeologyEdited by T. F. Martin & R. WeetchT h e s o c i a l c o n t ex t of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. Not only does dress constitute an important means by which people integrate and segregate to form group identities, but interactions between objects and bodies, quintessentially illustrated by dress, can also form the basis of much wider symbolic systems. Dress and Society illustrates the range of current archaeological approaches to dress using a number of case studies drawn from prehistoric to post-medieval Europe. Presenting the eight papers together creates a strong argument for a theoretically informed and integrated approach to dress as a specific category of archaeological evidence, emphasising that the study of dress not only draws openly on other disciplines, but is also a sub-discipline in its own right. 192p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703157 Pb £36.00

Baroque AntiquityArchaeological Imagination in Early Modern EuropeBy Victor Plahte TschudiWhy were seventeenth-century antiquarians so spectacularly wrong? Even if they knew what ancient monuments looked like, they deliberately distorted the representation of them in print. This pioneering study uncovers an antiquity born with print culture itself and from the need to accommodate competitive publishers, ambitious patrons and powerful popes. Instead of being testimonies of failed archaeology, these depictions emerge as complex architectural messages responding to moral, political, and religious issues of the day. 326p, b/w illus, col pls (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107149861 Hb £64.99

Travels with an ArchaeologistFinding a Sense of PlaceBy Richard HodgesThis entertaining new book from Richard Hodges functions both as a memoir, offering personal reminiscences of the many important excavations which he has directed, and as a reflection upon archaeology as a whole. The five senses are used as a framing device, and it is these physical interactions with the past and its remains which form the key theme of the book. 184p, b/w illus (Bloomsbury 2017) 9781350012646 Hb £20.00

Three Stones Make a WallThe Story of ArchaeologyBy Eric H. ClineThis book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries, from Pompeii to Petra, Troy to the Terracotta Warriors, and Mycenae to Megiddo and Masada, bringing to life the personalities behind these digs. 480p, b/w illus (Princeton UP 2017) 9780691166407 Hb £27.95

Percy ManningThe Man Who Collected OxfordshireBy Michael HeaneyPercy Manning (1870-1917) was an Oxford antiquary who amassed enormous collections about the history of Oxford and Oxfordshire. He was interested in all periods of history and prehistory, collecting Stone Age tools, Roman coins, medieval tiles, and relics of ways of life that were disappearing in his own day. This volume provides the first detailed biography of Manning, together with in-depth studies examining specific parts of his collections. 33 2 p ( A r c h a e o p r e s s 2 0 1 7 ) 9781784915285 Pb £30.00

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EDITOR’S CHOICEThe Social Archaeology of FoodThinking about Eating from Prehistory to the PresentBy Christine A. HastorfThis book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, the Inka and many other periods and regions, to ask how the meal in particular has acted as a social agent in the formation of society, economy, culture and identity.

Drawing on a range of social theorists, Hastorf provides a theoretical toolkit essential for any archaeologist interested in

foodways. Studying the social life of food, this book engages with taste, practice, the meal and the body to discuss power, identity, gender and meaning that creates our world as it created past societies.

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Interdisciplinarity between Humanities and ScienceA Festschrift in honour of Prof. Dr. Henk KarsEdited by Sjoerd Kluiving, Lisette Kootker & Rita HermansThis festschrift for Henrik Kars combines papers on landscape archaeology, bioarchaeology and archaeometry. Topics include palaeolandscapes of the Netherlands, isotope research, and a quartzite Neolithic axe. 184p b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904042 Hb £95.00, 9789088904035 Pb £35.00

Archaeology with ArtEdited by Helen Chittock & Joana Valdez-TullettArchaeology with Art explores the relationship between archaeology and art practice, the interactions between materials and pract i t ioners , and the processes that result in the objects and images we call ‘art’. The book offers new approaches to the study of creative practices in archaeology, ranging from experimental investigations to philosophical explorations and contains a diverse set of papers that use insights from contemporary art practice to examine the making of past artworks. 196p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914929 Pb £30.00

European Archaeology as AnthropologyEssays in Memory of Bernard WailesEdited by Pam J. Crabtree & Peter BoguckiThe essays in this volume highlight the contribution of the European archaeological record to our understanding of the emergence of social complexity. The abundant data show that technological i n n o v a t i o n s s u c h a s metallurgy appeared very early, but urbanism and state formation are comparatively late developments. The papers provide case studies in how ancient Europe can inform anthropological archaeology, providing important comparisons for the construction of models for cultural development for other regions of the world. 288p, b/w illus (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9781934536896 Hb £47.00

A Critique of Archaeological ReasonStructural, Digital, and Philosophical Aspects of the Excavated RecordBy Giorgio BuccellatiGiorgio Buccellati presents a theory of excavation that aims at clarifying the nature of archaeology and its impact on contemporary thought. Integrating epistemological issues with methods of data collection and the role and impact of digital technology on archaeological work, the book explores digital data in order to comprehend its role in shaping meaning and understanding in archaeological excavation. He uses the site of Urkesh in Syria, where he has worked for decades, as a case study to demonstrate his theory. 388p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107046535 Hb £85.00, 9781107665484 Pb £27.99

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Geographical Information Systems in Urban Archaeology and Urban PlanningA Case Study of a Modern Greek City Built on Top of an Ancient CityBy Helene SimoniThis book focuses on the implications of discovering archaeological layers during construction works in modern cities for both urban archaeology and urban planning. Patras, Greece was selected as the case study. G.I.S. and statistics are used to demonstrate the statistical relationship between data from urban planning and urban archaeology, enabling the prediction of the existence of antiquities and their depth. 83p, b/w illus (BAR 2812, 2016) 9781407314778 Pb £17.00

Making VisibleThree-Dimensional GIS in Archaeological ExcavationBy Stefania MerloThis book explores the extent to which archaeological data and GIS structures parallel one another and, through this discussion, it challenges ideas around the ability of the traditional archaeological record to represent multidimensional spaces. The book then argues that three-dimensional data and the use of modelling techniques in a three-dimensional GIS allow for a better and more nuanced understanding of the excavated archaeological record. 186p, b/w and col figs (BAR 2801, 2016) 9781407314723 Pb £39.00

Recent Advances in Laser Ablation ICP-MS for ArchaeologyEdited by Laure Dussubieux, Mark Golitko & Bernard GratuzeThis book explores different aspects of LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry). It presents a large array of new analytical protocols for elemental or isotope analysis. LA-ICP-MS is a powerful tool that combines a sampling device able to remove very small quantities of material without leaving visible damage at the surface of an object. 358p, (Springer Verlag 2016) 9783662498927 Hb £66.99

Gatherings: Past and PresentProceedings from the 2013 Archaeology of Gatherings International Conference at it Sligo, IrelandEdited by Fiona BeglaneThe aim of the conference and of this volume was to take a multidisciplinary approach to explore the structures, material culture and psychology behind gatherings of people. The papers seek to contribute to the study of varied types of temporary gatherings both from the contemporary world and from the past, from religious and political assemblies, to social interactions and to exchange commodities and ideas. 136p (BAR 2832, 2017) 9781407314587 Pb £28.00

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Not Just for ShowThe Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork, and Personal OrnamentsEdited by Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, Clive Bonsall & Alice M. ChoykeThese papers discuss the social narratives behind bead and beadwork manufacture, use and disposal; the way beads work visually, audibly and even tactilely to cue wearers and audience to their social message(s). Understanding the entangled social and technical aspects of beads require a broad spectrum of technical and methodological approaches including the identification of the sources for the raw material of beads. These scientific approaches are also combined in some instances with experimentation to clarify the manner in which beads were produced and used in past societies. 224p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706929 Hb £48.00

Understanding Ancient FortificationsBetween Regionality and ConnectivityEdited by Ariane Ballmer, Manuel Fernandez-Götz & Dirk P. MielkeIn many regions of Europe and beyond fortifications belong to the most impressive of archaeological remains. However, fortifications are generally examined in a temporally, regionally or culturally limited context. Going a step further, this volume aims to bring into focus concepts of fortifications, which can be socially, symbolically or functionally, but also chronologically and supra-regionally aligned. An important question is to determine which fortification elements are culture-specific, and which can be regarded as convergence or even universal phenomena. Adopting a comparative view, the central aim of the volume is to highlight the diversity and the structural similarities of ancient fortifications. The chronological framework goes from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, and the geographical scope from the Ural steppes to the Iberian Peninsula. 192p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707483 Hb £55.00

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Cremation and the Archaeology of DeathEdited by Jessica Cerezo-Roman, Howard Williams & Anna WessmanS e e k i n g t o c h a l l e n ge simplistic narratives of cremation in the past and present, the studies in this volume seek to confront and explore the challenges of interpreting the variability of cremation by contending with complex networks of modern allusions and imaginings of cremations past and present and ongoing debates regarding how we identify and interpret cremation in the archaeological record. 368p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198798118 Hb £85.00

A Shadow of WarArchaeological approaches to uncovering the darker sides of conflict from the 20th centuryBy Claudia TheuneThis book presents archaeological research from places of war, violence, protest and oppression of the 20th and the 21st century. Through careful archaeological investigation, it presents different and new perspectives that are not recorded clearly in existing written, pictorial or oral archives. The merging and examination of all sources together is what enables us to understand the complexity of the history. 150p, col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904547 Hb £25.00, NYP

Forensic ArchaeologyThe Application of Comparative Excavation Methods and Recording SystemsBy Laura EvisThis book evaluates current archaeological excavation methods and recording systems in relation to their use in providing forensic evidence, and their ability to satisfy the admissibility tests introduced by the Law Commission, and other internationally recognised bodies. The four defined methodological approaches were assessed experimentally, using a grave simulation of known properties to test the excavation, recording, and interpretation of material evidence, the definition of stratigraphic contexts, and understanding of stratigraphic relationships. 2 4 8 p , ( A rch a e o p res s 2 0 16 ) 9781784914844 Pb £38.00

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSMolluscs in ArchaeologyMethods, Approaches and ApplicationsEdited by Michael J. AllenThe subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It gives the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes. It includes Marine, Freshwater and land snails studies, and examines topics such as diet, economy, climate, environmental and land-use, isotopes and molluscs as artefacts. It aims to provide archaeologists and students with the first port of call giving them a) methods and principles, and b) the potential information molluscs can provide. 200p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706080 Pb £25.00

Economic ZooarchaeologyStudies in Hunting, Herding and Early AgricultureEdited by Peter Rowley-Conwy, Dale Serjeantson & Paul HalsteadThese 33 papers discuss key re s e a rc h i s s u e s concerning hunting, h e r d i n g a n d e a r l y agriculture through the analysis of zoological and archaebotanical remains. Aspects of method and theory, animal bone identification, human p a l a e o p a t h o l o g y , p r e h i s t o r i c a n i m a l utilisation in South America, and the study of dog cemeteries are covered. The long-running controversy over the milking of animals and the use of dairy products by humans is discussed as is the ecological impact of hunting by farmers, with studies from Serbia and Syria. For Britain, coverage extends from Mesolithic Star Carr, via the origins of agriculture and the farmers of Lismore Fields, through considerations of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. 296p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785704451 Hb £40.00

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The Oxford Handbook of ZooarchaeologyEdited by Umberto Albarella, Mauro Rizzetto, Hannah Russ, Kim Vickers & Sarah Viner-DanielsA cutting-edge compendium of zooarchaeology the world over that transcends environmental, economic, and social approaches, seeking instead to provide a holistic view of the roles played by animals in past human cultures. Studies of hunter-gatherers, farmers, herders, fishermen, and even traders and urban dwellers highlight the importance that animals have had in all forms of human societies. 816p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199686476 Hb £110.00

Atlas of Mammal Distribution through Africa from the LGM (~18 ka) to Modern TimesBy Helene JousseThis work provides the first overview of mammal species distributions in Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum to modern times. The occurrences of taxa in archaeological sites on the African continent were recorded in a database, integrating geographical and chronological information to produce a chronological atlas of mammalian distributions on successive maps over the last 18 ky. 316p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915407 £45.00

Injury and Trauma in BioarchaeologyInterpreting Violence in Past LivesBy Rebecca C. RedfernSynthesising the latest research, this book critically examines the sources of evidence used to understand and interpret violence in bioarchaeology, exploring the significant light such evidence can shed on past hierarchies, gender roles and life courses. It examines injury patterns in different groups as well as the biological, psychological and cultural factors that make us behave violently, how our living environment influences injury and violence, the models used to identify and interpret violence in the past, and how violence is used as a social tool. 362p (Cambridge UP 2016) 9780521115735 Hb £49.99

Applied ZooarchaeologyFive Case StudiesBy Torben Rick, Lisa Nagaoka & Stephen J. WolvertonThis book uses a series of case studies to explore the types of interdisciplinary challenges that zooarchaeologists face when crossing into the world of environmental management and animal conservation. Never has there been a greater need for multi-vocal perspectives in conservation biology. This book shows zooarchaeologists how to use zooarchaeological perspectives to help meet those needs, while crossing traditional academic disciplinary boundaries. 130p (Eliot Werner Publications 2016) 9780989824965 Pb £25.00

HeritageManaging Archaeological Collections in Middle Eastern CountriesBy Dianne FitzpatrickCollections management practice is an often ignored aspect of archaeological research in many Middle Eastern countries, yet literally thousands of artefacts are recovered every year with no real strategies for managing them sustainably into the future. In this guide, archaeologist Dianne Fitzpatrick sees archaeological collections management as a means of integrating achievable good-practice strategies into research designs and site management plans. 1 15 p ( A r c h a e o p r e s s 2 0 1 6 ) 9781784914882 Pb £26.00

The Western FrontLandscape, Tourism and HeritageBy Stephen Thomas MilesFor the first time this book brings together the three strands of heritage, landscape and tourism to provide a fresh understanding of the multi-layered nature of the Western Front. Two dominant interpretations of the region’s landscape – commemorative and heritage – are highlighted and their relationship to tourism explored. 256p (Pen & Sword 2016) 9781473833760 Hb £19.99

Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage ConventionA Thematic Study. Volume 2Edited by Clive Ruggles & Michel CotteThis volume examines a number of key questions relating to astronomical heritage sites and their potential recognition as World Heritage, attempting to identify what might constitute “outstanding universal value” in relation to astronomy. Case studies include seven-stone antas (prehistoric dolmens) in Portugal and Spain, the thirteen towers of Chankillo in Peru, the astronomical timing of irrigation in Oman, Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory in France, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Aoraki–Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve in New Zealand. A case study on Stonehenge, already a World Heritage Site, focuses on preserving the integrity of the solstitial sightlines. 298p (Ocarina Books 2017) 9780954086763 Pb £25.00, NYP

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Living on the EdgeArchaeological Investigations at Steart Point, SomersetBy Lorrain Higbee & Lorraine MephamA number of significant sites and areas of past human activity and inhabitation from the Iron Age, the Romano-British period, the medieval and early post-medieval periods have been recorded. The results follow broad regional patterns seen in the Severn Estuary Levels, with the more regularly planned farming landscapes and permanent settlement evidence from the Romano-British period onwards, developing from seasonal, episodic exploitation of this resource-rich salt-marsh landscape. 100p, b/w and col illus (Wessex Archaeology 2017) 9781874350897 Pb £7.50

Archaeology and Landscape at the Land’s End, CornwallThe West Penwith Surveys, 1982-2010By Peter Herring, Nicholas Johnson, Andy M. Jones, Jacqueline A. Nowakowski, Adam Sharpe & Andrew YoungLand’s End has long attracted the attention of archaeologists with its numerous prehistoric ceremonial monuments and deeply embedded imprints of early settlement. This book is the result of over 270 pioneering archaeological surveys and conservation projects carried out over the past 35 years. (Cornwall County Council 2016) 9780993392924 Hb £29.00

Dry Stone WallsHistory and HeritageBy Angus WinchesterDry stone walls create much of the character of upland landscapes across Britain. How do we go about dating dry stone walls? Why were they built and by whom? This book seeks answers to these questions and also suggests how walls themselves may be ‘read’ as historical evidence, shedding light on past farming practice and the history of local communities. 96p, b/w and col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445651484 Pb £14.99

The Making of the British LandscapeFrom the Ice Age to the PresentBy Nicholas CraneIn this accessible work Nicholas Crane tells the story of the British landscape. He traces its transformation from a European peninsula of glacier and tundra to an island of glittering cities and exquisite countryside, exploring the relationship between people and place and the deep-rooted tensions between town and countryside. 592p, col pls (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2016) 9780297856665 Hb £20.00

LandscapeArchaeology and Land-use of South-East England to 1066Edited by Michael J. Allen & David RudlingIn this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England over 30 leading authors provide a comprehensive overview of the South-East as an informed narrative and interpretation of the prehistory and history of the region. Chronological chapters tell the story of the development of the South-East by period from the Palaeolithic to the Norman Conquest. Others focus on either specific areas within the region, or aspects of material culture and the economy. This is the first book to look at the region as a whole for a generation and since the advent of developer-funded archaeology, and it will have an important place in the archaeology of the South-East. It is offered in memory of Sussex Archaeologist Peter Drewett. b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781782979623 Hb £35.00

New ForestThe Forging of a LandscapeBy Hadrian CookProvides an historical narrative of the occupation and use of a vast area that was, for centuries, important as a Royal Hunting Forest and subject to many contentious laws and regulations, but which includes much economically marginal land. Four critical themes are explored through time: the shaping of the natural environment into human prehistory; human intervention through natural resource management; governance and management of the forest over time, stressing pressures on resources and attempts at exclusion of certain social groups; and policies and designations to conserve the New Forest. Cook aims to reflect a complicated narrative around the evolution caused by changing management and economic objectives reflecting governance arrangements at different times. 232p b/w and col illus (Windgather Press 2017) 9781911188193 Pb £34.99

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World PrehistoryNumbers and the Making of UsCounting and the Course of Human CulturesBy Caleb EverettNumbers and the Making of Us is a sweeping account of how numbers radically enhanced our species’ cognitive capabilities and sparked a revolution in human culture. Caleb Everett brings new insights in psychology, anthropology, primatology, linguistics, a n d o t h e r d i s c i p l i n e s to bear in explaining the myriad human behaviours and modes of thought numbers have made possible, from enabling us to conceptualize time in new ways to facilitating the development of writing, agriculture, and other advances of civilization. 312p (Harvard UP 2017) 9780674504431 Hb £22.95

Stone Tools in Human EvolutionBehavioral Differences Among Technological PrimatesBy John J. SheaJohn J. Shea argues that over the last three million years hominins’ technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that seen among living non-human primates, to a uniquely human pattern of obligatory tool use. Examining how the lithic a rc h a e o l o g i c a l re co rd changed over the course of human evolution, he compares tool use by living humans and non-human primates and predicts how the archaeological stone tool evidence should have changed as distinctively human behaviours evolved. 306p, (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107123090 Hb £64.99, 9781107554931 Pb £22.99

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSHistoric Gardens and Parks of DerbyshireChallenging Landscapes, 1570-1920By Dianne BarreThe open hilly terrain of much of Derbyshire has long been a challenge to gardeners and landscapers, but has produced some spectacular walled and terraced gardens. In this lavishly illustrated and lively new study Dianne Barre looks not just at such beautifully restored and accessible gardens as Haddon, Melbourne and Renishaw but also lost gardens and parks at Swarkeston, Knowle Hill, Sutton Scarsdale, Wingerworth and Drakelow and considers the importance of gardens at Derbyshire Spa towns. There are many surprises as the author re-examines the fashionable, the quirky, the accessible and the lost and little known. 272p, b/w and colour (Windgather 2017) 9781911188049 Pb £25.00

Street Trees in BritainA HistoryBy Mark JohnstonThis is the first book on the history of Britain’s street trees and it gives a highly readable, authoritative and often amusing account of their story, from the tree-lined promenades of the seventeenth century to the majestic boulevards that grace some of our modern city centres. The impact of the Victorian street tree movement is examined, not only in the major cities but also in the rapidly developing suburbs that continued to expand through the twentieth century. While much of the book focuses on the social and cultural history of our street trees, the last three chapters look at the practicalities of how these trees have been engineered into concrete landscapes. 352p, b/w and col illus (Windgather Press 2017) 9781911188230 Pb £30.00

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The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric FigurinesEdited by Timothy InsollFigurines dating from prehistory have been found across the world but have never before been considered g l o b a l l y. T h e O x f o rd Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines is the first book to offer a comparative survey of this kind, bringing together approaches from across the landscape of contemporary research into a definitive resource in the field. Specific themes that are discussed by contributors include theories of figurine interpretation, meaning in processes and contexts of figurine production, use, destruction and disposal, and the cognitive and social implications of representation. 976p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199675616 Hb £110.00

Myths about Rock ArtBy Robert G. BednarikRather than considering the myths supposedly depicted in the world’s rock art, this book examines the myths archaeologists and others have created about the meanings and significance of rock art. Here these constructs are subjected to detailed analysis and are found to consist largely of misinterpretations. In particular the claims about a connection between rock art and the neuropathologies of its producers are assessed, and the neuroscience of rock art interpretation is reviewed. 220p b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914745 Pb £30.00

Cave ArtBy Bruno DavidBruno David tells the story of the world of decorated caves, from the oldest known ‘painting kits’, found virtually intact after their use 100,000 years ago in South Africa, to the magnificent murals of the European Ice Age that are so famous today. Showcasing the most astounding discoveries made in the past 150 years of archaeological exploration, Cave Art explores these creative achievements, from our remotest ancestors to recent times, and what they tell us about the human past and ourselves today. 256p, b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2017) 9780500204351 Pb £12.95

The Science of Human EvolutionGetting It RightBy John H. LangdonThis textbook provides a collection of case studies i n p a l e o a n t h ro p o l o gy demonstrating the method and limitations of science. These cases introduce the reader to various problems and illustrate how they have been addressed historically. The various topics selected r e p r e s e n t i m p o r t a n t corrections in the field, some critical breakthroughs, models of good reasoning and experimental design, and important ideas emerging from normal science. 220p b/w and col figs (Springer Verlag 2016) 9783319415840 Hb £48.99

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSThe Diversity of Hunter Gatherer PastsEdited by Bill Finlayson & Graeme WarrenThis thought provoking c o l l e c t i o n o f n e w research papers explores the extent of variation amongst hunting and gathering peoples past and present and the considerable analytical challenges presented by this diversity. This problem is especially important in archaeology, where increasing empirical evidence illustrates ways of life that are not easily encompassed within the range of variation recognised in the contemporary world of surviving hunter-gatherers. Discussion of hunter-gatherers shows them to be varied and flexible, but modelling of contemporary hunter-gatherers has reduced them into essential categories, portraying them as static and without history. It is often said that the study of hunter-gatherers provides insight into past forms of social organisation and behaviour; unfortunately it often limits our understandings of these societies. Here, contributors explore past hunter-gather diversity over time and space to provide critical perspectives on general models of ‘hunter-gatherers’ and attempt to provide new perspectives on hunter-gatherer societies. 192p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705885 Pb £36.00

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Archaeology and Environment on the North Sea LittoralA Case Study from Low Hauxley By Clive Waddington and Clive BonsallThe sequence of excavations at Low Hauxley uncovered a truly remarkable archaeological site where layer upon layer of human history had survived in a discrete parcel of land as sediments had built up during the Holocene. The remains date from the Mesolithic to the modern period and include particularly well-preserved features thanks to their burial under a metre of dune sand in a benign geochemical environment. 323p, b/w and col illus (Northumberland Wildlife Trust 2016) 9780993078910 Hb £30.00

YarntonNeolithic and Bronze Age Settlement and LandscapeBy Gill Hey, Christopher Bell, Caroline Dennis & Mark RobinsonThis fascinating study examines a 2500 year settlement history and its changing landscape with evidence related to house construction, burial practices, pit digging, craft activity, farming strategies, and interaction and exchange with nearby and distant communities. 812p, b/w illus (Oxford Archaeology 2016) 9781905905379 Hb £29.95

The Making of Prehistoric WiltshireLife, Ceremony & Death from the Earliest Times to the Roman InvasionBy David Field & Dave McOmishThis volume provides an up-to-date account of the prehistory of Wiltshire from the earliest evidence for human occupation to the influence on the Romano-British countryside; it outlines the effect of past climate change on the topography and how animals and people established the landscape that we know today. The story is one of exuberant but excessive monument building, of innovation potentially fuelled by competition to impress, and of the struggle to subsist. 176p, b/w and col illus (Amberley 2017) 9781445648415 £16.99

Pembrokeshire County History, Volume 1By Timothy Darvill, Heather James, Kenneth Murphy, Geoffrey Wainwright and Elizabeth A. WalkerThis long-awaited volume completes the Pembrokeshire County History, and provides an excellent and beautifully illustrated up-to-date synthesis of its archaeology from earliest times to the Norman Conquest. Contents: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers; Neolithic and Bronze Age; Later Prehistoric; Roman; Early Medieval. 552p col illus (Pembrokeshire County History Trust 2016) 9780903771160 Hb £35.00

Art and Architecture in Neolithic OrkneyProcess Temporality and ContextBy Antonia ThomasUntil recently relatively little has been known about the decoration of Orkney’s uniquely important Neolithic sites. This book addresses that gap, providing the first major discussion of Orkney’s Neolithic carvings, and using these as a springboard to challenge many of the traditional assumptions relating to Neolithic art and architecture. by foregrounding the architectural context of mark-making, the book explores how both buildings and carvings emerge though the embodied social practice of working stone, and how this relates to the wider context of life in Neolithic Orkney. 274p, col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914332 Pb £45.00

Prehistoric Britain and IrelandNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSAn Upland BiographyLandscape and Prehistory on Gardom’s Edge, DerbyshireBy John Barnatt, Bill Bevan & Mark EdmondsGardom’s Edge is an area of gritstone upland situated on the Eastern Moors of the Derbyshire Peak District. Like other parts of the Eastern Moors, Gardom’s Edge has long been renowned for the wealth of prehistoric field systems, cairns and other structures which can still be traced across the surface. Drawing on the results of original survey and excavation, An Upland Biography documents prehistoric activity across this area, exploring the changing character of occupation from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age. It also tacks back and forth between local detail and regional patterns, to better understand the broader social worlds in which Gardom’s Edge was set. 200p, b/w and colour (Windgather 2017) 9781911188155 Pb £34.99

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Celtic WalesBy Miranda Aldhouse-GreenCeltic Wales explores the early history of Wales from its Celtic Iron Age beginnings until the early medieval period. It engages with controversial current issues such as the ‘Celtic Debate’ (whether or not it is valid to call later prehistoric Europe, including Wales, ‘Celtic’). It places Wales in its wider European context, explaining shared and divergent values, belief-systems and communication with the wide world. The book takes as its building-blocks of evidence both ancient and medieval literature and archaeology, with a final chapter that looks at the fascinating world of Celtic mythology in Wales. 192p, col illus (University of Wales Press 2017) 9781786830425 Pb £11.99

A Celtic FeastThe Iron Age Cauldrons from Chiseldon, WiltshireBy Alexandra Baldwin & Jody JoyThis volume presents for the first time the results of the excavation and scientific analysis between 2005 and 2013 of seventeen Iron Age cauldrons discovered in a large pit on farmland in the parish of Chiseldon, Wiltshire. The assemblage is unprecedented in many respects and is the largest known single deposit of prehistoric cauldrons from Europe. Thought to be vessels made and used for feasting, the capacity represented by the Chiseldon Hoard indicates the potential in these societies to host feasts with many hundreds, if not thousands of participants, demonstrating considerable levels of sophistication and organisation. 160p, col illus (British Museum Press 2017) 9780861592036 Pb £40.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEExploring AveburyThe Essential GuideBy Steve MarshallThis superbly illustrated book serves as an excellent introduction to the entire Avebury landscape, with full coverage of the famous stone circle and other well-known monuments such as Silbury Hill and the West Kennet long-barrow, but also of elements of the landscape which no longer remain such as the huge timber West Kennet

Palisade enclosures. As well as providing an up-to-date synthesis, Stephen Marshall also gives insights

from his own experimental research, most notably reconstructing acoustic aspects of the monuments, as well as shedding light on the importance of water in the landscape.

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The Beaker Phenomenon?Understanding the Character and Context of Social Practices in Ireland 2500-2000 BCBy Neil CarlinThe nature and social significance of the Beaker phenomenon, as well as the reasons for its rapid and widespread transmission have been much debated. The adoption of these new ideas and objects in Ireland provides a highly suitable case study in which to investigate these issues. Significantly, this integrated regional study reveals that the various Beaker-related objects found in Ireland were all deposited during a series of highly structured and rule-bound activities which were strongly influenced by pre-existing Irish traditions. 500p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904646 Hb £195.00, 9789088904639 Pb £65.00, NYP

Archaeological excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. ClareBy Marion DowdIn 2011, cavers exploring a little-known cave on Moneen Mountain in County Clare in the west of Ireland discovered part of a human skull, pottery and an antler implement. An archaeological excavation followed, leading to the discovery of large quantities of Bronze Age pottery, butchered animal bones and oyster shells. The material suggests that Moneen Cave was visited intermittently as a sacred place in the Bronze Age landscape. 108p col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914547 Pb £28.00

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Made for TradeA New View of Icenian Coinage By John TalbotIn Made for Trade, John Talbot presents the findings of a decade-long investigation that has challenged many pre-conceptions about the Late Iron Age. A die-study was performed on every known example of the coinage of the Iceni – over 10,000 – coins, which enabled definitive chronologies to be constructed and the underlying organisation of the coinage to be fully appreciated for the first time. Talbot further explores production, weight and metal content as the coinage evolved, the use of imagery and inscriptions, and patterns of hoarding. These various threads demonstrate that the coinage was economic in nature and reflected development of a more sophisticated monetary society than had previously been thought possible. 320p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708121 Hb £55.00

Excavations at Milla Skerra, SandwickRhythms of Life on Iron Age Unst By Olivia LelongThe Iron Age settlement at Milla Skerra was occupied for at least 500 years before it was covered with storm-blown sand and abandoned. Excavation revealed many details of the life of the settlement and how it was reused over many generations. From the middle of the 1st millennium BC people were constructing stone-walled yards and filling them with hearth waste and midden material. Later inhabitants built a house on top, with a paved floor and successive hearths. Outside were new yards and workshops for crafts and metalworking, which were remodelled several times. Thousands of artefacts and environmental remains from Milla Skerra reveal the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of the people that lived in this windswept and remote island settlement and their connections to both land and sea. 144p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703430 Hb £25.00

A Lake Dwelling in Its LandscapeIron Age settlement at Cults Loch, Castle Kennedy, Dumfries & GallowayBy Graeme Cavers & Anne CroneCults Loch, at Cast le Kennedy in Dumfries & Galloway lies within a landscape rich in prehistoric cropmark sites and within the loch itself are two crannogs, one of which has been the focus of this study. The Cults Loch crannog is only the second prehistoric site in Scotland to be dated by dendrochronology and analysis has revealed the very short duration of activity on the crannog in the middle of the 5th century BC. The wealth of well-preserved evidence from the crannog, particularly the rich ecofactual assemblages, as well as the higher chronological resolution possible through the dendro-dating of waterlogged timbers, are brought to bear on our understanding of the evidence from the cropmark sites around the loch. 304p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703737 Hb £30.00

Neolithic Stepping StonesExcavation and Survey Within the Western Seaways of Britain, 2008-2014Edited by Duncan Garrow & Fraser SturtThis book’s primary focus is Early Neolithic settlement on islands within the ‘western seaways’ – sites that offer significant insight into the character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in this particular maritime zone. At the heart of the book lie the results of three substantial excavations at L’Erée, Guernsey; Old Quay, St Martin’s (Isles of Scilly); and An Doirlinn, South Uist. Key findings include: the first major Mesolithic flint assemblage recovered from Scilly; one of the most extensively excavated and long-lasting Neolithic/Bronze Age occupation sites in the Channel Islands; the first substantial Neolithic settlement on Scilly; and the longest sequence of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age occupation on a single site from the Outer Hebrides. 192p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703478 Pb £38.00

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Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Settlement along the Empingham to Hannington Pipeline in Northamptonshire and RutlandBy Simon Carlyle, Jason Clarke & Andy ChapmanNineteen sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The Iron Age and Roman sites were small rural settlements comprising ditched enclosures, the remains of roundhouses and pits. A Roman site near Rushton, Northamptonshire may be associated with a villa estate. An Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery dated to the late 5th century to mid-7th century AD contained 16 cremation burials along with small assemblages of grave goods. 144p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915346 Pb £26.00

Dress and Identity in Iron Age BritainBy Elizabeth M. FouldsThrough an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims not only to address regional differences in appearance and chronology, but also to explore the role that this object played w i t h i n t h e n e t w o r k s and relationships that constructed Iron Age society. It seeks to understand how they were used during their lives and how they came to be deposited within the archaeological record, in order to establish the social processes that glass beads were bound within. 352p, b/w illus, col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915261 Pb £50.00

Brochs and the EmpireThe Impact of Rome on Iron Age Scotland as Seen in the Leckie Broch ExcavationsBy Euan W. MacKieThe excavation of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, during the 1970s revealed Roman finds of considerable quality. Many of them seemed like gifts to the broch chief, despite the clear evidence of the violent destruction of the broch at a later date. This study interprets the finds and the destruction of the broch in the context of Roman expansion into southwest Scotland, and in particular the campaigns and strategy of Agricola. 122p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914400 Pb £30.00

Hill-Forts of the CotswoldsBy Sean CampbellThis book provides a detailed background to the many hill-forts situated in the Cotswolds - how they were structured, what materials were used to build them, and the different defences built to protect the sites. The author also surveys interpretations of their purpose, then gives an A-Z guide to each of the thirty four known enclosures in the Gloucestershire area. 96p, b/w and col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445660028 Pb £14.99

Hillforts of the Cheshire RidgeBy Dan GarnerThis volume details the results of the four year Habitats and Hillforts Project, and sets out how these contribute to a deeper understanding of the ordering of the landscape in western Cheshire during the later prehistoric period and beyond. Their chronology can now be seen to have developed from middle/late Bronze Age origins, much earlier than traditionally accepted. The possible development of distinct architectural styles in their construction can be suggested and an enhanced understanding of their surrounding landscape has been achieved. 277p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914660 Pb £45.00

Iron Age Hillfort Defences and the Tactics of Sling WarfareBy Peter RobertsonWas the purpose of an Iron Age hillfort to defend people and resources or was it there to show the power of the community and its leaders? This book reports an investigation of these issues. Sling accuracy at a hillfort was measured for the first time, in a controlled experiment comparing attack and defence across single and developed ramparts. Tactical scenarios modelled from the results showed that hillfort development gave defenders increased advantage. These results support defence as the explanation for the features of the enclosing works of hillforts. 144p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914103 Pb £25.00

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First TextilesThe Beginnings of Textile Production in Europe and the MediterraneanEdited by Małgorzata Siennicka, Lorenz Rahmstorf & Agata UlanowskaThis book is devoted to the early textile production i n E u r o p e a n d t h e Mediterranean and aims to collect and investigate the combined evidence of textile and leather remains, tools, workplaces and textile iconography. The chapters discuss recent achievements in research on ancient textiles and textile production, textile techniques such as spinning, fabric and skin manufacture, use of textile tools and experimental textile archaeology. The volume explores important cultural and social aspects of textile production, and its development. 272p, b/w and colour illus. (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707988 Hb £45.00

Bodies of ClayOn Prehistoric Humanised PotteryEdited by Heiner Schwarzberg & Valeska BeckerSince the earliest use of pottery, vessels have been associated with both the general shape and specific parts of the human body. This collection of 12 papers s t e m s f ro m wo r k o n anthropomorphic features of Neolithic communities between the Near East and Europe. Contributors are engaged in questions about the analysis of human features and characteristics on vessels, their occurrence, function and disposal. Beginning with the European Neolithic and moving on through the Bronze and Iron Ages, papers focus on diachronic archaeological patterns and contexts as well as on the theoretical background of this particular type of container in order to shed light on similarities and differences through the ages and to understand possibilities and limits of interpretation. 160p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706967 Pb £38.00

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Appropriating InnovationsEntangled Knowledge in Eurasia, 5000–1500 BCEEdited by Joseph Maran & Philipp StockhammerAppropriating Innovations aims to shed light on c o n d i t i o n s t h a t m a y facilitate the rapid spread of technological innovation and on processes involved in the integration of new technologies into the life world of the appropriating societies. In particular, papers concentrate on two key innovations, namely the transmission of the various components of the so-called “Secondary Products Revolution” in parts of the Near East and Europe during the 4th millennium BCE and the appropriation of early bronze casting technology, which spread from the Near East to Europe and China in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennium BCE. 296p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707247 Hb £48.00

The Earliest Europeans – a Year in the LifeSurvival Strategies in the Lower PalaeolithicBy Rob HosfieldThe Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’: how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive temperatures, seasonality patterns, and available resources. Using a season-by-season chapter structure Hosfield explores how foods and other resources would vary across the four seasons in quantity and quality, and the resulting implications for hominin behaviours. by testing the likelihood of different scenarios by comparing short-term, site-based insights with long-term, regional trends, Hosfield is able to out forward ideas on how our earliest European ancestors survived and what their lives were like. 160p, b/w figs (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707612 Pb £15.99

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EDITOR’S CHOICEWoodland in the Neolithic of Northern EuropeThe Forest as AncestorBy Gordon NobleThe dramatic changes of the Neolithic period occurred in environments that were radically different to those that exist today, and in northern Europe many landscapes would have been dominated by woodland. This book explores how human-environment relations altered with the beginnings of farming, and how

the Neolithic in northern Europe was made possible through new ways of living in and understanding the environment. Drawing

on a broad range of evidence, from pollen data and stone axes to the remains of timber monuments and settlements, the book analyses the relationship between people, their material culture, and their woodland environment.

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Dwelling on the edge of the NeolithicInvestigating Human Behaviour through the Spatial Analysis of Corded Ware Settlement Material in the Dutch Coastal Wetlands (2900-2300 calBc)By Gary Robert NoblesThis volume presents a detailed spatial analysis of the sites of Keinsmerbrug, Mienakker, and Zeewijk. T h e s e L a t e Ne o l i t h i c settlement sites define the westernmost edge of the Corded Ware Culture (c. 2900-2300 cal BC). The people took part in a broad spectrum of activities: hunting, gathering, fishing, agriculture, animal husbandry, and artisan crafts. They maintained their regional traditions while dwelling on the edge of this Neolithic cultural group. The study depicts Neolithic households as highly mobile with sedentary and seasonal settlements. 355p (Barkhuis 2016) 9789492444073 Pb £70.00

Fluvial Processes in the Pleistocene of Northern EuropeBy Wei ChuBuilding on previous models characterizing fluvial disturbance, the research presented in this volume focuses on identifying new ways of understanding how lithic assemblages are affected by rivers through a series of experiments. It is argued that these effects are predictable, but dependent on aspects of river and artefact morphology. It is suggested that this new knowledge improves our understanding of the earliest human occupations of Northern Europe. 180p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2797, 2016) 9781407314617 Pb £36.00

The Northern Rock Art Tradition in Central NorwayBy Kalle SognnesThis book examines the Northern (Stone Age) rock art of central Norway, which is dominated by images of marine and terrestrial motifs. It focuses on how these images were drawn and are classified, on the topographical location of the sites, on their dating and cultural context, and on the relationship between rock art and material culture, and offers possible interpretations. 208p, b/w illus (British Archaeological Reports 2017) 9781407315164 Pb £37.00

The People of PalomasNeandertals from the Sima de Las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, Southeastern SpainEdited by Erik Trinkaus & Michael J. WalkerThe Neanderthal site at Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, located in Murcia in southeastern Spain consists of the remains of multiple individuals, adding appreciable breadth to the available data for a greater understanding of Neanderthals. Further, its location in the Iberian P e n i n s u l a s o u t h o f the Pyrenees suggests potential for studying a population that may have been somewhat isolated from contemporaneous groups of early humans. This comprehensive analysis represents the first detailed overview of the human fossil assemblage found at the Sima de las Palomas site. 328p b/w illus (Texas A&M UP 2017) 9781623494797 Hb £65.95

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSThe Neolithic of EuropePapers in Honour of Alasdair WhittleEdited by Penny Bickle, Vicki Cummings, Daniela Hofmann & Joshua PollardThe Neolithic of Europe c o m p r i s e s e i g h t e e n specially commissioned papers on prehistoric archaeology, written by leading international scholars. The coverage i s b r o a d , r a n g i n g geographical ly from south-east Europe to Britain and Ireland and chronologically from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, but with a decided focus on the former. Several papers discuss new scientific approaches to key questions in Neolithic research, while others offer interpretive accounts of aspects of the archaeological record. Thematically, the main foci are on Neolithisation; the archaeology of Neolithic daily life, settlements and subsistence; as well as monuments and aspects of worldview. 340p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706547 Hb £48.00

Croatia at the CrossroadsA Consideration of Archaeological and Historical ConnectivityEdited by David Davison, Vincent Gaffney, Preston Miracle & Joanna SofaerThe papers published here arise from the conference Croatia at the Crossroads. Each of them takes Croatia’s particular interconnectedness in terms of social and cultural relationships with the wider region as the starting point for exploring issues across a broad chronological range, from human origins to modernity. Within this, contributors pick up on a variety of different fields of interconnectedness and forms of interaction including biological, cultural, religious, military, trade, craft and maritime relationships. 278p b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784915308 Pb £40.00

Catalogue of Artefacts from Malta in the British MuseumBy Josef Mario Briffa SJ & Claudia SagonaAncient finds from Malta are rare, and those held in the British Museum form an important collection. Represented is a wide cultural range, spanning the Early and Late Neolithic, the Bronze Age, Roman and more recent historic periods. Artefacts excavated by notable Maltese archaeologist, Sir Themistocles Zammit, at the key Neolithic site of Tarxien, and those uncovered by Margaret Murray at Borg in-Nadur form a crucial part of the collection. 33 4 p , b / w a n d c o l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915889 Pb £50.00

Connecting Elites and RegionsPerspectives on Contacts, Relations and Differentiation During the Early Iron Age Hallstatt C Period in Northwest and Central EuropeEdited by Robert Schumann & Sasja Van der Vaart-VerschoofConnecting Elites and Regions brings together scholars from several research traditions and nations who present regional overviews and discussions of Early Iron Age elite burials and material culture from all over Northwest and Central Europe. In many cases these are the first overviews available in English and together they make regional research accessible to a wider audience. As such this volume contributes to and hopes to stimulate research on the Early Iron Age Hallstatt C period on a European scale. 325p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904424 Pb £50.00, NYP

New Perspectives on the Bronze AgeProceedings of the 13th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium 2015Edited by Sophie Bergerbrant & Anna WessmanThis collection of articles helps to explain why the Bronze Age has come to hold such a fascination within modern Scandinavian archaeological research. by providing new theoretical and analytical perspectives on the evidence new interpretative avenues have opened, it situates the history of the Bronze Age in both a local and a global setting. 460p, b/w and col illus (Archaeo-press 2017) 9781784915988 Pb £60.00

The Copper Age in SpainBy Marta Diaz-Zorita BonillaThis investigation uses bioarchaeological methods, such as osteological, palaeopathological and biochemical approaches (stable isotopes), in combination with funerary context to reconstruct the mortality, morbidity, dietary and mobility patterns of two human skeletal populations from the Copper Age (c. 3300-2100 cal BC). The main objective was to test whether social differences were already present during the 3rd millennium BC in southern Iberia. 287p, b/w and col figs (BAR 2840, 2017) 9781407315096 Pb £51.00

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Eurasia at the Dawn of HistoryUrbanization and Social ChangeEdited by Manuel Fernandez-Gotz & Dirk KrausseThe authors of this volume analyse the processes of centralisation, cultural interaction, and social differentiation that led to the development of the first urban centres and early state formations of ancient Eurasia, from the Atlantic coasts to China. The chronological framework spans a period from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, with a special focus on the early first millennium BC. The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach structured around the concepts of identity and materiality. 420p (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107147409 Hb £110.00

The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical ApproachesProceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity held in Thessaloniki, 18-20 September 2015Edited by Manolis ManoledakisThis volume contains 19 papers on the archaeology and ancient history of the Black Sea region, covering a vast period of time, from the Early Iron Age until the Late Roman – Early Byzantine Periods. The majority of papers present archaeological material that has come to light during the last few years, in excavations that have been taking place in several parts of Pontus. Additionally, there are papers that present theoretical approaches to historical issues concerning the Black Sea, its local peoples, cultural aspects or specific sites, as well as a section on the connections between the Black Sea and northern Greece. 298p, col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784915100 Pb £50.00

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Movement, Exchange and Identity in Europe in the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCBeyond FrontiersEdited by Anne Lehoërff & Marc TalonR e c e n t d e c a d e s h ave since a massive increase in large-scale excavation programmes on either side of the Channel in advance of major infra-s t r u c t u r e a n d u r b a n development, resulting in the acquisition of huge, complex new datasets enabling new insights into later prehistoric life in this crucially important region. Papers consider the role of several key archaeologists in transforming our appreciation of the connectivity of the sea in prehistory; consider the extent to which the Channel zone developed into a closely unified cultural zone during later Bronze Age in terms of communities that serviced the movement of artefacts across the Channel with both sides sharing widely in the same artefacts and social practices; examine funerary practices and settlement evidence and consider the relationship between communities in social, cultural and ideological terms; and consider mechanisms for the transmission of ideas and how they may be reflected in the archaeological record. 256p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707162 Hb £48.00

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Prehistory and Archaeology of Northeast IndiaMultidisciplinary Investigation in an Archaeological Terra IncognitaBy Manjil HazarikaThe book is multi-disciplinary in its scope and has as its objective the reconstruction of the subsistence strategies and way of life of the prehistoric communities in Northeast India and their movements, dispersals, and settlements. Evidence has been gathered from ecological, ethnographical, anthropological, and genetic sciences to inspire an interpretation of the available archaeological data for examining linguistic hypotheses of early migration and dispersals of people in this region. 378p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199474660 Hb £43.99

SiruthavoorAn Iron Age-Early Historical burial site, Tamil Nadu, South IndiaBy Smriti HaricharanThis study aims at using and understanding man-land relationships in order to better comprehend the megalithic burials of Tamil Nadu. Many questions remain unanswered for the Iron Age of south India, and the megalithic burials are an important piece of this puzzle. This site specific study helps us better understand some aspects such as spatial distribution, chronology and post depositional changes of the burials at Siruthavoor. 102p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914356 Pb £22.00

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Man and Environment in Prehistoric and Protohistoric South AsiaNew PerspectivesEdited by Aurore Didier & Benjamin MutinThis volume focuses mainly on the complex relationships between man and a changing environment in prehistoric and protohistoric South Asia. It presents 22 papers from the 2012 conference of The European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art. 384p (Brepols 2016) 9782503568034 Pb £75.00

An Illustrated Companion to Japanese ArchaeologyEdited by Werner Steinhaus & Simon KanerThe Illustrated Companion to Japanese Archaeology provides, for the first time a comprehensive visual introduction to a wide range of sites and finds from the earliest occupation of the Japanese archipelago prior to 35,000 years ago to the early historical periods and the establishment of the Chinese-style capital at Heijō, modern-day Nara, in the 8th century AD. 349p, col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914257 Pb £35.00

Bioarchaeology and Climate ChangeA View from South Asian PrehistoryBy Gwen Robbins SchugDuring the late Holocene (1400-700 B.C.), agricultural communities flourished in a semiarid region of the Indian subcontinent, until they precipitously collapsed. Gwen Robbins Schug integrates the most recent paleoclimate reconstructions with an innovative analysis of skeletal remains from one of the last abandoned villages to provide a new interpretation of the archaeological record of this period. Her work clearly and compellingly usurps the climate change paradigm, demonstrating the complexity of human-environmental transformations. 192p, b/w illus (UP of Florida 2016) 9780813054124 Pb £22.95

AmaravatiThe Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in ContextEdited by Akira Shimada & Michael WillisThe Andhra region, located along the south-east coast of India, welcomed Buddhism in the third Century BCE and a stūpa, probably built to house a relic of the Buddha from the north, was constructed at Amaravati. The papers in this book address aspects of Amaravati and its sculpture. Subjects covered in this volume include the rediscovery of the stūpa at the end of the 18th century as well as its recreation in the 21st century. 152p b/w illus (British Museum Press 2016) 9780861592074 Pb £40.00

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Resistance at the Edge of Empiresthe Archaeology and History of the Bannu Basin (Pakistan) from 1000 BC to AD 1200By C.A. Petrie and P. MageeFrom 1985 to 2001, the collaborative research initiative known as the Bannu Archaeological Project conducted archaeological explorations and excavations in the Bannu region, in what was then the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. This is the third in a series of volumes that present the final reports of the exploration and excavations carried out by the Bannu Archaeological Project. It presents the first synthesis of the archaeology of the historic periods in the Bannu region, spanning the period when the first large scale empires expanded to the borders of South Asia up until the arrival of Islam in the subcontinent at the end of the first and beginning of the second millennium BC. The Bannu region provides specific insight into early imperialism in South Asia, as throughout this protracted period, it was able to maintain a distinctive regional identity in the face of recurring phases of imperial expansion and integration. 416p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703034 Hb £50.00

Puspika Volume 4Tracing Ancient India Through Text and TraditionsEdited by Lucas den Boer & Daniele CuneoPuṣpikā Volume 4 contains the proceedings of the s eve n t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Leiden 2015). The first four articles focus on the Sanskrit language, from the strictly linguistic and historical perspective to the wider political issue of its uses and abuses. The second section deals with issues in poetry, aesthetics and performative arts, ranging from classical Sanskrit mahākāvyas to contemporary Kathak dance. The third section is focused on the philosophical traditions of South Asia (and beyond), with an eye to both a strictly historical approach and a more argumentative and evaluative one. Finally material culture and its relations to both the historical and the ideological are the themes treated in the last section of the volume. 182p, b/w figures (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707568 Pb £30.00

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new from oxbow booksCaddo Landscapes in the East Texas ForestsBy Tim PerttulaIn this major, highly illustrated, new study Tim Perttula explores the cultural and social landscape of the Caddo Indian peoples (hayaanuh) for about 1000 years between c. 900 and 1900 AD. There were continual changes in the character and extent of ancestral landsc apes , thro u gh times of plenty, risk, and hardship, as well as in relationships between different communities of Caddo peoples dispersed or concentrated across the landscape at different points in time. Caddo Landscapes explores the ancestral Caddo constructed landscape, providing detailed information on earthen mounds, specialized non-mound structures, domestic settlements and their key facilities as well as associated gardens and fields, and places where salt, clay, lithic raw materials, and other materials were obtained and the social ties that linked communities in numerous ways. The character and key sequences of ceramics are discussed and radiometric dating evidence provided. 264p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705762 Pb £38.00

The White Shaman MuralBy Carolyn E. BoydThe prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas and Coahuila, Mexico, created some of the most spectacularly complex, colourful, extensive, and enduring rock art of the ancient world. Perhaps the greatest of these masterpieces is the White Shaman mural. Unlike previous scholars who have viewed Pecos rock art as random and indecipherable, Boyd demonstrates that the White Shaman mural was intentionally composed as a visual narrative, using a graphic vocabulary of images to communicate multiple levels of meaning and function. 288p, col illus (University of Texas Press 2016) 9781477310304 Hb £56.00

An Ice Age MysteryUnearthing the Secrets of the Old Vero SiteBy Rody L. JohnsonIn 1916, to the shock and scepticism of the science world, a Florida geologist discovered human remains mixed with the bones of prehistoric animals in a Vero Beach canal and proclaimed that humans had lived in North America since the Ice Age. One hundred years after the first Vero discovery, excavations were reopened. Archaeologists uncovered 14,000-year-old burnt mammal bones and charcoal, signs of a human presence. This book draws readers into the past, present, and future of one of the most historic discoveries in American archaeology. 224p, b/w illus (UP of Florida 2016) 9780813054377 Hb £27.95

The Protohistoric Pueblo World, A.D. 1275-1600Edited by Charles E. AdamsThis book describes and interprets the period of southwestern history immediately before and after initial European contact, AD 1275-1600 – a span of time during which Pueblo peoples and culture were dramatically transformed. It summarises one hundred years of research and archaeological data for the Pueblo IV period as it explores the nature of the organisation of village clusters and what they meant in behavioural and political terms. 229p, b/w illus (University of Arizona Press 2016) 9780816533633 Pb £37.95

Discovering North American Rock ArtEdited by Lawrence L. Loendorf, Christopher Chippindale & David S. WhitleyThis book explores the history of rock art research in North America and provides coverage of the subject on a continental scale. Written by contributors active in rock art research, it examines sites that provide a cross-section of regions and topics and complements existing books on rock art by offering new information, insights, and approaches to research. 346p, b/w illus (University of Arizona Press 2016) 9780816534104 Pb £37.95

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Egypt 2015Perspectives of Research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists (2nd-7th June, 2015, Zagreb - Croatia)Edited by Mladen TomoradThis volume is divided into six sections: language, literature and religious texts; art, iconography and architectural studies; funerary and burial studies; material culture and museum studies; historical studies; and Egyptomania and modern travellers to Egypt. 37 0 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915841 Pb £50.00

Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar, Volume 19 (2015)The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea ArnoldEdited by Ogden GoeletThis volume contains seventy articles by sixty-four Egyptologists, conservators, and scientists, who examine aspects of art history, archaeology, burial customs, language, chronology, conservation, and museum studies covering all periods of ancient Egypt. 696p, b/w Illus (Egyptological Seminar of New York 2016) 9780981612027 Pb £80.00

PharaohKing of Ancient EgyptBy Aude Semet, Margaret Todd Maitland & Marie VandenbeuschThis book provides an overview of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and their material culture through artefacts from the collections of the British Museum. In an introductory essay, Margaret Maitland looks at Egyptian kingship in terms of both ideology and practicality. Then Aude Semat considers the Egyptian image of kingship, its roles and its uses. In ten additional sections, Marie Vandenbeusch delves into themes related to the land of ancient Egypt, conceptions of kingship, the exercise of power, royal daily life, and death and afterlife. 180p, col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9780300218381 Hb £40.00

Illuminating OsirisStudies in Honor of Mark SmithEdited by Richard Jasnow & Ghislaine WidmerIlluminating Osiris contains twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honour of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. The contributions in this volume naturally reflect his particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. 496p (Lockwood Press 2017) 9781937040741 Hb £90.00

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Eastern Sudan in its SettingThe Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile ValleyBy Andrea ManzoThe ongoing research project in Eastern Sudan by the University ‘L’Orientale’ has provided a preliminary reconstruction of the history of the region from c. 6000 BC to AD 1500. This publication outlines this reconstruction, highlighting several key aspects: the spread of domestic crops and animals towards the Ethio-Eritrean highlands, the spread of the Sahelian crops towards India via the Red Sea and Arabia, as well as the long-distance trade network characterizing northeastern Africa in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. 100p, col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915582 Pb £25.00

The White Lady and Atlantis: Ophir and Great ZimbabweInvestigation of an Archaeological MythBy Jean-Loic Le QuellecThis book tells the story of the discovery of a rock art image in the 1950s – the so-called White Lady - and its interpretation by the abbe Breuil and his pupil Henri Lhote, as well as how this fitted into their wider theories about a prehistoric white presence in southern Africa, how it filtered into and amplified popular myth and culture, and ultimately how it was used in the service of apartheid South Africa. 330p, col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914707 Pb £45.00

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Rich and GreatStudies in Honour of Anthony J. Spalinger on the Occasion of His 70th Feast of ThothEdited by Renata Landgrafova & Jana MynarovaProfessor Spalinger’s scholarship spans from the Old Kingdom down to the Late Period. The subjects on which he has published range from problems connected with the Egyptian army and military documents to literature, narrative strategies in royal inscriptions and monumental relief decoration. He has studied Egyptian calendrics and rituals connected with feasts in great detail. The articles assembled in the present volume reflect Professor Spalinger’s wide range of interests in celebration of his 70th birthday. 346p, col and b/w illus (Czech Institute of Egyptology 2016) 9788073086688 Hb £70.00

Psammetichus IIReign, Documents and OfficialsBy Roberto B. GozzoliThis volume employs royal monuments, papyri and graffiti, to provide a comprehensive study of the reign of Psammetichus II (ruled 595 589 BC.). In Egyptology he is best known for leading a Nubian campaign in a period when Egypt was fighting for its life against the more powerful Babylonian kingdom. 280p (Golden House Publications 2017) 9781906137410 Pb £49.00

Change and Innovation in Middle Kingdom ArtEdited by Lubica Hudáková, Peter Jánosi & Andrea KahlbacherThe creativity of artistic production during the Middle Kingdom is vast and highly appreciated, but still far from fully understood. The studies presented in this volume aim to present this extraordinary output of two and three-dimensional artworks in a critical reevaluation of old ideas and convictions while advancing new methods and exchanging ideas. 144p, b/w illus (Golden House Publications 2016) 9781906137502 Hb £45.00

Dossiers of Ancient Egyptian WomenThe Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate PeriodBy Danijela StefanovicThe book collects more than 400 dossiers of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period non-royal women. This work is complementary to D. Franke Personendaten aus dem Mittleren Reich (Wiesbaden 1984), and to W. Grajetzki and D. Stefanović, Dossiers of Ancient Egyptians –the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period addition to Franke’s ‘Personendaten’ (London 2012) establishing sets of data for women known from more than one source. 252p (Golden House Publications 2016) 9781906137519 Pb £30.00

Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic EgyptBy Rebecca Angharad DeanRebecca Dean here provides an overview of warfare in Ancient Egypt. She looks at the place of warfare in Ancient Egyptian society, the organisation of Egyptian armies, the tactics and strategy employed and the defence of the Kingdom. A b ove s h e d raw s o n experimental archaeology to provide insights into the weapons which were used and how they handled, also exploring the archaeological evidence for trauma and battle wounds. Discussion also takes in the role of women in warfare. 182p, b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781473823556 Hb £19.99

new from oxbow booksFlora Trade between Egypt and Africa in AntiquityEdited by Ilaria Incordino & Pearce Paul CreasmanT h i s c o l l e c t i o n o f papers focuses on one particularly important aspect of foreign trade: the importation of aromatic products. Contributors present the results of the latest researches into the origin and meaning of foreign aromatic products imported in Egypt from the south (Nubia, Punt, Arabia, Horn of Africa) from the beginning of the Dynastic period. The quest for aromata has been of a crucial importance in Egypt, since it was closely connected with economic, political, ideological, religious and mythic spheres. Through archaeological research, epigraphic analysis and iconographic investigations new evidence is explored supporting the most likely hypothesis about the sources of these raw materials. 112p b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706363 Pb £29.99

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The Complete Temples of Ancient EgyptBy Richard H. WilkinsonEgyptian temples had a variety of functions and social meanings, from being houses for the gods, focal points of worship, funerary monuments for pharaohs a n d o t h e r i m p o r t a n t individuals, often also doubling up as fortresses, administrative centres, expressions of propaganda and status. This `complete’ guide covers all these aspects, accompanied by a host of building plans, colourful reconstructions and photographs of excavated buildings and artefacts. 256p, b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2000, Pb 2017) 9780500283967 Pb £18.95

Digital GizaVisualizing the PyramidsBy Peter Der ManuelianWith the advent of many new technologies in the twenty-first century, the Giza Necropolis is available in two, three, and even four dimensions. However, these new approaches do raise questions: Does 3-D modeling and animation truly improve scholarly comprehension and interpretation? Where is the border between academic knowledge and mere entertainment? Through specific case studies and an in-depth history of this important project, Peter Der Manuelian provides an excellent model for other digital visualization initiatives. He also offers more general philosophical reflection on the nature of visualization in archaeology and speculates about emerging technologies and how they may be useful in the future. 270p, col illus (Harvard UP 2016) 9780674731233 Pb £19.95

EDITOR’S CHOICEA History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle KingdomBy John RomerThis definitive, multi-volume history of the world’s first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the past Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand

narratives of nineteenth and twentieth-century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and

chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects and writing: a history based on physical reality.

672p, (Penguin 2016) 9781846143793 Hb £30.00

Liber Amicorum–Speculum SiderumNut AstrophorosEdited by Nadine Guilhou & Antigone ManiatiIn this book are gathered papers that deal mainly with the goddess Nūt and her mythology and cosmographic notions related to her, the stars and other celestial luminaries, orientations of monuments, ancient Egyptian constellations and decans, the notion of time, calendars, religious and funerary observances related to the sky, ancient Egyptian religion, religious and amuletic artefacts, religious mythology, as well as archaeoanthropological and medicinal studies, papers on ancient Egyptian Mathematics, Egyptophilia, Egyptomania and ancient Egyptian collections. 4 0 0 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784915223 Pb £56.00

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient EgyptBy Richard H. WilkinsonHere is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society. It examines the evolution, worship and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses - from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re - that made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world, and made Egyptians, according to Herodotus, ‘more religious than any other people’. 256p, b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2003, Pb 2017) 9780500284247 Pb £18.95

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Burial Assemblages from Bab El-Gasus in the Geographical Society of LisbonBy Rogerio SousaThe objects published in this book are from the undisturbed collective tomb of the priests and priestesses of Amun (Theban necropolis, 21st Dynasty). Combining new conceptual frameworks with epigraphic methods of survey, this catalogue proposes a thorough methodology for the textual description and visual documentation of each object. 305p, b/w illus (Brepols 2017) 9782503565750 Pb £85.00

Studies on the Vignettes from Chapter 17 of the Book of the DeadI: The Image of ms.w Bdšt in Ancient Egyptian MythologyBy Mykola TarasenkaAmong the numerous deities in the ancient Egyptian mythology, whose nature and function are still vague and obscure, are mś.w Bdšt – ‘Children of Weakness’. These beings are twice mentioned in the Book of the Dead chapter 17. This book is a comprehensive study of the ‘Children of Weakness’ myth and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the head of the serpent under the branches of the išd-tree found on the number of Book of the Dead chapter 17 vignettes. 1 5 9 p ( A r c h a e o p r e s s 2 0 1 6 ) 9781784914509 Pb £30.00

The Terracotta Figurines from Tell Timai2009-2013By James E. Bennett, Robert J. Littman & Jay SilversteinThis study documents the corpus of terracotta figurines that were found during excavations at Tell Timai between 2009 and 2013. The study assesses the locations in which terracotta figurines have been found both at Tell Timai and across Egypt, and discusses their usage within the settlements of Pharaonic and Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt. 93p, b/w illus (BAR 2834, 2016) 9781407315621 Pb £19.00

The Sunshade Chapel of Meritaten from the House-of-Waenre of AkhenatenBy Josef WegnerThe quartzite block E16230 is one of the few large architectural pieces in the world surviving from the much-debated reign of the “heretic” king Akhenaten. This volume represents the first full publication of the object and provides for the first time a translation and discussion of its important texts, along with analysis of the architectural evidence it provides. 184p, b/w and col illus (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9781934536872 Hb £47.00

Beni HassanVolume II: Two Old Kingdom TombsBy Miral Lashien, Anna-Latifa Mourad & Ashraf SenussiThis volume is devoted to the recording and study of the only decorated Old Kingdom tombs at the site. The examination comprises detailed coloured plates, complete line drawings as well as the translation and interpretation of all the scenes and inscriptions in the tombs. The commentary additionally includes a report on the tombs’ architecture as well as a study of a large amount of pottery discovered in the shafts and dating to the period from the Sixth to the Twelfth Dynasty. 52p, 32 col pls, 15 b&w folded pls (Australian Centre for Egyptology 2016) 9780856688614 Pb £60.00

Beni HassanVolume III: The Tomb of AmenemhatBy Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans & Anna-Latifa MouradThe third volume of the Beni Hassan series is devoted to the recording and study of the Twelfth Dynasty tomb of Amenemhat, great overlord of the Oryx nome. It presents a new and complete record of the tomb’s scenes in drawing and coloured photographs, and comrpises the translation and interpretation of all scenes and inscriptions in the tomb, including that of Amenemhat’s biography which recounts in detail his career and participation in military campaigns. 60p, 80 col pls; 30 b/w folded pls (Australian Centre for Egyptology 2016) 9780856688669 Pb £85.00

Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara And AbusirBy Leo RoetenThe dimensions of tombs have been chosen as the subject of this study. The conclusion is that economic decline had already set in during the early dynastic period and was not a result of collapse of the Old Kingdom. 1 5 8 p ( A r c h a e o p r e s s 2 0 1 6 ) 9781784914608 Pb £30.00

Catalogo Degli Ushabti Del Museo Egizio Di Firenze Volume III Periodo Intermedio - Nuovo RegnoBy Giacomo CavillierThe Egyptian Museum of Florence contains around eight hundred ushabtis belonging to the end of the Second Intermediate and Roman Period. This volume contains a general introduction about the history of the collection, the abbreviations and textual codes, the records, a photographic section, a useful index and a bibliography. Italian text. 367p, b/w illus (BAR 2828, 2016) 9781407314884 Pb £65.00

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Houses in Graeco-Roman EgyptBy Youssri Ezzat HusseinThis book examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco- Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housing, suggesting that the house was the locus of social, religious, and funerary rituals in Graeco-Roman Egypt. 112p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914370 Pb £25.00

De l’Oreille a l’EcouteEtude des Documents Votifs de l’EcouteBy Nathalie Toye-DubsThis book deals with a category of documents which develops the topic of a god who listens to prayer - stelae with depictions of one or more human ears and votive ears, along with prayers on various objects where the invoked deity is referred to as the god who listens to prayer. A surprising chronological partition emerges which enables a link to be established between the abandonment of ear stelae and the development of oracular consultations by individuals. 224p (BAR 2811, 2016) 9781407314600 Pb £40.00

Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model ToolsBy Martin OdlerIt is generally accepted that the evidence on the use of copper alloy tools from the Old Kingdom is meagre. Martin Odler gathers the textual, iconographic and palaeographic evidence and examines Old Kingdom artefacts in order to revise this view. Furthermore, he provides updated definitions of tool classes and tool kits, together with the context of their use. The long-standing division in the Egyptological literature between full-size tools and model tools is questioned. 3 0 8 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914424 Pb £45.00

Chariots in Ancient EgyptThe Tano Chariot, A Case StudyBy André J. Veldmeijer, Salima Ikram, Ole Herslund, Lisa Sabbahy & Lucy SkinnerThis book publishes 60 leather fragments which all came from a single chariot, including portions of the bow-case, the body’s casing and the horse housing. The find is put into context with chapters on relevant hieroglyphic texts, and a study of representations of chariots that help identify the various parts, and highlight the role of the chariot in Egyptian religion, propaganda, and culture. 550p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904677 Hb £375.00, 9789088904660 Pb £125.00, NYP

From Aswan to KhartoumCzech Archaeological Explorations Between the Nile CataractsBy Lenka VaradzinovaThis book is concerned with the field research carried out in the Middle Nile region by the expeditions of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. The overview of the field projects is set into a broader context of the civilizational developments in the Middle Nile region and the history of its uncovering from the 19th century onwards. 55p, col illus (Czech Institute of Egyptology 2016) 9788073086725 Pb £13.00

The Demotic and Hieratic Papyri in the Suzuki Collection of Tokai University JapanBy Kyoko Yamahana, Joseph Manning & Richard JasnowThis volume publishes, for the first time, approximately fifty late Egyptian texts from the Suzuki collection held at Tokai University, Japan. They present an interesting range of document types and examples of demotic handwriting, and a few s u r p r i s e s . A m o n g t h e more intriguing pieces are a fine word list and a new mythological narrative. 200p (Lockwood Press 2016) 9781937040628 Hb £45.00

A Castration Story from the Tebtunis Temple LibraryBy Rana SeridaThis volume presents the first edition of a hitherto unattested narrative from the Tebtunis temple library (1st-2nd century AD). The story seems to have formed part of the so-called Inaros Cycle; it is set in the reign of king Necho I (672-664 BC), who is mainly known for his rebellion against the Assyrians, and also mentions general Anosis. The text makes repeated mention of the castration of an individual, who is made into a eunuch. 122p (Museum Tusculanum Press 2016) 9788763544320 Hb £49.99

Theological Defences of the Canopic Gate in the Saïte PeriodBy Anne-Sophie von BomhardThis work explores the theological defences conceived by the Egyptians at Thonis-Heracleion to guard the Canopic gate, the main entrance to the port, and the entry-point to Egypt for foreign vessels. The divine forces, including Khonsu-Thoth and Neith, were deployed alongside military forces that were also located at the Canopic gate, and also served to legitimate the power of the Saïte kings. 200p, b/w illus (Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology 2017) 9789781905902 Hb £45.00, NYP

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Parcours d’OrientRecueil de Textes Offert à Christine KepinskiEdited by Berengere Perello & Aline TenuThe topics addressed in these papers reflect the scientific work of Christine Kepinski, who always promoted interdisciplinary approaches and developed multi-scale analysis from the object itself to regional study. Several papers are directly connected to fieldwork she conducted in Iraq and in Turkey: Haradum and the Middle Euphrates area, Tilbeshar and Kunara. Others are devoted to material study, notably glyptic, seals and sealing practices. Papers in French and English. 256p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914585 Pb £45.00

Revolt and Resistance in the Ancient Classical World and the Near EastIn the Crucible of EmpireEdited by J. G. ManningThe essays in this volume consider some of the ways in which imperial rule was resisted and challenged, in the Assyrian, Persian, and Hellenistic (Seleucid and Ptolemaic) empires, from resistance to unrest, to grain riots and peasant rebellions. Discussions focus on the nature and the drivers of resistance and revolution, the motivations for them as well as a summary of the events that have left their mark on our historical sources long after the dust had settled. 304p, (Brill 2016) 9789004330177 Hb £130.00

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Sailors, Musicians and MonksThe Leatherwork from Dra Abu el Naga (Luxor, Egypt)By André J. VeldmeijerThis volume describes, illustrates, and analyses the leather finds from the excavations at Dra Abu el-Naga, an important necropolis on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor (Egypt), including footwear, musical objects, loincloths as well as parts of furniture. The dating of these objects, mirroring the variety, ranges from Pharaonic to Ottoman. 200p col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904165 Hb £180.00, 9789088904158 Pb £60.00

Excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia)Ancient Nubian Leatherwork. Part I. Sandals and ShoesBy André J. VeldmeijerThe excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) in 1962-1966 yielded large quantities of objects, including an impressive collection of leatherwork. This volume presents the footwear (sandals and shoes). It includes detailed descriptions, accompanied by colour photographs and, where necessary, drawings, as well as discussion of topics such as typological development, diachronic change, and geographical variations. 300p, col illus (Sidestone Press 2016) 9789088904134 Hb £220.00, 9789088904127 Pb £90.00

Ptolemy IKing and Pharaoh of EgyptBy Ian WorthingtonThis is the first full-lenth biography of Ptolemy I in English. It traces his remarkable career from boyhood friend of Alexander the Great, fighting with him in the epic battles and sieges which toppled the Persian Empire, and after Alexander’s death taking over Egypt, where he reigned as Satrap then Pharaoh for forty years. Worthington sets out his military achievements and strategy, his intellectual and cultural patronage, and his administration of Egypt, and provides a reinterpretation of his “History of Alexander”. 280p, (Oxford UP 2016) 9780190202330 Hb £22.99

Honor Among ThievesCraftsmen, Merchants and Associations in Roman and Late Roman EgyptBy Philip F. VenticinquePhilip F. Venticinque’s new volume examines associations of craftsmen in the framework of ancient economics and transaction costs. The analysis presented here concentrates on how craftsmen, merchants, and associations interacted with each other and with elite and non-elite constituencies; managed economic, political, social, and legal activities; represented their concerns to the authorities; and acquired and used social capital - a new and important view of these economic engines. 277p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472130160 Hb £65.95

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSPainting Pots – Painting PeopleLate Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient MesopotamiaEdited by Walter Cruells, Inna Mateiciucová & Olivier NieuwenhuyseOver the past decade there has been a huge increase in research focusing on various aspects of ceramic production, its origins and evolution, distribution and cons um pti on in the Late Neolithic (ca. 7000–5000 cal. BC). The 19 papers presented here bring together specialists d i s c u s s i n g Ne o l i t h i c ceramics from the Near East in the broadest sense, with a general focus on decorated pottery traditions. What raw materials and ceramic technologies did Late Neolithic peoples employ? How did they paint their designs? How may we analyse decorated ceramics to explore social networks and identities? What did these decorated pottery traditions mean socially? 272p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785704390 Hb £45.00

The Emergence of Pottery in West AsiaEdited by Akiri Tsuneki, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse & Stuart CampbellIn recent years, however, t h e r e h a s b e e n a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing explicitly on the emergence of pottery production. It has generally become accepted that the adoption of pottery in West Asia happened relatively late in the history of ceramics. For the first time, The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia examines in detail the when, where, how and why of the arrival of the first pottery in the region. A key insight that emerges is that we must not confuse the reasons for pottery adoption with the long-term consequences. Neolithic peoples in West Asia did not adopt pottery because of the many uses and functions it would gain many centuries later and the development of ceramic technology needs to be examined in the context of its original cultural and social milieu. 196p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705267 Hb £70.00

Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961–1967, Volume VISites on the Edge of the OphelBy Kay PragIn this volume the principal focus is on the presence/absence of the city walls on the east side of the city from the Iron Age onwards. The evidence for major walls and their structure from Iron Age II to the Byzantine periods in Sites S.II and R.II is described and substantial revisions suggested, as inter alia no evidence for the tenth century/Solomonic date in Site S.II as suggested by E. Mazar was uncovered. Additionally John Hayes presents the catalogue of all the Late Roman fine wares from all remaining unpublished sites excavated by the Joint Expedition. A major contribution to the study of Ayyubid ceramics is provided by an assemblage from a large dump of the period. 324p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706530 Hb £50.00

Arsacids, Romans and Local ElitesCross-Cultural Interactions of the Parthian EmpireEdited by Jason Schlude & Benjamin RubinFor almost 500 years (247 BCE–224 CE), the Arsacid kings of Parthia ruled over a vast multi-cultural empire, which encompassed much of central Asia and the Near East. This collection of new papers examines interactions among the Arsacids, Romans, and local elites from a variety of scholarly perspectives. The seven chapters investigate different aspects of war, diplomacy, trade, and artistic production as mechanisms of cross-cultural communication and exchange in the Parthian empire. Arsacids, Romans, and Local Elites will prove significant for those interested in the legacy of Hellenistic and Achaemenid art and ideology in the Parthian empire, the sometimes under-appreciated role of diplomacy in creating and maintaining peace in the ancient Middle East, and the importance of local dynasts in kingdoms like Judaea, Osrhoene, and Hatra in shaping the geopolitical landscape of the Near East, alongside the imperial powerhouses of Rome and Parthia. 184p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705922 Pb £36.00

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Nineveh, the Great CitySymbol of Beauty and PowerEdited by Lucas P. Petit & Daniele Morandi BonacossiThis volume contains more than 65 articles, providing the reader with a detailed and thorough study of the site of Nineveh, the once-flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire, destroyed in 612 BC. It describes the history of the city, the excavations and its material culture. Special attention is paid to the endangered heritage of Nineveh, which recently faced destruction for the second time in its history. 330p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904974 Hb £195.00, 9789088904967 Pb £65.00, NYP

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient IranEdited by D. T. PottsThis comprehensive survey, authored by specialists based both inside and outside of Iran, is divided into chronological sections covering the region from earliest Prehistory to the Arab conquest. In addition, more specialized chapters are included which treat numismatics, religion, languages, political ideology, calendrics, the use of colour, textiles, Sasanian silver and reliefs, and political relations with Rome and Byzantium. 1064p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2013, Pb 2017) 9780199733309 Hb £120.00, 9780190668662 Pb £35.99

Tang-E Bolaghi (Fars) Sites TB76 and TB77Rural Settlements of the Achaemenid and Post-Achaemenid PeriodsBy Alireza Askari Chaverdi & Pierfrancesco CallieriIn three campaigns of stratigraphic excavations, very important evidence of rural settlements was brought to light in two sites, TB76 and TB77. They are the first documented sites of rural occupation in the Achaemenid period, an age hitherto known mainly through the imperial monuments of Pasargadae, Persepolis and Susa. 405p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2799, 2016) 9781407322452 Pb £61.00

Mountains and LowlandsAncient Iran and MesopotamiaBy Paul CollinsThe developments that lie at the root of our own world - farming, cities, writing, organised religion, warfare - were forged in the tensions and relations between the inhabitants of lowland Mesopotamia and the highlands of Iran. Mountains and Lowlands explores this relationship providing a detailed but accessible account from the development of the first agricultural communities to the coming of Islam. 200p, (Ashmolean Museum Publications 2016) 9781910807088 Pb £15.00

Stone Vessels in the Near East During the Iron Age and the Persian Period(C. 1200-330 BCE)By Andrea SquitieriThis book focuses on the characteristics and the development of the stone vessel industry in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian period. Three main aspects of this industry are investigated. First, the technology behind the manufacture of stone vessels, the tools and techniques, and how these changed across time. Second, the mechanisms of exchange of stone vessels and how these were affected by the changing political landscape through time. Third, the consumption patterns of stone vessels in both elite and non-elite contexts. 288p, (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915520 Pb £45.00

MesopotamiaAncient Art and ArchitectureBy Zainab BahraniThis book presents a comprehensive survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia, from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam in 636 CE. It addresses such essential art historical themes as the origins of narrative representation, the first emergence of historical public monuments and the earliest aesthetic commentaries. It explains how images and monuments were made and how they were viewed. 376p, col illus (Thames and Hudson 2017) 9780500519172 Hb £45.00

A Companion to AssyriaEdited by Eckart FrahmThis wide-ranging Companion is broken down into sections covering the political, social and economic history of Assyria from the third millennium BCE to the post-imperial period (609 BCE to 222 CE). It includes discussion of cities, art, religion, literature, technology, and military history, as well as Assyria’s role in the Bible and in Greek and Roman sources. 648p, b/w illus (Wiley-Blackwell 2017) 9781444335934 Hb £120.00

Simboli e associazioni astrali nella glittica mesopotamica del Bronzo TardoBy Sara PizzamentiThe present book focuses on astral symbols as they are represented on Mitannian, Cassite and Middle Assyrian seals and seal impressions. The comparison of the representations with textual sources and the reconstruction of the Mesopotamian sky in the Late Bronze Age Period yields an understanding of the Mitannian, Cassite and Middle Assyrian perception of the heavens and of its link with religious behaviour and divination. Italian text, 444p, b/w illus (BAR 2841, 2017) 9781407315041 Pb £67.00

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Économie des Matières Premières de la Pierre Taillée d’Anatolie Centrale au Chalcolithique Ancien (6000-5500 cal. BC/ECA IV)By Sonia OstaptchoukThis book presents a detailed study of the West Mound Çatalhöyük chipped stone, flint and obsidian, using an interdisciplinary and multi-scale approach. It contributes to discussion of the nature of the technological changes through time at Çatalhöyük from the Neolithic to the Early Chalcolithic period, and the nature of lithic productions, from local and domestic productions of flint to specialized production of flint and obsidian from a regional perspective. French text. 228p, (BAR 2820, 2016) 9781407315614 Pb £41.00

The Archaeobotany of AsvanEnvironment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval PeriodBy Mark Nesbitt, Jennifer Bates, Gordon Hillman & Stephen MitchellThis report traces the evolution of cultivation in the region from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval period, charting the dominance of emmer and hulled barley in the Chalcolithic period, the emergence of free-threshing wheats in the Early Bronze Age and the introduction of irrigated summer crops, especially millet, by the Hellenistic period. 244p, b/w illus (British Institute at Ankara 2017) 9781898249177 Hb £45.00, NYP

Bordered Places - Bounded TimesCross-Disciplinary Perspectives on TurkeyEdited by Emma. L. Baysal & Leonidas KarakatsanisThis volume presents crossdiscipl inary communication on the study of borders, frontiers and boundaries through time, with a focus on Turkey. Turkey emerges as a place carrying a rich history of multiple layers of borders that have been drawn, shifted or unmade from Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers to contemporary Turkey’s national borders. 224p, b/w illus (British Institute at Ankara 2017) 9781898249382 Hb £45.00, NYP

The Diffusion of Neolithic Practices from Anatolia to EuropeA contextual study of residential construction, 8,500–5,500 BC cal.By Maxime Nicolas BramiBeyond farming practices - this book argues - the Neolithic witnessed the inception of a new set of residential and construction practices. The argument is substantiated by a detailed review of Neolithic house forms and settlement structures in Anatolia and the Aegean Basin, combined with a re-examination of the absolute chronology for the arrival of the first farmers. 250p (BAR 2838, 2017) 9781407315782 Pb £35.00

From Sasanian Mandaeans to Sabians of the MarshesBy Kevin van BladelThis historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century, not earlier as has been widely accepted. This religion, along with several other, shorter-lived new faiths, such as Kentaeism, began in a period of state-sponsored persecution of Babylonian paganism. Rather than seeking to elucidate the history of Mandaeism in terms of other religions to which it can be related, this study approaches the religion through the history of its social contexts. 154p (Brill 2017) 9789004339439 Pb £38.00

Sasanian Clay Sealings in the Bandar Abbas MuseumBy Kamal Aldin NiknamiThis book presents the newly discovered assemblage of 800 Sasanian clay sealings which is now kept in the Persian Gulf Museum of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Unfortunately the provenance of the collection is still unknown, but in comparison with the large Sasanian archives of Qasr- ῑ Abu Nasr and Taxt- i Soleymān, which comprise 505 and 241 clay sealings, respectively, such a large number of clay sealings is remarkable. 179p, b/w illus (BAR 2819, 2016) 9781407314877 Pb £42.00

The Maritime Traditions of the Fishermen of Socotra, YemenBy Julian Jansen van RensburgThis volume analyses the Socotri maritime traditions and investigates how they have been shaped by social, environmental and technological factors. It combines ethnographic fieldwork with historical, archaeological and environmental evidence. 196p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914820 Pb £33.00

The Bronze Age Towers at Bat Sultanate of OmanResearch by the Bat Archaeological Project 2007-12Edited by Gregory L. Possehl, Charlotte M. Cable & Christopher P. ThorntonTepe Hissar is a large Bronze Age site in northeastern I r a n n o t a b l e f o r i t s uninterrupted occupational history from the fifth to the second millennium B.C.E. This monograph brings to final publication a stratigraphically based chronology for the site. 256p, b/w illus (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9781934536063 Hb £58.00

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Precious CommoditiesThe Socio-Economic Implications of the Distribution of Juglets in the Eastern Mediterranean During the Middle and Late Bronze AgeBy Lesley BushnellThis research represents the first systematic investigation of the circulation of ceramic juglets in the eastern Mediterranean of the Middle to Late Bronze Age, as functionally distinct forms which offer a fine-grained dataset for examining wider issues related to commodity production, distribution and consumption. The analysis presented here addresses patterns of production (including evidence for regionalism and specialist manufacture), consumption strategies within and between societies and over time, as well as producer-consumer dynamics such as bilateral trade links, selective marketing and branding. 216p, b/w illus (BAR 2826, 2016) 9781407315652 Pb £39.00

Wealth and WarfareThe Archaeology of Money in Ancient SyriaBy Frédérique DuyratThis volume is the first comprehensive look at Syrian coin hoards and contains a catalogue of every coin hoard discovered in what is now modern Syria through 2010. Duyrat explores the definitions of “hoard” and “treasure”, explores the circulation of currency in the ancient Levant, and considers excavation coins as well as the phenomenon of coin hoard discoveries during times of regional conflict. 600p, b/w illus (American Numismatic Society 2017) 9780897223461 Hb £160.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEPalmyraAn Irreplaceable TreasureBy Paul VeyneLocated northeast of Damascus, in an oasis surrounded by palms and two mountain ranges, the ancient city of Palmyra has the aura of myth. According to the Bible, the city was built by Solomon. Regardless of its actual origins, it was an influential city, serving for centuries as a caravan stop for those crossing the Syrian Desert. It became a Roman province under Tiberius and served as the most powerful commercial centre in the Middle East between the first and the third centuries CE. But when the citizens of Palmyra tried to break away from Rome, they were defeated, marking the end of the city’s prosperity. The magnificent monuments from that earlier era of wealth, a resplendent blend of Greco-Roman architecture and local influences, stretched over miles and were

among the most significant buildings of the ancient world until the arrival of ISIS and their systematic destruction of the ancient

city. In this concise and elegiac book, Paul Veyne, one of Palymra’s most important experts, offers a beautiful and moving look at the history of this significant lost city and why it was and still is important. Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this book offers a beautifully

illustrated memorial that also serves as a lasting guide to a cultural treasure. 128p, col pls (University of California Press 2017) 9780226427829 Hb £17.00

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Homesteads on the KhaburTell Ziyadeh and Other SettlementsEdited by Frank Hole & Yukio TonoikeIn 1994-1997, the Yale University Khabur Basin Project excavated Tell Ziyadeh on the Middle Khabur River of Northeastern Syria. This monograph describes two pioneering settlements: fifth millennium BC Ubaid and early third millennium. It discusses the research programme and strategies; reviews the modern and palaeoenvironments; and provides separate chapters describing the various excavation areas, as well as the ceramic, lithic, faunal and botanical remains found in them. 535p, (BAR 2827, 2016) 9781407314624 Pb £80.00

AleppoA HistoryBy Ross BurnsAleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Its tangle of streets still follow the Hellenistic grid and above it looms the great Citadel, which contains recently-uncovered remains of a Bronze/Iron Age temple complex, suggesting an even earlier role as a ‘high place’ in the Canaanite tradition. In this volume, Ross Burns explores the rich history of this important city, from its earliest history through to the modern era. 330p, b/w illus (Routledge 2016) 9780415737210 Hb £110.00

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Tracking the Master ScribeRevision Through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian LiteratureBy Sara J. MilsteinIn the ancient Near East, “master scribes” regularly modified their texts in the course of transmission. One of the most effective techniques for change was to add something to the front—what Milstein calls “revision through introduction.” Working from the two earliest corpora that allow us to track large-scale change, the book provides broad overviews of evidence available for revision through introduction, as well as a set of detailed case studies that offer fresh insight into well-known biblical and Mesopotamian literary texts. 264p (Oxford UP 2016) 9780190205393 Hb £64.00

Ancient IsraelWhat Do We Know and How Do We Know it?By Lester L. GrabbeGrabbe focuses on original sources, including inscriptions, papyri, and archaeology. He examines the problems involved in historical methodology and deals with the major issues surrounding the use of the biblical text when writing a history of this period. For this new edition the entire text has been reworked to take account of new archaeological discoveries and theories, and with expanded coverage of David and Solomon, the historicity of the Exodus, and the later bronze age. 352p (Bloomsbury rev ed 2017) 9780567670434 Pb £21.99

The Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey Southern Jordan (2010-2012)By Scott Quaintance, Larry G. Herr, Hani Hayajneh, Jurg Eggler, Geoffrey A. Clark & Burton MacDonaldAnalysis of the materials, primarily lithics and sherds, collected in the course of this project indicate that the area experienced its highest density of population during the Middle Paleolithic, Neolithic/Chalcolithic, Iron II, Nabataean and Roman, Byzantine, and Late Islamic periods. Relative to the settlement patterns of the area, it can be concluded that the area was a rural one where the chief activities were agriculture and pastoralism. 570p, b/w illus (American Schools of Oriental Research 2016) 9780897570930 Hb £78.00

Petra - The Mountain of Aaron IIThe Nabataean Sanctuary and the Byzantine MonasteryBy Z. T Fiema, Jaakko Frosen & Maija HolappaVolume II, which is the third and final publication of this series, is a major exposition of all excavated structures and the material remains associated with the entire occupation of the site (1st century A.D. – 11th/12th century A.D.), with the exception of the church and the chapel. This volume presents a wide range of subjects related to the history and archaeology of the site and its structures. 600p, col pls (Finnish Academy of Sciences 2016) 9789516534100 Hb £160.00

Jerusalem Throne GamesThe Battle of Bible Stories After the Death of DavidBy Peter FeinmanJerusalem Throne Games p u t s f o r w a r d a n e w assessment of the authorship of key sections of the Old Testament, and aims to understand the creation and meaning of those stories in their original political context. Feinman explores the political battle for power to succeed David expressed through selected stories from the Book of Genesis. Wielding a new weapon of war that was changing the course of human history – the alphabet prose narrative – competing factions or priesthoods vying for power battled for the throne through storytelling. In this book six of those stories from Gen. 4-11 are analysed through the lens of the succession of Solomon and the collapse of his kingdom. 352p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706165 Pb £25.00

A Wayside Shrine in Northern MoabExcavations in the Wadi ath-ThamadEdited by P. M. Michèle Daviau & Margreet L. SteinerAn isolated shrine site at Wadi ath-Thamad Site WT-13 in northern Moab which contained numerous finds of Iron Age figurines and statues has been the subject of detailed excavation. The rich harvest of figurines, ceramic statues, beads, miniature ceramic vessels, architectural models, faunal remains and shells and fossils constitutes the evidence for repeated cultic activities. The links between WT-13 and the surrounding town sites are only now coming to light with excavation at Atarus and Khirbat al-Mudayna, as well as at the Ammonite site of Tall Damiyah in the Jordan Valley, where a comparable shrine has recently been uncovered. WT-13 clearly serves as a link between the Jordan Valley and the Negev, adding to our knowledge of local and foreign influences in the region during the Iron Age. 272p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707087 Hb £50.00

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Seals, Craft and Community in Bronze Age CreteBy Emily S. K. AndersenThis study focuses on an extraordinary corpus of sealstones which have been excavated across Crete. Fashioned of imported ivory and engraved with images of dashing lions, these distinctive objects linked the identities of their distant owners. Anderson argues that it was the repeated but pioneering actions of such diverse figures, people and objects alike, that dramatically changed the shape of social life in the Aegean at the turn of the second millennium BCE. 350p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107131194 Hb £85.00

The Alatzomouri Rock ShelterAn Early Minoan III Deposit in Eastern CreteEdited by Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan & Philip P. BetancourtThis handsome volume describes and illustrates the excavation of an artificial rock shelter in Crete, Greece. Minoan pottery and small finds such as stone tools, loomweights, and ecofactual remains were recovered. The ceramics elucidate the style and chronology of East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware, which dates to the end of the Early Bronze Age. 226p (INSTAP Academic Press 2017) 9781931534932 Hb £55.00, NYP

Maritime Transport Containers in the Bronze–Iron Age Aegean and Eastern MediterraneanEdited by Stella Demestica & A. Bernard KnappAlthough studied systematically during later periods, the early phases in the development of maritime transport containers are relatively obscure, because their maritime function and attributes are often overlooked. This volume provides an overview of these early stages — from the Early Bronze to Early Iron Ages in the Aegean, on Cyprus and in the Levant—in the emergence and development of these vessels, and their diverse roles in trade throughout the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. 252p, b/w illus (Paul Astroms Forlag 2016) 9789170812118 Hb £70.00

Human Mobility and Technological Transfer in the Prehistoric MediterraneanEdited by Evangelia Kiriatzi & Carl KnappettT h i s vo l u m e e n ga ge s thematically with a wide range of connectivities in the later prehistory of the Mediterranean, from the later Neolithic of northern Greece to the Levantine Iron Age, and with diverse forms of materiality, from pottery and metal to stone and glass. With theoretical overviews from leading thinkers in prehistoric mobilities, and commentaries from top specialists in neighbouring domains, the volume integrates detailed case studies within a comparative framework. 300p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107142435 Hb £75.00

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EDITOR’S CHOICEMediterranean ConnectionsMaritime Transport Containers and Seaborne Trade in the Bronze and Iron AgesBy A. Bernard Knapp & Stella DemestichaMediterranean Connections focuses on the origin and development

of the maritime transport container from the Early Bronze through early Iron Age periods (ca. 3200-700 BC). This broad

study presents these vessels as central to understanding interregional connectivity and trade in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, and also considers the role that shipwrecks, seafaring, and coastal communities played in interaction and exchange.

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Early Iron Age Greek Warrior 1100-700 BCBy Raffaele D’Amato & Andrea SalimbetiIn the Iron Age a new style of warfare based on a group of heavily armed infantrymen organized in a phalanx formation developed. This new title details this pivotal period that saw the transition from the Bronze Age warriors of Homer to the origins of the men who fought the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. 64p, b/w and col illus (Osprey 2016) 9781472815590 Pb £11.99

Pottery Production Technology and Long-distance Exchange in Late Neolithic Makrygialos, Northern GreeceBy Elissavet S. HitsiouThis book investigates the production technology and inter-site circulation of a large and diverse Late Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the flat-extended settlement of Makrygialos (Phase II), in northern Greece. Comparative samples from Dimini, in Thessaly, and Agrosykia A and Giannitsa B, in western Macedonia, are also incorporated. The use of macroscopic and petrographic analysis offers a better understanding of the role of technological choice in ceramic production, with locally produced and imported ceramic categories co-existing. 339p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2843, 2017) 9781407314907 Pb £52.00

Petras, Siteia IA Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete. Excavation of Houses I.1 and I.2By Metaxia TsipopoulouThis volume is the first of two that represent the final publication of Sector I of the Prepalatial–Postpalatial Minoan urban settlement and palace of Petras, Siteia. Individual chapters focus on the architecture, cooking wares, EM and MM I pottery, a unique example of an EM–MM amphora stamped with a seal prior to firing, numerous miniature vessels and figurines, and a study of vessels (primarily Neopalatial) with potter’s marks. 436p, b/w illus (INSTAP Academic Press 2017) 9781931534857 Hb £55.00

House X at Kommos: A Minoan Mansion Near the SeaPart 2. The PotteryBy Rutter JeremyThis volume presents the Late Bronze Age pottery from in and around House X, a large Minoan house at Kommos situated not far from the sea in South-Central Crete. Rutter’s contribution complements the publication of the architecture, stratigraphy, and small finds in Part 1 (Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2012). The Kommos series is now completed by the two-volume publication on House X. 554p, b/w illus (INSTAP 2017) 9781931534918 Hb £55.00, NYP

Communities in TransitionThe Circum-Aegean Area in the 5th and 4th Millennia BCEdited by Søren Dietz, Fanis Mavridis, Žarko Tankosić & Turan TakaoğluCommunities in Transition brings together scholars from different countries and backgrounds united by a common interest in the transition between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the lands around the Aegean. The 5th to 4th millennium BC transition is one of inclusions, entanglements, connectivity, and exchange of ideas, raw materials, finished products and, quite possibly, worldviews and belief systems. Most of the papers presented here are multifaceted and complex in that they do not deal with only one topic or narrowly focus on a single line of reasoning or dataset. Arranged geographically they explore a series of key themes: Chronology, cultural affinities, and synchronization in material culture; changing social structure and economy; inter- and intra-site space use and settlement patterns, caves and include both site reports and regional studies. 616p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707209 Hb £70.00

Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, GreeceEdited by Anastasia Papathanasiou, William A. Parkinson, Daniel J. Pullen, Michael L. Galaty & Panagiotis KarkanasAs a sealed, single-component, archaeological site, the Neolithic settlement complex of Alepotrypa Cave is one of the richest sites in Greece and Europe in terms of number of artefacts, preservation of biological materials, volume of undisturbed deposits, and horizontal exposure of archaeological surfaces of past human activity. The goal of this edited volume is to offer a full scholarly interdisciplinary study and interpretation of the results of approximately 40 years of excavation and analysis in one book. 488p b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706486 Hb £70.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSFrom Cooking Vessels to Cultural Practices in the Late Bronze Age AegeanEdited by Julie Hruby & Debra TrustyWhile many scholars have focused on the utility of painted fineware vessels for chronological purposes, the contributors to this volume maintain that cooking wares have the potential to answer not only chronological b u t a l s o e co n o m i c , polit ical , and social questions when analysed and contrasted with assemblages from different sites or chronological periods. This text is dedicated entirely to prehistoric cooking vessels, compiling evidence from a wide range of Greek sites and incorporating new methodologies and evidence. In particular, contributors highlight socio-economic connections by examining the production methods, fabrics and forms of cooking vessels. 216p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706325 Pb £38.00

Understanding Relations Between ScriptsThe Aegean Writing SystemsEdited by Philippa SteeleThe question of how writ ing systems are related to each other, and how we can study those relationships, has not been studied in detail and this volume aims to fill a gap in scholarship by presenting a number of case studies focused on the writing systems of the Bronze Age Aegean. These include Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B, used predominantly in Crete and mainland Greece, as well as the Cypro-Minoan script of Cyprus. Important questions include: How and why did writing emerge in Crete in the Middle Bronze Age? What is the relationship between writing and art? Why did different writing systems co-exist with each other? What changes were made when a new system was developed from an old one? Can our understanding of how different systems are related to each other help us to reconstruct the values of script signs?176p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706448 Pb £36.00

Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of PylosBy Richard Hope SimpsonThis study outlines the state of our present knowledge concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia and examines the evidence for reconstructing the political geography of the “Kingdom” o f Py l o s . T h e aut h o r attempts to determine the extent of the “Kingdom” and to identify the locations of its main districts by correlating the archaeological data from Mycenaean sites with the inscriptions in Linear B found in the “Palace of Nestor” at Ano Englianos. 115p, 6 b/w maps, 7 b/w plates (INSTAP Academic Press 2017) 9781931534925 Pb £25.00

Ayia SotiraA Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cemeteryin the Nemea Valley, GreeceBy R. Angus K. Smith, Mary K. Dabney, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou & James C. WrightThis volume is the final publication of the results of excavation of six Mycenaean chamber tombs in the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Ayia Sotira within the Nemea Valley of the Argolid region of Greece. The work presented includes artifactual and ecofactual remains such as pottery, jewelry, figurines, metal objects, human skeletons, and botanical remains. 368p, b/w illus (INSTAP Academic Press 2017) 9781931534901 Hb £55.00, NYP

Il Mesolitico in Emilia e Il Complesso Culturale CastelnovianoDinamiche Insediative e Sistemi Tecnici LiticiBy Sonia Ferrari & Federica FontanaThis volume attempts the reconstruction of settlement dynamics and lithic technical systems in the Emilia region (Northern Italy) within the wider context of southern Europe. The results obtained confirm the appearance in Emilia during the Castelnovian of important technical innovations, along with the persistence of some aspects which were characteristic of the previous phase, while the settlement choices and mobility patterns do not seem to have changed significantly from those identified for the ancient Mesolithic (Sauveterrian complex). 271p, b/w illus (BAR 2807, 2016) 9781407317175 Pb £48.00

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Continuity and Change in Etruscan Domestic ArchitectureBy Paul M. MillerThis book aims to reconsider the nature of architectural changes between the later Iron Age and archaic period by focusing on the building materials and techniques used in the construction of domestic structures. It is argued that changes occurred in neither a synchronous nor a linear way, but separately and at irregular intervals, resulting mainly from multigenerational habitual changes, reflecting the relationship between human behaviour and the built and natural environments, rather than choices between old and new materials. 288p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915803 Pb £30.00

CaereEdited by Nancy T. de Grummond & Lisa C. PieracciniComprehensive in scope, Caere is the first English-language book dedicated to the study of this Etruscan city. Collecting the work of an international team of scholars, it features chapters on a wide range of topics, such as Caere’s formation and history, economy, foreign relations, trade networks, art, funerary traditions, built environment, religion, daily life, and rediscovery. Extensively illustrated throughout, Caere presents new perspectives on and analysis of not just Etruscan civilization but also the city’s role in the wider pan-Mediterranean basin. 320p, b/w and col illus (University of Texas Press 2016) 9781477308431 Hb £47.00

La Necropoli di CampovalanoTombe Italico-EllenisticheBy Vincenzo d’Ercole, Alberta Martellone & Deneb CesanaThis final volume on the necropolis of Campovalano investigates the funerary contexts dating between IV and II century B.C. for a total of about 300 burials. It also includes the anthropological and palaeopathological study of all the sepultures discovered in the necropolis. Together with the site of Fossa, this is the only archaeological excavation related to the Samnite Wars that has been published in the entire middle Adriatic area. Italian text, 384p, b/w illus (BAR 2804, 2016) 9781407314914 Pb £58.00

La Valle del Taro Nelleta del BronzoInsediamenti ed Organizzazione TerritorialeBy Cristiano PutzoluThis book focuses on the Bronze Age population of an area that corresponds to the modern administrative Province of Parma, Italy. Due to the position of the study area, at the western side of the Terramare Culture region, it has focused heavily on exogenous material culture. Spatial analyses of the plain sites and viewshed analyses of the mountain sites are employed. Italian text, 299p, b/w ilus (BAR 2814, 2016) 9781407314792 Pb £54.00

Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991-2004Finds Related to Textile Production from the Timpone Della Motta. Volume 5: Spindle WhorlsBy Marianne KleibrinkThis fifth volume in a series of publications dealing with the excavations by Groningen University in 1991-2004 at Francavilla Marittima largely consists of a catalogue of 300 spindle whorls of various types. Their weights and types are compared with spindle whorls from other Calabrian find spots and conclusions as to the development in indigenous Oenotrian spinning practices are suggested. 206p, b/w illus (BAR 2806, 2016) 9781407315409 Pb £37.00

Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991–2004Finds Related to Textile Production from the Timpone della Motta. Volume 6: Loom WeightsBy Marianne KleibrinkLocally produced material, together with impasto pottery, loom weights, cooking stove fragments, etc. was associated with an indigenous, Oenotrian apsidal building dating from the 8th century BC. The present volume largely consists of a catalogue of loom weights of various types, among them nicely decorated ones, and a description of their find circumstances. 307p, b/w illus (BAR 2848, 2017) 9781407315423 Pb £48.00

An Etruscan AffairThe Impact of Early Etruscan Discoveries on European CultureEdited by Judith SwaddlingThis fascinating new publication considers how the discovery of Etruscan artefacts have inspired artists, architects, nobility, scholars and travellers to Italy from the 16th through to the 20th century. Subjects include the reclaiming of Etruscan identity and its influence on Italian political history, the collecting and reproduction of Etruscan artefacts as well as new insights into the lives and activities of early British Etruscologists. 200p, b/w illus (British Museum Press 2017) 9780861592111 Pb £40.00, NYP

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Fragments, Holes, and WholesReconstrucing the Ancient World in Theory and PracticeEdited by Tomasz Derda, Jennifer Hilder & Jan KwapiszThe present volume offers a variety of case studies rather than a theoretically oriented survey of trends and overall approaches towards the fragmentarily preserved ancient material. The discussions of specific cases, however, also formulate some new theoretical proposals applicable to different kinds of material. 406p (Journal of Juristic Papyrology 2017) 9788394684808 Hb £50.00

What Shall I Say of Clothes?Edited by Megan Cifarelli & Laura GawlinskiThe essays in this volume engage explicitly in a variety of theoretical and methodological strategies for the interpretation of dress, dressed bodies, and their representations in the ancient world. The volume spans a broad area both geographically and chronologically, bringing the ancient Near East into dialogue with the classical world from prehistory through late antiquity. 240p (Archaeological Institute of America 2017) 9781931909341 Pb £20.00

The Hellenistic WestRethinking the Ancient MediterraneanEdited by Jonathan R.W. Prag & Josephine Crawley QuinnThis book contends that the rift between the ‘Greek East’ and the ‘Roman West’ is more a product of the traditional separation of Roman and Greek history than a reflection of the Hellenistic-period Mediterranean. The contributors argue for a dynamic reading of the economy, politics and history of the central and western Mediterranean beyond Rome, and in doing so problematise the concepts of ‘East’, ‘West’ and ‘Hellenistic’ itself. 502p (Cambridge UP 2013, Pb 2016) 9781107032422 Hb £83.00, 9781316625705 Pb £24.99

Collectors, Scholars and Forgers in the Ancient WorldBy Carolyn HigbieAs early as the Hellenistic era, some Greeks and Romans began to collect objects and might even display them in palaces, villas, or gardens, and so copyists and forgers created additional pieces. This book combines stories about frauds with an analysis of their significance, and illuminates and explores the link between collectors, scholars, and forgers in order to offer us a way to better understand the power that objects held over the ancient Greeks and Romans. 304p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198759300 Hb £65.00

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Textiles and Cult in the Ancient MediterraneanEdited by Cecilie Brøns & Marie-Louise NoschRecent scholarship has illustrated how textiles played a large and very important role in the ancient Mediterranean sanctuaries. In Greece, the so-called temple inventories te s t i f y to t h e u s e o f textiles as votive offerings, in particular to female divinities. Furthermore, in several cults, textiles were used to dress the images of different deities, as well as in the dress of priests and priestesses, and in the furnishings of the temples. Textiles and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean examines the topics of textile production in sanctuaries, the use of textiles as votive offerings and ritual dress using epigraphy, literary sources, iconography and the archaeological material itself. 32 0 p ( O x b o w B o o k s 2 0 17 ) 9781785706721 Hb £48.00

Traces of the PastClassics Between History and ArchaeologyBy Karen BassiWhat are we doing when we walk into an archaeological m u s e u m o r o n t o a n archaeological site? What do the objects and features we encounter in these unique places mean and, more specifically, how do they convey tous something about the beliefs and activities of formerly living humans? In short, how do visible remains and ruins in the present give meaningto the human past? Karen Bassi addresses these questions through detailed close readings of canonical works spanning the archaic to the classical periods of ancient Greek culture, showing how the past is constituted in descriptions of what narrators and characters see in their present context. 277p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472119929 Hb £61.95

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Women at War in the Classical WorldBy Paul ChrystalPaul Chrystal has written the first full length study of women and warfare in the Graeco Roman world. Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized b y m e n , t h e r e w e r e plenty of exceptions with women directly involved in its direction and even as combatants, Artemisia, Olympias, Cleopatra and Agrippina the Elder being famous examples. More commonly, of course, women were directly affected by war as non-combatant victims, of rape and enslavement as spoils of war and this makes up an important strand of the author’s discussion. 249p, b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781473856608 Hb £25.00

Large Scale Rhodian Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman TimesBy Kalliope BairamiThis volume presents the large-scale Rhodian sculpture of the Hellenistic and Roman period through the publication of sixty unpublished sculptures of life size or larger than life size, together with forty-five sculptures already published. The sculptures are grouped according to their statuary type (gods, mortals and portraits). The presentation of the sculptures is further supplemented by a technical description and an analysis of stylistic characteristics according to chronological development. Excavation data, wherever available, are also provided. 892p, 222 b/w and col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915766 Pb £80.00

Mediterranean Families in AntiquityHouseholds, Extended Families, and Domestic SpaceEdited by Sabine R. Huebner & Geoffrey NathanT h i s c o m p r e h e n s i v e study of families in the Mediterranean world spans the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity, and looks at families and households in various ancient societies inhabiting the regions around the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to break down artificial boundaries b e t w e e n a c a d e m i c disciplines. 368p (Wiley-Blackwell 2016) 9781119143697 Hb £90.00

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSTreasures from the SeaSea Silk and Shellfish Purple Dye in AntiquityEdited by Hedvig Landenius Enegren & Francesco MeoIn this new review of the latest research, 17 papers concentrate on two marine resources used in ancient textile manufacture: shellfish purple dye and sea silk. Papers include the study of epigraphical and historical sources, and practical experiments, as well as highlighting the presence of purple dye in the Mediterranean area in the archaeological data and in new research contexts; linguistic issues pertaining to terminology, archaeological investigation, the study of the physical and chemical properties of sea silk and the step-by-step practical working of sea silk fibres. 224p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785704352 Hb £38.00

The Ancient CityBy Arjan ZuiderhoekIn modern scholarship, the ancient city has been the subject of intense debates due to the strong association in Western thought between urbanism, capitalism and modernity. In this book, Arjan Zuiderhoek provides a survey of the main issues at stake in these debates, as well as a sketch of the chief characteristics of Greek and Roman cities. He argues that the ancient Greco-Roman city was indeed a highly specific form of urbanism, but that this does not imply that the ancient city was somehow ‘superior’ or ‘inferior’ to forms of urbanism in other societies, just (interestingly) different. 200p (Cambridge UP 2016) 9780521198356 Hb £59.99, 9780521166010 Pb £19.99

Demography and the Graeco- Roman WorldNew Insights and ApproachesEdited by Claire Holleran & April PudseyThrough a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the Graeco-Roman world. The individual case studies focus on fertility, mortality and migration and the roles they played in various aspects of ancient life. 226p (Cambridge UP 2011, Pb 2016) 9781107010826 Hb £67.00, 9781107526617 Pb £18.99

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A Cabinet of Ancient Medical CuriositiesStrange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and RomeBy J. C. McKeownT h i s b o o k c o m p i l e s hundreds of passages quoted from Greek and Roman authors to give a vividly direct picture of the ancient medical world. It takes a lighthearted approach, with passages picked for their anecdotal character, and with more serious insights into medical philosophy being joined by some of the more outlandish remedies and procedures. 288p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190610432 Hb £12.99

A Beginner’s Guide to Ancient CoinsBy David SearThis guide, designed with collectors in mind, gives a general background to the fascinating world of ancient Greek and Roman coins, how they were designed and manufactured, and at how they can reveal so much to us today of the time in which they were produced. 224p, col illus (Spink Books 2017) 9781907427657 Pb £9.99, NYP

Between Tarhuntas and Zeus PolieusCultural Crossroads in the Temples and Cults of Graeco-Roman AnatoliaEdited by Carlos Molina Valero, Joan Pablo Sanchez Hernandez & Marie-Paz de HozThe present book studies several ancient Anatolian cults and sanctuaries, focusing on the process of interaction between local cultures (Lycian, Carian, Pisidian, Cilician, Lydian, Pontic), Persians, Greeks and Romans. Which Greek practices did the natives adopt as part of their own tradition, especially in far-flung regions such as Pontus or Pisidia? How did these practices, together with the survival (or even revival) of ancient traditions, help forge a sort of regional identity in local sanctuaries? Which were the different roles played in this process by the local elites and the rural native populations? 256p (Peeters Press 2016) 9789042932654 Hb £82.00

Battling the GodsAtheism in the Ancient WorldBy Tim WhitmarshHow new is atheism? Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, so the lively free-thinking voices of antiquity were mostly suppressed. Tim Whitmarsh brings to life the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state, and reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years. 304p (Faber & Faber 2016, Pb 2017) 9780571279302 Hb £25.00, 9780571279319 Pb £9.99

GreeceDemocracy in Classical AthensBy Christopher CareyT h i s b o o k t ra ce s t h e development and operation of the Athenian political system and explores its underlying principles . Christopher Carey assesses the ancient sources of the history of Athenian democracy and evaluates criticisms of the system, ancient and modern. With a new chapter covering religion in the democratic city, this second edition benefits from updates throughout that incorporate the latest research and recent archaeological findings in Athens. 200p, b/w illus (Bloomsbury 2nd ed. 2017) 9781474286367 Pb £14.99

The Rise and Fall of Classical GreeceBy Josiah OberIn this new narrat ive history, Ober argues that Greece’s rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development. The extraordinary emergence of citizen-centred city-states transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire. Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, a victory made possible by the Macedonians’ appropriation of Greek innovations. 448p (Princeton UP 2015, Pb 2016) 9780691140919 Hb £27.95, 9780691173146 Pb £14.95

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GENERAL INTERESTRome, A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History, By Robert Hughes, Robert Hughes traces the city’s history, and explores its art, from its mythic foundation with Romulus and Remus to Fascism, Fellini and beyond. Hughes’ Rome is a vibrant, contradictory, spectacular and secretive place; a monument both to human glory and human error. 498p, col illus, Random House, 2012, 9780375711688, Pb was £16.99 now £6.95

The Building of England, How the History of England Has Shaped Our Buildings, By Simon Thurley, Thurley looks at how the architecture of England has evolved over a thousand years, uncovering the beliefs, ideas and aspirations of the people who commissioned them, built them and lived in them. He tells the fascinating story of the development of architecture and the advancements in both structural performance and aesthetic effect. 544p, William Collins, 2013, 9780007301409, Hb was £35.00 now £14.95

METHOD & THEORYMicroanalysis of Parchment, By Rene Larsen, Microanalysis of Parchment presents sampling techniques and non-destructive, microanalytical and semi-microanalytical methods for the analysis and testing of historic parchment based on visual, microscopical as well as chemical and physical techniques.The contributions in this volume represent the main achievements of the European joint project on parchment Methods in the Microanalysis of Parchment sponsored by the European Commission. 180p, Archetype, 2002, 9781873132685, Pb was £47.50 now £12.95

Children, Spaces and Identity, Edited by Margarita Sánchez Romero, Eva Alarcón García and Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez, Specialists from archaeology, history, literature, architecture, didactics, museology and anthropology build a body of theoretical and methodological approaches about how space is articulated and organised around children and how this disposition affects the creation and maintenance of social identities. 384p, b/w illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782979357, Pb was £45.00 now £14.95

Death and Changing Rituals, Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices, Edited by J. Rasmus Brandt, Håkon Roland and Marina Prusac, The contributions presented here are focused not on the examination of different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes in such rituals – how and when they occurred and how they may be explained. 320p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2014, 9781782976394, Hb was £40.00 now £14.95

The Archaeology of Cremation, Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies, Edited by Tim Thompson, A comprehensive study of the processes, ritual and practices involved in the cremation of human bodies and the methodologies that can be applied to the study of cremated human remains. 256p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782978480, Pb was £38.00 now £9.95

HERITAGECurating Human Remains, Edited by Myra Giesen, How to care for, store, display and interpret human remains, and issues of their ownership, are contentious questions, ones that need to be answered with care and due consideration. This book offers a systematic overview of the responses made by museums and other repositories in the United Kingdom, providing a baseline for understanding the scope and nature of human remains collections and the practices related to their care. 212p, b/w illus, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2013, 9781843838067, Hb was £60.00 now £14.95

Men from the Ministry, By Simon Thurley, Between 1900 and 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments and historic sites and opened them to the public. This book explains why the extraordinary collecting frenzy took place. It locates it in the fragile and nostalgic atmosphere of the interwar years, dominated by neo-romanticism and cultural protectionism. 224p, bw illus, Yale University Press, 2013, 9780300195729, Hb was £18.99 now £7.95

BRITISH PREHISTORYA Neolithic Ceremonial Complex in Galloway, Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999–2002, By Julian Thomas, This volume details a complex Late Neolithic enclosure at Dunragit Galloway, which comprised three concentric timber ramped post-rings, 120–300 m in diameter, a possible first Neolithic ‘super-mound’ in Scotland. 240p, colour and b/w illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782979708, Pb was £20.00 now £7.95

Living with the Flood, Mesolithic to post-medieval archaeological remains at Mill Lane, Sawston, Cambridgeshire – a wetland/dryland interface, By Samantha Paul, Kevin Colls and Henry P. Chapman, This volume integrates archaeological and palaeoenvironmental analysis to provide a detailed picture of life in an area of wetland/dryland interface from the late glacial to the post-medieval periods. It compares the nature and utilisation of built structures from the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Saxon period in their environmental contexts. 128p, colour and b/w illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015,

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Settlement in the Irish Neolithic, New discoveries at the edge of Europe, By Jessica Smyth, This book explores the wealth of evidence for settlement and houses throughout the Irish Neolithic, in relation to Britain and continental Europe. More importantly it incorporates the wealth of new, and often unpublished, evidence from developer-led archaeological excavations and large grey-literature resources. 208p, 54 b/w figs, Oxbow Books, 2014, 9781842174975, Hb was £35.00 now £12.95

Cliffs End Farm Isle of Thanet, Kent, By Jacqueline I. McKinley, Matt Leivers, Jörn Schuster, Peter Marshall, Alistair Barclay and Nick Stoodley, Excavations uncovered Bronze Age barrows and enclosures, and a large prehistoric mortuary feature, as well as a small early 6th to late 7th century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery. An extraordinary series of human and animal remains were recovered from the Late Bronze Age–Middle Iron Age mortuary feature, revealing a wealth of evidence for mortuary rites including exposure, excarnation and curation. 288p, Wessex Archaeology, 2015, 9781874350705, Hb was £35.00 now £14.95

Seabed Prehistory, By Louise Tizzard, Andrew Bicket, Dimitri De Loecker and Edited by Jonathan Benjamin and Philippa Bradley, This volume reports on archaeological investigations of Early Middle Palaeolithic flint tools, including hand axes, and faunal remains in the North Sea, as well as examining submerged and buried landscapes, 152p, Wessex Archaeology, 2015, 9781874350804, Hb was £33.00 now £14.95

EUROPEAN PREHISTORYElevated Rock Art, By Johan Ling, This volume aims to shed light on the process of shore displacement and its social and cognitive implications for the interpretation of rock art in the prehistoric landscape of Bohuslän. The findings clearly show that in the Bronze Age, the majority of rock art sites had a very close spatial connection to the sea. 272p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2014, 9781782977629, Hb was £40.00 now £9.95

The Celts, By Alice Roberts, From Denmark to Italy; Portugal to Turkey Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, revealing the remarkable story of the Celts: their real origins, how they lived and thrived, and their enduring modern legacy Using ground-breaking linguistic research, in addition to the latest archaeology and genetics, she explores how this remarkable and advanced culture grew from the fringes of the continent and humiliated the might of Rome. 320p, col pls, Quercus, 2015, 9781784293321, Hb was £20.00 now £7.95

The Cave Painters, Probing the Mysteries

of the World’s First Artists, By Gregory Curtis, The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spain. Curtis takes us through various theories that the art was part of fertility or hunting rituals, or used for religious purposes, or was clan mythology examining the ways interpretations have changed over time. 288p, b/w illus, Random House, 2007, 9781400078875, Pb was £12.99 now £5.95

WORLD ARCHAEOLOGYMural Paintings of the Silk Road, Cultural Exchanges Between East and West, By Kazuya Yamauchi, A newfound recognition of the vastness of the Silk Road, along with a genuine rediscovery of the ancient cultural exchanges that took place there is reflected in this collection of papers which examines the range of information (art styles, techniques and materials) encapsulated within mural paintings, allowing the reader a glimpse of the dynamism inherent in the cultural exchanges between East and West. 194p, col illus, Archetype, 2007, 9781904982227, Pb was £45.00 now £14.95

Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World, By Jack Weatherford, The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. This revisionist history argues that far from being a purely destructive force, in nearly every country the Mongols conquered they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. 352p, 1, Random House, 2005, 9780609809648, Pb was £13.99 now £5.95

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire, By Jack Weatherford, This book attempts to reconstruct the remarkable careers of the daughters of Genghis Khan, who held key positions of power and played a pivotal role in administering his empire. It also explores the role of another great Mongol queen, Manduhai, in reviving Mongol power at the end of the fifteenth century. 317p, Random House, 2011, 9780307407160, Pb was £14.50 now £5.95

The Four Great Temples, Buddhist Art, Archaeology, and Icons of Seventh-century Japan, By Donald F. McCallum, Donald McCallum seeks in this volume to restore the four great temples to their proper place in the history of Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist architecture. In his detailed analyses of each of the four temples, McCallum considers historiographical issues, settings and layouts, foundations, tiles, relics, and icons and allows readers to follow their chronological evolution, 360p, col illus, University of Hawai’i Press, 2008, 9780824831141, Hb was £41.95 now £12.95

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Dragons and Lotus Blossoms, Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art, By John A. Stevenson and Donald A. Wood, Through a series of judicious purchases that began in the 1970s, the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, has created an extraordinary collection of Vietnamese ceramic art. Essays by three noted experts introduce the collection. col illus, University of Washington Press, 2011, 9780295991627, Pb was £37.00 now £12.95

The Search for Immortality, Tomb Treasures of Han China, Edited by James C. S. Lin, In an effort to preserve their legacy of beauty and power, the Han created elaborate tombs containing exquisite artistic treasures intended for use in the afterlife. Many of the items, including warrior statues, dancing figures, and priceless jewels-intended to ensure protection, entertainment, and continued wealth and status, respectively-are brought together for the first time in this volume which combines stunning photography with authorative essays providing context. 376p, col illus, Yale University Press, 2012, 9780300184341, Hb was £45.00 now £19.95

Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China, By Annette L. Juliano, Unearthed showcases recently excavated artifacts from Shanxi and Gansu provinces, many of which have never been exhibited outside China. These objects range from fantastical tomb guardian-beasts, to luxury goods reflecting the lucrative “Silk Road” trade, to objects designed for religious or ritual purposes, to a magnificent stone sarcophagus in the shape of a traditional Chinese house. 288p, b/w and col illus, Yale University Press, 2012, 9780300179675, Hb was £35.00 now £12.95

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology, Edited by William F. Keegan, Corinne Hofman and Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, Over the past 20 years, Caribbean archaeology has been transformed from a focus on reconstructing culture histories to one on the mobility and exchange expressed in cultural and social dynamics. This Handbook brings together, for the first time, examples of the best research conducted by scholars from across the globe to address the complexity of the Caribbean past. 624p, b/w illus, Oxford University Press, 2013, 9780195392302, Hb was £110.00 now £29.95

Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, Edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Aron L. Crowell and Julie Hollowell, This volume examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between, illuminating their sophisticated formal aesthetic, cultural complexity, and individual histories. Many of the pieces discussed are from recent Russian excavations and are presented here for the first time

in English; others are from private collections not usually open to the public. 320p, b/w and col illus, Yale University Press, 2009, 9780300122060, Hb was £40.00 now £19.95

EGYPTThe Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, By Toby Wilkinson, This new synthesis combines analysis of Egypt’s civilization into a political narrative from the first Pharaohs right down to Cleopatra. Wilkinson traces changing contours in the monarchy’s self-image, and building up a powerful picture of just how brutal, repressive and despotic the Egyptian political system was. 646p, b/w illus, col pls, Random House, 2010, 9780553384901, Pb was £16.99 now £6.95

The Woman Who Would Be King, Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, By Kara Cooney, Over a spectacular twenty-two-year reign, Hatshepsut proved herself a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays with a veil of piety and sexual reinvention. Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power-and why she fell from public favour just as quickly. Random House, 2015, 9780307956767, Hb was £20.00 now £7.95

Dawn of Egyptian Art, By Daniel Craig Patch, With illustrations of more than 180 objects created from about 4000 to 2650 BC, Dawn of Egyptian Art presents the art forms and iconography in which the early Egyptians recorded their beliefs about the land where they lived, the yearly events that took place there, and what they thought was important to the eternal survival of their world. 256p, col illus, Yale University Press, 2012, 9780300179521, Hb was £50.00 now £14.95

NEAR EASTArchaeological Perspectives on the Transmission and Transformation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean, By Joanne Clarke and Joanne Clark, Wherever trade takes place, a similar exchange of ideas, technology and culture also occurs. This book presents thirty papers on this very subject, looking at the ways in which we can measure the transmission of culture in the eastern Mediterranean, and how this transmission varied across time and space. 218p, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2005, 9781842171684, Hb was £40.00 now £12.95

Beyond the Fertile Crescent, By Andrew Garrard and Brian Byrd, This volume explores the geology, stratigraphy and dating of the Late Palaeolithic sites of the Azraq Basin and provides a detailed description of the technology and typology of the lithic assemblages from the sites. These are then compared with those from the wider

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Levant, in order to explore possible links between technological traditions and social groups. 448p, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2013, 9781842178331, Hb was £45.00 now £12.95

Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic, Edited by J. Lovell and Y. Rowan, The two themes of this volume - culture and chronology - combine the need for theoretical engagement with the establishment of broader, more precise empirical data using explicit classificatory schemes. 208p, 87 b/w & col illus, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2011, 9781842179932, Hb was £40.00 now £12.95

Landscape and Interaction: Troodos Survey Vol 1, Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation, By Michael Given, A. Bernard Knapp, Jay Noller, Luke Sollars and Vasiliki Kassianidou, Beginning with a considered overview of the context, research aims and methodology of the project, Volume 1 provides detailed accounts of the archaeology, material culture, geography and environmental record of the entire survey area. 400p, b/w and col. illus, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2013, 9781782971870, Hb was £48.00 now £14.95

Landscape and Interaction, Troodos Survey Vol 2, The TAESP Landscape, By Michael Given, A. Bernard Knapp, Luke Sollars, Jay Noller and Vasiliki Kassianidou, Covering four regions of the survey area (The Plains, Karkotis Valley, Upper Lagoudhera Valley and The Mountains) volume two focuses on explicit research questions appropriate to each region. Organised geographically, chronologically and thematically, each region is investigated from the Neolithic to the present day. 296p, b/w and col. illus, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2013, 9781782971887, Hb was £38.00 now £12.95

Landscapes in Transition, By Bill Finlayson and Graeme Warren, This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on archaeological approaches to landscape in the context of the adoption of agriculture in Southwest Asia and Northwest Europe. Case studies are presented from these contrasting regions, one where the transition to farming is indigenous, and the other where the transformation is initiated externally. 248p, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2010, 9781842174166, Pb was £35.00 now £12.95

Later Prehistory of the Badia, Excavation and Surveys in Eastern Jordan, Volume 2, By A. V. G. Betts, D. Cropper, L. Martin and C. McCartney, This volume covers the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic of the eastern badia. This period was marked by the first appearance of sheep and goat as one element of the steppic economy alongside traditional practices of hunting and foraging. 240p, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2013, 9781842174739, Hb was £48.00 now £14.95

Umm al-Biyara, Excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett in Petra 1960-1965, By Piotr Bienkowski, Umm al-Biyara was the first Iron Age Edomite site to be extensively excavated. The stratigraphy, pottery, small finds and inscribed material, including the important bulla of Qos-Gabr, King of Edom are described, supplemented by chapters on the use of space and a landscape study of mountain-top sites in the Petra region. 160p, 183 b/w illus, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2011, 9781842174395, Hb was £35.00 now £12.95

Hittite Studies in Honour of Harry A Hoffner Jr. Edited by Gary M. Beckman, These 34 papers focus on Hittite language and texts but also examine aspects of Hittite society. They include detailed analyses of Hittite kingship, Gilgamesh, foreign policy, religious rituals as revealed in texts, Hittite gods, seals, sources, mythology, political and moral texts. 406p, b/w figs, tbs, Eisenbrauns, 2003, 9781575060798, Hb was £65.00 now £14.95

Reconstructed Chronology of the Divided Kingdom, By M .Christine Tetley, The common response to any attempt to read the chronological notations associated with the kings of Israel and Judah in the time of the divided monarchy is, perhaps, a shrug of the shoulders, or a statement to the effect that the problem is insoluble. Now Christine Tetley has attacked this knottiest of problems with fresh vigor and assayed a new solution. 208p, Eisenbrauns, 2005, 9781575060729, Hb was £39.99 now £12.95

The Sword and the Stylus, An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires, By Leo G. Perdue, In this introduction to ancient wisdom literature, Leo Perdue argues that it can only be properly understood in its historical and social contexts. Wisdom texts did not transcend their life settings to espouse values regardless of time and circumstance. Rather, they are located in a variety of historical events in an evolving nation, reflecting a vast array of different and changing moral systems, epistemologies, and religious understandings. 502p, William B. Eerdmans, 2008, 9780802862457, Pb was £31.99 now £9.95

AEGEAN PREHISTORYArchanes, Crete, By J. A. Sakellarakis and Efi Sakellarakis, A guide to the Minoan site of Archanes, including parts of the splendid palace which are preserved amongst the houses of the modern town, the impressive cemetery complex at neighbouring Phourni as well as the Anemospilia excavations which have revealed sensational evidence of a human sacrifice. Ekdotike Athenon, 1992, 9789602132340, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

Crete, By Anna Kofou, This guidebook provides an overview of the history and geography of Crete, before giving more detailed information on the

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principal sites and museums of the island. 302p, Ekdotike Athenon, 2006, 9789602134269, Pb was £21.99 now £9.95

Helen of Troy, By Bettany Hughes, Focusing on the ‘real’ Helen (the possibility of a flesh and blood Helen), Bettany Hughes reconstructs the context of life in Bronze Age Greece for this elusive prehistoric princess. Through the eyes of a young aristocratic Mycenaean woman, Hughes looks at the social and political minutiae that would have made Helen who she was: her palaces, her slaves, her jewellery, her feasts, her games, the religious rituals she would have presided over. Jonathan Cape, 2013, 9781400076000, Pb was £16.99 now £5.95

GREECEGreek and Roman Textiles and Dress, Edited by Mary Harlow and Marie-Louise Nosch, Multiple aspects of the production of textiles and the social meaning of dress are included here to offer the reader an up-to-date account of the state of current research. The volume opens up the range of questions that can now be answered when looking at fragments of textiles and examining written and iconographic images of dressed individuals in a range of media. 320p, Fully colour illustrated, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782977155, Hb was £48.00 now £14.95

The Trial of Socrates, By I. F. Stone, Stone set out to discover how a so-called “free” society, such as existed in Athens, could try and condemn to death its most renowned philosopher. He examines what Plato does not tell us - the Athenian side of the story - to see whether he can mitigate the city’s crime and thereby remove some of the stigma the trial left on democracy and on Athens. 282p, Doubleday, 1989, 9780385260329, Pb was £12.00 now £4.95

Athens - Piraeus - Kaisariani - Daphni - Eleusis - Brauron - Sounion, By Katerina Servi, A well-illlustrated guide to the sites and museums of Attica. 143p, Ekdotike Athenon, 2000, 9789602133897, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

Delphi, By Manolis Andronicos, A well illustrated guide-book to the site of Delphi and the finds associated with it. 80p, 57 illus, Ekdotike Athenon, 2002, 9789602130339, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

Olympia, The Archaeological Site and the Museums, By Manolis Andronicos, A well-illustrated guide book to the archaeological site of Olympia and its museums. 80p, Ekdotike Athenon, 2005, 9789602130469, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

Sounion, By Argyro B. Tataki, The promontory of Sounion is the southernmost tip of Attica. Here, on a windswept bluff rising above the Aegean sea, stands the temple of Poseidon, one of the most impressive classical monuments to have survived

to the present day. This archaeological guide also includes a description of the Sanctuary of Athena and of the finds from Sounion kept in the National Archaeological Museum. 80p, 57 illus. Ekdotike Athenon, 1979, 9789602131367, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

The Acropolis, By Manolis Andronicos, A well illustrated guide book on the Athenian Acropolis, its monuments and museums. 104p, Ekdotike Athenon, 2005, 9789602130063, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

The Greek Islands, By E. Karpodini, A well-illustrated guide book exploring the history and culture of Greece’s numerous islands. 240p, col illus, Ekdotike Athenon, 2006, 9789602130643, Pb was £21.99 now £9.95

Autopsy in Athens, Recent Archaeological Research on Athens and Attica, Edited by Margaret M. Miles, These papers offer perspectives on a range of issues relating to Classical Athens: the ambience of the ancient city for passers-by, filled with roadside shrines; techniques of architectural construction and sculpting; religious expression in Athens including cults of Asklepios and Serapis; the precise procedures for Greek sacrifice; how the borders of Attica were defined over time, and details of its road-system. 224p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782978565, Hb was £60.00 now £14.95

A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War, By Victor Hanson, Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. illustrations, Random House, 2006, 9780812969702, Pb was £16.50 now £5.95

Ghost on the Throne, The Death of Alexander the Great, By James Romm, A gripping account, popular but backed by rigorous scholarship, which reconstructs the events which followed the death of Alexander at the height of his fame and power. Romm describes the unsuccessful revolt of the Athenians, and the struggles among Alexander’s generals to control the two remaining representatives of the Argead line. 389p, b/w illus, Random House, 2012, 9780307456601, Pb was £12.99 now £5.95

The Spartans, The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, By Paul Cartledge, Interspersed with the personal biographies of leading figures, and based on 30 years’ research, The Spartans tracks the people from 480 to 360 BC charting Sparta’s progression from the Great

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Power of the Aegean Greek world to its ultimate demise. 320p, b/w illus, Random House, 2004, 9781400078851, Pb was £13.99 now £5.95

Why Homer Matters, By Adam Nicholson, In this passionate and deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why Homer’s poems still have so much to say about what it is to be human, to love, lose, grow old and die. Reflecting on fathers and sons, men and women, on the necessity for love and the violence of warriors, on peace and war, youth and old-age, Homer is the deep voice of Europe, as dark as Mavrodaphne and as glowingly alive as anything that has ever been. 336p, Henry Holt, 2014, 9781627791793, Hb was £25.00 now £7.95

ROMELetter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum, By Johann Joachim Winckelmann, This gloriously illustrated new translation brings to light the early days of scientific archaeology and the unearthing and study of Herculaneum and Pompeii as observed byJohann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768). His Letter, published in German in 1762, offers a scathing critique of the Spanish Bourbon excavations around the Bay of Naples and of the officials involved. He further discusses these topics in his equally controversial Report of 1764. 230p, b/w illus, Getty Trust Publications, 2011, 9781606060896, Pb was £37.00 now £12.95

Augustus, The Life of Rome’s First Emperor, By Anthony Everitt, As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. He worked extraordinarily hard, and, within a generation, had rebuilt Rome, transforming it into a splendid metropolis and centre for civil government and the arts. In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt uncovers the deeply human character of this extraordinary man. 377p, Random House, 2007, 9780812970586, Pb was £12.99 now £4.95

Rome and Jerusalem, The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, By Martin Goodman, In AD 70, after a war which had flared sporadically for four years, three Roman legions under the future Emperors Vespasian and his son Titus, surrounded, laid siege to, and eventually devastated the city of Jerusalem. This book narrates and explains this titanic struggle, showing why Rome’s interests were served by this policy of brutal hostility, and how the first generation of Christians first distanced themselves from their Jewish origins and then became increasingly hostile to Jews as Christian influence spread within the empire. black & white illustrations, Random House, 2008, 9780375726132, Pb was £14.99 now £5.95

The Arts of Antioch, Art Historical and Scientific Approaches to Roman Mosaics and

a Catalogue of the Worcester Art Museum Antioch Collection, By Lawrence Becker and Christine Kondoleon, Arts of Antioch publishes the results of detailed interdisciplinary research carried out on the mosaics of the Atrium House triclinium from Antioch and includes a catalogue of the mosaics, sculptural pieces, small finds and coins (dating from the 4th century BC to the late 12th century AD) from the Worcester Museum in Massachusetts. 349p, b/w and col illus, Worcester Art Gallery, 2005, 9780691122328, Hb was £82.50 now £19.95

The Britons Challenge Rome, By Patricia Southern, A lively introduction to the warfare between the Britons and the might of Imperial Rome, from Caesar’s invasions to conquest under Claudius, the Boudican revolt, and the campaigns of Agricola as related by Tacitus. 128p, Amberley Publishing, 2015, 9781445644561, Pb was £6.99 now £3.50

Life in the Limes, Studies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiers, Edited by Rob Collins and Frances McIntosh, Topics include: social and industrial aspects of northern frontier forts; new insights into inscribed and sculptural stones specific to military communities; religious, cultural and economic connotations of Roman armour finds; the economic and ideological penetration of romanitas in the frontiers as reflected by individual objects and classes of finds; and evidence of trans-frontier interactions and invisible people, 264p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2014, 9781782972532, Hb was £48.00 now £14.95

LATE ANTIQUITYEncounters, Travel and Money in the Byzantine World, By Eurydice S. Georganteli and Barrie Cook, The study of Byzantine coins is essentially the study of communications and movement of people and ideas, within and outside Byzantium. This highly illustrated volume, focuses on over 50 coins to explore the empire’s political and socio-economic development and cultural relations with its neighbours. 72p, col illus, Art Books International, 2006, 9781904832270, Pb was £6.95 now £3.95

Augustine: Conversions to Confessions, By Robin Lane Fox, Robin Lane Fox follows Augustine on a brilliantly-described journey, combining the latest scholarship with recently-found letters and sermons by Augustine himself to give a portrait of his subject which is subtly different from older biographies. Augustine’s heretical years as a Manichaean, his relation to non-Christian philosophy, his mystical aspirations and the nature of his conversion are among the aspects of his life which stand out in a sharper light. 672p, col pls, Basic Books, 2015, 9780465022274, Hb was £30.00 now £9.95

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Pagans, The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity, By James J. O’Donnell, A look at the Christianisation of the Empire from a Pagan perspective. O’Donnell brings to life various pagan rites and features of Roman religion and life, offers fresh portraits of figures including Constantine, Julian, and Augustine, and explores important themes—Rome versus the east, civilization versus barbarism, plurality versus unity, rich versus poor, and tradition versus innovation. 288p, Ecco Press, 2016, 9780061845390, Pb was £12.99 now £5.95

Mystras, The Medieval City and Castle, By Manolis Chatzidakis, This well illustrated guide-book surveys each of the principal monuments of the Byzantine and Frankish city of Mystras, including the palace and the churches with their stunning mosaics. There is also coverage of the town’s museum. 128p, col illus, Ekdotike Athenon, 2005, 9789602130650, Pb was £14.99 now £6.95

God Against the Gods, The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism, By Jonathan Kirsch, God Against the Gods explores the first stirrings of monotheism in ancient Egypt, traces the losing battle that early Judaism and Christianity fought against polytheism, and then focuses in on the reigns of two charismatic and visionary Roman emperors - Constantine, who started the Christian revolution that made the modern world, and Julian, who tried to restore paganism. Penguin Books Ltd, 2005, 9780142196335, Pb was £12.99 now £5.95

The Origin of Satan, By Elaine H Pagels, The figure of Satan has been a standing puzzle in the history of religion. This study examines his origins and his shifting functions. Satan is not present in classical Jewish sources (and scarcely present in traditional Judaism to this day). Images of Satan began to develop and proliferate in later Jewish sources not included in the Hebrew Bible. The book explores this early history or invention of the devil, and traces Satan’s subsequent transformations as one of society’s most necessary fictions. 214p, Random House, 1996, 9780679731184, Pb was £8.99 now £3.95

Byzantium and Islam, By Helen Evans and Brandie Ratl i f f , This volume explores transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century. In particular it uses art and material culture to highlight the cultural cross-fertilisations which resulted from the rise and expansion of Islam during this period. 400p, col illus, Yale University Press, 2012, 9780300179507, Hb was £45.00 now £19.95

ISLAMThe Medieval and Ottoman Hajj Route in Jordan, Edited by Andrew Petersen, This book

documents the archaeological and architectural remains which line this route, paying particular attention to the forts and cisterns built and maintained by the Ottoman rulers from the 16th century onwards. Council for British Research in the Levant, 2012, 9781842175026, Hb was £52.00 now £14.95

Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine, By Jodi Magness, Archaeological evidence is frequently cited by scholars as proof or confirmation that Palestine declined after the Muslim conquest, and especially after the rise of the Abbasids in the mid-eighth century. Instead, Magness argues that the archaeological evidence, freed insofar as possible of political and/or religious biases, supports the idea that Palestine and Syria experienced a tremendous growth in population and prosperity between the mid-sixth and mid-seventh centuries. Eisenbrauns, 2003, 9781575060705, Hb was £49.99 now £14.95

Living in Historic Cairo, By Farhad Daftary, This illustrated book examines Cairo from the first century AH / seventh century AD until the present, considering the relationships between the physical layout of the city and its historic buildings, its economy, and its social, cultural, and religious life. It also discusses the programs of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, both for restoring historic monuments in the district of al-Darb al-Ahmar and for reviving and improving the social and economic life of the old city. 300p, col illus, University of Washington Press, 2010, 9781898592280, Hb was £50.00 now £19.95

ANGLO-SAXONAnglo-Saxon England in 100 Places, By David Edmondson, In this introductory guide David Edmondson explores the history of Anglo-Saxon England by means of a geographical tour taking in 100 places, including famous sites such as Lindisfarne and Sutton Hoo, as well as lesser known churches, high crosses and provincial museums with prominent Anglo-Saxon collections. 123p, col illus, Amberley Publishing, 2014, 9781445643151, Pb was £12.99 now £6.50

Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Dover, By Keith Parfitt and Trevor Anderson, The 1994 excavations at Buckland, Dover, uncovered another 244 graves in the extensive Anglo-Saxon cemetery first excavated by Professor Vera Evison in 1951-3. Just over two thirds of the burials contained grave goods. Several male burials contained a sword, others a spear and sometimes a shield. Women’s graves included brooches and beads and a variety of other objects, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2012, 9781870545235, Hb was £35.00 now £35.00

The Winchester Mint and Coins and

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Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961-71, By Martin Biddle, This major study catalogues the 5,500 surviving silver pennies from the Winchester mint, alongside a detailed analysis of the use made by the moneyers of dies, and as well as the size, weight, and the surviving number of coins from each pair of dies to reconstruct the fortunes of the mint across this period. 725p, b/w illus, Oxford University Press, 2012, 9780198131724, Hb was £115.00 now £49.95

Bright Lights of the Dark Ages, The Thaw Collection of Early Medieval Ornaments, By Debra Noel Adams, Bright Lights in the Dark Ages is a major new volume focused on Early Medieval personal ornament. The exceptionally broad scope of the Thaw collection, spanning over a millennium, illustrates the continuity and evolution of fine metalworking traditions. It also reveals the profound influence of the classical world on the new political alliances formed during the Early Medieval period that united people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. 432p, col illus, D Giles Limited, 2014, 9781907804250, Hb was £65.00 now £19.95

MEDIEVAL HISTORYBarking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture, Edited by Jennifer N. Brown and Donna Alfano Bussell, The essays in this volume map the literary history of the nunnery of Barking Abbey, offering a wide-ranging examination of its liturgical, historio-hagiographical, devotional, doctrinal, and administrative texts, with a particular focus on the important hagiographies produced there during the twelfth century. Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2012, 9781903153437, Hb was £60.00 now £14.95

The Greatest Knight, The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones, By Thomas Asbridge, Thomas Asbridge draws upon an array of contemporary evidence, including the thirteenth-century biography, to present a compelling account of William Marshal’s life and times, from rural England to the battlefields of France, the desert castles of the Holy Land and the verdant shores of Ireland. 464p, col pls, Simon & Schuster, 2015, 9781471163388, Pb was £9.99 now £4.95

The Fabric of Marian Devotion in Isabel de Villena’s Vita Christi, By Lesley K. Twomey, Isabel de Villena (1430-1490) became abbess of the Poor Clare convent, the Santa Trinitat, in Valencia in 1462, a position she held for almost thirty years until her death. This is the first full-length survey in English of Isabel’s life and literary works. The author pays particular attention to the way in which devotion to the Virgin Mary is manifested and described through material culture, on her rich fabrics, brocades, silks, shoes, and crown. 320p, b/w illus, Boydell & Brewer, 2013,

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Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors, By Brian Catlos, Catlos’ meticulous reconstruction of the Mediterranean from c.1050-1200 allows him to stunningly overturn our most basic assumption about it: that it was defined by religious extremism. He brings to light many figures who were accepted as rulers by their ostensible foes. Samuel B. Naghrilla, a self-proclaimed Jewish messiah, became the force behind Muslim Granada. Bahram Pahlavuni, an Armenian Christian, wielded power in an Islamic caliphate. And Philip of Mahdia, a Muslim eunuch, rose to admiral in the service of Roger II, the Christian “King of Africa.”, 416p, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014, 9780809058372, Hb was £18.99 now £7.95

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas, By Roger Crowley, A gripping narrative account of the rise of Venice from 1000 to the start of the sixteenth century. Crowley shows how warfare and crusading, trade and commerical rivalry with Genoa and Pisa and the creation of a network of colonies all played their part, and describes the city’s wealthy mercantile elite and unique system of governance. black & white illustrations, colour illustrations,, Random House, 2013, 9780812980226, Pb was £9.99 now £3.95

MEDIEVAL ARTPaint and Piety, Edited by Noelle L.W. Streeton and Kaja Kollandsrud, A collection of papers which showcase current approaches to the study of medieval painting and polychrome sculpture, as well as its physical contexts, changing faces and meanings. Topics include the liturgical contexts of medieval art, techniques, processes and contexts of production, and issues of conservation. 203p, col illus, Archetype, 2014, 9781909492103, Hb was £55.00 now £14.95

Architecture and Interpretation, Edited by Jill A. Franklin, T. A. Heslop and Christine Stevenson, The aim of this book is to move the discussion forward, to encourage and broaden debate about the ways in which architecture is interpreted, with a view to raising levels of intellectual engagement with the issues in terms of the theory and practice of architectural history. The focus is overwhelmingly on the medieval centuries, which Romansesque architecture particularly well-represented. 430p, b/w illus, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2012, 9781843837817, Hb was £60.00 now £14.95

The Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in Learning, By James Thorpe, The Huntington Library holds one of three vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the United States. Colour reproductions of several pages and initial letters from the Bible accompany this text, which details the early history of printing and the way the Gutenberg Bible was produced.

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48p, 23 color illustrations, 7 b/w illustrations, Vintage Books, 2004, 9780873281690, Hb was £8.95 now £3.95

MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGYA Twelfth-Century Pottery Kiln at Pound Lane, Canterbury, By John Cotter, In 1986 a medieval pottery kiln was excavated at Pound Lane, Canterbury which appears to have been worked by a continental potter, perhaps a Norman, around the middle of the 12th century. The report contains a short account of the site and excavation, followed by a detailed account of the kiln itself and an extensive typology of the kiln products. 124p, 69 figs, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, 9781870545075, Pb was £9.95 now £4.95

St Gregory’s Priory, Northgate, Canterbury. Excavations 1988-1991, By Martin Hicks and Alison Hicks, A detailed report on excavations carried out at the site of St Gregory’s Priory that revealed two major ecclesiastical buildings. The earliest church, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in AD 1084 became a priory in 1133; it was rebuilt after a great fire in 1145, probably under the patronage of Archbishop Theobald, and was eventually dissolved in 1537. 431p, 156 b/w figs and pls, tbs, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, 9781870545044, Hb was £55.00 now £55.00

The Archbishop’s Palace, Canterbury, By J. Rady, T. Tatton-Brown and J. A. Bowen, This bound offprint from the Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. cxliv (1991), reports excavations undertaken at the Archbishop’s Palace in Canterbury during the 1980s. 60p, 8 b/w plates, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1991, Pb was £3.00 now £1.50

Environment, Society and the Black Death, An interdisciplinary approach to the late-medieval crisis in Sweden, Edited by Per Lagerås, This volume uses evidence and techniques from archaeology and the natural sciences to focus on environmental and social changes in the wake of the Black Death using Sweden as a case study. Pollen analysis provides new light on the impact on agriculture, and urban archaeology and skeletal analysis provides evidence of changing living conditions. 208p, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781785700545, Pb was £36.00 now £9.95

Everyday Products in the Middle Ages, Crafts, Consumption and the individual in Northern Europe c. AD 800-1600, Edited by Gitte Hansen, Steven Ashby and Irene Baug, This volume explores the lives of the actors involved in the lives of everyday products - objects of bone, leather, stone, ceramics, and base metal - and their production and use in medieval northern Europe. 352p, b/w and col. illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782978053, Hb was £37.00 now £12.95

Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England, By Ben Jervis, Utilising an interpretive framework which focuses upon the relationships between people, places and things, this study considers the effect of the production, consumption and discard of pottery, to see pottery not as reflecting medieval life, but as one factor which contributed to the development of multiple experiences and realities in medieval England. 160p, b/w and col. illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2014, 9781782976592, Hb was £45.00 now £14.95

Textiles and the Medieval Economy, Production, Trade, and Consumption of Textiles, 8th–16th Centuries, Edited by Angela Ling Huang and Carsten Jahnke, Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. 256p, b/w and colour illustrations, Oxbow Books, 2015, 9781782976479, Hb was £35.00 now £12.95

Nottingham: The Buried Past of a Historic City Revealed, By Scott C. Lomax, An accessible overview of Nottingham’s archaeology drawing on the author’s excavations and work in compiling the Nottingham Urban Archaeological Database. Lomax considers the origins of Nottingham, and discusses Nottingham Castle, the churches and friaries of the Medieval period, the Medieval town wall, Nottingham’s manmade caves, and the industries which took place in Saxon and Medieval times. 176p, b/w illus, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2013, 9781781593899, Pb was £12.99 now £5.95

The Art of German Stoneware, 1300-1900, From the Charles w. Nichols Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, By Jack Hinton, Beautiful and eminently useful, stonewares produced in the German-speaking lands from the Middle Ages onward were highly valued for their durability and suitability for a range of domestic and social uses. About ninety fine stoneware pieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a promised private collection testify here to the success, artful decoration, and fascinating variety of this medium. 60p, col illus, Yale University Press, 2012, 9780300179781, Pb was £15.99 now £6.95

Water Resources and Their Management, Wharram: A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds X, By M. Atkin, C. Treen and Malcolm Atkin, This, the tenth volume in the Wharram series, presents the results of excavations carried out on the site of a medieval dam and pond, at the southern end of the deserted village of Wharram Percy, from 1972-83. The earliest finds were associated with a water-powered corn mill, probably dating to the 9th or early 10th century,

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but this went out of use at some point during the 13th century. 278p, b/w illus, York Archaeological Publications, 2006, 9780904761726, Hb was £19.50 now £6.95

Wharram VIII, The South Manor Area, By Paul Stamper, These excavations, located in the southern manorial enclosure of Wharram Percy, uncovered a Middle Saxon smithy, Late Saxon and Scandinavian metalwork, Norman agricultural structures and medieval peasant farm buildings. The volume contains reports on the excavations, the pottery, the small finds, the ironworking evidence and the environmental remains. 223p, 100 b/w figs, tbs, York Archaeological Publications, 2000, 9780946722181, Hb was £18.00 now £6.95

Wharram IX, The North Manor Area and North-West Enclosure, By Lorna Watts and Philip Rahtz, The focus of this volume is the excavation from the northern end of the village, where aerial photos and geophysical survey revealed enclosures characteristic of medieval settlement. However, the principal themes of this book are the later prehistoric, Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods. A major enclosure in the North Manor was in use from the first century BC till the first century AD, with the north-west enclosure being added during the second century AD. 426p, York Archaeological Publications, 2004, 9780946722198, Hb was £22.00 now £9.95

Wharram XI, The Churchyard, By S. Mays, C. Harding and C. Heighway, This volume includes the definitive reports on human remains and associated mortuary practices extending from the 10th century to post-medieval times. Over a thousand skeletons were uncovered, and 687 of these were subject to detailed analysis, revealing a wealth of information about the diet, health and mortality of the parishioners. 470p, 159 illus, 120 plates, York Archaeological Publications, 2007, 9780946722204, Hb was £25.00 now £9.95

Wharram XII, The Post-medieval and Vicarage Sites, By C. Harding, E. Marlow-Mann and Edited by S. Wrathmell, This volume charts the history of settlement at Wharram from the early 16th to the early 19th centuries, the period which began with the destruction of the medieval farming community and its open-fields, and ended with the abandonment of the one remaining farmstead occupying the former village site, and of the adjacent vicarage. The artefacts associated with the two homesteads are catalogued, illustrated and discussed in detail. 456p, York Archaeological Publications, 2010, 9780946722211, Hb was £27.50 now £9.95

Wharram XIII, Edited by Stuart Wrathmell, The final volume in the series Wharram: A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds charts the history of Wharram Percy from later prehistoric times

down to the 16th century. It provides a synthesis of the unprecedented excavation programme at Wharram Percy and a comprehensive picture of the development of a medieval village. 403p, York Archaeological Publications, 2012, 9780946722228, Hb was £33.50 now £9.95

MEDIEVAL LITERATUREPerformance and the Middle English Romance, By Linda Marie Zaerr, The question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed has been hotly debated. Here, the performance tradition is explored by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with the text, and vice versa. 296p, Boydell & Brewer, 2012, 9781843843238, Hb was £50.00 now £9.95

Shaping Courtliness in Medieval France, Essays in Honor of Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, Edited by Daniel E. O’Sullivan and Laurie Shepard, The concept of courtliness forms the theme of this collection of essays. Focused on works written in the Francophone world between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, they examine courtliness as both an historical privilege and a literary ideal, and as a concept that operated on and was informed by complex social and economic realities. 312p, Boydell & Brewer, 2013, 9781843843351, Hb was £60.00 now £9.95

Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World, By Noah D. Guynn, Taking violence as its point of departure, this volume focuses on medieval Francophone texts to demonstrate how knowledge of the medieval past can be enhanced by approaching medieval modes of historical representation and consciousness on their own terms, and by acknowledging - and resisting - the desire to subject them to modern conceptions of historical intelligibility. 224p, b/w illus, Boydell & Brewer, 2013, 9781843843375, Hb was £60.00 now £9.95

Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury, By Paul Strohm, Paul Strohm brings Chaucer’s world to vivid life, from the streets and taverns of crowded medieval London to rural seclusion in Kent, and reveals the year 1386 as a turning point in the fortunes of England’s most important poet. 304p, Viking, 2015, 9780670026432, Hb was £20.00 now £7.95

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Public Spending and Democracy in Classical AthensBy David M. PritchardThis volume calculates the real costs of religion, politics, and war to settle the long-standing debate about what the ancient Athenians valued most highly. The sums they chose to spend on festivals, politics, and the armed forces reflected the order of the priorities that they had set for their state. by calculating these sums, Pritchard convincingly demonstrates that it was not religion or politics but war that was the overriding priority of the Athenian people. 209p (University of Texas Press 2015, Pb 2016) 9780292772038 Hb £41.00, 9781477311349 Pb £17.99

PericlesA Biography in ContextBy Thomas R. MartinPericles was the most famous leader of the most famous ancient Greek democracy - and also the most controversial in his own time and ever since. Thomas R. Martin’s emphasis on the effect on Pericles of his family’s notorious history, his youthful experiences as a wartime refugee, and his unusual education reveals a brilliant politician whose hyper-rationality could not, in the end, protect him or his community from tragedy. 256p (Cambridge UP 2016) 9780521116459 Hb £59.99, 9780521133357 Pb £19.99

The Plague of WarAthens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient GreeceBy Jennifer T. RobertsA new narrative of the Peloponnesian War, which authoritatively examines its origins and its impact on the culture and social structure of the participants. Jennifer Roberts places the war in a wider historical context, continuing the story all the way down to the Battle of Leuctra in 371, a defeat which effectively ended Sparta’s martial dominance forever. She also includes a discussion of Greece’s rich cultural life of the period. 416p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199996643 Hb £20.00

The Classical Art of CommandEight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of WarfareBy Joseph RoismanThis book looks at the many facets of Greek generalship through the careers of some of the best-known commanders, including Leonidas, Themistocles, Demosthenes, Lysander, and Epaminodas. It discusses how they designed and executed military campaigns and strategy, and to what degree they were responsible for the results. The book also looks at how far the Greek art of command changed during the Classical Age, and how adaptable it was to different challenges. 416p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199985821 Hb £22.99

NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSWith Alexander in India and Central AsiaMoving East and Back to WestEdited by Claudia Antonetti & P. BiagiAlexander conquered most parts of the Western World, but there is a great deal of controversy over his invasion of India, the least known of his campaigns. In BC 327 Alexander came to India, and tried to cross the Jhelum river for the invasion, but was then confronted by King Porus who ruled an area in what is now the Punjab. According to Indian history he was stopped by Porus at his entry into the country, but most of the world still believes that Alexander won the battle. Twelve papers in this volume examine aspects of Alexander’s Indian campaign, the relationship between him and his generals, the potential to use Indian sources, and evidence for the influence of policies of Alexander in neighbouring areas such as Iran and Russia. 304p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705847 Pb £40.00

Boiotia in the Fourth Century B.C.Edited by Samuel D. GartlandThe breadth of essays in this volume is designed to give a picture of the current state of scholarship on Boiotia and to provide a series of in-depth studies of particular ev i d e n c e , ex p e r i e n c e , and events. These studies p re s e n t exc i t i n g n ew perspectives based on recent archaeological work and the discovery of new material evidence. And rather than turning away from the region following the famous Macedonian victory at Chaironeia in 338 B.C., or the destruction of Thebes three years later, the scholars cover the entire span of the century. 248p, b/w illus (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9780812248807 Hb £56.00

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Byzantium and the BosporusA Historical Study from the Seventh Century BC until the Foundation of ConstantinopleBy Thomas RussellByzantium and the Bosporus is a historical study of the pre-Constantinian city of Byzantium and its society, epigraphy, culture, and economy, which seeks to establish the significance of its geographical circumstances and in particular its relationship with the Bosporus strait. Examining the history of the region through this lens reveals how over almost a millennium it came to shape many aspects of the lives of its inhabitants, illuminating not only the nature of economic exploitation and the attitudes of ancient imperialism, but also local industries and resources and the genesis of communities’ local identities. 320p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198790525 Hb £75.00

Ctesias’ Persica in its Near Eastern ContextBy Matt WatersThe Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 BCE. Waters shows in detail how Ctesias’ history, though written in a Greek literary style, was infused with two millennia of Mesopotamian and Persian motifs, legends, and traditions. This Hellenized version of Persian culture was enormously influential in antiquity, shaping Greek stereotypes of effeminate Persian monarchs, licentious and vengeful queens, and conniving eunuchs. 176p, b/w illus (University of Wisconsin Press 2016) 9780299310905 Hb £69.95

EDITOR’S CHOICEA Portable CosmosRevealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient WorldBy Alexander JonesIn 1901 divers salvaging antiquities from a Hellenistic shipwreck serendipitously recovered the shattered and corroded remains of an ancient Greek gear-driven device, now known as the Antikythera Mechanism. It was a machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it, with a half dozen dials displaying coordinated cycles of time and the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets. A Portable Cosmos presents the Antikythera Mechanism as a gateway to understanding Greek astronomy and scientific technology and their place in

Greco-Roman society and thought. The most recent researches have revealed that its displays were designed so that an educated

layman would see how astronomical phenomena were intertwined with one’s natural and social environment. It was at once a masterpiece of the genre of wonder-working devices that mimicked nature by means concealed from the viewer,

and a mobile textbook of popular science. 320p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199739349 Hb £22.99

SpartaRise of a Warrior NationBy Philip MatyszakPhilip Matyszak explores two themes: how Sparta came to be the unique society it was, and the rise of the city from a Peloponnesian village to the military superpower of Greece. But above all, his focus is on the Spartan hoplite, the archetypal Greek warrior who was respected and feared throughout Greece in his own day, and who has since become a legend. The reader is shown the man behind the myth; who he was, who he thought he was, and the environment which produced him. 192p, b/w pls (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781473874640 Hb £19.99

The Spartan RegimeIts Character Origins and Grand StrategyBy Paul A. RahePaul Rahe presents a new view of Sparta by deploying t h e r e g i m e - o r i e n t e d political science of the ancient Greeks, pioneered by Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, and Polybius, in order to provide a more coherent picture of government, art, culture, and daily life in Lacedaemon than has previously appeared in print, and to explore the grand strategy the Spartans devised before the arrival of the Persians in the Aegean. 232p (Yale UP 2016) 9780300219012 Hb £25.00

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Themes in Greek Society and CultureAn IntroductionEdited by Allison Glazebrook & Christina VesterCovering the Bronze Age, as well as the archaic, classical, and early Hellenistic periods, Themes in Greek Society and Culture introduces students to central aspects of ancient Greek society. Each chapter covers a topic of importance to ancient Greek society, and contributes to an understanding of the Greeks’ institutions, structures, activities, and cultural output. The volume brings together 19 expert contributors who apply this thematic approach to ask what Greek society looked like and how its people lived. 504p, b/w and col illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199020652 Pb £56.00

Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek ReligionVolume I: Early Greek ReligionBy Andrej PetrovicThis book takes a radical new look at the Ancient Greek notions of purity and pollution. It is a book about Greek worshippers’ inner attitudes towards the gods and rituals, and about what kind of inner attitude the Greek gods were envisaged to expect from their worshippers. In the wider sense, it is a book about the role of belief in ancient Greek religion, and the significance of intrinsic, faith-based elements in Greek religious practices. 368p (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198768043 Hb £60.00

Greek Art & ArchaeologyA Companion to Greek ArchitectureEdited by Margaret M. MilesA Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering and construction as well as theory, reception and lasting impact. The essays cover both sacred and secular structures and complexes and pay particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting. They also investigate the influence and impact of Greek architecture on contemporary cultures and subsequent generations. 600p, b/w illus (Wiley-Blackwell 2016) 9781444335996 Hb £120.00

Social Identity and Status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern PeloponneseThe Evidence from BurialsBy Nikolas DimakisThis book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese. by thoroughly reviewing published burials from the regions of Achaia, Arcadia, the Argolid and Cynouria, Corinthia, Elis and Triphylia, spatial and temporal variations which led to a change in definitions of ‘society’ and perceptions of ‘community’ on the basis of shifting reactions to death and the dead are demonstrated. What clearly emerges is the wide degree of variation in what are often loosely termed ‘customary’ or unappealing Classical and Hellenistic burial practices in the Northern Peloponnese. 368p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784915063 Pb £40.00

Epigraphy of ArtAncient Greek Vase-Inscriptions and Vase-PaintingsBy Dimitrios YatromanolakisThis book investigates epigraphic technicalities of Attic and non-Attic inscriptions on pottery as well as their broader iconographic a n d s o c i o c u l t u r a l s i g n i f i c a n ce . T h e te n chapters propose original and expert methodological approaches to the study of vase-inscriptions and vasepaintings, while also foregrounding the outstanding but not fully examined importance of the area of vase-inscriptions for current research on ancient Greek visual representations. 216p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914868 Pb £36.00

Interpreting the Seventh Century BCTradition and InnovationEdited by Xenia Charalambidou & Catherine MorganThis book explores the range of new archaeological information now available for the seventh century in Greek lands. It presents material data, combining accounts of recent discoveries (which often enable reinterpretation of older finds), regional reviews, and archaeologically focused critique of historical and art historical approaches and interpretations. 4 7 0 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915728 Pb £65.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSThe Ancient Greek FarmsteadBy Maeve McHughThe interpretation of archaeological remains as farmsteads has met with much debate in scholarship regarding their role, identification, and even their existence. Despite the difficult nature of scholarship surrounding farmsteads, this site type is repeatedly used to describe small sites in the countryside which have varying evidence of domestic, storage, and agricultural activity. The aim of this book is to engage with the archaeological and textual data for farmsteads dating to the Classical–Hellenistic period of mainland Greece, with the purpose of understanding how these sites fulfilled agricultural roles as centres for occupation, storage, and processing for those working the land. The conclusions reached here stress the connected nature of the agricultural landscape, and demonstrate how farmsteads played a fundamental role in ancient Greek agriculture. 208p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706400 Pb £36.00

Chalkis Aitolias IIIThe Emporion. Fortification systems at Aghia Triada & the Late Classical & Hellenistic Habitation in AREA III. The Fortifications at PangaliEdited by Soren Dietz & Lazaros KolonasChalkis Aitolias III is the third and final report of the Danish/Greek archaeological field work. It focuses on the dating, construction and re-construction of the considerable terrace-and fortification walls on Aghia Triada and the excavations of the Late Classical and early Hellenistic workshops and storerooms on the north-east side of the mound. Furthermore, this volume covers scientific analysis of the general topography and fortification systems including various studies of the different time periods, geological investigations and examples of finds. 279p, b/w and col illus (Aarhus UP 2016) 9788771249972 Hb £30.00

Corinth VII.7 Hellenistic PotteryThe Fine WaresBy Sarah A. JamesUsing newly excavated deposits from the Panayia Field, this volume offers a substantial revision to the absolute chronology of Corinthian Hellenistic pottery as established in Corinth VII.3 by G. Roger Edwards (1975). This new research, based on quantitative analysis of over 80 deposits, demonstrates that the date range for most fine-ware shapes should be lowered by 50–100 years from Edwards’ chronology. This allows the author to conclude, contrary to previous assumptions, that local ceramic production continued in Corinth after the destruction of the city in 146 B.C. 400p, 75 b/w pls (American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2018) 9780876610770 Hb £95.00, NYP

On the AgoraThe Evolution of a Public Space in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (c. 323 BC - 267 AD)By Christopher DickensonOn the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that witnessed far reaching transformations in culture, society and political life. 482p, b/w illus (Brill 2017) 9789004326712 Hb £160.00

The Serpent ColumnA Cultural BiographyBy Paul StephensonThe Serpent Column, a bronze sculpture that has stood in Delphi and Constant inople , today I s t a n b u l , i s a G re e k representation of the Near Eastern primordial combat myth: it is Typhon, a dragon defeated by Zeus, and also Python slain by Apollo. The column was created after the Battle of Plataia (479BC), where the sky was dominated by serpentine constellations and by the spiralling tails of the Milky Way. The column remained a monument to cosmic victory through centuries, but also took on other meanings. In this book, Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument. 304p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2016) 9780190209063 Hb £47.99

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Greek LiteratureThe Cambridge Companion to XenophonEdited by Michael A. FlowerThis Companion sets out the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of Xenophon’s writings, w h i l e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues, and questions. Although Xenophon’s historical , philosophical, and technical works are usually studied in isolation because they belong to different modern genres, the emphasis here is on themes that cut across his large and varied body of writings. 448p (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107652156 Pb £26.99

Greek BuddhaPyrrho’s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central AsiaBy Christopher I. BeckwithPyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Beckwith demonstrates how the teachings of Pyrrho agree particularly closely with those of the Buddha Sakyamuni, “the Scythian Sage”. 304p, b/w illus (Princeton UP 2015, Pb 2017) 9780691176321 Pb £19.95

Thucydides on the Outbreak of WarCharacter and ContestBy S.N. JaffeI n t h i s n ew p o l i t i c a l psychological study of Thucydides’ first book, S.N. Jaffe shows how the History’s account of the outbreak of the war ultimately points t o wa rd t h e o p p o s i n g characters of the Athenian a n d S p a r t a n re g i m e s , disclosing a Thucydidean preoccupation with the interplay between nature and convention. The political thought of Thucydides proves bound up with his distinctive understanding of the interrelationship of particular events and more universal themes. 256p, (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198716280 Hb £60.00

The Oxford Handbook of ThucydidesEdited by Sara Forsdyke, Edith Foster & Ryan BalotThe Oxford Handbook of Thucydides contains essays on Thucydides as an historian, thinker, and writer. It also features papers on Thucydides’ intellectual c o n t e x t a n d a n c i e n t reception. The creative juxtaposition of historical, literary, philosophical, and reception studies allows for a better grasp of Thucydides’ complex project and its intellectual context, while at the same time providing a comprehensive introduction to Thucydides’ ideas. 800p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780199340385 Hb £97.00

In Celebration of Greek CoinageBy Robin EaglenIn Celebration of Greek Coinage is a readable but scholarly tribute to ancient Greek coins. Two initial chapters relate the author’s devotion to numismatics and his thoughts on Greek coins as art; fifty further essays seek to identify the formative geographical, historical, ethnic, political, religious, cultural, artistic, social, economic and commercial influences behind the coins. 240p, col illus (Spink Books 2017) 9781907427770 Hb £40.00, NYP

Studia Calactina I - Research on a Greek-Roman City of SicilyKale Akte - CalacteBy Francesco ColluraThrough the prosperous middle and late Hellenistic period, coinciding with the birth of the Roman Province, Calacte became a major trade centre of the Tyrrhenian. The research conducted by the author, integrating and completing those conducted by the few other scholars to have studied the city, aims to increase the knowledge not only of Kale Akte, but also of the events and roles in the history of a typical minor Graeco-Roman city of Sicily. 460p (BAR 2813, 2016) 9781407314808 Pb £69.00

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The PilumThe Roman Heavy JavelinBy M. C. BishopA heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular speciality: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind it. Drawing upon recent major finds in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, as well as written re c o rd s a n d r i go ro u s scientific analysis, this enthralling study lifts the veil on the evolving nature of the pilum, the Roman heavy javelin that helped to conquer the known world. 80p, b/w and col illus (Osprey 2017) 9781472815880 Pb £12.99

The Army of the Roman RepublicFrom the Regal Period to the Army of Julius CaesarBy Michael M. SageMichael Sage traces the development of the republic’s army from its foundation (having first set the context of their regal antecedents), down to the time of Julius Caesar. The transition from clan-based forces, through the ‘Servian’ levy and the development of the manipular and cohortal legion is examined along with the associated weapons, tactics and operational capabilities. We see how the legions shaped up against the challenges of successive enemies from the Celts and Samnites, the Carthaginians and the hitherto-dominant Hellenistic armies based on the Macedonian-style pike phalanx. 208p, b/w pls (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781783463794 Hb £19.99

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The Lost Plays of Greek TragedyVolume 1: Neglected AuthorsBy Matthew WrightThis volume examines the fragmentary remains of works by playwrights s u c h a s Ph r y n i c h u s , Agathon, Neophron, Critias, Astydamas, Chaeremon, and many others who have been forgotten or neglected. How can we explain why a l l t ra ge d i a n s exc e p t Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides became neglected or relegated to the status of ‘minor’ poets? What changes and continuities can be detected in tragedy after the fifth century BC? This book answers such questions through a detailed study of the fragments in their historical and literary context. 312p (Bloomsbury 2016) 9781472567758 Pb £21.99

From Bedroom to CourtroomLaw and Justice in the Greek NovelBy Saundra SchwartzFrom Bedroom to Courtroom argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre’s emphasis on love and chastity, the spectre of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. 270p (Barkhuis 2017) 9789492444080 Hb £90.00

Hellenistic PoetryA SelectionEdited by David SiderThis collection of texts is designed to supplement those currently available for use in courses on Hellenistic poetry. Most have never before appeared in a similar collection; several have only recently been discovered. The text of each poem is presented, together with basic help on obscure vocabulary, morphology, dialect, meter, syntax, and similar philological issues. The modern commentators also offer guidance on a poem’s literary significance and a brief introduction to the scholarship. 424p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472053131 Pb £43.50

The Anatomy of MythThe Art of Interpretation from the Presocratics to the Church FathersBy Michael HerrenThe Anatomy of Myth is a comprehensive study of the different methods of interpreting myths developed by the Greeks, adopted by the Romans, and eventually passed to Jewish and Christian interpreters of the Bible. In the first instance, critics attempted to find in the intention of the authors some deeper truth, whether physical or spiritual; in the second, they deemed it necessary to clear away poetic falsehoods in order to recapture an ancient revelation. Parallel to the philosophical critiques were the efforts of early historians to explain myths as exaggerated history; myths could be purified by logos (reason) and rendered believable. 216p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190606695 Hb £47.99

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Power and Public Finance at Rome, 264-49 BCEBy James TanExamining how imperial profits were distributed, Tan explores how imperial riches turned Roman public life on its head. Rome’s lofty aristocrats had traditionally been constrained by their dependence on taxpayer money. They relied on the state to fund wars, and the state in turn relied on citizens’ taxes to fuel the war machine. The influx of wealth meant that taxation at home was ended and citizens promptly lost what bargaining power they had enjoyed as a result of the state’s reliance on their fiscal contributions. 248p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190639570 Hb £55.00

Pompey, Cato, and the Governance of the Roman EmpireBy Kit MorrellProvincial governance under the Roman republic has long been notorious for its corrupt officials and greedy tax-farmers, though this is far from being the whole story. This book challenges the traditional picture, contending that leading late republican citizens were more concerned about the problems of their empire than is generally recognized, and took effective steps to address them. Attempts to improve provincial governance over the period 70-50 BC are examined in depth, with a particular focus on the contributions of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and the younger Marcus Porcius Cato. 320p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198755142 Hb £65.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEImperial TriumphThe Roman World from Hadrian to ConstantineBy Michael KulikowskiImperial Triumph presents the history of Rome at the height of its imperial power. Beginning with the reign of Hadrian in Rome and ending with the death of Julian the Apostate on campaign in Persia, it offers an intimate account of the twists and often deadly turns of imperial politics in which successive emperors rose and fell with sometimes bewildering rapidity. Michael Kulikowski describes the empire’s cultural integration in the second century, the political crises of the

third when Rome’s Mediterranean world became subject to the larger forces of Eurasian history, and the remaking of Roman imperial

institutions in the fourth century under Constantine and his son Constantius II. The Constantinian revolution, Professor Kulikowski argues, was the pivot on which imperial fortunes turned - the beginning of the parting of ways between the eastern and western empires.

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Hannibal’s RoadThe Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BCBy Mike RobertsBy 212 the wider war was definitely going against the Carthaginians. Yet Hannibal, despite being massively outnumbered and with little support from home, was able to sustain his polyglot army and campaign actively across southern Italy for another ten years. Mike Roberts follows the course of these remarkable events in detail, analysing Hannibal’s strategy and aims in this phase of the war and revealing a genius that had lost none of its lustre in adversity. 264p, b/w pls (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781473855953 Hb £19.99

Lake Trasimene 217 BCAmbush and Annihilation of a Roman ArmyBy Nic FieldsThe destruction of the Roman force at Lake Trasimene firmly established Hannibal as one of the Ancient World’s greatest commanders thanks to his use of innovative tactics, including the first recorded use of a turning movement. This new study, based on recent archaeological work on the battlefield itself, tells the full story of one of Hannibal’s greatest victories with the help of maps, full-colour illustrations, and detailed sections on the make-up of the armies and their commanders. 96p, b/w and col illus (Osprey 2017) 9781472816313 Pb £14.99

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Exercitus MoesiaeThe Roman Army in Moesia from Augustus to Severus AlexanderBy Conor WhatleyThis book is a military organisational history of the Roman Empire on the lower Danube. Using a diverse body of evidence, from Roman military diplomas to funerary inscriptions and literary sources, the book looks at changes in troop disposition involving the legions, auxiliary units, the vexillations and the naval units based in Moesia Superior and Inferior, and around the northern and western coasts of the Black Sea. 132p,b/w illus (BAR 2825, 2016) 9781407314754 Pb £26.00

Augustus at WarThe Struggle for the Pax AugustaBy Lindsay PowellAlmost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, and over the same period Augustus succeeded in nearly doubling the size of the Empire. Powell reveals Augustus as a brilliant strategist and manager of war. His genius was to build a loyal team of semi-autonomous deputies (legati) to ensure internal security and to fight his wars for him, claiming their achievements as his own. Lindsay Powell profiles more than 50 of these men and their campaigns. 288p (Pen & Sword 2017) 9781783831845 Hb £25.00

History After LibertyTacitus on Tyrants, Sycophants, and RepublicansBy Thomas StrunkThis study explores Tacitus’ political thought through his understanding of liberty. It defines Tacitean libertas as the freedom from the rule of a dominus and as freedom to participate in the traditional politics of Rome through military service, public service in the senate and magistracies, and public speech. The book argues that Tacitus is a republican who writes both to demonstrate that Rome had become a tyranny and to show a way out of that tyranny. 232p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472130207 Hb £71.50

Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman RepublicBy Charles MuntzHere Charles Muntz analyzes the first three books of Diodorus, which cover “barbarian” ethnography, myth, and early history. He shows how Diodorus defines the physical, political, and cultural boundaries of the late Roman Republic in these books and uses them to map out future possibilities for the Romans. Diodorus reveals through the history, myths, and customs of the “barbarians” the secrets of successful states and rulers, and contributes to the debates surrounding the transition from Republic to Empire. 288p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190498726 Hb £55.00

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Empire StateHow the Roman Military Built an EmpireBy Simon ElliottThe armed forces of Rome, particularly those of the later Republic and Principate, are rightly regarded as some of the finest military formations ever to engage in warfare. Less well known however is their use by the State as tools for such non-military activities in political, economic and social contexts. In this book the use of the military for such non-conflict related duties is considered in detail for the first time. The first, and best known, is running the great construction projects of the Empire in their capacity as engineers. Next, the role of the Roman military in the running of industry across the Roman Empire is examined, particularly the mining and quarrying industries but also others. They also took part in agriculture, administered and policed the Empire, provided a firefighting resource and organised games in the arena. 224p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706585 Pb £36.00

PraetorianThe Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial BodyguardBy Guy de la BedoyereG u y d e l a B e d o y e r e provides a compell ing first full narrative history of the Praetorians, whose dangerous ambitions ceased only when Constantine permanently disbanded them. de la Bedoyere introduces Praetorians of all echelons, from prefects and messengers to artillery experts and executioners. He explores the delicate position of emperors for whom prestige and guile were the only defences against bodyguards hungry for power. Folding fascinating details into a broad assessment of the Praetorian era, the author sheds new light on the wielding of power in the greatest of the ancient world’s empires. 344p, col pls (Yale UP 2017) 9780300218954 Hb £25.00

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Gift and GainHow Money Transformed Ancient RomeBy Neil CoffeeIn Gift and Gain Neil Coffee shows how a vibrant commercial culture progressively displaced systems of gift giving over the course of Rome’s classical era. The change was propelled by the Roman elite, through their engagement in shipping, moneylending, and other enterprises. Members of the same elite, however, remained habituated to traditional gift relationships, relying on them to exercise influence and build their social worlds. The result was a recurring clash across the contexts of Roman social and economic life. The book traces the conflict between gift and gain from Rome’s prehistory, down through the conflicts of the late Republic, into the early Empire, showing its effects in areas as diverse as politics, government, legal representation, philosophical thought, public morality, personal and civic patronage, marriage, dining, and the Latin language. 288p, (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190496432 Hb £47.99

The Romans and TradeBy Andre TcherniaAndré Tchernia is one of the leading experts on amphorae as a source of economic history, a pioneer of maritime archaeology, and author of a wealth of articles on Roman trade, notably the wine trade. This book brings together the author’s previously published essays, updated and revised, with recent notes and prefaced with an entirely new synthesis of his views on Roman commerce with a particular emphasis on the people involved in it. 400p (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198723714 Hb £85.00

Trade and TabooDisreputable Professions in the Roman MediterraneanBy Sarah E. BondTrade and Taboo addresses the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. Tracking the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity, it follows particular groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners, mint workers, and even bakers - asking how they coped with stigmatization.It expands on anthropological theories of pollution, closely studying individuals who regularly came into contact with corpses and other polluting materials, and considering communication and network formation through the disrepute attached to town criers. 277p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472130085 Hb £69.95

Roman Geographies of the NileFrom the Late Republic to the Early EmpireBy Andrew MerrillsThe River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Andy Merrill examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan’s Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. 354p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107177284 Hb £90.00

The Atlas of Ancient RomeBiography and Portraits of the CityEdited by Andrea CaradiniThe Atlas of Ancient Rome is monumental in scope. It examines the city’s topography and political-administrative divisions, trade and economic production, and social landscape and infrastructure - from residential neighbourhoods and gardens to walls, roads, aqueducts, and sewers. It describes the fourteen regions of Rome and the urban history of each one in unprecedented detail, and includes profiles and reconstructions of major monuments and works of art. 1248p, col illus (Princeton UP 2017) 9780691163475 Hb £148.95

De Africa RomaqueMerging cultures across North AfricaEdited by Niccolo Mugnai, Julia Nikolaus & Nicholas RayWhen the Roman Empire progressively expanded its influence over the North African continent, it encountered a very heterogeneous mix of peoples with a long and diverse history. This collection of papers explores the mutual relationships between North African societies and Rome within this context. Moving away from traditional narratives of dominance and resistance, the discussions focus on bringing the local peoples of North Africa and their varied cultural features back into the fore. 250p (Society for Libyan Studies 2016) 9781900971331 Pb £30.00

Cassius DioGreek Intellectual and Roman PoliticianEdited by Jesper Majbom Madsen & Carsten LangeThis book explores Dio’s Roman History, focusing on previously ignored or misunderstood aspects of his narrative. Its main purpose is to pursue a combined historiographic, literary and rhetorical analysis of Dio’s work and of its political and intellectual agendas. 364p (Brill 2016) 9789004324169 Hb £140.00

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Children in the Roman EmpireOutsiders WithinBy Christian LaesThis book focuses on all ‘forgotten’ Roman children: from child emperors to children in the slums of Rome, from young magistrates to little artisans, peasants and mineworkers. The author has managed to trace them down in a wide range of sources: literature and inscriptions, papyri, archaeological finds and ancient iconography. In Roman society, children were considered outsiders. But at the same time they carried within them all the hopes and expectations of the older generation, who wanted them to become full-fledged Romans. 350p (Cambridge UP 2011, Pb 2016) 9780521897464 Hb £67.00, 9781107671225 Pb £21.99

From Vines to Wines in Classical RomeBy David L. ThurmondIn this work, Thurmond surveys the biology of the vine, the protohistory, history, viticulture, winemaking, distribution and modes of consumption of wine in classical Rome. He uses a close reading of the relevant Latin texts along with a careful survey of relevant archaeology and comparative practices from modern viticulture and oenology to elucidate this essential element of Roman culture. 276p (Brill 2017) 9789004334588 Hb £109.00

The Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and PannoniaBy Ljubica PerinićThe Nature and Origin of the Cult of Silvanus in the Roman Provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia deals with the cult of Silvanus and presents the evidence and current state of research of the cult in Dalmatia and Pannonia to the wider scholarly community. New perceptions on the subject are proposed and a fresh standpoint from which certain problems may be (re)addressed is presented. 132p b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915124 Pb £24.00

Roman Portable SundialsThe Empire in Your HandBy Richard J. A. TalbertRoman portable sundials, crafted in bronze, were adjustable for the changes of latitude to be expected on long journeys-say, for instance, from Britain to Spain, or from Alexandria to Rome, or even on a Mediterranean tour. For convenient reference, these sundials incorporated lists of twenty to thirty names of cities or regions, each with its specific latitude. One of the insights of Roman Portable Sundials is that the choice of locations offers unique clues to the mental world-map and self-identity of individuals able to visualize Rome’s vast empire latitudinally. 264p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190273484 Hb £35.99

Strategies of Remembering in Greece Under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD)Edited by Tamara M. Dijkstra, Inger N.I. Kuin, Muriel Moser & David WeidgenanntThe legacy of Greece defined Greek and Roman responses to their changing relationship. Both parties looked to the past in shaping their interactions, but how this was done varied widely. This interdisciplinary volume traces strategies of remembering in city building, funerary culture, festival and association, honorific practices, Greek literature, and political ideology. The variety of these strategies attests to the vitality of the region. In times of transition the past cannot be ignored: actors use what came before, in diverse and complex ways, in order to build the present. 285p, b/w and col illus (Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904813 HHb £135.00, 9789088904806 Pb £45.00, NYP

Rome and JudaeaInternational Law Relations 174-100 BCEBy Linda ZollschanRome and Judaea explores the nature of Judaea’s first diplomatic mission to Rome during the Maccabean revolt. It breaks new ground in this debate by bringing to light the “Roman-Jewish Friendship tablet,” a newly discovered piece of evidence that challenges the theory that Rome ratified an official treaty with Judaea. Instead the book argues that Roman-Jewish relations during the Maccabean revolt were motivated by the Roman concept of diplomatic friendship, or amicitia. 340p (Routledge 2017) 9781138932913 Hb £115.00

Performance, Memory and Processions in Ancient RomeThe Pompa Circensis from the Late Republic to Late AntiquityBy Jacob A. LathamThe pompa circensis, the procession which preceded the chariot races in the arena, was both a prominent political pageant and a hallowed religious ritual. Traversing a landscape of memory, the procession wove together spaces and institutions, monuments and performers, gods and humans into an image of the city, whose contours shifted as Rome changed. In this book, Jacob A. Latham explores the webs of symbolic meanings in the play between performance and itinerary, tracing the transformations of the circus procession from the late Republic to late antiquity. 418p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107130715 Hb £74.99

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Landliche Siedlungsstrukturen im Romischen SpanienDas Becken von Vera und das Camp de Tarragona -Zwei Mikroregionen im VergleichBy Jan SchneiderThe present study compares rural settlements and their hinterlands in the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman era. Various aspects of rural settlements such as the dating, size or status of a place and its location and environmental conditions are analysed and related. Archaeological, geographic and statistical methods of investigation are used. The Vera basin and the Camp de Tarragona were chosen as study areas. German text, 220p, b/w illus, col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915544 Pb £35.00

Statio amoenaSostare e vivere lungo le strade romaneEdited by Patrizia Basso & Enrico ZaniniThe Roman road system was the main service infrastructure for administrative management, economic operation and defence of the empire. Along with roads, a key element of this infrastructure were the resting places more or less directly linked with vehiculatio / cursus publicus, or with a system run or controlled by the state to ensure essential services to those traveling on behalf of the public administration. These resting places form the subject of this interdisciplinary collection of papers. Italian text, 272p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914981 Pb £40.00

An Urban Geography of the Roman World, 100 BC to AD 300By J.W. HansonThis book provides a new account of the urbanism of the Roman world between 100 BC and AD 300. To do so, it draws on a combination of textual sources and archaeological material to provide a new catalogue of cities, calculates new estimates of their areas and uses a range of population densities to estimate their populations, and brings together available information about their monumentality and civic status for the first time. 825p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914721 Pb £65.00

Saxa LoquunturRoman Epitaphs from North-Western CroatiaBy Branka MigottiThis book examines Roman funerary material from three Roman cities of the south-western regions of the Roman province of Pannonia: Andautonia (Scitarjevo near Zagreb), Siscia (Sisak), and Aquae Balissae (Daruvar). The material chosen reflects the potential of Roman funerary monuments and gravestones for gaining an insight into the historical, social and psychological aspects of Roman provincial society, in particular the interaction between the individual and the community. 132p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915667 Pb £20.00

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Celtic Religions in the Roman PeriodPersonal, Local, and GlobalEdited by Ralph Haeussler & Thomas KingThis multi-authored book brings together new work, from a wide range of disciplinary vantages, on pre-Christian religion in the Celtic-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire. The chapters are the work of international experts in the fields of classics, ancient history, archaeology, and Celtic studies. 400p, b/w and col illus (Celtic Studies Publications 2017) 9781891271250 Pb £39.95, NYP

Images of MithraBy Philippa Adrych, Robert Bracey, Rachel Wood, Jas Elsner & Dominic DalglishWhat connection have Mihr in Persia, Miiro in Kushan Bactria, and Mithras in the Roman Empire to one another? Over the course of the volume, specialists in the material culture of these diverse regions explore appearances of the name Mithra from six distinct locations in antiquity. Careful consideration of each example’s own context, situating it in the broader scheme of religious traditions and on-going cultural interactions, is key to this discussion. 256p, (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198792536 Hb £30.00

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The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture, Volume 3The Ideal SculptureBy Elizabeth BartmanThis book investigates the important antiquities collection formed by Henry Blundell of Ince Blundell Hall outside Liverpool in the late eighteenth century. Consisting of more than 500 ancient marbles it is the UK’s largest collection of Roman sculptures after that of the British Museum. Because of their extensive reworking, the statues are today not simply archaeological specimens but rather, artistic palimpsests that are as much a product of the 18th century as of antiquity. Through them we can learn what antiquarians and collectors of the 18th century thought about antiquity. 272p, b/w illus (Liverpool UP 2016) 9781781383100 Hb £75.00

Materialising Roman HistoriesEdited by Astrid Van Oyen & Martin PittsT h e R o m a n p e r i o d witnessed massive changes in the human-material e n v i r o n m e n t , f r o m monumentalised cityscapes to standardised low-value artefacts l ike pottery. This book explores new perspectives to understand this Roman ‘object boom’ and its impact on Roman history. In particular, the book’s international contributors question the traditional dominance of ‘representation’ in Roman archaeology, whereBy objects have come to stand for social phenomena such as status, facets of group identity, or notions like Romanisation and economic growth. Drawing upon the recent material turn in anthropology and related disciplines, the essays in this volume examine what it means to materialise Roman history, focusing on the question of what objects do in history, rather than what they represent. 232p (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706769 Pb £40.00

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Forthcoming from Oxbow Books NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSDeath as a ProcessThe Archaeology of the Roman FuneralEdited by J. Pearce & J. WeekesThis volume draws on large-scale fieldwork from across Europe, methodological advan-ce s a n d co n ce p t u a l innovations to explore n e w i n s i g h t s f r o m analysis of the Roman dead, concerning both the rituals which saw them to their tombs and the communities who buried them. In particular the volume seeks to establish how the ritual sequence, from laying out the dead to the pyre and tomb, and from placing the dead in the earth to the return of the living to commemorate them, may be studied from archaeological evidence. Case studies span a cross-section of Roman society, from the cosmopolitan merchants of Corinth to salt pan workers at Rome and the rural poor of Britannia and Germania. Some papers have a methodological focus, considering how human skeletal, faunal and plant remains illuminate the dead themselves and death rituals, while others examine how to interpret the stratigraphic signatures of the rituals practised before, around and after burial. 272p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703232 Pb £38.00

Romano-Celtic Mask Puzzle PadlocksA Study in Their Design, Technology and SecurityBy Jerry Slocum & Dic SonneveldThis book presents a little-known and ingenious artefact of the Roman world: a small puzzle padlock whose font plate bears a face or ‘mask’ of Celtic style. The padlocks were designed to secure small bags or pouches and their distribution extended across Europe with the majority found in the Danubian region and in the vicinity of Aquileia. The authors examine the cultural context, the origins and uses of the padlocks, and provide detailed solutions to the puzzle mechanisms. The publication provides a fully-illustrated catalogue of the known 156 examples, categorises their types according to construction and style. 144p, col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915643 Hb £45.00

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Religion Society and Culture at Dura-EuroposEdited by Ted KaizerThis volume advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos. Several features make the site potentially our best source for day-to-day life in a small town situated on the periphery of the Roman world: inscriptions and graffiti in ten ancient languages; sculptures and frescoes combining elements of Classical and Oriental art; the most important papyrological dossier of any military unit in the Roman world; documents relating to the local economy; over a dozen pagan sanctuaries; plus a famously painted synagogue and the earliest Christian house church, all set in a gridiron city plan and surrounded by well-preserved fortifications. 320p b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107123793 Hb £64.99

The Archaeology of the Roman Rural Economy in the Central Balkan ProvincesRural Settlements and Store BuildingsBy Olivera IlicThe studies in this book investigate various elements relating to the Roman rural economy and its development, as well as changes in its structure arising from the establishment of Roman rule in the territory of modern Serbia. Of particular importance is the complexity of economic relations, as well as agriculture as a fundamental economic activity (along with mining) in the territory of the Balkan region, and the creation of new forms of organisation, in which the indigenous population were gradually included. 102p, b/w illus (BAR 2849, 2017) 9781407315034 Pb £22.00

EDITOR’S CHOICERoman Artefacts and SocietyBy Ellen SwiftBased on extensive data collection and the close study of artefacts from museum collections and archives, this book examines the relationship between artefacts, everyday behaviour, and experience. Artefact types explored in the case studies include locks and keys, pens, shears, glass vessels, dice, boxes, and finger-rings, using material mainly drawn from the north-western Roman provinces, with some material also from Roman Egypt. The book examines topics such as the perceived agency of objects, differences

in social practice across the provinces, cultural change and development in daily practice, and the persistence of

tradition and social convention. It shows that design intentions, everyday habits of use, and the constraints of production processes each contribute to the reproduction and transformation of material culture.

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The Small Finds and Vessel Glass from Insula VI.1 PompeiiBy H. E. M. CoolThis report presents the vessel glass and small finds found during the excavations between 1995 and 2006 that took place in Insula VI.1, Pompeii. More than 5,000 items are discussed, and the size of the assemblage has meant that the publication is in two parts. This volume consists of the discussion with associated illustrations and the catalogue entries for a subset of the data. The other half is available digitally on the Archaeological Data Service and contains the full catalogue of the material recorded. 3 1 4 p , b /w a n d c o l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914523 Pb £50.00

The Economy of PompeiiEdited by Miko Flohr & Andrew WilsonThis volume pres ents fourteen papers by Roman archaeologists and historians discussing approaches to the economic history of Pompeii, and the role of the Pompeian evidence in debates about the Roman economy. Four themes are discussed: the position of Pompeii and its agricultural environment; what Pompeians got out of their economy; economic life in the city; and money and business. Together, the chapters of this volume highlight how Pompeii became a very rich community, and how it profited from its position in the centre of the Roman world. 464p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198786573 Hb £95.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSSinews of EmpireNetworks in the Roman Near East and BeyondEdited by Eivind Heldaas Seland & Håkon Fiane TeigenA re ce nt s u rge o f interest in network approaches to the study of the ancient world not only offers tools to identify, map, visualize and, in some cases, even quantify interaction based on a variety of ancient source material, but also provides a terminology to deal with the everyday ties of power, trade, and ideology that operated within, below, and beyond the superstructure of imperial rule. Thirteen contributions employ a range of quantitative, qualitative and descriptive network approaches in order to provide new perspectives on trade, communication, administration, technology, religion and municipal life in the Roman Near East and adjacent regions. 240p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705960 Hb £40.00

Romans and Barbarians Beyond the FrontiersArchaeology, Ideology and Identities in the NorthEdited by Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez & Alexandra GuglielmiThese essays discuss di f ferent aspects of interactions between Romans and ‘barbarians’ in the north-western regions of Europe. Case studies presented here span across disciplines a n d t e r r i t o r i e s , f r o m A m e r i c a n anthropological studies on transcultural discourse and provincial organization in Gaul, to historical approaches to the propagandistic use of the limes in the early 20th century German empire; from Danish research on warrior identities and Roman-Scandinavian relations, to innovative ideas on culture contact in Roman Ireland; and from new views on Romano-Germanic relations in Central European Barbaricum, to a British comparative exercise on frontier cultures. 176p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706042 Pb £38.00

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The House of the Surgeon, PompeiiExcavations in the Casa del Chirurgo (VI 1, 9-10.23)Edited by Michael Anderson & Damian RobinsonThe House of the Surgeon has been one of the most frequently cited houses in the ancient city since its discovery in 1771. The results of the exhaustive study of the house within its urban context not only challenge many of the conclusions of previous research, but also make it possible at last for this important property to contribute information to the full history of Pompeii’s urban development, illuminating the chronology of urban change, the processes involved in ancient domestic construction, aspects of the ancient environment, and changing socio-political and economic conditions within Italy throughout the middle to late Republic and early Empire. 528p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707285 Hb £70.00

Insularity and Identity in the Roman MediterraneanEdited by Anna KouremenosThe papers in this book explore the concepts of insularity and identity in the Roman period by addressing the following questions: what does it mean to be an island? H ow h a s i n s u l a r i ty shaped ethnic, cultural, and social identity in the Mediterranean during the Roman period? How were islands connected to the mainland and other islands? Did insularity produce isolation or did the populations of Mediterranean islands integrate easily into a common ‘Roman’ culture? How has maritime interaction shaped the economy and culture of specific islands? Can we argue for distinct ‘island identities’ during the Roman period? The twelve papers presented here each deal with specific islands or island groups, thus allowing for an integrated view of Mediterranean insularity and identity.208p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785705809 Pb £38.00

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Lusitanian AmphoraeProduction and DistributionEdited by Ines Vaz Pinto, Rui Roberto de Almeida & Archer MartinMore than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. Were they all fish-product amphorae? Did they ever reach a significant market share in the other provinces of Hispania? And what was their contribution to the supply of the city of Rome or to other cities in the centre of the Empire? 472p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914271 Pb £65.00

Amphorae from the Kops Plateau (Nijmegen)Trade and Supply to the Lower-Rhineland From the Augustan Period to AD 69/70Edited by C. Carreras & J. van den BergOne of the first military camps at Nijmegen was Kops Plateau. This timber fortress dating from 12 BC to AD 69, has provided an extraordinary amphora assemblage, which represents a singular example of Roman military supply in northern Europe at a very early date, with products coming from all over the Mediterranean basin. The analysis of the amphorae sheds light on trading routes in the Atlantic regions, and from Gaul to Germany; indeed also on the Claudian invasion of Britain. 4 1 4 p , b / w a n d c o l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915421 Pb £55.00

Women and Visual Replication in Roman Imperial Art and CultureBy Jennifer TrimbleWhy did Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employ the same body forms? Trimble focuses on the ‘Large H e rc u l a n e u m Wo m a n’ statue type, a draped female body particularly common in the second century CE, to assess how sameness helped to communicate a woman’s social identity. She demonstrates how visual replication in the Roman Empire thus emerged as a means of constructing social power and articulating dynamic tensions between empire and individual localities. 500p, b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2011, Pb 2016) 9780521825153 Hb £82.00, 9781316630266 Pb £24.99

Aphrodisias Papers 5Excavation and Research at Aphrodisias, 2006-2012Edited by R.R.R. Smith, J. Lenaghan, Alexander Sokolicek & Katherine WelchMajor field projects discussed in the volume include: excavation in the Tetrapylon Street, a major urban artery with fascinating late-antique, Byzantine and Ottoman history; excavation in the “South Agora” and its monumental pool, a grand complex that is turning out to be a tree-lined urban park; conservation, doumentation and researchin the Hadrianic Baths, the largest bathing complex in the city; and anastylosis and study of the Sebasteion, a monument that made visible the special relation of Aphrodisias with Rome’s early emperors. 380p, b/w illus (Journal of Roman Archaeology 2016) 9780991373079 Hb £130.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEPudding PanA Roman Shipwreck and its Cargo in ContextBy Michael WalshFor more than 300 years commercial fishermen working in the outer Thames estuary have recovered Roman pottery in the vicinity of Pudding Pan. The

exhaustive research presented in this book, the first detailed study of a seemingly predominantly samian cargo in British waters,

convincingly argues that the material represents an unknown proportion of a cargo from a Roman trading ship en route from northern France to London that was deposited on the seabed between AD 175 and 195. 202p, col illus (British Museum Press 2017) 9780861592029 Pb

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Treasures of Roman LincolnshireBy Antony LeeThe county of Lincolnshire has a rich and varied Roman heritage, from the major Colonia at Lincoln, to sweeping agricultural landscapes filled with vibrant rural settlements, and nationally important ceramic and salt industries. This book explores that heritage through small finds and monuments, using individual objects and physical remains to uncover life in Roman Lincolnshire, from soldiers, priests and politicians to slaves, farmers, craftsmen, women and children. 96p, col illus (Amberley 2016) 9781445664705 Pb £14.99

Hadrian’s WallPaintings by the Richardson FamilyBy David J. BreezeBrothers Henry, Charles and Thomas Richardson painted nearly 80 views of Hadrian’s Wall between 1838 and the 1880s. Most were created by Henry Burdon Richardson, who accompanied John Collingwood Bruce on his tour of Hadrian’s Wall in 1848. The production of the Richardson paintings, Bruce’s contribution to Wall studies and the achievement of John Clayton in conserving the Wall, are all explored, and over 70 of the paintings are included, most with Bruce’s original description and a commentary by the author. 144p, col illus (John Donald 2016) 9781910900055 Hb £25.00

First Stop North of LondiniumThe Archaeology of Roman Enfield and its Roadline SettlementBy Martin DearneA definitive description and analysis of all the known Roman archaeology in the north London borough of Enfield, this volume documents what is known of the settlement that grew up alongside Ermine Street, the road itself, a possible tannery, other settlement sites and often higher status burials. It includes full illustrated stratigraphic and finds reports for over 45 individual sites. 355p b/w and col illus (Enfield Archaeological Society 2017) 9780950187785 Hb £30.00

Ad VallumPapers on the Roman Army and Frontiers in Celebration of Dr Brian DobsonEdited by Adam ParkerPapers are grouped in three sections: The Roman Army; Frontiers and Military Installations; Sculpture, Text and Epigraphy, and address topics including Roman bureaucracy, ‘priority milecastles’, the Elginhaugh coin hoard, the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, and phallic carvings in the north of Roman Britain. 149p b/w and col illus (BAR BS 631, 2017) 9781407315867 Pb £30.00

Britannia RomanaRoman Inscriptions and Roman BritainBy R. S. O. TomlinBritannia Romana is based on the author’s 40 years’ experience of the epigraphy of Roman Britain. It collects 487 inscriptions (mostly on stone, but also on metal, wood, tile and ceramic), the majority from Britain but many from other Roman provinces and Italy, so as to illustrate the history and character of Roman Britain (AD 43–410). Each inscription is presented in the original (in Latin, except for eight in Greek), followed by a translation and informal commentary; they are linked by the narrative which they illustrate, and more than half (236) are accompanied by photographs. The author demonstrates his unrivalled ability to read and understand Roman inscriptions and their importance as a source of historical knowledge. 464p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707001 Hb £48.00

Alan SorrellThe Man Who Created Roman BritainBy Julia Sorrell & Mark SorrellAlan Sorrell’s archaeological reconstruction drawings and paintings remain some of the best, most accurate and most accomplished paintings of their genre that continue to inform our understanding and appreciation of historic buildings and monuments in Europe, the Near East and throughout the UK. So influential were Sorrell’s images of Roman towns such as London, Colchester, Wroxeter, St Albans and Bath, buildings such as the Heathrow temple and the forts of Hadrian’s Wall, that he became known as the man who invented Roman Britain. In this affectionate but objective account, Sorrell’s children, both also artists, present a brief pictorial biography followed by more detailed descriptions of the genesis, research and production of illustrations that demonstrate the artist’s integrity and vision, based largely on family archives and illustrated throughout with Sorrell’s own works. 192p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707407 Pb £29.99

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New Visions of the Countryside of Roman Britain, Volume 2The Rural Economy of Roman BritainBy Martyn Allen, Lisa Lodwick, Tom Brindle, Michael Fulford and Alexander SmithT h i s s e c o n d v o l u m e considers the rural economy of Roman Britain through the lenses of the principal occupations of agriculture and rural industry. I t has two main concerns, the documentat ion of what is currently known o f a g r i c u l t u r a l a n d industrial production in the countryside, and an exploration of the contribution that material culture can make to our understanding of how those resources moved across the province to feed and support military and civil populations and the development of towns and infrastructure between the mid-first century A.D. and the beginning of the fifth century A.D. At the same time, the classification and regional appraisal of rural settlement that is at the heart of Vol. 1, The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain, has enabled this study to provide a social context for rural production and consumption. 480p b/w illus (Roman Society Publications 2017) 9780907764441 Pb £36.00 NYP

Late Antiquity & ByzantiumThe Last Pagan EmperorJulian the Apostate and the War Against ChristianityBy H. C. TeitlerFlavius Claudius Julianus was the last pagan to sit on the Roman imperial throne (361-363), and during his short reign tried to revive paganism. The Christians reacted fiercely, and accused Julian of being a persecutor like his predecessors Nero, Decius, and Diocletian. Violent conflicts between pagans and Christians made themselves felt all over the empire. It is disputed whether or not Julian himself was behind such outbursts. Accusations against the Apostate continued to be uttered even after the emperor’s early death. In this book, the feasibility of such charges is examined. 312p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190626501 Hb £19.99

Late Antique Letter CollectionsA Critical Introduction and Reference GuideEdited by Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin & Edward J. WattsThis volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300–600 C.E.). Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literary letters, examining their assembly, publication, and transmission. In addition, contributions reveals how late antique letter collections operated as a discrete literary genre with its own conventions, transmission processes, and self-presentational agendas. 464p (University of California Press 2017) 9780520281448 Hb £124.95

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The Roman Amphitheatre of Chester Volume 1The Prehistoric and Roman ArchaeologyBy Tony Wilmott & Dan GarnerThis is the first of two volumes dealing with the major research excavations on the Chester Amphitheatre in 2004–2006. The first amphitheatre was built in the 70s AD. It had a stone outer wall with external stairs and timber framed seating, the structure of which can be reconstructed. Amphitheatre 2, probably built in the later second century, was the largest and most impressive amphitheatre in Britain, featuring elaborate entrances, internal stairs and decorative pilasters on the outer wall. Beneath the seating banks of the amphitheatres evidence for prehistoric settlement was recovered – the first substantial prehistoric archaeology to be found in Chester. This fully integrated volume tells the story of the site from the Mesolithic to the end of the life of the amphitheatre. It contains full stratigraphic and structural detail, including CGI reconstruction of Amphitheatre 2, artefactual and ecofactual evidence. 496p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707445 Hb £30.00

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Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian MonasticismEdited by Malcolm Choat & Mariachiara GiordaThis volume examines the presence and practice of writing, modes of written communication, and the symbolic and spiritual value of the written word in monastic communities. Contributions cover evidence from papyri and inscriptions to literature transmitted in manuscripts, positioned within the shift in recent scholarship away from literature such as hagiography as a source of positivistic history, towards evidence that derives more directly from the monk or period in focus. 242p (Brill 2017) 9789004254657 Hb £105.00

MelaniaEarly Christianity Through the Life of One FamilyBy Catherine M. ChinMelania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. Instead of the traditionally patriarchal view, this study of their lives and influence gives a poignant and sometimes surprising view of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped the understanding of women’s roles in the larger world. 328p (University of California Press 2017) 9780520292086 Hb £79.95

Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique ChristianityPoetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of MartyrsBy Paula HershkowitzPaula Hershkowitz focuses on Prudentius’ Peristephanon, his collection of verses celebrating the deaths of martyrs, and places these poems within the context of Prudentius’ world, employing material, visual and textual remains as evidence for its religious, social and cultural affiliations. She also draws on this material evidence to contextualise Prudentius’ awareness of the significance of the visual as a means of promoting beliefs in a period when many of his Spanish audience were not yet fully committed to the Christian faith. 266p (Cambridge UP 2017) 9781107149601 Hb £75.00

Rufinus of AquileiaHistory of the ChurchBy Philip R. AmidonRufinus of Aquileia’s History of the Church, published in 402 or 403, is a translation and continuation of that of Eusebius of Caesarea. It was the first Latin Christian history, and as such it exerted great influence over his own generation and for a thousand years thereafter. This volume provides a modern English translation. 504p (Catholic University of America Press 2017) 9780813229027 Hb £43.50

The Bir Messaouda BasilicaPilgrimage and the Transformation of an Urban Landscape in Sixth Century AD CarthageBy Richard Miles & Simon GreensladeThis volume charts the radical transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage which was excavated over a five-year period by a team from the University of Cambridge. T h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d re m a i n e d p r i m a r i l y a residential one from the second century until 530s AD when a substantial basilica was constructed over the eastern half of the insula. Further extensive modifications were made to the basilica half-a-century later when the structures on the western half of the insula were demolished and the basilica greatly enlarged with the addition of a new east-west aisles, a large monumental baptistery and a crypt. The Bir Messaouda basilica provides important insights into the transition between Vandal and Byzantine control of the city, the development of a new Christian inter-mural urban landscape in the sixth century AD, and the significance of the pilgrimage in reinforcing ecclesiastical authority in post-Justinianic North Africa. 368p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785706806 Hb £55.00

La Ceramique du Groupe Episcopal dAradi/Sidi Jdidi (Tunisie)By Tomoo MukaiThis study focuses on ceramic finds from the excavations (1996-2006) of the Episcopal Group of Sidi Jdidi, the ancient city of Aradi, in the hinterland of Hammamet in Tunisia. The ceramic assemblage is analysed to establish a chronology for the occupation sequence of the episcopal group and its strong rural and regional characteristics are highlighted: these are very different from those of the large-scale excavations at Carthage and indicate a pattern of self-sufficient consumption supplied by purely intra-regional trade. 4 4 6 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784912611 Pb £80.00

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Late Roman to Late Byzantine/Early Islamic Period Lamps in the Holy LandThe Collection of the Israel Antiquities AuthorityBy Varda SussmanThis volume illustrates lamps from the Byzantine period excavated in the Holy Land and demonstrates the extent of their development since the first enclosing/capturing of light (fire) within a portable man-made vessel. Lamps, which held important material and religious functions during daily life and the afterlife, played a large role in conveying art and cultural and political messages through the patterns chosen to decorate them. 640p, b/w illus, col pls (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915704 Pb £65.00

Mifsas Bah. ri: a Late Aksumite Frontier Community in the Mountains of Southern TigraySurvey, Excavation and Analysis, 2013–16By Michela Gaudiello & Paul A. YuleMifsas Baḥri is the southernmost Late Aksumite (c. 550–c. 700 CE) site known in Tigray, the ruins of which dominate the amazing landscape of Lake Ḥashenge. The data collected from the excavation, survey, pottery and anthropological analysis, historical and linguistic researches contribute to the knowledge of a region of southern Tigray during the so-called “Ethiopian dark age”. 299p, b/w and col illus (BAR 2839, 2017) 9781407315799 Pb £55.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEByzantine Athens. 10th-12th CenturiesBy Charalambos BourasThe book investigates Athens from the mid-10th century to 1204 through surviving architectural remains and the scarce relevant literature. The book

defines the built-up areas, streets and fortifications of medieval Athens; and explores the evidence for the architectural

plans of Byzantine houses. Above all, it studies the near 40 churches functioning in that period, and puts forward reconstruction for the plans of the destroyed and deformed ones. It constitutes an invaluable compendium of current

knowledge on the city. 416p, b/w illus (Routledge 2017) 9781472479907 Hb £95.00

HypatiaThe Life and Legend of an Ancient PhilosopherBy Edward J. WattsA philosopher, mathema-tician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity’s best-known female intellectuals. Her great skill in mathematics and philosophy redefined the intellectual life of her home city of Alexandria. Despite this success, Hypatia fought countless small battles to live the public and intellectual life that she wanted. This book rediscovers the life Hypatia led, the unique challenges she faced as a woman who succeeded spectacularly in a man’s world, and the tragic story of the events that led to her murder. 224p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780190210038 Hb £19.99

Jewish Messiahs in a Christian EmpireA History of the Book of ZerubbabelBy Martha HimmelfarbT h e s e v e n t h - c e n t u r y CE Hebrew work Sefer Zerubbabel is the first full-fledged messianic narrative in Jewish literature. Martha Himmelfarb places Sefer Zerubbabel in the dual context of earlier Jewish eschatology and Byzantine Christianity. The role of the messiah’s mother, for exa m p l e , re f l e c t s t h e Byzantine notion of the Virgin Mary as the protector of Constantinople. On the other hand, Sefer Zerubbabel shares traditions about the messiahs with rabbinic literature. But while the rabbis are ambivalent about these traditions, Sefer Zerubbabel embraces them with enthusiasm. 232p (Harvard UP 2017) 9780674057623 Hb £31.95

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Archeologia dell’acqua a Gortina di Creta in età protobizantinaBy Elisabetta GiorgiAqueducts have great potential for providing information concerning at least two major aspects of ancient society: those relating to structural, technical, and engineering matters, and those relating to building and construction technology. These topics have enjoyed considerable attention in past studies, and in recent years they have also been integrated with a multi-disciplinary and contextual approach. This study of the early Byzantine aqueduct of Gortyn (Crete) follows this tradition, but also explores aspects of the town’s wider social history. Italian text, 298p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914448 Pb £40.00

The AsanidsThe Political and Military History of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1280)By Alexandru MadgearuAlexandru Madgearu offers the first comprehensive history in English of a state which played a major role in the evolution of the Balkan region during Middle Ages. This state emerged from the rebellion of two peoples, Romanians and Bulgarians, against Byzantine domination, within a few decades growing to a regional power that entered into conflict with Byzantium and with the Latin Empire of Constantinople. The founders were members of a Romanian (Vlach) family, whose intention was to revive the former Bulgarian state, the only legitimate political framework that could replace the Byzantine rule. 360p (Brill 2016) 9789004325012 Hb £135.00

Due Antiche Diocesi dello Stretto di MessinaBy Francesca ZagariThis monograph is a comparative study of the Saline area and of the Aeolian Islands dioceses’ settlement in Late Antiquity and in the Early Middle ages. Both regions overlook the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. The settlement reconstruction was carried out by examining topographical features, patterns and dynamics, material culture, degree of continuity and discontinuity - especially compared to the Roman habitat - as well as agricultural and manufacturing systems and the road network. Italian text, 190p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915681 Pb £33.00

Fountains and Water Culture in ByzantiumEdited by Brooke Shilling & Paul StephensonThis book restores the f o u n t a i n s o f R o m a n B yz a n t i u m , B yz a n t i n e Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul, reviving the sounds, shapes, smells and sights of past water cultures. Scholars address the delivery system that conveyed and stored water, and the fountains, large and small, from which it gushed. Papers consider spring water, rainwater and seawater; water suitable for drinking, bathing and baptism; and fountains real, imagined and symbolic. 364p (Cambridge UP 2016) 9781107105997 Hb £74.99

IslamThe Crucible of IslamBy G. W. BowersockG. W. Bowersock here explores why Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad’s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. Mecca, Muhammad’s birthplace, belonged to the part of Arabia recently conquered by the Ethiopian Christian king Abraha. But Ethiopia lost western Arabia to Persia following Abraha’s death, while the death of the Byzantine emperor in 602 further destabilized the region. In a troubled age, Muhammad’s followers coalesced into a powerful force, conquering Palestine, Syria, and Egypt and laying the groundwork of the Umayyad Caliphate. 192p (Harvard UP 2017) 9780674057760 Hb £18.95

Ethics and Poetry in Sixth-Century ArabiaBy Nadia JamilThis study demonstrates what is implicit in its title: that the ethics and poetry of sixth-century Arabia are an inseparable equation. Offering, first, a critical overview of key figures from the last hundred years who have substantially exploited this corpus to advance views on early Arabian ethos and religion, and, then, an analytic survey of recent major approaches to interpreting its meanings and forms, the study proceeds to a graded semantic analysis of select poems to build a ‘vocabulary’ that elucidates both the mechanisms of the poetry’s content and structure, and its profoundly psychological character. 304p (Gibb Memorial Trust 2017) 9781909724969 Hb £44.00, NYP

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Rum Seljuq Architecture, 1170-1220The Patronage of SultansBy Richard McClaryThis lavishly illustrated volume presents the major surviving monuments of the early period of the Rum Seljuqs. A palace, a minaret and a hospital are studied in detail, along with an overview of the decorative portals attached to a wide array of different building types. The case studies are used to demonstrate the key themes and processes of architectural synthesis and development that were under way at the time, and how they reflect the broader society. 272p, b/w illus (Edinburgh UP 2016) 9781474417471 Hb £95.00

Le Décor Architectural Artuqide en Pierre de Mardin Placé Dans son Contexte RegionalContribution à L’histoire du Décor Géométrique et Végétal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe SièclesBy Deniz BeyazitThis book defines Mardin’s artistic context in relation to the other Artuqid centres, as well as the neighbouring zones that encompass Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Egypt. Connected with Christian traditions found in the Syriac Tur ‘Abdin and in Late Antique Syria, the decoration also compares with that of monuments in Armenia and Georgia, and resonates with artistic practices seen in areas controlled by the regional Muslim powers of the time. French text . 562p, col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784911225 Pb £80.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEOrnament and Decoration in Islamic ArchitectureBy Dominique Clevenot & Gerard DegeorgeAs human representation is forbidden in Islamic religious monuments, designers employed mosaics, stucco, brickwork and ceramics, and the vigorous use of brilliant colour to reach unparalleled heights of expression. It is this ornamental dimension of Islamic architecture that is explored in this magnificent volume. The first part offers an overview of Islamic architecture,

discussing the great diversity it contains. The second part considers the materials most often used as well as the expertise of

the builders and Muslim decorative artists, and the third part explores themes in Islamic ornamentation. Section four discusses aesthetics, and studies the relationship between the buildings - the structures or their architectonic components - and their ornamental coverings.

224p, col illus (Thames and Hudson 2017) 9780500343326 Hb £29.95

Islamic Arts and CraftsAn AnthologyBy Marcus MilwrightThis anthology of written sources (dating from the seventh to the twentieth c e n t u r i e s ) e x p l o r e s numerous aspects of the crafts of the Middle East from the processing of raw materials to the manufacture of finished artefacts. Topics include: the legal and ethical dimensions of the arts and crafts, the organisation of labour in urban and rural contexts, the everyday lives of artisans, the gendered dimensions of making things, and the impact of industrialisation upon traditional methods of manufacture. Each chapter begins with an introduction providing a wider context for the primary sources. 272p, b/w illus (Edinburgh UP 2017) 9781474409193 Pb £24.99

The Architectural Form of the Mosque in the Central Arab Lands from the Hijra to the End of the Umayyad Period 1/622-133/750By Thallein AntunThis book examines the development of the mosque from the hijra (A.H.1/A.D.622) to the fall of the Umayyad dynasty (A.H.133/A.D.750). The aims of the book are two-fold. Firstly, to consider how those mosques for which we only have literary evidence may be approached for study; and secondly, to trace the development of the mosque in the archaeological record. 210p, b/w illus (BAR 2790, 2016) 9781407314686 Pb £38.00

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Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern MesopotamiaEdited by Karel Novacek, Miroslav Melcak, Lenka Starkova & Narmin Ali Muhammad AminMore than fifteen sites of either confirmed or conjectured urban status existed between the 6th and 19th centuries in the particular region of northeastern Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Great Zāb, Little Zāb and Tigris. This collective monograph puts together archaeological and historical data available for the individual sites, including analyses of pottery obtained by surface survey. The materially rich final report of the three-year project is supplemented by an interpretative chapter that focuses on detailed topographical comparisons of the sites, their landscape contexts, and the dynamics of the urban system. 214p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784915186 Pb £38.00

Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500Edited by Patricia Blessing & Rachel GoshgarianThis book looks beyond the multiple political structures of medieval Anatolia and towards a reconsideration of the interactions between the rural and the urban; an analysis of the relationships between architecture, culture and power; and an examination of the region’s multiple geographies. In order to expand historiographical perspectives it draws on a wide variety of sources (architectural, artistic, documentary and literary), including texts composed in several languages (Arabic, Armenian, Byzantine Greek, Persian and Turkish). 312p b/w and col illus (Edinburgh UP 2017) 9781474411295 Hb £80.00

The Race for ParadiseAn Islamic History of the CrusadesBy Paul M. CobbPaul Cobb aims to “relate the history of the Crusades a s m e d i eva l Mu s l i m s understood them”, and to that end he gives a lively, accessible narrative which explores the impact of western expansionism throughout the Muslim wo r l d . D ive r s i t y a n d c o m p l e x i t y a r e t h e ove r w h e l m i n g t h e m e s that emerge with different rulers and polities at different times pursuing policies which ranged from Holy War and its legitimising force, to co-existence and the economic benefits which trade might bring, whilst everyday interactions and cultural exchange are also explored. 360p (Oxford UP 2014, Pb 2016) 9780199532018 Hb £20.00, 9780198787990 Pb £12.99

Islamic Coins and Their Values Volume 2The Early Modern PeriodBy Tim WilkesThis book is the second volume of an illustrated price guide to Islamic coins; the first volume was published in 2015. It is intended as an introductory guide, aimed at the general collector; suggestions for further reading are given throughout the book. 200p, col illus (Spink Books 2017) 9781907427626 Hb £40.00, NYP

Ceramiche Vicinorientali Della Collezione PopolaniBy Stefano Anastasio & Lucia BotarelliThe volume illustrates the Popolani Collection, that was donated to the Archaeological Museum of Florence by Carlo Popolani, a physician who lived in Damascus in the early 20th century. The collection consists of ancient pottery vessels, terracotta oil-lamps, glazed Islamic tiles, Romano-Byzantine glassware, as well as various objects from the Damascene antique market. In particular, the rich group of glazed tiles is very representative of the typical Mamluk and Ottoman production that flourished in Damascus between the 15th and 18th centuries. Italian text. 206p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914646 Hb £34.00

Court and CosmosThe Great Age of the SeljuqsBy Sheila R. Canby, Deniz Beyazit & A. C. S. PeacockThis book examines the roots and impact of the formidable Seljuq empire, featuring 300 objects as evidence of the artistic and cultural flowering that occurred under Seljuq rule. Beginning with a historical overview of the dynasty, it covers such topics as the rise of the Seljuq sultanate, the development of astrology and magic, the visual expression of discoveries in science, medicine, and technology, and the courtly, funerary, and literary arts. 400p, col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9781588395894 Hb £40.00

The Fatimid EmpireBy Michael BrettFrom the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. This definitive account combines the histories of Isma’ilism, North Africa and Egypt with that of the dynasty. Topics covered include: the work of Ibn Khaldun; the relationship of tribal to civilian economy and society; the formation and evolution of the dynastic state; the relationship of the dynastic state to economy and society; and, questions of cultural change, specifically Arabisation and Islamisation. 320p (Edinburgh UP 2017) 9780748640775 Hb £90.00, 9780748640768 Pb £29.99

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The Last Civilized PlaceSijilmasa and its Saharan DestinyBy Ronald A. Messier & James A. MillerSet along the Sahara’s edge, Sijilmasa was the pivot in the gold trade between ancient Ghana and the Me d i te r ra n e a n wo r l d . The Moroccan-American Project at Sijilmasa draws on archaeology, historical texts, field reconnaissance, oral tradition, and legend to weave the story of how this fabled city mastered its fate. Messier and Miller compare models of Islamic cities to what they found on the ground to understand how Sijilmasa functioned as a city. 296p, b/w illus (University of Texas Press 2015, Pb 2016) 9781477311356 Pb £25.99

The Mongols’ Middle EastContinuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid IranEdited by Bruno De Nicola & Charles MelvilleSometimes treated only as part of the larger Mongol Empire, this volume focuses on the Ilkhanate (1258-1335) with particular reference to its relations with its immediate neighbours. It is divided into four parts, looking at the establishment, the internal and external dynamics of the realm, and its end. The different chapters, covering several topics that have received little attention before, aim to contribute to a better understanding of Mongol rule in the Middle East, its role in the broader medieval Eurasian world, and its links with China. 346p (Brill 2016) 9789004311992 Hb £100.00

Power, Politics and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of IranBy Michael HopeThis study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted in the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in the Middle East, the Ikhanate (1258-1335). In the years after the death of Chinggis Khan, two distinct political traditions emerged within the Mongol Empire, the collegial and the patrimonialist championed respectively by the military aristocracy and the central government. Hope demonstrates that the policy and identity of both the Early Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate were defined by the conflict between these competing streams of Chinggisid authority. 256p (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198768593 Hb £60.00

The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat al-qulubBy Ḥamd-Allāh Mustaufī, Guy Le Strange & Charles MelvilleḤamd-Allāh Mustaufī was a fourteenth-century historian and geographer. His Nuzhat al-qulūb (Hearts’ delight) sets out to give a description of Iran in the form of a gazetteer, and contains important information embedded in his descriptions of the various provinces and cities and villages. This accessible new edition will make this important work available to a new generation of scholars. 340p (Gibb Memorial Trust 2017) 9781909724884 Pb £38.00 NYP

Mázandarán and AstarábádBy H. L. Rabino & Charles MelvilleMázandarán and Astarábád was first published as volume VII of the new series of the E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Series (1928). The book is a mixture of gazetteer and travelogue, informed by detailed research not only in the historical sources available, but also in the works of previous European and local writers. Included with this new edition is a large-scale facsimile reproduction of the original accompanying map. 300p, 1 A1 map (Gibb Memorial Trust 2017) 9781909724921 Pb £40.00, NYP

About AntiquitiesPolitics of Archaeology in the Ottoman EmpireBy Zeynep CelikAbout Antiquities offers an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between archaeology and empire-building around the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing on antiquities from the Ottoman territories, Zeynep Celik examines the popular discourse surrounding claims to the past in London, Paris, Berlin, and New York. She compares and contrasts the experiences of Istanbul’s Imperial Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also unravels the complicated interactions among individuals Westerners, Ottoman decision makers and officials, and local labourers.296p, b/w illus (University of Texas Press 2016) 9781477310199 Hb £70.00, 9781477310618 Pb £22.99

Introduction à l’Histoire des Mongols de Fadl Allah Rashid ed-dinBy Edgard Blochet & Charles MelvilleThe Jāmi‘ al-tawārīkh has been described as the first ‘world history’. It was written at the start of the fourteenth century, in the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia. This introductory volume does not offer conclusions, but it provides a valuable survey of the place of Rashīd al-Dīn’s chronicle in the historical literature of the time and its impact on later historiography. The original French text is re-published here, accompanied by a new preface by Charles Melville. 406p, (Gibb Memorial Trust 2017) 9781909724846 Pb £40.00 NYP

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Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 20Early Medieval Monasticism in the North Sea Zone: Recent Research and New PerspectivesEdited by Gabor Thomas, Alexandra Knox & Helena HamerowDrawing upon the contributions of leading historians and archaeologists, the volume provides a fresh examination of monasticism in Anglo-Saxon Kent framed within its wider north-west European context, together with a range of complementary perspectives on the interlinked themes of Christianisation, kingdom formation and monastic expansion vividly illuminated through the archaeology of Lyminge. 148p b/w illus (Oxford University School of Archaeology 2017) 9781905905393 Pb £30.00

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians; The Battle of Tettenhall 910 AD; And Other West Mercian StudiesBy David HorovitzThis book seeks to investigate in detail the period leading up to the battle of Tettenhall, to analyse early accounts of the conflict, to identify the possible battlefield site, and to consider the roles of AEthelred and AEthelflaed. It also considers the early history and topography of the area and its archaeology and ancient monuments. (David Horovitz 2017) 9781527206199 Hb £40.00

The Introduction of Christianity Into the Early Medieval Insular WorldConverting the Isles IEdited by Roy Fletcher & Marie Ni MhaonaighThis volume focuses on specific aspects of the conversion of the Insular world, including the nature and degree of missionary activity involved, socio-economic stimulants, as well as the depiction and presentation of a Christian saint. It adopts a broad comparative and cross-disciplinary approach that transcends national boundaries. 485p (Brepols 2017) 9782503554624 Hb £102.00

A Persistence of PlaceBy Fiona FlemingIn this volume patterns of settlement continuity and discontinuity between the late Roman and early medieval periods are assessed in three regional case study areas: Norfolk, Kent and Somerset. Quantitative and spatial data has been collected and stored within a GIS database and queried to produce a series of spatial relationships. Using landscape archaeology principles the results have been systematically assessed across a range of distinctive character regions, or pays. 283p b/w illus (BAR BS 626, 2016) 9781407314822 Pb £46.00

Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon WorldEdited by Maren Clegg Hyer & Della HookeThe collected articles of Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World illuminate the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world. Chapters shed light on water imagery in Old English poetry, on place names that delineate types of watery bodies across the Anglo-Saxon landscape, and on human interactions (poetic and otherwise) with fens and other wetlands, sacred wells and springs, landing spaces, bridges, canals, watermills, and river settlements, as well as a variety of other waterscapes. 384p b/w illus (Liverpool UP 2017) 9781786940285 Hb £80.00

Anglo-Saxon & VikingNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSThe Anglo-Saxon FenlandBy Susan OosthuizenA r c h a e o l o g i e s a n d histories of the fens of eastern England continue to suggest that the early medieval fenland was dominated by the activities of north-west European colonists in a largely empty landscape. Using existing and new evidence and arguments, this new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland offers another interpretation. The fen islands and the silt fens show a degree of occupation unexpected a few decades ago. Dense Romano-British settlement appears to have been followed by consistent early medieval occupation on every island in the peat fens and across the silt fens, despite the impact of climatic change. The inhabitants of the region were organised within territorial groups in a complicated, almost certainly dynamic, hierarchy of subordinate and dominant polities, principalities and kingdoms. 160p b/w and col illus (Windgather 2017) 9781911188087 Pb £29.95

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EDITOR’S CHOICEWinchester Studies 9.iThe People of Early WinchesterEdited by Caroline M. StuckertThis volume traces the lives, health, and diseases of Winchester’s inhabitants as seen in their skeletal remains from the mid-third century to the mid-sixteenth century, a period of over 1,300 years. Although the populations of other British urban areas, York and London in particular, have been studied over an extended period, this volume is unique in providing a continuous chronological window, rather than a series of isolated studies. It is particularly notable for the large sample of Anglo-Saxon burials dated to the 8th - 10th centuries, which provide a bridge between the earlier

Romano-British material and the later medieval samples. This study includes information on demography, physical

characteristics, dental health, disease, and trauma collected from over 2,000 skeletons excavated from the Roman Cemetery at Lankhills and the Anglo-Saxon and medieval cemeteries of the Old and New Minster and Winchester Cathedral, as well as other Early Anglo-Saxon

sites in neighbouring areas of Hampshire. 496p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198131700 Hb £120.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSWinchester: Swithun’s ‘City of Happiness and Good Fortune’An Archaeological AssessmentBy Patrick OttawayThis critical assessment of the archaeology of the historic city of Winchester a n d i t s i m m e d i a t e environs from earliest times to the present day is the first published comprehensive review of the archaeological resource for the city, which has seen many m a j o r p r o g r a m m e s of archaeological investigation. In the Late Anglo-Saxon period it became the pre-eminent royal centre for the Kingdom of Wessex. The city acquired a castle, cathedral and bishop’s palace under Norman kings but from the late 12th century onwards its status began to decline to that of a regional market town. The archaeological resource for Winchester is very rich and is a resource of national and, for the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods, of international importance. 416p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785704499 Hb £40.00

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WinchesterEdited by Martin Biddle & Derek KeeneCombining many full-colour maps with an authoritative but very readable text, this atlas shows how the Roman city of Venta Belgarum became the second-most important city in England for several centuries, a walled town, the seat of kings and an ecclesiastical centre almost unparalleled in the country before gently declining into a judicial centre and county town. The atlas is centred on a detailed map of the city at the scale of 1:2500, showing Winchester’s historic buildings and structures on a map of the city as it was in 1800. A series of maps show how Winchester was at key points in its history, charting its development and changing shape. Like its companion volumes, the maps, text, gazetteer and illustrations are presented in an A3 stiff card binder, and the format allows for maps of different date to be compared side-by-side. 144p, col maps (Historic Towns Trust 2017) 9781785706660 Hb £70.00

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Viking Age War FleetsShipbuilding, resource management and maritime warfare in 11th-century DenmarkBy Morten RavnThe military operations of Scandinavian societies in the Viking Age depended on their ships. Some ships were designed to conduct the speedy transport of large numbers of troops, while others were specialised cargo vessels used in military operations as carriers of supplies and sometimes troops as well. This book examines the building and use of ships for warfare in 11th century Denmark. The subjects are addressed through detailed analyses of aspects such as resources, organisational structures and naval warfare. 164p, col illus (Viking Ship Museum 2016) 9788785180728 Hb £50.00

Sturla ThordarsonSkald, Chieftain, and LawmanBy Jon Vidar Sigurdsson & Sverrir JakobssonThis volume is an introduction to Sturla Thordarson (1214-1284), a leading figure in thirteenth-century Iceland. Thordarson is one of only a handful of thirteenth-century Icelandic historians to be known by name, and he is certainly one of the most significant. In addition to his role as author and compiler, he was in his day one of the most powerful men in Iceland and served as court poet, liegeman and lawman over the course of his life. 292p (Brill 2017) 9789004342354 Hb £100.00

Viking FriendshipThe Social Bond in Iceland and Norway, c. 900-1300By Vidar Jon SigurdssonIn Viking Friendship, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson explores the various ways in which friendship tied Icelandic and Norwegian societies together, its role in power struggles and ending conflicts, and how it shaped religious beliefs and practices both before and after the introduction of Christianity. 192p, b/w illus (Cornell UP 2017) 9781501705779 Hb £32.95

Cnut the GreatBy Timothy BoltonTimothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. He draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism. 272p b/w illus (Yale UP 2017) 9780300208337 Hb £30.00

The Complete Old English PoemsBy Craig WilliamsonIn this landmark volume the entire Old English poetic corpus - including poems and fragments discovered only within the past fifty years - is rendered into modern strong-stress, alliterative verse in a masterful translation by Craig Williamson. The poems are accompanied by an introduction by Tom Shippey on their literary scope and vision as well as Williamson’s own introductions to the individual works. 1248p (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) 9780812248470 Hb £52.00

Identity Formation and Diversity in the Early Medieval Baltic and BeyondCommunicators and CommunicationEdited by Johan Callmer, Ingrid Gustin & Mats RoslundThis volume makes the case for a more heterogenous view of the Viking world in the east. Ten scholars approach the topic from different angles, with case studies on the roots of diversity, burials with horses, Staraya Ladoga as a nodal point of long-distance routes, Rus’ warrior identities, early Eastern Christianity, interaction between the Baltic Finns and the Svear, the first phases of ar-Rus dominion, the distribution of Carolingian swords, and Dirhams in the Baltic region. 300p, b/w illus (Brill 2017) 9789004292178 Hb £110.00

Tales of the Iron BloomeryIronmaking in Southeastern Norway - Foundation of Statehood c. AD 700-1300By Bernt RundbergetBernt Rundberget examines ironmaking processes in southern Hedmark in Norway in the period AD 700-1300. Excavations revealed extensive evidence for iron extraction and bloomery iron-making, allowing assessment of subjects such as technology, time, scale, resource utilization, distribution and land-use. Rundberget’s main hypothesis is that iron became the economic basis for political developments, from chiefdom to kingdom. 484p, b/w and col illus (Brill 2017) 9789004278790 Hb £130.00

Beyond the NorthlandsViking Voyages and the Old Norse SagasBy Eleanor Rosamund BarracloughIn Beyond the Northlands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the vast horizons of the Norse world through the stories that the Vikings told about themselves in their sagas. She illuminates the saga accounts with a range of other evidence: archaeological finds, rune-stones, medieval world maps, encyclopaedic manuscripts, and texts from as far away as Byzantium and Baghdad, to understand how the world was experienced, remembered, and imagined by the Vikings. 317p col illus (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198701248 Hb £25.00

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Pilgrimage to HeavenEschatology and Monastic Spirituality in Early Medieval IrelandBy Katja RitariThis book focuses on the expectation of the Judgment and the afterlife in early medieval Irish monastic spirituality. Dr Ritari explores the role of this eschatological expectation in various sources, including hagiography produced by the monastic familia of St Columba, the sermons of St Columbanus, the Navigatio sancti Brendani portraying St Brendan’s sea voyages, and the vision attributed to St Adomnán about Heaven and Hell. One recurrent image used by the Irish authors to portray the Christian path to Heaven is the image of peregrinatio, a life-long pilgrimage. 235p (Brepols 2016) 9782503565392 Pb £62.00

Perceptions of Femininity in Early Irish SocietyBy Helen OxenhamThis book examines the sources surviving from fifth- to ninth-century Ireland, aiming to offer a fresh view of authorial perceptions of femininity. It seeks to highlight the complexities of those perceptions, the significance of authorial aims and purposes in the construction of femininity, and the potential disjunction between societal “reality” and the images presented to us in the sources. It demonstrates how fluid constructions of gender could be, and presents a new interpretation of the position of femininity in the thought world of early Irish authors. 256p (Boydell & Brewer 2016) 9781783271160 Hb £60.00

Jonas of BobbioLife of Columbanus, Life of John of Reome, Life of VedastEdited by Alexander O’Hara & Ian WoodThe Life of Columbanus is a, perhaps the, central text for the history of seventh-century monasticism. This volume contains a new English translation of the work, as well as the Life of John of Reome, also written by Jonas, and the Life of Vedast, from the circle of Jonas if not his own work. The introduction and commentary take account of recent archaeological work at Luxeuil which means that the text now has to be seen as a programmatic work, advocating a particular monastic style, rather than as a record of fact. 400p (Liverpool UP 2017) 9781781381762 Hb £85.00, 9781781381779 Pb £25.00

The Burial Dress of the Rus’ in the Upper Volga Region (Late 10th-13th Centuries)By Iuliia StepanovaThis book is devoted to the Old Rus’ dress of the Upper Volga area, as gleaned from the archaeological evidence of burial sites. The organic remains of dress and metal and glass ornaments and fasteners are considered. Issues such as the social status and age of the buried individuals, as well as the influence of various ethnic groups on the dress of the Old Rus’, are addressed through the study of variants of male and female headdresses, clothes and accessories. 394p, b/w illus (Brill 2017) 9789004314658 Hb £135.00

Early Medieval EuropeNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSCrossing BoundariesInterdisciplinary Approaches to the Art, Material Culture, Language and Literature of the Early Medieval WorldEdited by Eric Cambridge & Jane HawkesIn this major collection of 27 papers, contributors transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and offer new approaches. The main focus is on material culture, but also includes insights into the compositional techniques of Bede and the Beowulf-poet, and the strategies adopted by anonymous scribes to record information in unfamiliar languages. Contributors offer fresh insights into some of the most iconic survivals from the period, from the wooden doors of Sta Sabina in Rome to the Ruthwell Cross, while new finds such as the runic-inscribed Saltfleetby spindle whorl and the sword pommel from Beckley, are also published here for the first time . Important thematic surveys reveal early medieval Welsh and Pictish carvers interacting with the political and intellectual concerns of the wider Insular and continental world. Other contributors consider what it is to be Viking, revealing how recent archaeological work reveals the inadequacy of the traditional categorisation of the Vikings as ‘incomers’. 320p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785703072 Hb £55.00

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A Saving ScienceCapturing the Heavens in Carolingian ManuscriptsBy Eric M. Ramirez-WeaverE r i c R a m í r e z -We ave r explores the significance of early medieval astronomy in the Frankish empire, using as his lens an astronomical masterpiece, the deluxe manuscript of the Handbook of 809, painted in roughly 830 for Bishop Drogo of Metz, one of Charlemagne’s sons. Created in an age in which careful study of the heavens served a liturgical purpose—to reckon Christian feast days and seasons accurately and thus reflect a “heavenly” order—the diagrams of celestial bodies in the Handbook of 809 are extraordinary signifiers of the intersection of Christian art and classical astronomy. 304p, col illus (Penn State UP 2017) 9780271071268 Hb £63.95

Heresy and Dissent in the Carolingian EmpireThe Case of Gottschalk of OrbaisBy Matthew Bryan GillisThis study recounts the history of an exceptional ninth-century religious outlaw, Gottschalk of Orbais. Matthew Gillis analyzes Gottschalk’s literary and spiritual self-representations, his modes of argument, his prophetic claims to martyrdom and miraculous powers, and his shocking defiance to bishops as strategies for influencing contemporaries in changing political circumstances. In the larger history of medieval heresy and dissent, Gottschalk’s case reveals how the Carolingian Empire preserved order within the church through coercive reform. 304p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198797586 Hb £65.00

EDITOR’S CHOICESlavery After Rome, 500-1100By Alice RioThe periods at either end of the early middle ages are associated with iconic forms of unfreedom: Roman slavery at one end; at the other, the serfdom of the twelfth century and beyond. How and why this major change took place in the intervening period has been a long-standing puzzle. This study picks up the various threads linking this transformation across the centuries, and situates them within the full context of what slavery and unfreedom were being used for in the early middle ages. This volume adopts a broad comparative

perspective, covering different regions of Western Europe over six centuries, to try to answer the following questions: who might

become enslaved and why? What did this mean for them, and for their lords? What made people opt for certain ways of exploiting unfree labour over others in different times and places, and is it possible, underneath all this diversity, to identify some coherent trajectories of historical change?

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Visions of Unity After the VisigothsEarly Iberian Latin Chronicles and the Mediterranean WorldBy Ksenia Bonch ReevesThis study focuses on post-Visigothic Latin chronicles as testimonies of an intense s e a rc h f o r m o d e l s o f stability and social cohesion on the Iberian Peninsula. The book examines, firstly, the Andalusi Christian narrative of Visigothic political demise; secondly, the narrative of sovereignty, developed in Asturias-León from the late ninth century onwards; and finally the historiographical manipulation of both of these traditions in Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada’s Historia de rebus Hispanie (1243). The ongoing contact between Iberian Latin textual communities and the broader Mediterranean is interpreted as central to both the development of Iberian historical mythology and its historiographical renovation. 314p (Brepols 2016) 9782503565095 Hb £68.00

Religious Franks: Religion and Power in the Frankish KingdomsStudies in Honour of Mayke de JongEdited by Rob Meens & Janneke RaaijmakersThese twenty-five essays are focused upon the importance of religion to Frankish politics and offer fresh perspectives on various themes such as the nature of royal authority, the definition of polity, unity and dissent, ideas of correction and discipline, the power of rhetoric and the rhetoric of power, and the diverse ways in which power was institutionalised and employed by lay and ecclesiastical authorities. 584p, b/w illus (Manchester UP 2016, Pb 2017) 9780719097638 Hb £75.00, 9781526118547 Pb £32.50

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At the End of Great MoraviaSkeletons from the Second Church Cemetery at Pohansko-Breclav (9th–10th Century A.D.)By Vladimir Sladek & Jiri MachacekT h i s m o n o g ra p h s u m m a r i ze s t h e f i rs t anthropological survey of human skeletons excavated at the second church cemetery in Pohansko-Břeclav (Czech Republic). The cemetery was discovered in 2006 in a north-eastern suburb of Pohansko and represents one of the key pieces of evidence about changes in human society at the end of the Great Moravian Empire (9th-10th century), when Early Medieval societies transformed into a new political organization. 254p, col illus (BAR 2836, 2017) 9781407315768 Pb £46.00

Ottonian QueenshipBy Simon MacLeanOttonian Queenship offers an original interpretation of Ottonian queenship through a study of the sources for the dynasty’s six queens. Simon MacLean sees the spectacular status of Ottonian royal women not as a matter of extraordinary individual personalities, but as a distinctive product of the post-Carolingian era in which the certainties of the ninth century were breaking down amidst overlapping struggles for elite family power, royal legitimacy, and territory. 272p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198800101 Hb £65.00

Medieval HistoryKingmakersHow Power in England Was Won and Lost on the Welsh FrontierBy Timothy VenningDuring the course of the Middle Ages the great lords of the Welsh Marches were granted ever greater authority. They intermarried, schemed for extra lands and snatched power in a complex and often violent political process. Due to their huge resources and unparalleled military experience, they soon came to overawe weak kings and dominate national events. Timothy Venning showcases the mentality of the Lords of the Marches, and reveals the dramatic careers of those who prospered from their loyalty to the king, to those whose power was gained by treachery. 336p, b/w illus (Amberley 2017) 9781445659404 Hb £20.00

King John’s Delegation to the Almohad Court (1212)Medieval Interreligious Interactions and Modern HistoriographyBy Ilan ShovalIs Matthew Paris’s story of an English diplomatic delegation, sent by King John to the caliph of Morocco in the summer of 1212, nothing more than fiction, or does it report actual historical events? Did King John really offer to subjugate his kingdom to the Muslim caliph and did he consider converting to Islam? And how may a new reading of this medieval chronicle in its appropriate historical context contribute to our understanding of the professionalization of diplomatic practice, the emergence of European bureaucratic kingship, Christian–Muslim political interaction, interreligious polemic, and conversion? In this book, these questions are explored as part of the first full-scale study of Matthew Paris’s report. 233p (Brepols 2016) 9782503555775 Hb £64.00

Bishops in the Political Community of England 1213-1272By S.T. AmblerThirteenth-century England produced an uncommonly dedicated episcopate - dedicated not only to its pastoral mission but also to the defence of the kingdom and the oversight of royal government. This volume examines the interaction b e twe e n t h e b i s h o p s ’ actions on the ground and their culture, identity, and political thought. In so doing it reveals how the Montfortian bishops were forced to construct a new philosophy of power in the crucible of political crisis, and thus presents a new ideal-type in the study of politics and political thought: spontaneous ideology. 256p (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198754022 Hb £60.00

A Short History of the NormansBy Leonie V. HicksIn exploring Norman culture in all its regions, Leonie V Hicks places the Normans in the context of early medieval society. Her comparative perspective enables the Norman story to be told in full, so that the societies of Rollo, William, Robert and Roger Guiscard are given the focused attention they deserve. 272p (I .B . Tauris 2016) 9781780762128 Pb £10.99

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The Rise and Fall of Owen GlyndwrEngland, France and Welsh Rebellion in the Middle AgesBy Gideon BroughO w a i n G l y n D w r i s one of the great figures of Welsh and military history. He conceived and implemented a strategy w h i c h s aw h i s s m a l l , poorly-equipped forces repeatedly defeat Crown troops and bring down the apparatus of governance in Wales. Following these achievements, he held native parliaments and established diplomatic contact with surrounding powers. It is this international activity which receives new emphasis in this study, which shows how Owain was able to construct an alliance with France, and repositions his rebellion as part of the wider fifteenth century European political world in the context of the Hundred Years War. 320p, (I.B. Tauris 2017) 9781784535933 Hb £25.00

Medieval Women and Their ObjectsEdited by Jenny Adams & Nancy Mason BradburyThese essays present multifaceted considerations of the intersection of objects and gender within the cultural contexts of late medieval France and England. Some take a material view of objects, showing buildings, books, and pictures as sites of gender negotiation and resistance and as extensions of women’s bodies. Others reconsider the concept of objectification in the lives of medieval women - either fictional or historical - by looking closely at their relation to gendered material objects, taken literally as women’s possessions and as figurative manifestations of their desires. 368p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472130146 Hb £61.95

Sexuality in Medieval EuropeDoing Unto OthersBy Ruth Mazo KarrasSexuality in Medieval Europe shows how views at the time were conflicted and complicated; there was no single medieval attitude towards sexuality any more than there is one modern attitude. Focusing on marital sexual activity, as well as behaviour that was seen as transgressive, the chapters cover such topics as chastity, the role of the church, and non-reproductive activity. This fully revised third edition has been updated to include the latest scholarship throughout, including expanded coverage of Islamic and Jewish cultures. 268p, b/w illus (Routledge, 3rd ed 2017) 9781138860896 Pb £30.99

The Wealth of EnglandThe Medieval Wool Trade and its Political Importance 1100–1600By Susan RoseIn The Wealth of England Susan Rose brings together the social, economic and political strands in the development of the wool trade and show how and why it became so important. The author looks at the lives of prominent wool-men, and examines how the wealth they made transformed the appearance of the leading centres of the trade with magnificent churches and other buildings. The complex operation of the trade is also explained with the role of the Staple at Calais to the fore leading to a discussion on the way the policy of English kings, especially in the fourteenth century, was heavily influenced by trade in this one commodity. 304p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785707360 Hb £40.00

Medieval St AndrewsChurch, Cult, CityEdited by Michael Brown & Katie StevensonThis volume provides the first full study of this special and multi-faceted centre throughout its golden age. The fourteen chapters use St Andrews as a focus for the discussion of multiple aspects of medieval life in Scotland. They examine church, spirituality, urban society and learning in a specific context from the seventh to the sixteenth century, allowing for the consideration of St Andrews alongside other great religious and political centres of medieval Europe. 400p, b/w illus. (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781783271689 Hb £60.00

Peacemaking in the Middle AgesPrinciples and PracticeBy J. E. M. BenhamThis book explores the making of peace in the late-twelfth and early thirteenth centuries based on the experiences of the kings of England and the kings of Denmark. From dealing with owing allegiance to powerful neighbours to conquering the ‘barbarians’, it offers a vision of how relationships between rulers were regulated and maintained, and how rulers negotiated, resolved, avoided and enforced matters in dispute in a period before nation states and international law. 264p b/w illus (Manchester UP 2017) 9781526116680 Pb £25.00

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The Prehistory of the CrusadesBy Burnam W. ReynoldsR e y n o l d s f o c u s e s o n the Baltic, or Northern, Crusades, an aspect of the Crusades that has been little documented, thus bringing a new perspective to their historical and ideological origins. From the Emperor Charlemagne’s wars against the Saxons in the 8th and 9th centuries to the Baltic Crusades of the 12th century, this book explores the sanctification of war in creating the ideal of crusade. In so doing, it shows how crusading ultimately developed in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Prehistory of the Crusades provides a valuable insight into the topic for students of medieval history and the Crusades. 271p, (Bloomsbury 2016) 9781441143891 Pb £21.99

Intricate Interfaith Networks in the Middle AgesQuotidian Jewish-Christian ContactsEdited by Ephraim Shoham SteinerRecent scholarship has suggested that the religious divide between Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages, although ever-present (and at times even violently so), did not stop individuals and groups from forming ties and expanding them in more intricate ways than previously thought. In this volume, the contributors explore a number of phenomena through different disciplinary approaches. Ties of an economic and cultural nature are examined, and attention is paid to social contacts and networks in the fields of art and the sciences, and matters of daily life. 364p (Brepols 2016) 9782503544298 Hb £81.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEThe Silk Industries of Medieval ParisArtisanal Migration Technological Innovation and Gendered ExperienceBy Sharon FarmerFor more than one hundred years, from the last decade of the thirteenth century to the late fourteenth, Paris was the only western European town north of the Mediterranean basin to produce luxury silk cloth. According to Sharon Farmer, the key to the manufacture of silk lay not just with the availability and

importation of raw materials but with the importation of labour as well. Farmer demonstrates the essential role that skilled

Mediterranean immigrants played in the formation of Paris’s population and in its emergence as a major centre of luxury production. She highlights the unique opportunities that silk production offered to women and the rise of women

entrepreneurs in Paris to the very pinnacles of their profession. 368p (University of Pennsylvania Press 2016) 9780812248487 Hb £58.00

Blanche of Castile Queen of FranceBy Lindy GrantThis is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile, whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the saintly Louis IX. A central figure in the politics of medieval Europe, Blanche was a sophisticated patron of religion and culture. Through Lindy Grant’s engaging account, based on a close analysis of Blanche’s household accounts and of the social and religious networks on which her power and agency depended, Blanche is revealed as a vibrant and intellectually questioning personality. 400p col pls (Yale UP 2016) 9780300219265 Hb £30.00

Flaying in the Pre-Modern WorldEdited by Larissa TracyFrom images of Saint Bartholomew holding his skin in his arms, to scenes of execution in Havelok the Dane, to laws that prescribed it as a punishment for treason, this volume explores the idea and the reality of skin removal - flaying - in the Middle Ages. Its two parts consider practice and representation, capturing the evolution of flaying as both an idea and a practice in the premodern world. 400p, b/w illus (Boydell & Brewer 2017) 9781843844525 Hb £60.00

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A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)Edited by Marsha DuttonThis book explores the life, works, and thought of Aelred, Cistercian abbot of Rievaulx Abbey from 1147 to 1167. As well as introducing the three genres of his works - sermons, spiritual teaching, and history - scholars survey such central topics as Marian devotion, love and friendship, the sacramental nature of community, lay spirituality, and saints’ lives. 364p (Brill 2016) 9789004183551 Hb £160.00

Lordship and FaithThe English Gentry and the Parish Church in the Middle AgesBy Nigel SaulLordship and Faith takes as its subject the many hundreds of parish churches built in England in the Middle Ages by the gentry, the knights and esquires, and the lords of country manors. Nigel Saul uses lordly engagement with the parish church as a way of opening up the piety and sociability of the gentry, focusing on the gentry as founders and builders of churches, worshippers in them, holders of church advowsons, and patrons and sponsors of parish communities. 384p, b/w illus (Oxford UP 2017) 9780198706199 Hb £75.00

Pilgrim Routes of the British IslesBy Emma J. WellsThis book leads the modern traveller along some of the key medieval walking routes of Britain, taking in world-famous sites such as Canterbury and Lindisfarne in addition to out-of-the-way places along paths not so widely travelled. Illustrated throughout in colour, this practical book provides clear maps and informative commentary on the history of each route, as well as its current landscape, shrines, art and architecture. 240p, col illus (Robert Hale 2016) 9780719817076 Hb £19.99

Patron Saints of Early Medieval Italy Ad C.350-800History and Hagiography in Ten BiographiesBy Nicholas EverettThis book provides the first translation into English of the Latin biographies of nine holy men and one archangel who became the patron saints of the areas where they evangelized, documenting the conversion of pagan Roman Italy to Christianity at the dawn of the Middle Ages. It includes a comprehensive introduction and historical commentary to each biography, and assesses the technical problems relating to the origin and date of composition of each text. 287p (Brepols 2017) 9780888445650 Pb £30.00

Invisible WeaponsLiturgy and the Making of Crusade IdeologyBy M. Cecilia GaposchkinFrom the very beginning and throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshalled in the fight against the Muslim armies. Liturgy helped construct the devotional ideology of the crusading project, endowing war with religious meaning, placing crusading ideals at the heart of Christian identity, and embedding crusading warfare squarely into the eschatological economy. By connecting medieval liturgical books with the larger narrative of crusading, Gaposchkin allows us to understand a crucial facet in the culture of holy war. 376p, b/w illus (Cornell UP 2017) 9781501705151 Hb £57.50

How to Plan a CrusadeReason and Religious War in the High Middle AgesBy Christopher TyermanIn this highly original and enjoyable new book, C h r i s t o p h e r Tye r m a n focuses on something obvious but overlooked: the massive, all-encompassing and hugely costly business of actually preparing a crusade. It provides a detailed exploration of the logistical effort involved and the ways that society responded, taking in diplomacy, communications, propaganda, the use of mass media, medical care, equipment, voyages, money, weapons, credit, wills, ransoms, animals, and the power of prayer. 432p (Penguin 2015, Pb 2016) 9780241954652 Pb £10.99

Manors and MarketsEconomy and Society in the Low Countries 500-1600By Bas J. P. Van BavelProviding a concise overview of social and economic changes over more than a thousand years, Bas van Bavel assesses the impact of the social and institutional organization that saw the Low Countries become the most urbanized and densely populated part of Europe by the end of the Middle Ages. He assesses the role of manorial organization, the emergence of markets, the rise of towns, the quest for self-determination by ordinary people, and the sharp regional differences in development that can be observed in the very long run. 512p, (Oxford UP 2016) 9780198783756 Pb £28.99”

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Art and Optics in the Hereford MapAn English Mappa Mundi c. 1300By Marcia KupferFeatures of the Hereford Mappa Mundi that baffle m o d e r n e x p e c t a t i o n s are typically dismissed as the product of careless execution. Kupfer argues that they should rightly be seen as part of the map’s encoded commentary on the nature of vision itself. O p t i c a l c o n c e i t s a n d perspectival games formed part of the map’s language of vision, were central to its commission, and shaped its display, formal design, and allegorical fabric. The book thus sheds new light on the impact of scientific discourses in late medieval art. 240p, col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9780300220339 Hb £60.00

The Visual World of the Hungarian Angevin LegendaryBy Bela Zsolt SzakacsThe manuscript known as the Hungarian Angevin Legendary, created in Bologna in the early 14th century for Hungarian royal patrons, is a luxurious codex worthy of a ruler. Dispersed in four countries and six collections, the 142 richly gilded leaves recount the legends of fifty-eight saints. This analysis of the codex has three levels: identifying the original criteria of saints selected, the presentation of the iconographic features of the respective legends, and the exposure of the recurrent image types on the leaves. 330p, col illus (Central European UP 2016) 9789637326257 Hb £77.00

A Feast for the SensesArt and Experience in Medieval EuropeEdited by Martina BagnoliThis sumptuous new book brings together sacred and secular art to reveal the shared intellectual culture that governed perception in Europe in the 13th through the 16th centuries. A focused exploration of the performative and multifaceted nature of medieval art underscores its direct appeal to the senses, revealing the rich experiential world that informed its interpretation. Nine essays explore these themes through representations of religious practices, royal rituals, feasts and celebrations, music, and literature. 400p, col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9780300222951 Hb £45.00

The Reliquary EffectEnshrining the Sacred ObjectBy Cynthia HahnIn this book, Cynthia Hahn explores the societal value of reliquaries, showing how they commemorate religious and historical events and, more important, inspire awe, faith, and, for many, the miraculous. Hahn looks deeply into the Christian tradition, examining relics and reliquaries throughout history and around the world, going from the earliest years of the cult of saints through to the post-Reformation response. She shows how the architectural creation of sacred space and the evocation of the biblical tradition of the temple is central to the reliquary’s numinous power. 304p, (Reaktion Books 2017) 9781780236551 Hb £35.00

English Medieval EmbroideryOpus AnglicanumEdited by M. A. Michael, Glyn Davies & Clare BrowneOwing to their quality, complexity, and magnificence, English embroideries enjoyed international demand and can be traced in Continental sources as opus anglicanum. This sumptuously illustrated book draws on new research and detailed photography to offer an introduction to their design, production, and use. Essays by leading experts explore the embroideries’ artistic and social context, while catalogue entries examine individual masterpieces. 336p col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9780300222005 Hb £40.00

The Age of Opus AnglicanumEdited by Michael A MichaelThe essays included here break new ground in the understanding of both liturgical and secular embroidery, covering topics such as interesting iconographic aspects found in Opus Anglicanum; hitherto unpublished data from the royal accounts of Edward III related to commissions and payments to embroiderers and embroideresses; and a detailed study of late medieval English palls accompanied by a Handlist of the major extant examples. 240p, col illus (Brepols 2016) 9781909400412 Hb £93.50

How to Read Medieval ArtBy Wendy A. SteinThis book introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum’s collection. Formal explorations of individual works, chosen to exemplify key ideas crucial to understanding medieval art, are accompanied by relevant information about the context in which they were created, conveying the works’ visual nuances but also their broader symbolic meaning. 136p, col illus (Yale UP 2016) 9781588395979 Pb £16.99

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English Gothic Misericord CarvingsHistory from the Bottom UpBy Betsy Chunko-DominguezBetsy Chunko-Dominguez moves beyond textual dependence and traditional iconographic analysis when examining misericords and builds a thorough discussion of the relationship between the misericord’s several p o te nt i a l au d i e n ce s - including patron, craftsman, occupant of the seat, and modern viewer. Beyond the bounds of misericord studies, there are implications here for study of the relationship between centre and margin in late medieval art; and, indeed, what constitutes ‘centre’ and ‘margin’ as conceptual realms. 192p, b/w illus (Brill 2017) 9789004341180 Hb £100.00

Romanesque Cathedrals in Mediterranean EuropeArchitecture, Ritual and Urban ContextEdited by Gerardo Boto Varela & J. E. A. KroesenThis volume explores the architecture and layout of Romanesque cathedrals in Europe, especially around the Mediterranean, paying s p e c i a l a t t e n t i o n to liturgical ritual, church furnishings, iconography, and urban context. The focus is both on the influence of patrons and on more bottom-up factors, including community practices. 312p, b/w and col illus (Brepols 2016) 9782503552507 Pb £80.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEFifty English SteeplesThe Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in EnglandBy Julian FlanneryThis book presents the first systematic survey of the fifty most important medieval parish church towers and spires in England, covering a period of some five hundred years. The introduction provides an overview of the technological and aesthetic development of towers and spires, and examines the evolution of their major architectural elements. The process of medieval

steeple construction is also explored. The main part of the book is devoted to a richly illustrated survey of the steeples,

from renowned Saxon churches such as Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, to those of almost cathedral-like proportions such as Salle in Norfolk or Chipping Campden in the heart of the Cotswolds.

496p, b/w and col illus (Thames and Hudson 2016) 9780500343142 Hb £50.00

The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-Century EuropeBy Kirk AmbroseU s i n g e x a m p l e s o f Romanesque sculpture from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Po r t u g a l , t h e a u t h o r suggests that medieval representations of monsters could service ideals, whether i nte l l e c t u a l , p o l i t i c a l , religious, and social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he argues that their material presence energizes works of art in paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval imagination. 208p, b/w illus (Boydell & Brewer 2013, Pb 2017) 9781843838319 Hb £50.00, 9781783272426 Pb £19.99

The Castles of Kent, Surrey & SussexBy Mike SalterThis book is a comprehensive guide to the history and architecture of castellated buildings dating from the late 11th century to the mid 16th century in the counties of Kent, Surrey & Sussex. An introduction describes the development of fortified buildings in these three counties as they were before boundary changes saw parts of Kent and Surrey absorbed into London. Eighty buildings in the three counties are then described in detail with the aid of old and new photographs, prints and plans reproduced to a set of common scales. 124p, b/w and col illus (Folly Publications 2016) 9780993187933 Pb £9.95

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Stone Carving of the Hospitaller Period in RhodesDisplaced Pieces and FragmentsBy Anna-Maria KasdagliThis work presents 230 stone carvings of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes (1309-1522), which for various reasons are no longer in their original setting. Most of them are cut in local stone or reused antique marble and belong to three broad groups: decorative architectural elements, funerary slabs and markers, and heraldry from secular and religious buildings and fortifications. Their architectural, artistic, inscriptional and social significance are discussed, providing insights into the way cultural influences from different parts of Western Europe were introduced, maintained and adapted in an Eastern Mediterranean context. 214p, b/w illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914783 Pb £36.00

The German OceanMedieval Europe Around the North SeaBy Brian AyersDuring the medieval period trade links, fostered in the two centuries prior to 1100, expanded in the 12th and 13th centuries to ensure the development of maritime societies around the North Sea whose material culture was often more remarkable for its similarity across distance than for its diversity. This book explores archaeological and historical evidence for this ‘diverse commonality’ through the historic environment of the North Sea. 292p, b/w and col illus (Equinox 2016) 9781904768494 Hb £85.00

An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux TapestryThe Landscapes Buildings and PlacesBy Trevor RowleyTrevor Rowley here analyses the tapestry through the landscapes, buildings and structures shown, such as towns and castles, while comparing them to the landscapes, buildings, ruins and earthworks which can be seen today. This approach allows him to challenge a number of assumptions regarding the location of several scenes in the tapestry, most controversially suggesting that William may never have gone to Hastings at all. Finally, Rowley tackles the missing end of the tapestry, suggesting the places and events which would have been depicted on this portion of William’s journey to Westminster. 192p b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2016) 9781781593806 Hb £25.00

Malta and Water (AD 900 to 1900)Irrigating a Semi-Arid LandscapeBy Keith BuhagiarThis book synthesises archaeological and historical research in order to investigate Maltese water management technology between AD 900 and AD 1900. Central to this publication are reservoirs, cisterns, wells and perched aquifer galleries, which have for centuries provided farmers tilling arable land with a supplementary water source other than the limited and erratic seasonal rainfall. 313p, b/w illus (BAR 2829, 2016) 9781407316291 Pb £47.00

Medieval European Coinage, Volume 12Northern ItalyBy Andrea Saccocci, Michael Matzke & Jr. DayThis volume of Medieval European Coinage is the first comprehensive survey of the coinage of north Italy c.950-1500, bringing the latest research to an international audience. It provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of the coinages of Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and the greater Veneto, which have never been studied together in such detail on a broad regional basis. The volume reveals for the first time the wider trends that shaped the coinages of the region and offers new syntheses of the monetary history of the individual cities. 1319p b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2017) 9780521260213 £175.00

Seals and Status: Power of ObjectsEdited by John Cherry, Jessica Berenbeim & Lloyd de BeerThis publication deals specifically with aspects of status in the history of seals, exploring this theme across a diverse range of cultural contexts, from the 9th century up to the Early Modern period, and across the world, looking at Byzantine, European, Islamic and Chinese examples. It investigates seals used by all members of society, from kings to fishmongers, and examines the history of objects, with examples ranging from the medieval matrix with a classical gem showing the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius to the 17th-century Providence Island matrix from America. 225p, b/w and col illus (British Museum Press 2017) 9780861592135 Pb £40.00, NYP

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Agrarian Technology in the Medieval LandscapeEdited by Jan KlapsteRuralia X includes 27 papers dealing with agrarian technologies in the medieval landscape as seen in different European countries. The subject areas include cultivation, livestock husbandry, gardening, viticulture and woodland management – interpreting the concept of agrarian production in a broad sense – studied mainly on the basis of archaeology, but also using iconography, documentary evidence and archaeo-environmental approaches. 448p, b/w illus (Brepols 2016) 9782503551371 Pb £90.00

Religion, Cults & Rituals in the Medieval Rural EnvironmentEdited by Christiane Bis-Worch & Claudia TheuneThese papers explore aspects of religion, cult and ritual in medieval rural settings. Important religious sites like churches, monasteries, mosques and synagogues as well as caves, holy wells and hermitages are discussed. Furthermore burials of children, revenants and the condemned are analysed, as they often deviate from normal practice and shed light on particular communities and their beliefs. Rituals concerning the protection of buildings and persons which focus on objects attributed with religious qualities are another area explored. b/w and col illus (Ruralia XI, Sidestone Press 2017) 9789088904868 Pb £60.00, NYP

EDITOR’S CHOICEThe AnarchyWar and Status in 12th-Century Landscapes of ConflictBy O. H. Creighton & Duncan WrightThe turbulent reign of Stephen, King of England (1135–54), has been styled since the late 19th century as ‘the Anarchy’, although the extent of political breakdown during the period has since been vigorously debated. Drawing on new research and fieldwork, this innovative volume offers the first ever overview and synthesis of the archaeological and material record for this controversial period. It presents and interrogates many different types of evidence at a variety of scales, ranging from nationwide mapping of historical events through to conflict landscapes of battlefields and sieges. The volume considers archaeological sites such as castles

and other fortifications, churches, monasteries, bishops’ palaces and urban and rural settlements, alongside material culture

including coins, pottery, seals and arms and armour. This approach not only augments but also challenges historical narratives, questioning the ‘real’ impact of Stephen’s troubled reign on society, settlement, church and the landscape, and opens up new perspectives on the conduct of Anglo-Norman warfare.

288p, b/w illus col pls (Liverpool UP 2016) 9781781382424 Hb £75.00

Landscape and History on the Medieval Irish FrontierThe Kings Cantreds in the Thirteenth CenturyBy Thomas FinanThis work offers a new and innovative insight into the history of thirteenth-century Ireland by exploring the interplay between Gaelic lords, Anglo-Norman lords, and the medieval environmental landscape that connected them. Focusing on the king’s cantreds of Roscommon, the book explores the frontier landscape as an active player in its own right within Irish history and discusses the way that both Gaels and Anglo-Normans interacted with, and were in turn influenced by, this environment. 230p (Brepols 2016) 9782503542928 Hb £65.00

Castles, Siegeworks and SettlementsSurveying the Archaeology of the Twelfth CenturyEdited by Duncan W. Wright & O. H. CreightonThis volume presents twelve reports on archaeological investigations carried out at sites across England in support of a project i nve s t i ga t i n g t h e s o -called ‘Anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign in the m i d - t w e l f t h c e n t u r y. Sites and their landscape s e t t i n gs a re a n a l ys e d through topographical and geophysical survey, as well as LiDAR and viewshed analysis, supported by cartographic and archival research. 192p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914769 Pb £45.00

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Between Carpentry and JoineryWood Finishing Work in European Medieval and Modern ArchitectureEdited by Paulo Charruadas, Pascale Fraiture, Patrice Gautier & Mathieu PiavauxThis volume includes thirteen contributions divided into two thematic sections. The first addresses the divide between structural and finishing work via the question of flooring, ceiling and roofing techniques. The second examines the contribution of this craft to the organisation, comfort and ornamentation of houses. 271p, b/w and col illus (Brepols 2017) 9782930054285 Hb £50.00

New FrontierThe Origins And Development Of West LondonBy Richard Brown, Andy Shelley & Elizabeth StaffordThis book shines a spotlight on West London’s past. It is informed by historical research, site excavations and archaeological monitoring carried out before and during the construction of the western arm of Crossrail which included the discovery of ice age Bison and reindeer, the rediscovery of long lost rivers and revealed the history of Georgian property developers and the Great Western Railway. 119p, b/w i l lus (Oxford Archaeology 2016) 9780904220803 Pb £10.00

Coventry’s Medieval SuburbsBy Iain Soden, Paul Mason & Danny McAreeHill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street comprise three suburban streets which stood directly outside the city gates of Coventry for much of the medieval period. 2003-2007 excavations allowed comparison in terms of land planning, co n s t r u c t i o n m e t h o d o l o g i e s , character and relative fluctuations in the long-term economy. The sites also contain substantial portions of the city’s defences. 2 0 8 p , b /w a n d co l i l l u s (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915629 Pb £30.00

The Comparative Palaeopathology of Males and Females in English Medieval Skeletal Samples in a Social ContextBy Clare DuncanThis study investigates whether males and females in medieval England experienced differences in health and mortality. Palaeopathological data pertaining to a total sample of 1,056 adult males and 674 adult females (c.1066-1540 AD) were compared statistically. The collective analysis of four stress indicators (stature, enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia, non-specific infection) suggested males experienced poorer general health, although a statistically significant sex difference in age at death was not demonstrated.240p (BAR BS 629, 2016) 9781407321578 Pb £43.00

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The Houses of Hereford1200-1500By Nigel Baker, Pat Hughes and Richard K. MorrissThe cathedral ci ty of Hereford is one of the best-kept historical secrets of the Welsh Marches. Although its Anglo-Saxon development is well known from a series of classic excavations in the 1960s and ’70s, what is less widely known is that the city boasts an astonishingly well-preserved medieval plan and contains some of the earliest houses still in everyday use anywhere in England. Three leading authorities on the buildings of the English Midlands have joined forces, combining detailed archaeological surveys, primary historical research and topographical analysis, to examine 24 of the most important buildings, from the great hall of the Bishop’s Palace of c.1190, to the first surviving brick town-house of c.1690. Owners and builders are identified from documentary sources wherever possible, from the Bishop of Hereford and the medieval cathedral canons, through civic office-holding merchant dynasties to minor tradesmen otherwise known only for their brushes with the law. 256p b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2017) 9781785708169 Hb £25.00

Charterhouse SquareBlack Death Cemetery and Carthusian Monastery, Meat Market and SuburbBy Sam PfizenmaierThe story of London’s Clerkenwell and Smithfield n e i g h b o u r h o o d , f ro m prehistory through to the present day, is illustrated by archaeological investigations undertaken as part of t h e C ro s s ra i l C e nt ra l development. Excavation showed how, from being on the margins of the city, this area was occupied by religious houses and a cattle market, before developing into a densely packed suburb as London’s population exploded. Charterhouse Square was known to be the site of the West Smithfield cemetery, one of two London emergency burial grounds established during the Black Death (1348–9); the 25 individuals excavated are the first large group of burials recovered. 152p, col illus (MOLA 2016) 9781907586415 Pb £10.00

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Post MedievalCloth SealsAn Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Lead Seals Attached to ClothBy Stuart F. EltonThis book is intended to be a repository of the salient information currently available on the identification of cloth seals, and a source of new material that extends our understanding of these important indicators of post medieval and early modern industry and trade. It is, primarily, a guide to help with the identification of cloth seals, both those found within and those originating from the United Kingdom. 414p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915483 Pb £60.00

A Cromwellian Warship Wrecked off Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland, in 1653By Colin J. M. MartinThis book records the excavation of the wreck of a small Cromwellian warship, believed to be Swan. Eleven chapters chart the project’s development, the identification of the wreck and its archaeology, as well as explaining the historical background. Key finds include carvings from the decorated stern, interior panelling, navigational, medical and food-processing equipment, and elements of the rigging and pump systems. 267p, col illus (Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2017) 9781908332110 Hb £25.00

Robert Adam’s LondonBy Frances SandsThis book reviews a wide variety of Robert Adam’s designs for London, highlighting lesser-known buildings as well as familiar ones. Each of Adam’s projects explored in this book is plotted on Horwood’s map of London (1792-99). 160p , (Archaeopress 2016) 9781784914639 Pb £20.00

Beneath the Killing FieldsBy Matthew LeonardBeneath the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialised conflict virtually untouched since 1918. With the aid of cutting edge fieldwork conducted by the author in these subterranean locales, this book combines military history, archaeology and anthropology in order to explore the realities of subterranean warfare on the Western Front, and the effects on the human body and mind that living and fighting underground inevitably entailed. 176p b/w illus (Pen & Sword 2016) 9781783463060 Hb £19.99

BejewelledMen and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean EnglandBy Natasha Awais-DeanBejewelled offers an in-depth discussion of the contexts in which jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England was circulated from a male perspective, considering the jewels as valid items of material culture worthy of study and attention, rather than as mere trifles of adornment. Amongst other subjects, the book analyses the social and historical contexts in which jewellery was acquired, owned and circulated, interrogating the meanings that these jewels had for their male owners. 200p, b/w illus (British Museum Press 2017) 9780861592098 Pb £40.00, NYP

The Archaeology of Kenilworth Castle’s Elizabethan GardenExcavation and Investigation 2004-2008By Stephen Parry, Brian F. Dix & Claire FinnAs part of the Property Development Programme for Kenilworth Castle English Heritage created an ambitious reconstruction of the former Elizabethan garden on the north side of the castle keep. Related detailed studies have been assembled in a 2013 English Heritage monograph, but a full account of the archaeological investigations in the garden area could not be included due to space restrictions. The present report is therefore intended to provide the necessary detail relating to the Elizabethan garden, as well as medieval remains, later Civil War activity, and more recent land-use. 80p, b/w and col illus (Archaeopress 2017) 9781784915742 Pb £22.00

The Deptford Royal Dockyard and Manor of Sayes Court, LondonExcavations 2000-12By Antony FrancisDeptford royal dockyard was established in the early 16th century and closed in 1869. Most of the dockyard buildings were levelled in the 20th century, but important below-ground remains were investigated in 2000–12 in the largest-ever excavation of a naval dockyard. Integrating archaeological evidence with maps and written sources, this book traces the yard’s development as it was developed and expanded to keep pace with advances in naval technology and the demands of empire, and throws light on life outside the yard for the workforce. 260p, col illus (MOLA 2017) 9781907586361 Hb £30.00, NYP

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With the huge mass of new data produced since the onset of developer-funded archaeology in 1990, the incredible diversity of Roman rural settlement across the landscape can now be demonstrated. A new regional framework for the study of rural Roman Britain is proposed, in which a rich characterisation has been developed of the mosaic of communities that inhabited the province and the way that they changed over time. Centre stage is the farmstead, rather than the villa; variations in farmstead type, building form and associated landscape context are all explored in order to breathe new life into our understanding of the Romano-British countryside.

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THE RURAL SETTLEMENT OF ROMAN BRITAINAlexander Smith, Martyn Allen,Tom Brindle and Michael Fulford

This second volume considers the rural economy of Roman Britain through the lenses of the principal occupations of agriculture and rural industry. It has two main concerns, the documentation of what is currently known of agricultural and industrial production in the countryside, and an exploration of the contribution that material culture can make to our understanding of how those resources moved across the province to feed and support military and civil populations and the development of towns and infrastructure between the mid-first century A.D. and the beginning of the fifth century A.D. At the same time, the classification and regional appraisal of rural settlement that is at the heart of Vol. 1, The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain, has enabled this study to provide a social context for rural production and consumption.

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THE RURAL ECONOMY OF ROMAN BRITAINMartyn Allen, Lisa Lodwick, Tom Brindle, Michael Fulford and Alexander Smith

NEW VISIONS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF ROMAN BRITAIN

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THE ANGLO-SAXON FENLANDSUSAN OOSTHUIZEN

Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dominated by the activities of north-west European colonists in a largely empty landscape. Using existing and new evidence and arguments, this new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland offers another interpretation. The fen islands and the silt fens show a degree of occupation unexpected a few decades ago. Dense Romano-British settlement appears to have been followed by consistent early medieval occupation on every island in the peat fens and across the silt fens, despite the impact of climatic change. The inhabitants of the region were organised within territorial groups in a complicated,

almost certainly dynamic, hierarchy of subordinate and dominant polities, principalities and kingdoms. Their prosperous livelihoods were based on careful collective control, exploitation and management of the vast natural water-meadows on which their herds of cattle grazed. This was a society whose origins could be found in prehistoric Britain, and which had evolved through the period of Roman control and into the post-imperial decades and centuries that followed. The rich and complex history of the development of the region shows, it is argued, a traditional social order evolving, adapting and innovating in response to changing times.

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