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Archaeology • Ancient Near EastAnglo-Saxon & Viking • Greece & Rome • Classics

Landscape • Prehistory • The Medieval World

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Spring 2016

Welcome to the Spring 2016 Catalogue from Oxbow Books

We are delighted to present to you an excellent collection of Archaeology and Ancient History books from our distributed publishers and our own Oxbow Books, Aris & Phillips and Windgather Press imprints. Covering prehistory through to the medieval world, and including the Ancient Near East, British and World Archaeology, we hope there is something here that takes your interest.

Don’t forget to turn to page 28 to discover our recent highlights. Published and available to buy now, the list includes: two nominations for Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year; Mike Parker Pearson’s popular new interpretation of Stonehenge and its landscape; and the first two titles in Oxbow’s new Studying Scientific Archaeology series.

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Front cover image: from James H. Barrett and David C. Orton (eds.) Cod and Herring: The Archaeology and History of Medieval Sea Fishing. By permission of University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections.

Back cover image: from Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey (eds.) The Archaeology of Darkness.

Archaeological Method & Theory ......................1Textiles ...............................................................................4Numismatics ...................................................................5Landscape & Nature ....................................................6British Archaeology ....................................................7Prehistory .........................................................................9Greece & Rome .......................................................... 15Anglo-Saxon & Viking ............................................. 18Medieval .........................................................................20Egypt & Ancient Near East ..................................25World Archaeology ..................................................27Recent Highlights ......................................................28Trade Ordering Information ................................33

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Art in England fills a void in the scholarship of both English and medieval art by offering the first single volume overview of artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance England. Grounded in history and using the chronology of the reign of monarchs as a structure, it is contextual and comprehensive, revealing unobserved threads of continuity, patterns of intention and unique qualities that run through English art of the medieval millennium. By placing the English movement in a European context, this book brings to light many ingenious innovations that focused studies tend not to recognize and offers a fresh look at the movement as a whole. The media studied include architecture and related sculpture, both ecclesiastical and secular; tomb monuments; murals, panel paintings, altarpieces, and portraits; manuscript illuminations; textiles; and art by English artists and by foreign artists commissioned by English patrons.

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CREATING MATERIAL WORLDSThe Uses of Identity in ArchaeologyEdited by Elizabeth Pierce, Anthony Russell, Adrián Maldonado and Louisa Campbell• Critical review of current applications of identity theory to the study of past communities.

The geographic and temporal scale of the papers provides a unique perspective in demonstrating the variety of ways in which archaeology, highlighting the interaction between people and things over the long term, is redefining identity, which can be seen as an emergent property of living in a material world and an ongoing process of becoming. Research areas span from the Great Lakes to the Mediterranean, with case studies from the Mesolithic to the contemporary world by emerging voices in the field.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701917Paperback • 144 pages • March 2016 • £32.00

The Highfield Press • 9780992633677Paperback • 250 pages • June 2016 • £35.00

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DARKNESSEdited by Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey• Explores the human use of dark spaces, especially caves, from the Palaeolithic to modern times.

Archaeology shows us that over the whole human journey people have sought out dark places, for burials, for votive deposition and sometimes for retreat or religious ritual away from the wider community. Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities, from Bronze Age miners in Wales, to initiands in Italian caves, to a modern caver’s experience in one of the world’s deepest caves in Russia.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF UNDERWATER CAVESEdited by Peter B. Campbell• The first book to explore past use of submerged cave sites.

This is an edited volume drawing on the last sixty years of underwater cave research, the vast majority of which has never been published previously. Underwater caves hold great potential for archaeology due to the excellent preservation of organic artefacts found in caves. Chapters are authored by the principle researchers responsible for the development of this emerging sub-field. The volume’s scope is international and spans the Palaeolithic through to the modern era. It will interest many archaeologists as it touches on human origins, sea level and climate change, ritual and religion, and subsistence in many different cultures.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701801Paperback • 192 pages • April 2016 • £36.00

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Despite a growing literature on identity theory in the last two decades, much of its current use in archaeology is still driven toward locating and dating static categories such as ‘Phoenician’, ‘Christian’ or ‘native’. Previous studies have highlighted the various problems and challenges presented by identity, with the overall e� ect of deconstructing it to insigni� cance. As the humanities and social sciences turn to material culture, archaeology provides a unique perspective on the interaction between people and things over the long term. is volume argues that identity is worth studying not despite its slippery nature, but because of it. Identity can be seen as an emergent property of living in a material world, an ongoing process of becoming which archaeologists are particularly well suited to study. e geographic and temporal scale of the papers included is purposefully broad to demonstrate the variety of ways in which archaeology is rede� ning identity. Research areas span from the Great Lakes to the Mediterranean, with case studies from the Mesolithic to the contemporary world by emerging voices in the � eld. e volume contains a critical review of theories of identity by the editors, as well as a response and afterword by A. Bernard Knapp.

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INCOMPLETE ARCHAEOLOGIESAssembling Knowledge in the Past and PresentEdited by Emily Miller Bonney, Kathryn J. Franklin and James A. Johnson• Collection of important new studies looking at the actions, practices and processes leading to the formation of archaeological assemblages.

Incomplete Archaeologies takes a familiar archaeological concept – assemblages – and reconsiders such groupings and collections from the perspective of the work required to assemble them. Using several case studies, the ultimate aim is to reassert an awareness of the incompleteness of assemblage, and thus the importance of practices of assembling, but also to perhaps discover alternate modes of framing interactions with things, spaces, human bodies and temporalities in our analyses.

Oxbow Books • 9781785702471Paperback • 156 pages • March 2016 • £38.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785701726Paperback • 352 pages • May 2016 • £38.00

PEOPLE WITH ANIMALSPerspectives and Studies in EthnozooarchaeologyEdited by Lee G. Broderick• Series of integrated papers emphasising the interdependence of people and animals in society.

People with Animals emphasises the interdependence of people and animals in society, and contributors examine the variety of forms and time-depth that these relations can take. The 11 papers work from the basis that animals are an integral part of society and that past society is the object of most archaeological enquiry. The book makes a compelling case for the importance of human-animal relations in the archaeological record and demonstrates why the information contained in this record is of significance to specialists in other disciplines.

BONES AND IDENTITYZooarchaeological Approaches to Reconstructing Social and Cultural Landscapes in Southwest AsiaEdited by Nimrod Marom, Reuven Yeshuran, Lior Weissbrod and Guy Bar-Oz• A wealth of new data is discussed and a wide variety of applica-tions of analytical approaches are applied to particular case studies within the framework of social and contextual zooarchaeology.

Seventeen papers demonstrate how zooarchaeologists engage with questions of identity through culinary references, livestock husbandry practices and land use. Contributions combine hitherto unpublished zooarchaeological data from regions between Greece in the West and India in the East and spanning from the latest part of the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. The volume constitutes the proceedings of the 11th meeting of the ICAZ Working Group – Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA).

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Incomplete Archaeologies takes a familiar archaeological concept – assemblages – and reconsiders such groupings, collections and sets of things from the perspective of the work required to assemble them. The discussions presented here engage with the practices of collection, construction, performance and creation in the past (and present) which constitute the things and groups of things studied by archaeologists – and examine as well how these things and thing-groups are dismantled, rearranged, and even destroyed, only to be rebuilt and recreated.

The ultimate aim is to reassert an awareness of the incompleteness of assemblage, and thus the importance of practices of assembling (whether they seem at fi rst creative or destructive) for understanding social life in the past as well as the present. The individual chapters represent critical engagements with this aim by archaeologists presenting a broad scope of case studies from Eurasia and the Mediterranean. Case studies include discussions of mortuary practice from numerous angles, the sociopolitics of metallurgy, human–animal relationships, landscape and memory, the assembly of political subjectivity and the curation of sovereignty. These studies emphasise the incomplete and ongoing nature of social action in the past, and stress the critical signifi cance of a deeper understanding of formation processes as well as contextual archaeologies to practices of archaeology, museology, art history, and other related disciplines. Contributors challenge archaeologists and others to think past the objects in the assemblage to the practices of assembling, enabling us to consider not only plural modes of interacting with and perceiving things, spaces, human bodies and temporalities in the past, but also to perhaps discover alternate modes of framing these interactions and relationships in our analyses. Ultimately then, Incomplete Archaeologies takes aim at the perceived totality not only of assemblages of artefacts on shelves and desks, but also that of some of archaeology’s seeming-seamless epistemological objects.

Emily Miller Bonney is Associate Professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at California State University Fullerton. Her principal research interests are in Bronze Age Crete, landscape archaeology and the archaeology of memory and material studies.

Kathryn J. Franklin is Lecturer in the Social Sciences at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her wide ranging research interests include materiality, landscape archaeology, the archaeology of Armenia, ancient trade and commerce and migration studies.

James A. Johnson is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Chicago.


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INSIGHT FROM INNOVATIONNew Light on Archaeological CeramicsEdited by Emilie Sibbesson, Ben Jervis and Sarah Coxon This collection of papers is presented in honour of Professor David Peacock’s contributions to archaeological ceramic studies. The volume contains some of the most exciting developments currently taking place within archaeological ceramic studies, including cutting-edge provenanceing techniques, computer-aided visualisations, and contemporary craft and design perspectives, opening up avenues for new researches and demonstrating that ceramic studies represent one of the frontiers in modern-day archaeology.

The Highfield Press • 9780992633646Hardback • 220 pages • February 2016 • £65.00

FERNWEHCrossing borders and connecting people in archaeological heritage management. Essays in honour of P. Dr. Willem J. H. WillemsBy Monique H. van den Dries, Sjoerd J. van der Linde and Amy StreckerFernweh is a collection of essays on archaeological heritage management issues dedicated to Professor Dr. Willem J. H. Willems. The essays concern the various challenges and consequences of current policies and address the meaning and use of the world’s legacies from the past in and for society, at present and in the future, considering also international organizations and projects.

Sidestone Press • 9789088903502Paperback • 186 pages • January 2016 • £35.00

TURNING STONE TO BREADA Diachronic Study of Millstone Making in Southern SpainBy Timothy J. AndersonMillstone quarries are the sites where hard and abrasive stones were extracted to be fashioned into the querns or millstones to grind flour for bread. These stones equipped the different grinding mechanisms, from the Prehistoric hand-driven saddle quern to the sophisticated industrial mills driven by wind and water. This study, focusing on the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, attempts to draw attention to these little known extraction sites that are ubiquitous throughout the European landscape.

The Highfield Press • 9780992633653Paperback • 341 pages • February 2016 • £45.00

MEMORIAS SUJETADASHacia una lectura crítica y situada de los procesos de memorializaciónEdited by Gonzalo Compañy and Soledad BiasattiA place to meet and exchange reflections from Anthropology, Archaeology and other Social Sciences from Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Spain and Argentina. A debate around “places of memory” to delve into their particularities with a critical approach of the processes of memorialisation that affect them, as well as the ways to show and hide their materialities.

JAS Arqueologia • 9788494103063Paperback • 272 pages • Available Now • £13.00 TEXT IN SPANISH


ICONIC COSTUMESScandinavian Late Iron Age Costume Iconography By Ulla Mannering• Useful as a sourcebook for those interested in textiles, costume and the history of design.

This richly illustrated book presents a selection of the rich and varied iconographic material from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age (AD 400-1050) depicting clothed human figures, from an archaeological textile and clothing perspective. In particular, the study explores the question of whether the selected images complement the archaeological clothing sources, through a new analytical tool which enables us to compare and contrast the object categories in regard to material, function, chronology, context and interpretation. The book contributes with new information on social, regional and chronological differences in clothing traditions from c. AD 400 to the Viking Age.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701603Hardback • 300 pages • April 2016 • £28.50

Oxbow Books • 9781785702112Hardback • 160 pages • June 2016 • £48.00

SPINNING FATES AND THE SONG OF THE LOOMThe Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin LiteratureEdited by Giovanni Fanfani, Mary Harlow and Marie Louise Nosch• Major series of studies examining the literary exploitation of the imagery, concepts and symbolism of ancient textiles and clothing in the Greek and Roman world.

Spanning mainly Greek and Latin poetic genres, yet encompassing comparative evidence from other Indo-European languages and literatures, these 18 chapters draw a various yet consistent picture of the literary exploitation of the imagery, concepts and symbolism of ancient textiles and clothing.

THE DYER’S HANDBOOKMemoirs of an 18th Century Master Colourist

By Dominique Cardon• A translation and facsimile reproduction of a unique 18th century French manuscript that provides colour recipes and samples for producing dyes for the textiles of the day, with analysis and essays setting it in context.

The Dyer’s Handbook includes a unique manuscript; an 18th Century dyer’s memoirs from Languedoc, containing recipes for dyes with corresponding colour samples. It is an exceptional document, hugely rare and of great significance both to textile historians and to dyers and colourists today, as the colours can be reproduced exactly, with the same ingredients, or reproduced using modern techniques by matching the colour samples. Along with the English translation of the text, are facsimile pages reproduced in colour from the original manuscript, and essays which situate it in its historical, economic and technological contexts.


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ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE VOLUME IXBy Antony Hostein and Jerome MairatThis volume presents for the first time an authoritative and systematic account of the coins minted in the Roman provinces during the period from the accession of Trajan Decius in AD 249 to the death of Uranius Antoninus and covers the reigns of Trajan Decius Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian, Aemilian and Uranius Antoninus. The publication gives a complete picture of the material, thereby not only meeting the needs of numismatists but also providing an essential reference book for historians, archaeologists and other students of the Roman empire.

British Museum Press • 9780714118291Hardback • 656 pages • April 2016 • £160.00

THE BANKNOTES OF THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIAAn Analysis of a Complex System with CatalogueBy Michael Bonine and Edited by Jere BacharachThe Imperial Bank of Persia was the first bank to issue banknotes and attempt to establish a modern banking system in Iran. Its banknotes are some of the most beautiful and largest notes ever issued; yet, the story of the Imperial Bank and its notes is complex and complicated because there are very few remaining specimens. This lavishly illustrated volume showcases the best and rarest of these banknotes while untangling the complex web of branch banks in Iran.

American Numismatic Society • 9780897223379Hardback • 146 pages • January 2016 • £65.00

IRRITAMENTANumismatic Treasures of a Renaissance CollectorBy John CunnallyThese are the records of a coin collection owned by Andrea Loredan, a Venetian patrician well known in the 1550s and ‘60s as a passionate connoisseur of antiquities. The volume was a sales catalogue, a species of book not often sought out and admired for artistic or literary merit. Yet Loredan unaware of how they were benefiting future scholars, produced a graphic masterpiece of elegance and charm, a document of the highest importance for the study of Renaissance antiquarianism, humanism, and archaeology.


MONUMENTS IN MINIATUREArchitecture on Roman CoinageBy Nathan ElkinsThis comprehensive and chronological approach to architectural coin types conveys the complexity of the subject and underscores how the designs were symptomatic of, and sensitive to, the underlying social, cultural and historical trends that affected both Roman art and Roman society at large.


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Windgather Press • 9781909686939 Paperback • 272 pages • January 2016 • £29.95

LOCAL PLACES, GLOBAL PROCESSESEdited by Peter Coates, David Moon and Paul Warde• Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the relationship between perceptions of environmental change, addressing influential ways of understanding and debating questions of ‘the state of nature’.

We live in an age of unprecedented environmental change. Yet though our lives are inextricably connected to global processes, and increasingly mobile, we still live in particular places. Our perceptions of change, are shaped by the interaction of localised experience and the wider forces of transformation. Local Places, Global Processes examines how these relationships have been shaped in Britain over time.

The multi-disciplinary approach draws together the exchanges, artworks and writing assembled at these workshops and afterwards. This opens up how being in a place, and engaging with ideas attached to it, shape perceptions of the environment.

Barkhuis • 9789491431821Hardback • 372 pages • Available Now • £50.50

ORIGIN OF THE DUTCH COASTAL LANDSCAPELong-term landscape evolution of the Netherlands during the Holocene, described and visualised in national, regional and local palaeogeographical map series.By Peter Vos• Geological and palaeo-environmental data from archaeological excavations (‘key sites’) provided essential information for the palaeolandscape reconstructions.

Looking at the origins of the Dutch coastal landscape during the Holocene, this book visualises landscape evolution by looking at a series of palaeogeographical maps. These maps show when and how the surveyed sediments were formed, and are subsequently used to help us understand the long-term coastal evolution affecting coastal management and archaeological research. In this book these maps are accompanied by a discussion of the reasons behind the environmental changes.

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ARCHAEOLOGY AND LAND-USE OF SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND TO 1066Edited by Michael J. Allen and David Rudling• Brings together more than 30 leading specialists and synthesises 30 years’ worth of new data.

In this new 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. This is the first book to look at the region as a whole for a generation and since the advent of developer-funded archaeology. It is offered in memory of Sussex Archaeologist Peter Drewett.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701689Hardback • 248 pages • January 2016 • £25.00

Cotswold Archaeology • 9780955353499Hardback • 286 pages • January 2016 • £21.95

DOWN BY THE RIVERArchaeological, Palaeoenvironmental and Geoarchaeological Investigations of The Suffolk River ValleysBy Benjamin Gearey, Henry Chapman and Andy Howard• First major programme of analysis and synthesis of Holocene landscape development in the Suffolk river valleys.

Whilst East Anglia has long been known as a key area for the preservation of important Palaeolithic archaeological and palaeoenvironmental deposits, relatively little study of the Holocene record has previously been carried out. This series of detailed studies presents the results of palaeoenvironmental, archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations focused on the Post-Glacial record preserved in the valleys of the Suffolk rivers. Five floodplain sites were cored for palaeoenvironmental assessment, further sampling and radiocarbon dating and the results are described.

EXCAVATIONS AT NEWPORT STREET, WORCESTER, 2005Roman Roadside Activity and Medieval to Post-Medieval Urban Development on the Severn FloodplainBy Peter Davenport • The first major archaeological study of the post-medieval development of Worcester.

The excavations of approximately a third of a hectare in the north-western part of the historic core of Worcester represent the first large-scale archaeological investigation of this area. The results complement those of previous major investigations of the Roman and medieval town and provide valuable insights into the economic and social status of the medieval town’s expansion onto the former floodplain.



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LIVING ON THE EDGEArchaeological Investigations at Steart Point, SomersetBy Lorrain Higbee and 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.

Wessex Archaeology • 9781874350897Paperback • 100 pages • March 2016 • £7.50

ST MARYLEBONE’S PADDINGTON STREET NORTH BURIAL GROUNDExcavations at Paddington Street, London W1, 2012–13By Michael Henderson, Adrian Miles and Don Walker The 18th century expansion of St Marylebone led to the development of two additional graveyards to relieve pressure on the churchyard on Marylebone High Street. Archaeologists recorded 386 burials from 124 graves at the western edge of this ground. The archaeological findings and analysis of 291 individuals are combined with documentary research to provide a fascinating account of a burial ground used predominantly by the middle and upper classes.

Museum of London Archaeology • 9781907586385Paperback • 135 pages • Available Now • £15.00

CROSSE AND BLACKWELL 1830-1921A British food manufacturer in London’s West EndBy Nigel Jeffries, Lyn Blackmore and David SorapureThis publication presents the results of the archaeological excavations in advance of the redevelopment of the Eastern Ticket Hall at Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, charting the history of one of the great enterprises of Victorian and Edwardian Britain – Crosse and Blackwell.

Museum of London Archaeology • 9781907586378Paperback • 100 pages • January 2016 • £10.00

THE THAMES IRON WORKS 1837–1912A major shipbuilder on the ThamesBy Daniel HarrisonA pioneer of shipbuilding in iron, The Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company flourished in the mid 19th century: the yard built ships not just for the Royal Navy but for other foreign powers. Their expertise in iron construction was also deployed in ground-breaking civil engineering projects. Recent archaeological excavations afforded a glimpse of this vanished industry. Several important components of the yard were investigated, offering a view of the broader context of London’s 19th-century shipbuilding industry.

Museum of London Archaeology • 9781907586347Paperback • 114 pages • Available Now • £10.00

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THE USE AND REUSE OFSTONE CIRCLES

Fieldwork at Five Scottish Monuments and its Implications

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The study of stone circles has long played a major role in British and Irish archaeology, and for Scotland most attention has been focused on the large mon-uments of Orkney and the Western Isles. Several decades of fi eldwork have shown how these major structures are likely to be of early date and recognised that that smaller settings of monoliths had a more extended history. Many of the structures in Northern Britain were reused during the later Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the early medieval period. A series of problems demand further investigation including: when were the last stone circles built? How did they diff er from earlier constructions? How were they related to henge monuments, especially those of Bronze Age date? How frequently were these places reused, and did this secondary activity change the character of those sites? This major new assessment fi rst presents the results of fi eld-work undertaken at the Scottish recumbent stone circle of Hillhead; the stone circles of Waulkmill and Croftmoraig, the stone circle and henge at Hill of Tuach at Kintore; and the small ring cairn at Laikenbuie in Inverness-shire. Part 2 brings together the results of these fi ve projects and puts forward a chronology for the construction and primary use of stone circles, particularly the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age examples. It considers the reuse of stone circles, long after they were built, and discusses four neighbouring stone circles in Aberdeenshire which display both similarites and con-trasts in their architecture, use of raw materials, associated artefacts and structural sequences. Finally, a reassessment and reinterpretation of Croftmoraig and its se-quence is presented: the new interpretation drawing attention to ways of thinking about these monuments which have still to fulfi l their potential.

Courtney Nimura is Post Doctoral Research Assistant on the Leverhulme-funded project ‘European Celtic Art in Context’ at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford and Assistant Editor of Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Her principal research interests are in the interpretaion of Scandinavian rock art, Neolithic and Bronze Age society, maritime and inter-tidal archaeology and community archaeology.

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Oxbow Books • 9781785702433Paperback • 240 pages • June 2016 • £39.95

THE USE AND REUSE OF STONE CIRCLESFieldwork at five Scottish monuments and its implicationsEdited by Richard Bradley and Courtney Nimura• Presents all new data resulting from the excavation and cross-comparison of 5 Scottish stone circles.

The study of stone circles has long played a major role in British and Irish archaeology. Several decades of fieldwork have recognised that smaller settings of monoliths had a more extended history. This major new assessment first presents the results of fieldwork undertaken at the Scottish recumbent stone circle of Hillhead; the stone circles of Waulkmill and Croftmoraig, the stone circle and henge at Hill of Tuach at Kintore; and the small ring cairn at Laikenbuie in Inverness-shire. Part 2 puts forward a chronology for the construction and primary use of stone circles. Finally, a reassessment and reinterpretation of Croftmoraig and its sequence is presented.

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Oxbow Books • 9781785701641Paperback • 144 pages • May 2016 • £20.00

ROCK ART THROUGH TIMEScanian Rock Carvings in the Bronze Age and Earliest Iron AgeBy Peter Skoglund• Beautifully illustrated publication presents a detailed reassessment of the Simrishamn rock art.

As in many other areas in south Scandinavia, the region surrounding the city of Simrishamn in south-east Scania has a great many Bronze Age mounds that are still visible in the landscape, and records from the museums demonstrate that the area is rich in bronze metalwork. Nevertheless, it is the figurative rock art that makes this region stand out as distinct from surrounding areas that lack such images. The rock art constitutes a spatially well-defined tradition that covers the Bronze Age and the earliest Iron Age, c. 1700–200 BC and, although the number of sites is comparatively small, a characteristic and unusual feature is the large representation of various kinds of metal axes.

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CARTIMANDUA’S CAPITAL?Edited by Colin Haselgrove• Reports not only on the excavations of the 1980s, but also synthesises other work in the environs of the site.

Famous for the excavations carried out by Sir Mortimer Wheeler in 1951-52, the late Iron Age earthwork complex at Stanwick, North Yorks, is the largest prehistoric site in northern England. The site was probably the seat of the Brigantian queen Cartimandua, and both the structures and the finds from the site reflect this status. A recent re-evaluation of the radiocarbon dates has led to a new chronology which has rewritten our understanding of late Iron Age Britain.


British Museum Press • 9780861592036Paperback • 160 pages • May 2016 • £40.00

CELTIC FROM THE WEST 3 Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages — questions of shared languageEdited by John T. Koch and Barry Cunliffe • Third in the successful and influential Celtic from the West collection.

The impetus for this book is to explore from the perspectives of three disciplines—archaeology, genetics, and linguistics—the background in later European prehistory to these developments. This idea of ‘Celtogenesis’ remains deeply entrenched in scholarly and popular thought. But it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile with recent discoveries pointing towards origins in the deeper past. It should no longer be taken for granted that Atlantic Europe during the 2nd and 3rd millennia BC were pre-Celtic or even pre-Indo-European. The explorations in Celtic from the West 3 are drawn together in this spirit, continuing two earlier volumes in the influential series.

A CELTIC FEASTThe Iron Age Cauldrons from Chiseldon, WiltshireBy Alexandra Baldwin and Jody Joy• Presents for the first time the results of the excavation and scientific analysis of seventeen Iron Age cauldrons discovered in the parish of Chiseldon, Wiltshire.

The results of the excavation and scientific analysis between 2005 and 2013 of seventeen Iron Age cauldrons discovered in the parish of Chiseldon, Wiltshire. This assemblage is the largest known single deposit of prehistoric cauldrons from Europe, dating to the middle Iron Age, and also the only example where it is possible to ascertain that decorated objects were all deposited at the same time, indicating the potential in these societies to host feasts with many participants.

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MOVING ON IN NEOLITHIC STUDIESUnderstanding mobile livesEdited by Jim Leary and Thomas Kador• New consideration of role and complexities of movement and mobility in the Neolithic period.

This latest collection of papers from the Neolithic Studies Group seminars examines the importance and complexities of movement and mobility, whether on land or water, in the Neolithic period. It uses movement in its widest sense, ranging from everyday mobilities – the routines and rhythms of daily life – to proscribed mobility, such as movement in and around monuments, and occasional and large-scale movements and migrations around the continent and across seas.


Oxbow Books • 9781785701955Hardback • 576 pages • March 2016 • £40.00

PREHISTORY WITHOUT BORDERSThe Prehistoric Archaeology of the Tyne-Forth RegionEdited by Rachel Crellin, Chris Fowler and Richard Tipping• Assesses the impact of the Anglo-Scots and similar borders on our understanding of prehistoric patterns of activity

Modern borders of all kinds, political, geographical and social, effect the kinds of prehistoric narratives archaeologists can write. Borders that dominate today did not exist in prehistory. This volume works across such borders and focuses specifically on the region between the Rivers Forth and Tyne. The publication suggests that while there was no coherent Tyne-Forth region in prehistory, research at this regional scale provides a strong basis for appreciating past cultural interaction at a variety of scales.

EARLY CYCLADIC SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT Edited by Marissa Marthari, Colin Renfrew and Michael Boyd• First comprehensive reassessment of Early Bronze Age sculpture from the Cycladic islands in a generation.

The sculpture of the early bronze age Cyclades has been systematically studied since the time of Christos Tsountas at the end of the 19th century. But many of the subsequent finds come from unauthorised excavations, where the archaeological context was irretrievably lost. This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive reassessment sets out to rectify the situation by publishing finds which have been recovered in controlled excavations in recent years, as well as earlier finds for which better documentation can now be provided, giving a fresh overview of the entire body of sculpture from the Cycladic islands.


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FLÈCHES DE POUVOIR À L’AUBE DE LA MÉTALLURGIE DE LA BRETAGNE AU DANEMARK (2500-1700 AV. N. È.)By Clément NicolasThis thesis focuses on the arrowheads found in graves of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age date (2500-1700 BC) in the Armorican massif, the southern British Isles and Denmark. These artefacts are examined from the angle of typology, raw materials, technology, experimentation and use-wear. The aim of these different approaches is to characterise the modes of production and the functions of stone arrowheads during a period which successively sees the introduction of copper then bronze metallurgy.


ALTAMIRA VISTA POR LOS ESPAÑOLESBy Xurxo Ayán VilaIn the context of the latest research on Altamira cave and museum, Xurxo Ayán had the opportunity to study the visitors’ book of the cave. In an excellent essay about memory, politics and archaeology, the author delves into the image of the cave, the past and the Spanish society of the last decade. Ten years that have been a rollercoaster for Spanish society, but also for Altamira. Through the comments of famous and anonymous visitors, the book offers a unique view of a country where memories of the recent past are still fresh, merged with the remains of human experience.

JAS Arqueologia • 9788494436826Paperback • 250 pages • Available Now • £14.00

HAGIOS CHARALAMBOS: A MINOAN BURIAL CAVE IN CRETEII. The PotteryBy Louise C. Langford-Verstegen and Edited by Philip P. Betancourt, Costis Davaras and Eleni StravopodiThe finds from the cave at Hagios Charalambos in the Lasithi Plain illustrates secondary burial practices in Early and Middle Bronze Age Crete. The cavern adds to our knowledge of Early and Middle Minoan Lasithi and illuminates the function of the cave at Trapeza, which has close parallels for most classes of objects found at Hagios Charalambos.

INSTAP Academic Press • 9781931534833Hardback • 222 pages • March 2016 • £36.00

KAVOUSI IICThe Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda Specialist Reports and AnalysesBy Leslie Preston Day, Heidi M.C. Dierckx, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Geraldine C. Gesell and Kevin T. GlowackiThis book is the third volume in the final report of the cleaning and excavations at the Late Minoan IIIC settlement of Vronda that were conducted between 1983 and 1992. Detailed analyses of the architecture, pottery, botanical and faunal remains are presented in this third volume, along with a complete history of the site and an attempt to reconstruct the social, political, and religious organization of the settlement.

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BEYOND THALASSOCRACIESUnderstanding processes of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation in the AegeanEdited by Evi Gorogianni, Peter Pavúk and Luca Girella Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, understand, and analyse the various processes associated with culture change connected to interregional contact, using as a test case the world of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age. The 14 chapters compare and contrast various aspects of the phenomena of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation.


OF ODYSSEYS AND ODDITIESScales and modes of interaction between prehistoric Aegean societies and their neighbours Edited by Barry MolloyOf Odysseys and Oddities is about scales and modes of interaction in prehistory, specifically between societies on both sides of the Aegean and with their nearest neighbours. The 17 contributions reflect on tensions at the core of how we consider interaction in archaeology, particularly the motivations and mechanisms leading to social and material encounters or displacements.


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SOCIAL CHANGE IN AEGEAN PREHISTORY Edited by Corien Wiersma and Sofia Voutsaki The focus is on social change in the Early Helladic III to Late Helladic I period in southern Greece and the surrounding islands. This specific timeframe enables us to consider how mainland societies recovered from a ‘crisis’ and how they eventually developed into the differentiated, culturally receptive and competitive social formations of the early Mycenaean period. Material changes are highlighted through the eight papers, ranging from pottery and burials to domestic architecture, followed by discussions of how these changes relate to social change.

Oxbow Books • 9781785702198Paperback • 192 pages • September 2016 • £36.00

FRESH FIELDS AND PASTURES NEWPapers Presented in Honor of Andrew M.T. MooreEdited by Katina T. Lillios and Michael ChazanAndrew M. T. Moore’s ground-breaking work at Abu Hureyra, Syria and at Neolithic sites in Croatia have made him a pioneer in integrated interdisciplinary research in archaeology, expressing a conviction that developments in human culture can only be understood when embedded in an ecological approach. In this book, colleagues and former students of Moore, working in the Near East and Croatia, present current research, illustrating the impact of Moore’s work on the early farming and herding peoples of the eastern Mediterranean.


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METAALTIJDEN (VOL. 2)Bijdragen in de studie van de metaaltijdenEdited by Eugene A. G. Ball and Stijn ArnoldussenThis book is part of an annual series containing papers on Bronze Age and Iron Age archaeology in the Netherlands. The series mostly contains Dutch-language articles but on occasion also English language articles are included.

Sidestone Press • 9789088903335Paperback • 190 pages • Available Now • £40.00

VERWERKT VERLEDENHelmond vanaf prehistorie tot nieuwe tijdBy Teo de Jong, Sem Peters, and Ivo Vossen This book presents the results of all archaeological research performed in the Dutch city of Helmond over several decades. Starting in the early prehistory the authors present the earliest evidence of people living in the current region of Helmond, the rise of the city up until recent times.

Sidestone Press • 9789088903298Hardback • 320 pages • Available Now • £75.00

DE ARCHEOLOGISCHE SCHATKAMER MAASKANTBewoning van het Noordoost-Brabantse rivierengebied tussen 3000 v. en 1500 n.chr.Edited by Richard JansenThis book presents papers on the archaeology of the region between the river Meuse and the city of Oss (Netherlands), locally known as the “Maaskant”. The wealth of archaeological data from this region indicated this part of the Netherlands was inhabited by early farmers already 5000 years ago. The strategic location near the river did not only provide fertile grounds but also formed an intersection in transport and communication routes.


BURIAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN FIRST MILLENNIUM BC ITALY APPROACHING SOCIAL AGENTSEdited by Elisa Perego and Rafael ScopacasaThe chief aim of this publication is to harness innovative approaches to the exceptionally rich mortuary evidence of BC Italy, in order to investigate the roles and identities across the broader social transect and the manipulation of age, ethnic and gender categories in society in regions and sites that reached notable power and splendour in BC Italy. Contributors provide a diverse range of approaches in order to examine how power operated in society and how this can be studied through mortuary evidence.


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FOCUS ON FORTIFICATIONSEdited by Rune Frederiksen, Silke Muth, Peter Schneider and Mike SchnelleVolume 2 in the new series Fokus Fortifikation Studies. The topics included have been identified by the network over many previous conferences and workshops as being the most important and as needing research and discussion beyond the network members. Along with volume 1 in the series, Ancient Fortifications: a compendium of theory and practice (Oxbow Books, 2015), the two volumes bring the field of fortification studies up-to-date and will be an essential resource for many years to come.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701313Hardback • 624 pages • February 2016 • £70.00

TOMBS, BURIALS, AND COMMEMORATION IN CORINTH’S NORTHERN CEMETERYBy Kathleen SlaneRescue excavations carried out along the terrace north of Ancient Corinth revealed 70 tile graves, limestone sarcophagi, and cremation burials, and seven chamber tombs. The burials ranged in date from the 5th century B.C. to the 6th century A.D., and about 240 skeletons were preserved for study. This volume publishes the results of these excavations and examines the evidence for changing burial practices in the Greek city, the Roman colony, and a Christian town.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens • 9780876610220Hardback • 500 pages • June 2016 • £95.00

PUDDING PANA Roman Shipwreck from Britain and its Cargo of Samian Pottery By 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 retrieved 700 artefacts represent 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.

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SABORES DE ROMAActas del I Simposio Internacional Sobre Gastronomía Antigua RomanaEdited by Pedro CarreteroSince ERA Cultura Extremadura started experimenting with Apicio’s receipes, a meeting on Roman cooking and food production became crucial. This is how the first international conference Sabores de Roma (flavours of Rome) took place in Zafra on July 2013. This book collects some of the works presented on that conference, in a range of topics from food production and manipulation to experimental recipes and new products commercialised in the last couple of years.


ISTHMIALamps from the UCLA/OSU Excavations at Isthmia, 19672004By Birgitta WohlThis volume catalogues more than 400 lamps and lamp fragments dating from the Late Archaic to the Byzantine periods found over several decades at the Isthmian Sanctuary of Poseidon. This volume presents a commentary on the types of lamps used at the Sanctuary that enriches our knowledge of their manufacture, use, and artistic evolution over time.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens • 9780876619308Hardback • 224 pages • June 2016 • £95.00

THE SANCTUARY OF DEMETER AND KOREBy Nancy Bookidis and Elizabeth G. PembertonThis volume continues the publication of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth. It incorporates two bodies of material – Greek lamps and offering trays. The lamps include those made from the 7th through 2nd centuries B.C., together with a few Roman examples not included in Corinth XVIII.2.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens • 9780876611876Hardback • 256 pages • Available Now • £95.00

ENTRE AIDOS Y PEITHOLa iconografía del gesto del velo en la antigua Grecia By Pablo Aparicio RescoIs there anything more mysterious than a piece of fabric covering something? Since the author of this book started noticing classical images with its young figures holding a veil while working in Pompeii, the study of this iconography has become his passion. Focusing on Ancient Greece, it explores a fascinating topic with strong connexions in current societies. The book will delve into the iconography of the veil gesture, but will also explore other topics closely related to it from an anthropological perspective.


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Juvenal’s fourth book of Satires consists of three poems which are all concerned with contentment in various forms. The poet adopts a more resigned and philosophical tone, unlike the brash anger of the earlier books. These poems use enormous humour and wit to puncture the pretensions of the foolish and the wicked, urging an acceptance of our lives and a more positive stance towards life and death by mockery of the pompous and comic description of the rich and famous.

In Satire 10 Juvenal examines the human desire to be rich, famous, attractive and powerful and dismisses all these goals as not worth striving for – we are in fact happier as we are. In Satires 11 and 12 he argues for the simple life which can deliver genuine happiness rather than risking the decadence of luxury and the perils of sea-travel and legacy-hunting. Self-knowledge and true friendship are the moral heart of these poems; but they are also complex literary constructs in which the figure of the speaker can be elusive and the ironic tone can cast doubt on the message being imparted.

The Introduction places Juvenal in the history of Satire and also explores the style of the poems as well as the degree to which they can be read as in any sense documents of real life. The text is accompanied by a literal English translation and the commentary is keyed to important words in the translation and aims to be accessible to readers with little or no Latin. It seeks to explain both the factual background to the poems and also the literary qualities which make this poetry exciting and moving to a modern audience.

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JUVENAL SATIRES IVEdited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by John GodwinJuvenal’s fourth book of Satires consists of three poems which are all concerned with contentment in various forms. These poems use enormous humour and wit to puncture the pretensions of the foolish and the wicked, urging an acceptance of our lives and a more positive stance towards life and death by mockery of the pompous and comic description of the rich and famous. It seeks to explain both the factual background to the poems and also the literary qualities which make this poetry exciting and moving to a modern audience.

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Euclio, a poor peasant, finds a pot of gold which he is terrified of losing; he hides it in his house. He has a daughter Phaedrium who (unknown to Euclio) is pregnant, having been raped by the young man Lyconides. Lyconides’ rich uncle Megadorus plans to marry Phaedrium precisely because she is poor. Euclio reluctantly agrees, but when he finds his house full of people preparing for the wedding feast he takes the gold and tries to find somewhere else to hide it. Lyconides’ slave becomes aware of this and manages to steal the gold. Meanwhile Lyconides, who is aware of his obligation to Phaedrium, learns of his uncle’s plan and gets his mother to persuade his uncle to abandon it. The moment when he explains the situation to Euclio is just the moment when Euclio has found out that his gold has been stolen. Lyconides soon finds out that his own slave is the thief. From here on the text is lost. The end of the play is given in the ancient summaries: Lyconides gets his slave to give Euclio back his gold. Euclio, understanding that his obsession with keeping the gold caused him only unhappiness, presents both it and his daughter to Lyconides.

Provides the first detailed commentary on the text for over a century; Critically examines the various options that have been proposed for the end of the play, its construction and influence on subsequent classical drama; Provides a detailed and comprehensive background to the writing, performance and transmission of the play in its ancient Roman setting.

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Further titles in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series:Catullus: The Shorter Poems (Godwin)Horace: Satires I (Brown)Horace: Satires II (Muecke)Ovid: Metamorphoses (4 vols.) (Hill)Ovid: Amores II (Booth)Persius: The Satires (Jenkinson)

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PLAUTUS: AULULARIAEdited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Keith Maclennan and Walter StockertThe volume provides the first detailed commentary on the text for over a century. It critically examines the various options that have been proposed for the end of the play, its construction and influence on subsequent classical drama, and provides a detailed and comprehensive background to the writing, performance and transmission of the play in its ancient Roman setting.

9781910572375 • Hardback • £50.00 Aris & Phillips • 326 pages • April 20169781910572382 • Paperback • £19.99

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In Books XI and XII of De Civitate Dei , Augustine documents the initial phase of the rise of the two cities, the city of God and the city of this world, beginning with the creation of the world and the human race.

In Book XI, Augustine rejects the theories of Aristotle, Plato and the Epicureans on the creation of the universe and addresses the creation of angels, Satan, the role of the holy Trinity and the importance of numberology in the Genesis account.

In Book XII Augustine is chiefly concerned with refuting standard objections to the Christian tradition, returning to discussion of the Creation, including his calculation, based on the scriptures, that the world was created less than 6,000 years ago. This is the only edition of these books in English that provides not only a text but also a detailed commentary on one of the most influential documents in the history of western Christianity.

P.G. Walsh was Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow. He is editor of Augustine, De bono coniugali and De sancta uirginitate (Oxford), translator of Paulinus of Nola (Letters, Poems) and of Cassiodorus, Explanation of the Psalms (Ancient Christian Writers). He is also editor of many volumes of Livy, including separate editions of Books XXXVI to XL in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series. Livy is a main source of Augustine in these books of The City of God.

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Augustine: The City of God Books I & II (Walsh)Augustine: The City of God Books III & IV (Walsh)Augustine: The City of God Books VI & VII (Walsh)Augustine: The City of God Books VIII & IX (Walsh)Augustine: The City of God Book X (Walsh)Augustine: Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul (Watson)Egeria’s Travels (Wilkinson)Jerusalem Pilgrims before the Crusades (Wilkinson)

AUGUSTINE: DE CIVITATE DEI BOOKS XIII AND XIVEdited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by P. G. WalshAfter completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei, Augustine devoted the remaining twelve books to discuss the origins, development and destiny of the two cities of Babylon and Jerusalem, with the predominant emphasis on the city of God. In this volume, the seventh in Peter Walsh’s series, Augustine turns to the problem of death as punishment for the sin of disobedience, resumes his attack on the Platonists and pursues a range of topics which emerge from consideration of Adam’s sin.

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PAPERS OF THE LANGFORD LATIN SEMINAR, VOLUME 16, 2016The Elder Pliny; Greek and Roman PoetryEdited by Francis Carins and Roy Gibson PLLS 16 contains papers mainly arising from several Langford Colloquia held by the Department of Classics, Florida State University.

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SYLLOGE OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS IIBy Rory Naismith• This is the first catalogue of this part of the Museum’s collection to be published since the nineteenth century.

This publication catalogues the British Museum’s unique collection of coins from southern England of the period c. 760–880. During these years, the broad and thin silver penny became established as the standard denomination, used by multiple kingdoms including East Anglia, Kent, Mercia and Wessex, and issued in the names of kings such as Offa of Mercia and Alfred the Great. Containing more than 1,400 coins, the British Museum’s collection represents the single richest collection for the period, and stands out for its holdings of both famous rarities and large representative runs of numerous coin-types. All coins are illustrated and described in full, and set into context with an introduction surveying their numismatic and historical background, including a description of the history of the collection itself.

Viking Ship Museum • 9788785180223Paperback • 68 pages • June 2016 • £18.50

THOROUGHBRED OF THE SEATrial Voyage with a LongshipBy Tinna Damgard-Sorensen• The first results of this extraordinary voyage in the steps of the Vikings.

The reconstructed long ship Sea Stallion from Glendalough sailed from Roskilde to Dublin and back in the summers of 2007 and 2008, with an international volunteer crew of 60 men and women. This volume gives an account of the methodological considerations behind a trial voyage as experimental archaeology. The course of the voyage is mapped out historically, based on the weather conditions and the waters navigated. The book provides a fascinating insight into the issues involved in the reconstruction of the ship’s steering system, a description of life on board and the experiences of handling a longship, including its travel speed and sailing capabilities.


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VIKING AGE HEADCOVERINGS FROM DUBLIN By Elizabeth Wincott Heckett• This well-presented and fully illustrated book focuses on 68 fragments, dating from the 10th to mid-12th century.

Excavations in the heart of Dublin have uncovered numerous fragments of textile used for head coverings. This well-presented book focuses on 68 fragments, dating from the 10th to mid-12th century, which were found in two streets. This important assemblage, therefore, provides a valuable opportunity to explore the link between the textiles and the people who lived in these Viking streets. At the heart of the book is a fully illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the scarves, bands and caps, made from wool and silk, but there is also a detailed discussion of the craftsmanship of the coverings, the types of cloth, the sewing techniques and their regional and international context, supported by historical and iconographic sources. There are also technical reports on the dye and remnants of hair.


VIKING GRAVES AND GRAVE-GOODS IN IRELANDBy Stephen H. Harrison and Raghnall Ó Floinn• The first comprehensive and accurate catalogue of Viking graves in Ireland – including the largest concentration of Viking graves in western Europe.

The first comprehensive catalogue and detailed discussion of over 400 artefacts from more than a hundred furnished Viking graves in Ireland, many published for the first time. Includes the first detailed study of the archives of the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy and of the Irish Antiquities Division of the National Museum of Ireland, key resources for those interested in the history of museums in Ireland and in 19th and 20th century collectors and collecting. The grave-goods (both Insular and Scandinavian) are the subject of detailed examination, with separate sections devoted to weapons, dress ornaments and jewellery, tools, equestrian equipment and miscellaneous artefacts. Also contains a discussion of grave distribution, form, orientation, ritual and contents.


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GLASTONBURY ABBEYArchaeological Investigations 1904–79By Roberta Gilchrist and Cheryl Green• New insights into the abbey’s origins and historical development have been revealed by thirty-six seasons of archaeological excavation that took place at the site during the twentieth century.

This volume reports on the comprehensive study of the archaeological archives and artefact collections and a new geophysical survey. Previous interpretations are challenged and new evidence is presented for the Saxon and later medieval phases of the abbey, including an important complex of early glassworking furnaces, dated c 700. For the first time, archaeological evidence is revealed for the Norman and later medieval monastic ranges and the luxurious abbot’s hall and court. The rich assemblage of material culture includes devotional objects, fine imported vessels, locally produced ceramic floor tiles and stained glass and sculpture of the highest quality.

WESTMINSTERThe Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Palace and Abbey Edited by Tim Tatton-Brown and Warwick Rodwell• Two part volume on Westminster’s Abbey and Palace.

The British Archaeological Association’s 2013 conference was devoted to the study of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. It also embraced Westminster School, which was founded at the Reformation in the Abbey precinct. Collectively, these institutions occupy a remarkable assemblage of medieval and later buildings, most of which are well documented. Although the Association had held a conference at Westminster in 1902, this was the first time that the internationally important complex of historic buildings was examined holistically, and the papers published here cover a wide range of subject matter. Westminster came into existence in the later Anglo-Saxon period, and by the mid-11th century, when Edward the Confessor’s great new abbey was built, it was a major royal centre two miles south-west of the City of London. Within a century or so, it had become the principal seat of government in England, and this series of twenty-eight papers covers new research on the topography, buildings, art-history, architecture and archaeology of Westminster’s two great establishments — Abbey and Palace.

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Art in England fills a void in the scholarship of both English and medieval art by offering the first single volume overview of artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance England. Grounded in history and using the chronology of the reign of monarchs as a structure, it is contextual and comprehensive, revealing unobserved threads of continuity, patterns of intention and unique qualities that run through English art of the medieval millennium. By placing the English movement in a European context, this book brings to light many ingenious innovations that focused studies tend not to recognize and offers a fresh look at the movement as a whole. The media studied include architecture and related sculpture, both ecclesiastical and secular; tomb monuments; murals, panel paintings, altarpieces, and portraits; manuscript illuminations; textiles; and art by English artists and by foreign artists commissioned by English patrons.

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ART IN ENGLAND The Saxons to the Tudors: 600-1600By Sara N. James• An overview of Medieval English art with over 200 illustrations, many in colour.

Art in England fills a void in the scholarship of both English and medieval art by offering the first single volume overview of artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance England. Grounded in history and using the chronology of the reign of monarchs as a structure, it is contextual and comprehensive, revealing unobserved threads of continuity, patterns of intention and unique qualities that run through English art of the medieval millennium. By placing the English movement in a European context, this book brings to light many ingenious innovations that focused studies tend not to recognize and offers a fresh look at the movement as a whole. The media studied include architecture and related sculpture, both ecclesiastical and secular; tomb monuments; altarpieces, and portraits; manuscript illuminations; textiles; and art by English artists and by foreign artists commissioned by English patrons.


Twenty-three contributions by leading archaeologists from across Europe explore the varied forms, functions and significances of fortified settlements in the 8th to 10th centuries AD. These could be sites of strongly martial nature, upland retreats, monastic enclosures, rural seats, island bases, or urban nuclei. But they were all expressions of control – of states, frontiers, lands, materials, communities – and ones defined by walls, ramparts or enclosing banks. Papers run from Irish cashels to Welsh and Pictish strongholds, Saxon burhs, Viking fortresses, Byzantine castra, Carolingian creations, Venetian barricades, Slavic strongholds, and Bulgarian central places, and coverage extends fully from north-west Europe, to central Europe, the northern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Strongly informed by recent fieldwork and excavations, but drawing also where available on the documentary record, this important collection provides fully up-to-date reviews and analyses of the archaeologies of the distinctive settlement forms that characterised Europe in the Early Middle Ages.

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FORTIFIED SETTLEMENTS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPEDefended Communities of the 8th-10th CenturiesEdited by Neil Christie and Hajnalka Herold• Considers the nature and functions of fortified settlements on a range of scales across Europe.

Twenty-three contributions by leading archaeologists from across Europe explore the varied forms, functions and significances of fortified settlements in the 8th to 10th centuries AD. These could be sites of strongly martial nature, upland retreats, island bases, or urban nuclei. Papers run from Irish cashels to Welsh and Pictish strongholds, Saxon burhs, Viking fortresses, Byzantine castra, Slavic strongholds, and Bulgarian central places, and coverage extends fully from north-west Europe, to central Europe, the northern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Strongly informed by recent fieldwork and excavations, this important collection provides fully up-to-date reviews and analyses of the archaeologies of the distinctive settlement forms that characterised Europe in the Early Middle Ages.


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MEDIEVAL POTTERY FROM WOOD QUAY, DUBLINBy Clare McCutcheon• The definitive work on imported and local pottery in 13th century Ireland.

This is a major study of the pottery recovered in the excavations at Wood Quay, Dublin and is set to become the definitive work on imported and local pottery in 13th century Ireland. The book is lavishly illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs of the excavations. Published on behalf of the National Museum and the Royal Irish Academy, Medieval Pottery from Wood Quay, Dublin brings us closer to an understanding of Viking Dublin and how the people lived in the 13th century.

Museum of London Archaeology • 9781907586392Hardback • 193 pages • Available Now • £25.00


CONSERVATION AND DISCOVERYBy Jackie Hall• Discoveries documented here from the conservation programme of Benedictine abbey church of Peterborough.

A major conservation programme took place between 1998 and 2003 on one of Europe’s greatest medieval painted wooden ceilings. Investigation and analysis were an integral part of this conservation working the former Benedictine abbey church of Peterborough. The knowledge gained and the discoveries made during that time, are documented and fully illustrated here. Not just the marvellous nave ceiling, but the medieval roof structure and the transept wooden ceilings feature in a story which spans the period from the mid-12th century into the 21st.

PRACTICES OF WEALTH DEPOSITING IN THE 1ST–9TH CENTURY AD EASTERN BALTICBy Ester Oras• Contains a catalogue of all the 1st-9th century AD Eastern Baltic deposits analysed in the book.

This PhD thesis discusses the practices of wealth depositing in the 1st–9th century AD eastern Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Wealth deposits are one or more valued object/s that is/are hidden deliberately as an intended separate deposition in a selected place in a specific, distinguishable manner. The dissertation presents different patterned practices of concealing valuables in the 1st–9th century AD eastern Baltic through a detailed contextual analysis of their main material characteristics: artefacts, their assemblages and appearance, environment of concealment, chronology and location in the cultural landscape.



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MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCES IN TRANSLATIONAmis and Amiloun | Athelston | Floris and Blancheflor | Havelok the Dane | King Horn | Sir DegareBy Kenneth Eckert• Romance tales published as scholarly close line translations with notes for students.

The popular romances of medieval England are fantasy stories of love at first sight; brave knights seeking adventure; evil stewards; passionate, lusty women; hand-to-hand combat; angry dragons; and miracles. They are not only fun but indicate a great deal about the ideals and values of the society they were written in. This book is an attempt to remedy this by making some of these romances available to the student or lay reader who lacks specialized knowledge of Middle English, with the hope that a clearer understanding of the poems will encourage not only enjoyment but also further study.

The Highfield Press • 9780992633660Paperback • 300 pages • June 2016 • £25.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785702396Paperback • 192 pages • June 2016 • £48.00

LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGESStudies of Bodiam and Other Elite Landscapes in South-Eastern EnglandEdited by Matthew Johnson• This edited volume sets out the work of a team of scholars from Northwestern University and the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the National Trust.

Between 2010 and 2014, a team of scholars carried out topographical, geophysical and building survey at four different late medieval sites and landscapes: Bodiam, Scotney, Knole and Ightham.

This volume seeks to present this work and discuss its archaeological and historical importance. It places the four sites, as part of the wider landscape of south-east England.

COD AND HERRINGThe Archaeology and History of Medieval Sea Fishing Edited by James H. Barrett and David C. Orton • Addresses evidence for variable human impacts on aquatic ecosystems and marine species.

Quests for cod, herring and other sea fish had profound impacts on medieval Europe. This interdisciplinary book combines history, archaeology and zooarchaeology to discover the chronology, causes and consequences of these fisheries. It crosscuts traditional temporal and geographical boundaries, ranging from the Migration Period through the Middle Ages into early modern times, and from Iceland to Estonia, Arctic Norway to Belgium. The 20 chapters – by experts in their respective fields – cover a range of regions and methodological approaches, but come together to tell a coherent story of long-term change.



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DE STAD, HET VUIL EN DE BEERPUTDe opkomst, verbreiding en neergang van de beerput in stedelijke contextBy Roos van OostenThere has been a lot of new data discovered on Medieval Dutch cities in recent decades. This has provided new insights on the development, topography, material culture and the functioning of cities. This study combines and synthesizes data from several Dutch Medieval cities. The focus of this data is an analysis of data retrieved from cesspools. Cesspools have revealed a wealth of information in the form of artefacts which can shed light in daily life in the Medieval city.


A MEDIEVAL MANOR HOUSE AT LONGFORTH FARM, WELLINGTON, SOMERSETBy Simon Flaherty, Phil Andrews and Matt LeiversExcavations in advance of housing development at Longforth Farm, Wellington revealed limited evidence for late prehistoric settlement, but the principal discovery was the remains of a previously unknown high status medieval building complex. This is thought to have been a manor house and though heavily robbed, key elements identified include a hall, solar with garderobe and service wing.

Wessex Archaeology • 9781874350859Paperback • 100 pages • April 2016 • £7.50

DESTINED TO SERVE: USE OF THE OUTER GROUNDS OF ST AUGUSTINE’S ABBEY, CANTERBURY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE TIME OF THE MONKSCanterbury Christ Church University Excavations 1983–2007 By Alison HicksThe volume describes the archaeological discoveries made within the outer precincts of St Augustine’s Abbey, in ground now part of the campus of Canterbury Christ Church University.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust • 9781870545327Paperback • 379 pages • Available Now • £35.00

STEPNEY GREENMoated manor house to city farmBy David SankeyRemains of a late medieval and Tudor moated mansion, known from the 17th century as Worcester House, were located on Crossrail’s Stepney Green shafts worksite in London’s East End. Its rich merchant and aristocratic owners had a fine country residence with easy access to the city and to the River Thames and so to overseas trade. Vivid accounts by local people of life before, during and after the war, up to the founding of what is now Stepney City Farm, bring this vibrant piece of East End history up to date.

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CARCHEMISH IN CONTEXTThe Land of Carchemish Project 2006–2010Edited By Tony J. Wilkinson, Edgar Peltenburg and Eleanor Barbanes Wilkinson• First major study of an iconic ancient city on the Euphrates for nearly a century.

Carchemish in Context summarises the results of regional investigations conducted within the Land of Carchemish Project in Syria, as well as other archaeological surveys in the region, to provide a regional, historical and archaeological context for the development of the city. The project provides an overview of the main trends of settlement in the region over 8000 years, using a combination of survey databases to both north and south of the Syrian-Turkish border and with a focus on the earlier phases of settlement from the Neolithic until the end of the Bronze Age.


THE PARTHIAN AND EARLY SASANIAN EMPIRESAdaptation and Expansion Edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Elizabeth J. Pendleton, Michael Alram and Touraj Daryaee• Holistic examination of recent research into the history, material culture, linguistics and religion of the Parthian and Sasanian Empires.

Although much of the primary information about the Parthian period comes from coins, there has been much new research undertaken over the past decades into wider aspects of both the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. The present volume presents 15 papers covering various aspects of Parthian and early Sasanian history, material culture, linguistics and religion which demonstrate a rich surviving heritage and provide many new insights into ideology, royal genealogy, social organisation, military tactics, linguistic developments and trading contacts.

THE MOSAICS OF KHIRBET EL-MAFJARHisham’s PalaceBy Donald Whitcomb and Ḥamdān Tāhā• A stunning collection of coloured mosaics reproduced in never before published high quality photographs.

This presentation of beautiful coloured mosaics originates from buildings in the oasis of Jericho and all date from the first half of the eighth century, during the time of Umayyad caliphate of the early Islamic period. Since they were first excavated in the 1930s and 1940s, one has experienced the impact of all these pavements. In 2010 the Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage uncovered, cleaned, and assessed the state of conservation of these mosaics. A series of high-quality digital photographs was prepared by the team from which the present selection is offered for study and appreciation.

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The city of Carchemish on the Great Bend of the Euphrates River can be regarded as one of the iconic sites in the Middle East. It has a lengthy prehistory, served as the Syrian capital of the Hittite Empire, as an Iron Age kingdom and as an Assyrian city. Its history of excavations involved such well known figures as Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence. Until recently, investigations have been confined to the city itself. In contrast, this volume places the site in its regional, historical and archaeological context. From 2006 to 2010, the Land of Carchemish Project, a collaboration between Durham University and the University of Edinburgh, conducted an archaeological survey of the Outer Town of the city as well as some 500km2 of its hinterland. The survey is the first to apply remote sensing techniques in the region, with particular focus on the changing configuration of sites within an evolving landscape. The geoarchaeological approach considers early route networks and inferred land boundaries to the south and west of Carchemish. Details of 80 sites, many of them recorded in detail here for the first time, enable specialists in this volume to provide an overview of the main trends of settlement in the region over 8000 years. Intensive survey in the Outer Town lying in present-day Syria led to the identification of previously unrecorded construction details and a re-assessment of the impact of the Assyrian Empire. Because of the widely acknowledged significance of Carchemish, these studies will be of interest to historians of the Ancient World, Hittitologists, Assyriologists, Near Eastern archaeologists, landscape archaeologists and geographers, as well as to heritage managers and those interested in cultural properties.

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CYLINDER SEALS VOLUME IVCatalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British MuseumsBy Edith Porada and Dominique CollonThis volume continues the story of the cylinder seal styles of the second millennium BC beyond Babylonia in this internationally recognized series documenting the British Museum’s cylinder seals collection. Between 2000 and 1000 BC whole series of regional glyptic styles were developed in various autonomous kingdoms and city states. Each of these has merited its own chapter or section within this current volume, with its own selection of photographs and catalogue entries.

British Museum Press • 9780714111308Hardback • 272 pages • June 2016 • £60.00

THE CEMETERY OF MEIRVolume III: The Tomb of Niankhpepy the BlackBy Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans, Miral Lashien, Anna-Latifa Mourad and Ashraf Senussi The book contains the excavation and recording of Tomb A4 and its decorated burial chamber belonging to Niankhpepy the Black, whose son Pepyankh the Black built two communicating tombs A1 and A2 for his father and himself, then linking the chapel of Tomb A1 to the burial chamber of Tomb A4 via a sloping passage. This is an exceptional example of filial affection in ancient Egypt.

Australian Centre for Egyptology • 9780856688560Paperback • 68 pages • January 2016 • £75.00

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF SAMARRASamarra Studies II By Alastair Northedge and Derek KennetThe Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 892 AD, preserved as they were until the middle years of the 20th century. Site maps and catalogues are provided of all the approximately 5819 building and site units identified. This is the first time that it has been possible to catalogue nearly all the buildings of one of the world’s largest ancient cities, from the caliph palaces to the smallest hovels.

British Institute for the Study of Iraq • 9780903472302Hardback • 831 pages • Available Now • £64.00

JJP 43 (2013) THE JOURNAL OF THE JURISTIC PAPYROLOGYProceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology Keynote PapersEdited by Tomasz Derda, Adam Łajtar and Jakub UrbanikThe 27th International Congress of Papyrology gathered more than 300 scholars from the papyrology field in Warsaw. In keynote papers the experts in singular fields of papyrology were called upon to present the rest of our community with the novelties and curiosities rather than with a comprehensive and tedious list of the most recent literature.

Journal of Juristic Papyrology • 5550118692Hardback • 441 pages • January 2016 • £52.00


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MING CHINACourts and Contacts 1400–1450By Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall and Luk Yu-PingThis ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference ‘Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400–1450’ that accompanied the British Museum’s major exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China. In this period, many cultural, social and political themes that were to dominate China’s history from this point on were created or consolidated. These include the decision to place the political capital in the north, while the south-central region evolved as economically dominant, a dichotomy that still remains today.

British Museum Press • 9780861592050Paperback • 272 pages • June 2016 • £40.00

NĀ INOA HŌKŪ Hawaiian and Pacific Star NamesBy Rubellite Kawena Johnson, John Kaipo Mahelona and Clive RugglesIn 1975, Hawaiian scholars Johnson and Mahelona published Nā Inoa Hōkū, a Catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. Working with British archaeoastronomer Ruggles, the authors have extensively revised and extended the catalogues and transformed the discussion of their wider context and significance, focusing upon the historical legacy of the Hawaiian Islands themselves. This edition is overhauled and expanded, including new translations of primary Hawaiian sources from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.

Ocarina Books • 9780954086756Paperback • 284 pages • August 2016 • £26.00

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN CAYENNE ISLAND AND THE MARONI RIVERA cultural sequence of western coastal French Guiana from 5000 BP to presentBy Martijn M. Van den BelThe study contains the results of six archaeological investigations, conducted from a compliance archaeological perspective, in order to enhance our knowledge of the coastal area in French Guiana, approximately between 5 and 50 kilometres from the Atlantic coast to the Precambrian Shield.


A HISTORY OF BOSTON IN 50 ARTIFACTSBy Joseph M. BagleyIn this lively book, packed with vivid descriptions and art, each artifact is shown in full colour and accompanied by description of the item’s significance to its site location and the larger history of the city. From cannonballs to drinking cups and from ancient spears to chinaware, A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts offers a unique and accessible introduction to Boston’s history and physical culture while revealing the ways objects can offer a tantalizing entrée into our past.

University Press of New England • 9781611687828Paperback • 208 pages • May 2016 • £19.99


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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAVES IN IRELAND Comprehensive analysis of the use of caves from the earliest Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to the 21st century in Ireland.

RITUAL IN EARLY BRONZE AGE GRAVE GOODSAn extensive and intensively illustrated overview and study of a large proportion of the grave goods from English Early Bronze Age burial sites.

A MEDIEVAL WOMAN’S COMPANIONThe lives and achievements of medieval women, illustrating how they anticipated many current concerns such as access to education and marital rights.

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FIRST LIGHTThe Origins of NewgrangeA new narrative using new evidence on the origins and significance of Newgrange, the world famous Neolithic monument in Ireland.

STONEHENGEMaking sense of a prehistoric mysteryMike Parker Pearson presents an up-to-date interpretation of Stonehenge and its landscape, with images from photographer Adam Stanford and artist Peter Dunn.

HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL LANDSCAPES OF OHIOExamines the cultural, economic and constructional background of the ceremonial landscapes of the prehistoric Hopewell societies of Ohio.

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LIVES IN LAND Mucking ExcavationsFirst of two long-awaited volumes on the results of the largest ever UK archaeological excavation at Mucking, covering the prehistoric periods.

IRELAND’S FIRST SETTLERSTime and the MesolithicFirst major synthesis of the Irish Mesolithic and transition to farming during the first continuous phase of Ireland’s human settlement.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF CREMATIONBurned Human Remains in Funery StudiesFirst comprehensive study of the processes, ritual and practices involved in the cremation of human bodies and the methodologies that can be applied.

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WILD HARVESTPlants in the Hominin and Pre-agrarian Human WorldsNew textbook discussing the role of plants in hominin and pre-agrarian human societies with case studies.

A HANDBOOK OF GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHESTo Settlement Sites and LandscapesA handbook of good practice, with case studies, of the basics of geoarchaeological approaches to past site and landscape interpretation.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF EAST ASIA An introduction to social and political development through archaeology and art in China, Korea and Japan from the Palaeolithic to the 8th-century.

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THE MILDENHALL TREASUREOffers new perspectives on one of the most important collections of Late Roman silver tableware from the Roman Empire and its significance.

CARTHAGEFact and MythBeaut i fu l l y i l l ust rated presentation of Carthaginian society, its commerce and politics, and the way its society was organised.

THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAINA n A rch a e o l o g i c a l HandbookExtens ive ly i l lustrated and accessible handbook explaining how to record the physical legacy of WW1 on the British Home Front.

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AUGUSTINEDe Civitate Dei Books XI and XIIIn Books XI-XII Augustine turns from attack to defence, for at this point he initiates his apology for the Christian faith. With notes and facing page translation.

DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGYAn authoritative A–Z guide to all the gods, heroes, remarkable women and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology, with 172 original illustrations.

THE LANGUAGE OF RAMESSESLate Egyptian GrammarThe best grammar for learning Late Egyptian incorporating the most recent work on the subject and with hundreds of examples and excerpts.

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TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIESFirst comprehensive study on the history of trees in Britain’s towns and cities and the people who have planted and cared for them. By internationally renowned arboriculturist Mark Johnston.

HUNTERS, FISHERS AND FORAGERS IN WALESTowards a social narrative of Mesolithic lifewaysA major new ho l i s t i c appraisal of the evidence for the Mesolithic occupation of Wales.

DURY AND ANDREWS’ MAP OF HERTFORDSHIREDescribes how new digital version of this important county map can shed new light on Hertfordshire’s landscape and society in the 18th Century.

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WHAT THE VICTORIANS THREW AWAYHighly i l lustrated, very readable insight into the everyday lives of Victorians based on archaeological examination of the contents of their rubbish tips.

CELTIC ART IN EUROPEA new benchmark volume on Celtic Art in Europe, with an international line-up of expert contributors.

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GLOBAL TEXTILE ENCOUNTERSAn accessible and hugely informative anthology on the textile and clothing cultures of Europe, India and China with 242 illustrations, most in colour.

NORFOLK LANDSCAPESBroads, Brecks, Staithes and ChurchesBeautiful book of over 100 pages of photography capturing classic Norfolk landscapes, villages and towns, with text illuminating the history, geography and ecology of the area.


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GARDENS & GARDENERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLDAccessible history of ancient gardens with 150 illustrations, including Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Islamic and Persian gardens up to Middle Ages.

SEATS OF POWER IN EUROPE DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS WARMajor new overview of the castles, fortresses, palaces and manor houses of the ruling elites of England, France and Europe between 1330 – 1480.

CASTLES & THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD Major new synthesis of current knowledge and new research into important Norman castles in England and Normandy.

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