This book aims to bring together the published archaeological record for the Vulture-Melfese region of southern Italy. It contains a description of all archaeological activity in the region - focusing
These twenty-four papers form the proceedings of two workshops (one held in Rome in 2003 and the other in Berkeley in 2005) which aimed to reconstruct the archaeological landscape through the applicat
This volume presents the final report of the Morocco Maritime Survey, set up to investigate the martime record of the Tangier Peninsula through archaeological survey and historical research.
This collection of papers orignally given at a 2008 conference at Alexandria University presents recent archaeological work on the Lake Mareotis region of Alexandria, of considerable importance in ant
This monograph provides an overview of the extensive archaeological work undertaken by the late Avner Raban and his team over many years at Sebastos (Caesarea Maritima). It presents the evidence for t
This detailed survey of the archaeological evidence reassesses the Middle Assyrian period, when the first Assyrian empire can be said to have been founded as a result of large scale military expansion
This ambitious volume presents an archaeological history of the city in Greece, and its colonial world from the first Neolithic urbanisation to the present day. The chapters are arranged chronological
A report on the findings of excavations carried out at two Neolithic sites in west-central France. Reports on the excavations themselves and artefacts recovered, including ceramics, lithics, human and
This study uses documentary, textual and numismatic evidence, and archaeological survey data, to assess the development of the political economy and urban growth in Northern Morocco from the 9th to 15
This study reports on one of the largest and best dated assemblages of clay pipes recovered from the site of Port Royal in Jamaica. Many of the pipes came from Bristol and date to the 17th century AD.
Published as a tribute to the life and works of Professor Barri Jones, this volume collects 33 wide-ranging papers on Romano-British archaeology, the archaeology of the wider empire and methodology.
Today the number of pitchstone-bearing sites in northern Britain has multiplied several times and approximately 20,300 worked pieces from c. 350 sites have been found; pitchstone artefacts have been r
A political and social history of the city of Abila in Syro-Palestine from its earliest occupation in the Upper Palaeolithic/Neolithic through to the Ottoman period. Wineland looks at the archaeologic
This monograph although concentrating on the Southern High Plains area (USA) represents a tremendous step forward in understanding fire technology and hot rock technology and their role and relatio
This work presents a study of the pre-Hispanic occupation at the site of Nawinpukyo (Ayacucho, Peru) during the Early Intermediate Period (EIP) (ca. 200 BC AD 600) and the Middle Horizon (MH) (ca. AD
This volume updates Depuydt's earlier work on the chronology of the Achaemenid period, analysing evidence which has emerged since the original publication of that work ten to fifteen years ago. Partic
Eight essays from a symposium held at SOAS in 2007 examine the archaeology and culture of the Ryukuyu Islands, a chain of some 105 islands extending from Kyushu to Taiwan in the East China Sea.
This study considers the production and consumption of pewter, in particular pewter tableware in Roman Britain. It contains a catalogue of all known finds of pewter tableware, as well as all known pew
Canis familiaris , the domestic dog, has a long history of relationships with man whether as companion, guardian, hunter, herder, ritual being and so on. This large collection of papers derives from a
Thirty-seven papers, from a conference held in Bradford in 1999, examine leprosy from all angles: as a historical disease overwhelmed by stigma and as a condition that is still prevalent in much of th
The aims of this research are two-fold. First is to present and systematically analyze the bidirectional flint blade industries from PPNB sites throughout the southern Levant. The other aim is to exam
Papers from Sessions C11, C22, WS29 and C88 from the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006); Contents: 1) Landscape development in North-central littoral Portugal; Influenced by clima
This study re-visits the Late Bronze Age stratigraphy, chronology and history of Tell Atchana (Alalakh, Syria) as recorded by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1930s and 1940s. The author offers both a de
This volume presents a catalogue and analysis of those Bronze Age ceramics excavated at Troy by Schliemann which are now housed at Munich and Poznan. The detailed (140 page) discussion proposes typolo
Exekias inscribes his signature on several of his vases, and so he is one of the relatively few archaic painters whose real name is known to us. He is arguably one of the most accomplished and innovat
This volume, containing a selection of nineteen papersfrom a session at the 15th UISPP congress, tries to approach some of the building techniques, methods, and spatial organization of early architect
This study aims at exploring the significance of maritime commerce to societies on the Indian Ocean rim, by examining how rulers adjusted their policy in order to control and profit from trade. The po
In this book the author presents the results of more than ten years of systematic fieldwork and analysis of the stone tool assemblages in the region of Aksum (Ethiopia). The result is a detailed descr
In this study Rae Ostman examines and contrasts Etruscan and Roman ceramic evidence from two distinct periods in Volterra to identify changes in social complexity.
This volume tests a new model (Time Geography) which stresses the importance of both space and time in the understanding of social processes, to investigate the concept of innovation in cultural evolu
Eight papers which take various archaeoligal and art historical approaches to the study of representations of the Buddha, and the changes which took place in the development of his representation.
31 essays on the Bronze Age Aegean which cover a wide range of topics. They are grouped under the following headings: cult and death; Bronze Age material culture; gender; approaches to art; themes of
This study of the beginnings of Christian art looks at the period when Christianity co-existed alongside paganism, and identifies juxtapositions of paganism in Christian art. Chapters discuss iconogra
In 1717 A.D., the Caribou Inuit of the Kivalliq, Nunavut were introduced to the Fur Trade through the Hudson Bay Company. It has been previously posited that between that time and 1900 A.D., the Carib
Using Gerasa and Dura Europos as case studies this book analyses changes in spatial patterns in the Late Antique polis. It seeks to determine how much spatial change should be linked to religious chan
This catalogue publishes the closed pottery oil lamps in the collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority, and follows the previous volume of saucer lamps. It caintains mainly intact oil lamps disco
