RHODES: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; THE KNIGHTS OF RHODES, THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KNIGHTS ON RHODES; COMPOSITION OF THE ORDER AND ADMINISTRATION: Social and Ethnic Comp
The following study is intended not only to publish a number of early Ptolemaic ostraca, but also to place them within the broader socio-historical context of the early Ptolemaic tax system. The study
Liza Cleland's study of Greek clothing led her inevitably to the Brauron Catalogues - inscriptions of great significance for any study of this kind. This book is made up of her research into the texts
X-ray diffraction was first applied almost a century ago. The subsequent development of the technique and its application across industry and academia to physical, chemical and biological problems has
The village on the northeast coast of Crete, particularly the cemetery of about 300 tombs, was excavated in 1971, but no comprehensive report on the findings and implications has been published until
Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor) is among the most important sites in Egypt. It is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III (ca. 1182 B.C.) and Kings Aye and Horemheb
The Second Europae Archeologiae Consilium Symposium held in Strasbourg in 2001 brought together a collection of international archaeologists researching and studying the cultural landscape across Euro
In this study Britton looks at the different ways in which Freudian psychoanalysis has been incorporated into arguments about racial identity and difference in the French Caribbean. Freud is often acc
To commemorate his 70th birthday, nine essays honor Thomas' work in papyrology, the history of Roman and late Roman Egypt, and the documentation and history of the Roman Empire generally. They conside
The biography of a major British academic and cleric of the early 20th century, revealing his talent for controversy, his role in the reconciliation between the Anglican and Catholic Churches, and his
This life work of a well-known scholar creates a unique record of over 800 artefacts found in more than 100 European collections before the end of the eighteenth century. Extensively illustrated, the
This second volume of acta from Coventry contains the administrative output of a single bishop, Richard Peche. It provides a crucial source for the re-evaluation of his unique contribution to the dev
A study of the extent and distribution of Warwickshire's woodland assessing whether much of the country became `woodless' and considering whether the increase in arable land was at the expense of wood
The number and density of megalithic chambered cairns in the Isles of Scilly, a tiny archipelago that forms the most south-westerly part of the British Isles, has been remarked upon since the 18th cen
This volume brings together a selection of papers proposed for the Proceedings of the 42nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference (CAA), hosted at Paris 1 Pantheon-So
Large numbers of Greco-Italic and Dressel 1 amphorae were exported to many parts of Gaul during the late Iron Age and they provide a major source of information on the development and growth of the Ro
In this research the stone and flint artefacts of the site Swifterbant are analysed. Attention is focussed on the Neolithic occupation phase of the prehistoric creek system (c. 4300 - 4000 cal BC) whe
The meetings of the most significant archaeological association of Europe, the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), provide each year an outstanding opportunity for dialogues between scholars
The history of Iraq's purebred Arabian Horses, the myths and realities, told for the first time from an Arab and Islamic point of view by a prominent Iraqi whose family has been breeding horses for ge
Tol presents four methodological case studies that elaborate on the results of two field survey projects--the Astura and Nettuno surveys--carried out by the Groningen Institute of Archaeology on the c
This festschrift honors a longtime faculty member at the U. of Chicago's Oriental Institute. The listing of publications by Norman (Nahum) Golb (b.1928) cites nine books--the earliest published in 196
The war between Sasanian Persia and East Rome/Byzantium in 603-28 is customarily seen as the last great war of antiquity, says Stoyanov (languages and cultures of the Near and Middle East, U. of Londo
Excavations at two sites on the south side of Newgate Street, near Newgate, have revealed important new evidence of London's Roman and medieval development. A natural stream channel recorded at 3-9 Ne
This study challenges current modeling of Bronze Age tell communities in the Carpathian Basin in terms of the evolution of functionally-differentiated, hierarchical or ‘proto-urban' society under the
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxur
This fresh categorisation and examination grew from the author's innate curiosity about the shapes and forms of the ships and boats of the Ancient World and particularly of the Ancient Egyptians. Many
Medieval historians examine the earliest Christian literature from the region, in the period just after official conversions of kings, princes, and other leading figures during the 10th and 11th centu
This text explores the relationship between Hinduism (or Brahmanism) and Buddhism that is suggested by the representation of Hindu or Hindu-like deities within Buddhism. The explanatory framework depl
In introducing 11 papers from the Fourth and Fifth Mendel Friedman Conference in Yiddish held at the U. of Oxford, Sherman (Yiddish studies, U. of Oxford) and Robertson (German, St. Joseph's College,
This volume, the second to publish the results of Seele's two seasons of excavations in Nubia, presents Neolithic, A-Group, and Post-A-Group remains from Qustul, Ballana, and Adindan. Neolithic remain
This book aims to present Gnathia ware on the East Adriatic coast, to define local Issaean Gnathia production from manufacturing to distribution, to identify other pottery workshops along the East Adr
The latest volume of this highly regarded series 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
As the twentieth century passed its midpoint and was rushing toward its end, a growing number of Majority World theologians came to realize that they could in fact do theology in their own contexts fo
Between the Politics of Mysticism and the Mysticism of Politics traces the dialectic of ‘the mystical’ and the political’ from both a theological and an historical perspective.
This volume presents the proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Belgrade - 17-21 September 2013). The theme of the congress included archaeological, historical, ling
