A Complete Identity is an examination of the hero figure in the works of G.A. Henty (1832-1902) and George MacDonald (1824-1905) and a reassessment of oppositional critiques of their writing. It demon
The present volume is dedicated to the different approaches and research strategies of medieval roads and tracks. It is mainly based on historical and archaeological source materials from East-Central
This book is a revised version of the author's doctoral thesis on South African missiologist David Bosch, completed at the University of Aberdeen under the tutelage of James B. Torrance and Andrew Wal
Presents the extensive archaeological evidence found at Cill Donain on the Outer Hebrides, including pottery, faunal remains and a variety of bone and metal tools, illustrating that the Cill Donnain l
A landmark publication of essays resulting from the Treasures from Heaven conference at the British Museum, exploring the relationship between sacred matter and precious materials in the Middle Ages.
Fifty years ago, Iain Crawford began a forty year programme of excavation on the Udal peninsula, in North Uist, in the Western Isles of Scotland, employing new and innovatory techniques and accumulati
The early Old Kingdom tombs at Tehna are cut into the eastern escarpment bordering the Nile, some 12kms north of Minya in Upper Egypt. The cemetery consists of more than 15 rockcut tombs, 3 of which a
Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes.
The natural arc of resource-rich land which forms the ‘Fertile Crescent’ of South-West Asia is regarded as the earliest centre of village-based farming in the world and has been the focus of much of o
In Bangladesh, the sale of food in public space is often contested: Street food is needed, but not wanted. 100,000 street vendors sell dishes, snacks, fruits, and beverages in the megacity of Dhaka. S
First discovered by sport divers in the 1970s, the two remarkable seabed finds of prehistoric bronze metalwork described here quickly became a testing ground for the new discipline of underwater archa
The latest edition of 'The Fire that Consumes' now contains a foreword by celebrated theologian Richard Bauckham. Edward William Fudge's seminal work enlightens Christians and theologians with a coher
'The Crisis of Global Capitalism' is a collection of essays with a compelling introduction by Adrian Pabst which offers a much-needed moral analysis of Western political economy in the wake of the 200
The title of this book – The Fight to Stay Put – is both an homage to and a play on Chester Hartman’s 1984 manifesto, The Right to Stay Put. It is here where Hartman first makes the case that property
This study (the second volume in the Archaeopress series devoted to the publication of ceramics in the Roman Mediterranean and outlying territories from the late Republic to late Antiquity) addresses
Beatrice was born in 1200 near Louvain and died in 1268 in the monastery of Nazareth. The author of this study demonstrates that Beatrice is an authentic exponent of Cistercian mystical tradition. Bea
The book collects more than 200 dossiers of Middle Kingdom officials. This is an addition and update to 'D. Franke's Personendaten', published in 1984.
Excavations at Late Neolithic Toumba Kremastis Koiladas, near the modern town of Kozani in north-western Greece, have yielded one of the largest faunal assemblages of this period from Greece (and prob
Following on from his exploration of the role of water transport in the west of Britain, James Ellis Jones here broadens his scope to provide a synthesis of archaeological work on the maritime and riv
This book includes thirty contributions - twenty-nine papers and one artistic contribution - by John's colleagues, former students, and friends, on a variety of topics that represent John's versatilit
This research examines the archaeological protection system and antiquarian collecting in northern Sicily, in particular in the coastal strip from Palermo to Messina during the first half of the ninet
In this notable contribution to the study of John Wesley and George Whitefield, Ian Maddock discovers the affinity between two preachers often contrasted as enemies. The controversial Free Grace episo
If Protestants had saints, Dietrich Bonhoeffermartyred under Hitler on April 9, 1945 just days before the Allies reached his concentration campwould be one of the first canonised. Not just his unsough
More than 50 authors, from many countries, have contributed to this impressive volume which honours Erzsebet Jerem, founder and longtime editor of the Archaeolingua publication venue. Main focus is on
This book compiles the results of archeological investigation of House X, a Minoan mansion at Kommos on Crete. It is designed for professional readers in Minoan studies and archeology. However, the te
A.W.N. Pugin's passion for the Gothic style was of enormous import in his day (he designed the interior decoration at Westminster). In this well-illustrated account, the story of Pugin's church design
Roura explores tourist interactions with landscapes and historical sites in polar regions using the theoretical framework of behavioral archaeology, which describes people's interactions with artifact
The dies themselves were destroyed after a year of use, to prevent them being used to counterfeit coins, says Treadwell (art and material culture of the Middle East, U. of Oxford), so not a single one
The extraordinary cloister of Santo Domingo de Silos is central to our understanding of medieval sculpture, and of Spains place in its development. Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo offers an innovative read
Almost an encyclopedia as well as an Akkadian-English dictionary, the work presents each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation to recreate the cultural milieu. Ta
Well-known as a key theological work opposing the teaching of Wyclif and the Lollards, Netter's massive treatise receives new consideration in this study. Assessing the work on its own terms, Alban (B
Using field survey and satellite remote-sensing techniques (declassified intelligence satellite photos), Ur (anthropology, Harvard U.) studies various types of impact of early urban communities on the
This lavishly illustrated catalogue of the exhibit European Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500-1750 , explores how mapmakers sought to document a new geography of the Near East that reconciled
Pascal Boyer argues that religion is largely an illusion. The anthropologist traces religion's cognitive and evolutionary aspects. By "religion" he means a kind of existential and cognitive "package"
In this second edition of her translation and study of the Ancient Egyptian "Tale of Two Brothers", Hollis a professor at Empire State College, SUNY Rochester NY, examines the story from a number of p
Religious Communities in Byzantine Palestina: The Relationship Between Judaism, Christianity and Islam AD 400-700 Aby Eliya Ribak This study is an archaeological analysis of the relationship between r
Conventional wisdom tells us that jihad is an element of Islamic fundamentalism or radicalism and is the root of Islamic terrorism. Sofjan (political science, Universitas Padjadjaran) argues that conv
