This survey of human interaction with the Boeotian landscape uses GIS to jointly plot and assess material culture and environmental data. Chronologically the focus is on the Classical era, from Archai
This biography of important seventeenth century Flemish painter David Teniers, examines the life of this successful and influential artist both during his time in favor at the Brussels court and after
Clackson died while compiling and commenting on the documents, and her husband James Clackson completed the study. The documents are concerned with the day-to-day administration of an Egyptian monaste
Large scale excavations in Caesarea Maritima from 1992-98 unearthed thousands of pottery fragments from the early Islamic and Crusader periods and from a complete stratigraphy. This has allowed this m
This report constitutes the final volume on the findings at Lowland Susiana, 1972-1978. Chapters discuss the story and wider context of Chogha Mish, architecture, pottery and the development of shared
A presentation of the complexity and dynamics of life in an organization, this study employs the use of personal stories to illustrate the anxieties and successes of professional consultants. An essen
The subject of this volume is the corpus of 203 Bronze Age anthropomorphic clay figurines and figurine fragments recovered from various archaeological contexts at Umm el-Marra, Syria, between 1994 and
Oxbow says: In this synthesis of archaeological evidence for Iron Age societies in the Severn-Cotswolds, Tom Moore seeks to examine patterns of social organisation and process of social and landscape
Margaret Drabble is a writer whose subject matter and technique have developed profoundly since the early sixties: this book draws together the different aspects of her narrative practice, and looks a
This collection of biographies celebrates twenty-eight outstanding scholars, women and men, all late Fellows of the British Academy, who pioneered and developed the study of the early British Isles in
A collection of eighteen papers which were originally intended to be presented at a colloquium, that did not take place, and complement Manorial Domestic Buildings in England and Northern France (Soci
The bishops of late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century Chichester, working in the shadow of the great saint of the diocese, Richard Wich, were men of contrasting characters and backgrounds. John
An innovative contribution to anthropology's interest in how identity is created and defined, this book uses two forms of ethnographic writing to explore the historical and social identity of a villag
A lucid and accessible study of Angus Wilson, a magnificently eclectic novelist, who understood the theatricality of modern life, and provided maps of Englishness, maps of the anxious modern psyche an
The poems of Horace's second book of Satires, for the most part written in the newly-adopted dialogue form, display great literary and intellectual sophistication, artistic skill and charm. The intent
From antiquity onwards people have opted to live near rivers and major watercourses. Both freshwater and navigable routes provide the obvious reasons for settling near a river, but there are also many
This volume contains detailed information about 63 sites and shows, amongst other things, that the viticulture of the western delta was significant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a network
Central Asia is a wide subject of research in the archaeological and historical studies of the Ancient World. Scholars have usually focused on the complex and diverse questions that resulted from the
In a thorough and insightful commentary on Paul’s letter to his co-worker Timothy, which the Apostle wrote before and during Nero’s persecution, Aida Besancon Spencer carefully examines each part of t
What does it mean to belong to a community? How is membership conceptualised and in what way is the position of newcomers negotiated and the community's cohesion secured? Although no clear definition
"The Tortugas shipwreck excavated at a depth of 405 meters in the Straits of Florida contained a major collection of 3,800 intact and fragmentary olive jars, tablewares, cooking vessels and tobacco pi
Translation, illustration and interpretation have at least two things in common. They all begin when sense is made in the act of reading: that is where illustrative images and explanatory words begin
John Nash is universally recognised as one of the most important architects of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. As the man responsible for the creation of Regent Street and Regen
Major excavations on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital uncovered the remains of over 10,500 human skeletons. Unprecedented accuracy of dating and phasing of the cemeter
The thirteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 27th – 30th March 2012 at the University of Birmingham and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early c
Papyrological Texts in Honor of Roger S. Bagnall contains 70 new or substantially revised editions of documentary and non-documentary papyri and ostraca from Egypt edited by an international team of s
Dorothy Hartley (18931985) is an author revered by enthusiasts for old English food and cookery and English country life. Her many books on these subjects, often illustrated with her own drawings, are
This volume comprises papers from a cultural-historical congress about The Street in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, organized by the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Cult
Tirso de Molina's Jealous of Herself (c. 1622-23) is an ingenious comedy of disguise and deception set in the streets, plazas, and fashionable apartments of early 17th- century Madrid. Nearly forgotte
Tirso de Molina's Jealous of Herself (c. 1622-23) is an ingenious comedy of disguise and deception set in the streets, plazas, and fashionable apartments of early 17th- century Madrid. Nearly forgotte
The social and political thought of German theologian Bonhoeffer (1906-45) is applied to problems in today's world by scholars of religion in North American, Denmark, and South Africa. They consider h
Deification penetrates all spheres of human existence, and can be seen as an answer to most pending ultimate questions. It is essentially practical in its manifestation and uplifting in its content, b
Haas (speech communication arts and sciences, City U. of New York, Brooklyn College) provides profiles and interviews of 20 political bloggers who share their tips for success. From both sides of the
Seven European and US archaeologists ponder whether the study of past societies through their material culture would benefit by sloughing off the theory and ideology that have guided the field for the
Freethy, who writes a weekly nature column for the Lancashire Telegraph, describes the process of spinning cotton boll into threads and weaving yarn into fabric, and recounts the development of the co
Social ethicists have little trouble applying the ethics of Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) to such issues as church and state, war, or politics, says Haddorff (theology and ethics, St. John's
V&R Unipress is affiliated with Bonn University, Germany, and at least two of the three editors are faculty there with specialties in English-language literature and cultures. They have collected
In this book a veteran country parson emerges from obscurity to focus upon the root causes and a possible long term solution of the most intractable problem facing today's Christianity, and especially
Oxbow says: Excavated in the 1970s, the sites of Morning Thorpe, Bergh Apton and Spong Hill in Norfolk and Westgarth Gardens in Suffolk, have only previously been published as catalogues. This volume
Scodel (Greek and Latin, U. of Michigan) has written extensively about Homer and other Greek poets. Here she investigates what Homeric characters say about what they do. She sets particular speeches a
