In these sixteen papers, from a conference held by the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies in 2000, some well-known names approach the reigns of Aethelbald and Offa from a range of perspectives.
This volume reports on excavations conducted in advance of the construction of a campus of Cornwall University. In addition to the expected linear field systems and Romano-British settlement activity,
From Ice Age to Essex is a short history of human habitation in East London, based on archaeological findings made at gravel quarries. To find the beginning of this story we have to go back half a mil
Examines in detail a specific group of inscribed material from the Memphite necropolis. The material dates to the late Old Kingdom-Herakleopolitan Period, and comes from tombs belonging to officials o
This meticulous survey of the origins of medieval rural settlements is based on an in-depth analysis of topographical and archaeological evidence and, as such, varies from more usual document-based an
Pickles focuses on descriptive documentary evidence, combining it with information from archaeology and surviving structures, historical evidence from Merovingian and Carolingian Gaul, and a number of
Content: I. Revolution and Law: H.P. Glenn: Law, Revolution and Rights u M.A. Simon: Must a Revolution Preserve Rights? u C. Wellman: Locke's Right to Revolution Reexamined u W.E. Murnion: Aquinas on
A ground-breaking study of the status of the Anglican clergy in Georgian England, and the challenges of church reform in this ecclesiastical, political and social environment.
Contents: The Pre-Conquest Sculptural Tradition in Durham (Rosemary Cramp); Early Medieval Durham: the Archaeological Evidence (M.O.H. Carver); The Spiral Piers of Durham Cathedral (Eric Fernie); The
Pottery and its decoration binds together the people who make and use it. The case study is based on 800 vessels from seven sites attributed to Iroquoian and Algonquian (Western Basin) groups; the gre
Chandima Wickramasinghe provides the first comprehensive overview of historical slavery in Sri Lanka, and from a comparative perspective looks in detail at this and at the history of slavery in ancien
Aves Ditch is one of the best-preserved and yet most enigmatic of the ancient monuments in Oxfordshire, and it has remained a landmark to the present day. For over three centuries scholars have wonder
Content: I. Theories of State: R. Martin: Democracy and Rights: Two Perspectives u G. den Hartogh: The Limits of Liberal Neutrality u M. Blegvad: Types of Liberal Theories of Justice and Democracy u P
The region of Queensland is divided into six areas through drainage divisions, something which Anne Best shows to correlate with stylistic differences in objects used by modern hunter-gatherers.
Regarding the size of the investigated area, the Copper Age site at Balatonoszod in Hungary is on par with Catal Hoyuk, one of the largest excavated settlements of the prehistoric world.
There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day tourism. With the majority dating to the past 30 years, they do more than simply pre
Using northeast Thailand as a model, this work uses stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to infer paleodietary change in subtropical monsoon Asia. It is hypothesized that in northeast Thailand durin
The proceedings of the 3rd International Meeting of Anthracology (2004). Papers cover techniques, reports of specific excavations and more general syntheses and theoretical work. A particular focus of
The Proceedings of Red Sea Project III held in the British Museum, London, in October 2006. Contents: 1) Environment, landscapes and archaeology of the Yemeni Tihamah (R. Neil Munro and Tony J. Wil
Eight archaeological papers, from the Fifth Annual Meeting of the EEA held in Bournemouth in 1999, discuss light equipment across the Classical world, with emphasis on artefacts and trade in the North
Both comparative criticism and translation cross borders, yet borders that have been crossed still exist. Even a border that has been dismantled is likely to reappear in a different place, or as a les
This study focuses on the diversity with which early medieval society formed not only among macro European zones but also within individual areas, and thus on the need to look beyond the models ela
This work examines the post-palatial phase of Late Helladic IIIC middle. During this phase in Greek prehistory, Greece undergoes important changes that will transfer the palace administrative system o
The principles theory, introduced by Ronald Dworkin and developed further by Robert Alexy, is at the centre of various debates in legal philosophy and legal theory. In the controversy over the concept
This account of one of the Sudan's remotest provinces, at the end of 1930, provides the historical context for the early classics of British social anthropology. It contains descriptions of local life
The underwater excavation of Dor D, a Byzantine shipwreck off the Carmel coast, began in 1999. This volume forms the report of the survey and excavation of the wreck and of its cargo and associated fi
Papers included in the volume were presented at the 2011 international academic conference ‘Continuity and Destruction in Alexander's East: the transformation of monumental space from the Hellenistic
In 2006 and 2007, a 94km-long gas pipeline was excavated across the Pennines, from Pannal in North Yorkshire, to Nether Kellet in Lancashire (N/W England). Around twenty archaeological excavations wer
Includes all Gothic texts in Biblical Gothic, and the Gothic calendar and the Deeds from Naples and Arezzo. Complete with Introduction, Texts and Concordance.
The medicinal and panaceist benefits of spring water have been known since ancient times and people have been bathing in and drinking from springs, lakes and watery caves for centuries. This volume pr
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century explorers and travellers to South America brought back various ideas on the Maya ruins they had visited and/or discovered.
Archaeologists and anthropologists, but also molecular geneticists, biologists, and other scientists from Europe, North America, and Australia focus on arraying various disciplines to investigate the
This final volume in the series presents specialist reports and illustrations on the Saxon and later finds and on environmental remains recovered during archaeological investigations in the Ebbsfleet
An investigation of the cultural and ritual significance behind the placing of personal ornaments in certain contexts, notably temples, shrines and burials. Drawing throughout on archaeological and ic
This volume illustrates a unique set of ivory panels discovered in a single chamber of Fort Shalmaneser and discusses their iconography and their arrangement and function as palace furniture.
Nineteen papers covering every aspect of this topic: coinage and history, chronology, styea hoards, styea phases and goups, metal analysis, Royal coins, names on coins, and many other notes. From the
Excavations in the town of Elephantine between 1972 and 1991 uncovered more than 1600 clay seals, cylinder seals and various other sealing materials, forming one of the largest and most important seal
