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and related artefacts, including ceramic buildingmaterials, refractories and plaster. Using over 200colour photomicrographs of thin sections from adiverserangeofartefacts,archaeologicalperiodsandgeographicregions,thisbookillustratesthespectrumof compositional and microstructural phenomenathat occur within ancient ceramics under themicro-scope and provides comprehensive guidelines fortheirstudywithinarchaeology.Thebookisstructuredaccordingtothemainstepsinvolvedintheanalysisandinterpretationofarchaeologicalceramicthinsections,

includingclassification,characterization,thedeterminationofprovenanceandthereconstructionofmanufacturingtechnology.Itcanbeusedasareferencemanualformicroscoperesearchaswellasacoursebookforspecialisttrainingonthinsectionpetrographyandarchaeologicalceramicanalysis.

Multi-PeriodEvolution of a Community: The Colonisation of a Clay Inland Landscape Neolithic to post-medieval remains excavated over sixteen years at Longstanton in Cambridgeshire by Samantha Paul and John Hunt.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910860. £45.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910877.£37.20).xii+245pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

ThemovementofpeoplefromthefenedgeandrivervalleysintotheclaylandsofeasternEnglandhasbecomeagrowingareaofresearch.Theopportunityofstudyingsuchanenvironmentandinvestigatingthehumanactivitiesthattookplace therebecameavailable9kmto thenorth-westofCambridgeatthe village of Longstanton. The archaeological excavations that took placeover a sixteen yearperiodhavemadea significant contribution to chartingtheemergenceof aCambridgeshire clayland settlementand its communityoversixmillennia.Evolution of a Communitychronologicallydocumentsthecolonisationofthisclayinlandlocationandoutlineshowitwasnotanareaontheperipheryofactivity,butpartofafullyoccupiedlandscapeextendingbackintotheMesolithicperiod.SubsequentvisitsduringtheLateNeolithicbecamemore focused when the locality appears to have been part of a religiouslandscape that included a possible barrow site and ritual pit deposits. Theexcavationsindicatethattheearliestpermanentsettlementatthesitedatesto theLateBronzeAge,with thesubsequent IronAgephasescharacterisedas a small, modest and inward-looking community that endured into theRomanperiodwithvery littleevidencefordisjunctureduringthetransition.The significantdiscoveryof a groupof seventh-centuryAnglo-Saxonburialswhichproducedrareevidenceforinfectiousdeceasesisdiscussedwithinthecontext of ‘final phase’ cemeteries and the influence of visible prehistoricfeatureswithin the local landscape.Theexcavationof theLateAnglo-Saxonandmedievalruralsettlementdefineditsoriginsandlayoutwhich,alongsidetheartefactualandarchaeobotanicalassemblagesrecoveredcreatesaprofileover timeof the life and livelihood of this community that is firmly placedwithinitshistoricalcontext.

Archeologia a Firenze: Città e Territorio Atti del Workshop. Firenze, 12-13 Aprile 2013 edited by Valeria d’Aquino, GuidoGuarducci, Silvia Nencetti and StefanoValentini. Archaeopress Archaeology,2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784910587.£58.00. (eBOOK ISBN 9781784910594.£49.20).iv+438 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.Italiantext.AbstractsforallpapersinItalian&English.

Thisvolumepresentstheproceedingsoftheworkshop‘Archeologia a Firenze: Città e territorio’, organized by CAMNES,Centre for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, in April 2013. This event experienced anextraordinary participation by experts in the field, and resulted also in a

Theory & MethodCAA2014. 21st Century Archaeology Concepts, methods and tools. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology edited by F.Giligny, F.Djindjian, L. Costa, P.MoscatiandS.Robert.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015. PRINT ISBN 9781784911003.£75.00.vi+649pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

ThisvolumebringstogetheraselectionofpapersproposedfortheProceedingsofthe42nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference (CAA), hosted at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University from22nd to 25th April 2014. The program was divided into different themesand this structure has been maintained in the arrangement of articles inthevariouschaptersofthisbook.Chapterheadings include:Historiography;FieldandLaboratoryDataRecording;OntologiesandStandards;InternetandArchaeology; Archaeological Information Systems; GIS and Spatial Analysis;Mathematics and Statistics in Archaeology; 3D Archaeology and VirtualArchaeology;Multi-AgentSystemsandComplexSystemModelling.

Fractures in Knapping by Are Tsirk.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN9781784910228.£25.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910235.£21.00).xii+261pages;illustratedthroughoutinblack&white.

Thisbookisforstudentsandpractitionersofnotonlyknapping, lithic technologyandarchaeology,butalsooffractographyandfracturemechanics.Atconferenceson fractography of glasses and ceramics, the authorhasoftenbeenaskedtodemonstrateknappingaswell

asprovideoverviewsoffractographylearnedfromit.Thefirstpartofthebookisintendedtostimulatesuchinterestsfurther,inordertosolicitcontributionsfrom a largely untapped pool of experts. Such contributions can advancesignificantlyourunderstandingsofknappingaswellasfractography.InPartIIofthebook,fracturemarkingsasthetoolsoffractographyareintroduced,withtheirformation,meaningandutilityexplained.ObservationsonthepresenceorabsenceofthemarkingsinknappingareconsideredinPartIII,alongwitha number of interpretations of fracture features. The basic principles andconceptsoffracturemechanicsandfractographyapplytofracturesproducedinany cultural context. This volume thereforeaddressesmostquestionsonfracture in a generic sense, independent of cultural contexts. In general,understandingoffracturesprovidesasounderbasisforlithicanalysis,anduseofmorerecentscientifictoolsopensnewavenuesforlithicstudies.

The European Archaeologist: 1 – 21a 1993 – 2004 edited by HenryCleere, Karen Waugh & Ross Samson.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910129. £30.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910136.£22.50).iv+356pages;black&whitethroughout.

This volume gathers together the first 10 yearsofThe European Archaeologist (ISSN1022-0135),fromWinter1993throughtothe10thAnniversaryConference Issue,published in2004 for theLyon

AnnualMeeting.

Ceramic Petrography The Interpretation of Archaeological Pottery & Related Artefacts in Thin SectionbyPatrickSeanQuinn.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2013.PRINTISBN9781905739592.£35.00.260pages;illustratedinfullcolourthroughout.

Thin section ceramic petrography is a versatile interdisciplinary analyticaltool for the characterization and interpretation of archaeological pottery

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The Prehistoric Burial Sites of Northern Ireland by Harry and June Welsh.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910068. £63.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910075.£53.00).xi+478pages;illus.throughoutinblackandwhite.

Much has been written about the history ofNorthern Ireland, but less well-known is itswealthofprehistoricsites,particularlyburialsites,fromwhichmost of our knowledge of the earlyinhabitantsofthiscountryhasbeenobtained.Thisworkbringstogetherinformationonalltheknown

sites inNorthern Irelandthatare insomewayassociatedwithburial. Ithasbeencompiledfromanumberofsourcesandincludesmanysitesthathaveonlyrecentlybeendiscovered.Atotalof3332monumentsarerecordedintheinventory,rangingfrommegalithictombstosimplepitburials.Inadditiontoprovidinganinventoryofallknownsites,alongwithaselectionofphotographsandplans,theworkalsoincludesanintroductiontotheprehistoryofNorthernIreland,anexplanationoftermsandafullbibliography.

The Evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes: from Danubian Longhouses to the Stone Rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland byAlexCarnes.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINT ISBN 9781784910006. £31.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910013.£26.35).ix+165pages;illus.throughoutinblackandwhite.

At the heart of this book is a comparative studyof the stone rows of Dartmoor and northernScotland,arare,putativelyBronzeAgemegalithic

typologythathasmystifiedarchaeologistsforoveracentury.Itisarguedthattheseare ‘symbols’ofNeolithic longmounds,acircumstance thataccountsfor the interregional similarities; other aspects of their semantic structuresare also analysed using rigorous semiotic theory. The research presentedheretakesanevolutionaryapproach,drawingonbiologicaltheorytoexplaintheactiveroleofthesemonumentsinsocialevolutionandtoinvestigatetheprocessesatworkinthedevelopmentofprehistoriclandscapes.Newtheoryisdevelopedforanalysingsucharchaeologicalsequences,andforunderstandingand explaining material culture more generally. The local sequences arecontextualised by examining European megalithic origins, tracing the longmound concept back to the LBK longhouses. It is argued that all of theserelatedforms—longhouses,longmounds,andstonerows—areimplicatedinaprocessofcompetitivelyassertingancestralaffinities,whichexplainstheconstraintonculturalvariation,andthustheformationofremarkablystablemonument traditions, that led to the convergence between Dartmoor andnorthernScotlandintheEarlyBronzeAge.

Excavations at King’s Low and Queen’s Low Two Early Bronze Age barrows in Tixall, North Staffordshire by GaryLock, Dick Spicer and Winston Hollins.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739660. £17.50. (eBOOKISBN9781784910716.£14.88).x+112pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

These two barrows in the parish of Tixall, northofStafford,wereexcavatedbytheStoke-on-TrentMuseum Archaeological Society between the

years1986and1994.

Prehistory: EuropeLBK Realpolitik: An Archaeometric Study of Conflict and Social Structure in the Belgian Early NeolithicbyMarkGolitko.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910884.£33.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910891.£27.60).vi+188pages;illustratedthroughoutinblack&white.

significant success in terms of public archaeological awareness. Almosttwentyyearsafter theexhibition ‘Alle origini di Firenze’ and thepublicationof itsCatalogo,which isconsideredasignalpoint inFlorentinearchaeology,theworkshopprovidedanopportunityfordiscussionbetweenallthosewhoconducted research, protection and enhancement of the archaeologicalheritage of Florence thanks to the presentation of the most recentexcavations. Moreover, the origins of the city that took the leading roleduringtheRenaissancewerediscussed,finding in itsrootstheveryreasonsfor its glorious destiny. The sessions, organized in chronological order –from prehistoric tomedieval topics – were supplemented by contributionsconcerned with conservation and enhancement of the historic landscapewhose reconstruction through research and excavation activities constantlyrequiresnewdiscussionsandoftenadditionalreflections.

Technology of Sword Blades from the La Tène Period to the Early Modern Age The case of what is now Poland byGrzegorz Żabiński and Janusz Stępińskiwith Marcin Biborski. ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781784910280. £51.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910297.£43.00).vi+363 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.

This book assesses the results of recentmetallographicexaminationof45swordblades(mid-2ndcenturyBCtoearly-16th century) from the territory ofwhat is now Poland. Pre-Roman bladeswereusuallymadefromonepieceofmetalofvaryingquality(betterqualityitems were perhaps imported).Most high quality and complex technologyRomanbladeswereinallprobabilityofRomanprovenance,whilesomelowqualityone-pieceexamplesmayhavebeenmadelocally.TheMigrationPeriodandEarlyMiddleAgeswitnessedthegreatestdiversificationoftechnologicalsolutions.Howeveritismuchmoredifficulttodefinetheprovenanceofbladesbasedontheirtechnologyintheseperiods.TherangeoftechnologiesinusestronglydecreasedintheHighandLateMiddleAges.

Il Duomo di Siena: Excavations and Pottery below Siena Cathedral byGabrieleCastiglia.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINT ISBN 9781905739745. £30.00.(eBOOKISBN9781905739776.£25.50).ii+159pages;black&whiteillus.throughout.

This book is the result of the processing of theexcavationdataandofthepotterycomingfromthestratigraphyunderneaththecathedralofSiena.Theultimate goal is to trace a viewof the settlementtypes and economic framework that has affectedthehill of theCathedral from theClassical age to

thelateMiddleAges,combiningstratigraphicdataandthestudyofmaterials.

Prehistory: Britain & IrelandThe Origins of Ireland’s Holy Wells byCeleste Ray. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910440. £33.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910457.£27.60).ii+172pages;illus.throughoutincolourandblack&white.

This book re-assesses archaeological research intoholywell sites in Ireland and theevidence for votivedeposition at watery sites throughout northwestEuropean prehistory. Ray examines a much-ignoredand diminishing archaeological resource; moving

beyond debates about the possible Celticity of these sites in order to gaina deeper understanding of patterns among sacred watery sites. The workconsidershowandwhysacredspringsarearchaeologically-resistantsitesandwhathasactuallybeenfoundatthefewexcavatedinIreland.Drawingontheearly Irish literature(themyths,hagiographies,penitentialsandannals),theauthorgivesanaccountofpre-Christiansupermundanewells inIrelandandwhatweknowabouttheirearlyChristianuseforbaptism,andconcludesbyconsideringtheoriginsof“rounding”ritualsatholywells.

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During the international conference ‘Settlement, Communication and Exchange around the Western Carpathians’ held in Kraków in October 2012,attention was focused on the complex issuesof long-term cultural change in the populationssurrounding the Western Carpathians, withthe aim of striking a balance between localcultural dynamics, subsistence economy andthe alleged importance of far-reaching contacts,and communication and exchange involved inthis process. Specialists from Germany, Hungary,Poland, Slovakia and the United States metand discussed for two days their archaeological

findingsrelatingtoquestionsof(Trans)Carpathiancommunication,settlementpatterns, and agricultural and technological changes that occurred (mainly)duringtheNeolithicandBronzeAge.Additionally,casestudiesfromNorthernPoland and Eastern Germany were included to provide a perspective onthe variability of traditions and economic strategies in different naturalenvironments and topographical settings. Drawing on a broad spectrum ofmethods (including anthropological, archaeobotanical, geochemical, andgeophysical),andadheringtodifferenttheoreticalapproaches,theobjectivewastocontributetoamoreholisticunderstandingofprehistoricsettlementstrategies, adaptation tomarginal (andnot somarginal) environments, andtheroleofcommunicationforprehistoricpopulationstothenorthandsouthoftheWesternCarpathians.

Around the Petit-Chasseur Site in Sion (Valais, Switzerland) and New Approaches to the Bell Beaker Culture Proceedings of the International Conference (Sion, Switzerland – October 27th – 30th 2011)editedbyMarieBesse.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910242. £47.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910259.£40.00).336pages;illustratedthroughoutinblack&white.All papers in English; abstracts for eachpaper inEnglishandFrench.

The necropolis of Petit-Chasseur still remains a key reference for theunderstandingoftheFinalNeolithicperiod,notonlyintheAlpinecountries,but also throughout Europe. This publication includes twenty-five papersreferringtotheperiodsrepresentedatthePetit-Chasseurnecropolis,namelytheendoftheNeolithic,theBellBeakerperiodandthebeginningoftheEarlyBronzeAge.

ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ: Critical Essays on the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honour of E. Susan Sherratt editedby Yannis Galanakis, Toby Wilkinson andJohn Bennet. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781784910181.£43.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910198.£36.50).iv+274pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ (athyrmata): Over her careerSusan Sherratt has questioned our basic

assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterraneanand Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of thebig picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationshipbetween Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics,metals and other materials; the status of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and otherethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and thehistory of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans). Theeditorsofthisvolumehavebroughttogetheracastofthirty-twoscholarsfromninedifferentcountrieswhohavecontributedthesetwenty-sixpaperstomarkSue’s65thbirthday–acollectionthatseekstoreflectbothherbroadrange of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering therealitiesoflifeinEuropeandtheMediterraneaninlaterprehistory.

The causes and consequences of violence andwarfare have long interested social scientists,historians, and philosophers. While economicmotivations for conflict are among the mostcommonly discussed drivers of human violence,prehistorians have often downplayed economicfactors when studying non-state society. Thisvolume explores linkages between conflict andsocioeconomic organization during the earlyNeolithic of eastern Belgium (c. 5200-5000 BC),using compositional analysis of ceramics fromLinienbandkeramik villages to assess productionorganizationandmapintercommunityconnections

againstthebackdropofincreasingevidenceforconflict.

Experiencing Etruscan Pots: Ceramics, Bodies and Images in Etruria by LucyShipley.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINT ISBN 9781784910563. £29.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910570.£24.00).vi+155pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

In a world without plastics, ceramics, alongsideorganic containers, were used for almostevery substance which required protection orcontainment: from perfume to porridge. TheexperienceofanEtruscanperson,livingdaytoday,

wouldhavebeenfilledwithinteractionswithceramics,makingthemobjectswhichcanrecallintimatetransactionsinthepasttothearchaeologistinthepresent. CharacterisingthatexperienceofEtruscanpotteryistheconcernofthisbook.WhatwasitliketouseandlivewithEtruscanpottery?HowwastheinteractionbetweenanEtruscanpotstructuredandconstituted?HowcanthatexperienceberelatedbacktobiggerquestionsabouttheorganisationofEtruscansociety,its increasingly urban nature and relationship with other Mediterraneancultures? More specifically, this volume aims to unpick both the physicalencounterbetweenvesselandhand,andtheemotionalinteractionbetweentheuserofapotandtheimagesinscribeduponitssurface.

From Cave to Dolmen Ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean edited by DomenicaGullì. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.PRINT ISBN 9781784910389. £45.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910396.£38.00).vi+308 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.PapersinEnglishandItalian.

This book brings together the scientificcontributions of a wide panel of Sicilian and

mainlandItalianspecialistsinprehistory.TakinginspirationfromaconferenceorganisedbytheSoprintendenzaaiBeniCulturalieAmbientaliofAgrigentoand by the municipal council of Sciacca in November 2011, the decisionwas taken to broaden and deepen some of the main themes discussedon thatoccasion. Therefore thisbook focuseson theSciacca regionand itslandscapewhichisextraordinarilyrichinnaturalgeologicalphenomenaandassociatedarchaeologicalactivity,forexampletheGrottadelKronioandthenumerousdolmenspresentnearby.Thisvolumeseekstoexplorethevariousaspects – habitational or ritual – of the prehistoric use of the numerouscavespresentintheregionandtoanalysethemanyfeaturesoftheisland’smegalithicarchitecture.Thetextincludesanhistoricalreviewoftheprocessesof discoveryof the archaeological evidence, also an account of the currentresearchprojectsandresearchactivities.

Settlement, Communication and Exchange around the Western Carpathians International Workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, October 27–28, 2012 edited by T. L. Kienlin, P. Valde-Nowak, M. Korczyńska,K. Cappenberg and J. Ociepka. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014. PRINT ISBN 9781784910365. £47.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910372.£39.95).vi+403pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

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touseasmanymethodsaspossible tobetterunderstand theirproduction,use and context. A database was compiled to find answers to questionsregarding patterns of distribution, context, fragmentation and deformation.Aspects of production were considered through experimental archaeology,metallographicanalysisandare-discoveredaxeblankwithmissingshaft-hole.Thetypologywasre-evaluatedandmodifiedtoensurecomparabilityacrossmodern national boundaries. The integration of these approaches yieldedsome interesting results. The great variability in shape clearly shows that avarietyofproductiontechniqueswereused,butit isdifficulttorelatetheseto specific geographic areas. In fact the typology aswell as the practice ofmarking the axes indicate that traditional archaeological ‘cultures’ rarelycorrespondtoaxetypesandmarkingpractices.Insteadthereweredifferentspheres of influence, some more localised and others much larger thanspecificceramictraditions.Thesedifferentlevelsofbelongingshowthatitwasaperiodofcomplexculturalpatternsandinteractions.Theaxeswerepartofthesenetworksofdailylifeonmanydifferentlevelsfromtheutilitariantotheritualisedplacementinburialcontexts.

Creating the Human Past An Epistemology of Pleistocene Archaeology by RobertG. Bednarik. Archaeopress Archaeology,2013.PRINTISBN9781905739639.£14.95.(eBOOKISBN9781784910730.£12.70).ii+186pp.,illustratedincolourandblack&white.

How humans became what they are today is ofprofound importance to understanding ourselves,bothasa speciesand individually.Ourpsychology,cognition, diseases, intellect, communication

forms, physiology, predispositions, ideologies, culture, genetics, behavior,and, perhaps most importantly, our reality constructs are all the result ofour evolutionary history. Therefore the models archaeology—especiallyPleistocenearchaeology—createsofourpastarenotjustnarrativesofwhathappened in human history; they are fundamental to every aspect of ourexistence.

Egypt & the Near EastA History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture in Southeast Europe editedbyMladenTomorad.ArchaeopressEgyptology 8. Archaeopress Archaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910907.£42.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910914.£35.70).xii+272 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.

The history of Ancient Egypt has been studiedin the region of Southeast Europe since theend of the nineteenth century. In some of the

countries thiswas not the case for various reasons, butmainly because ofthe undeveloped scholarly capabilities and institutions, insufficient fundsfor archaeological research in Egypt, and the lack of cooperation withscholars from other countries. From the 1960s, however, this situationhas changed for the better, firstly with the numerous publications of thediffusion of the Ancient Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman period, andthen with publications (articles, catalogues, books) on Ancient Egyptiancollections in various museum institutions located in Southeast Europe. Fromtheearly1990sonecantracetheincreasedproductionofvariousscholarlypapers in which researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia,Romania,andBulgarianotonlyresearchedtheEgyptiancults intheRomanEmpire,butalsoon thevariousaspectsofhistory, religionand literatureofAncientEgypt.Theirwork,however,wasmostlyunknowntothescholarsoutsidetheregionprimarilybecausetheresultswerewritteninthenativelanguages.This bookwill try to give a review of the history of the studies of AncientEgypt done in Southeast Europe, and present some of the latest research. The book comprises a selection of papers in which scholars from variousinstitutionsof theregionreviewedthedifferentaspectsofpaststudiesandthedevelopmentoftheresearchoftheAncientEgyptinsomecountries,alongwithrecentresearchinthefield.Itishopedthatthispublicationwillbeusefulforallscholarswhoareunfamiliarwiththehistoriographyofthisregion.

Travelling Objects: Changing Values The role of northern Alpine lake-dwelling communities in exchange and communication networks during the Late Bronze Age by Benjamin Jennings.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739936. £37.00. (eBOOKISBN9781905739943.£31.45).x+219 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.WithCD.

Since their initial discovery in the nineteenthcentury,theenigmaticprehistoriclake-dwellingsoftheCircum-Alpineregionhavecapturedtheimaginationofthepublicandarchaeologistsalike.Over150yearsofresearchhaveidentifiedhundredsoflacustrinesettlementsspanningfromtheNeolithictotheLateBronzeAge,whenapparently,theyceasedtobebuilt.StudiesofBronzeAgematerialacrossEuropehaveoftensuperficiallyidentified bronze objects as being of ‘Alpine lake-dwelling origin’ or ‘lake-dwelling style’. Through a combination ofmaterial culture studies,multiplecorrespondenceanalysis,andtheprincipleofobjectbiographies,theroleoftheLateBronzeAgelake-dwellingcommunitiesinCentralEuropeanexchangenetworks is addressed. Were the lake-dwellers production specialists?Did they control material flow across the Alps? Did their participation inexchangeroutesresultinculturalassimilationandtheultimatedeclineoftheirsettlementtradition?Travelling Objects: Changing Valuesoffers insightsandanswerstosuchquestions.

Building the Bronze Age: Architectural and Social Change on the Greek Mainland during Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I byCorienWiersma.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739868. £60.00. (eBOOKISBN9781905739899.£51.00).xxii+561 pages; illustrated throughout in black&whitewithsomecolour.

CommunitieslivingontheGreekMainlandduringthe end of the Early Bronze Age (EBA. ca. 2200-

2000BC)andtheearlierMiddleBronzeAge (MBA,ca.2000-1800BC)werethoughttoberelativelysimpleandegalitarian,whileduringthelaterMBAandearlyLateBronzeAge(LBA,ca.1700-1600BC),monumentalandrichgravesweresuddenlyconstructed.Thesystematicanalysisofdomesticarchitecture,whichwas long overdue, shows indeed that houseswere relatively simple.However, subtle differences between houses and settlements did exist andchange did take place, especially during the laterMBA and early LBA. Thearchitecturalpatternscould,with somecertainty,beascribed tochanges insocial relations aswell as to internal developments and external influence.DuringthelateEBA,thehouseholdseemstohavebeenthemostimportantsocial unit. It was self-sufficient, though to some extent dependent on thewider community. This is reflected in the freestanding but homogenousappearanceofhouses.DuringtheearlierMBA,thefirstsubtlechangestakeplace:morerectangularinsteadofapsidalhousesareconstructed,housesizeand thenumberof rooms increaseandslightlymorearchitectural variationis seen. Thesedevelopments intensify during the laterMBAand early LBA.It is suggested that some households started to cooperate and that somehouseholdsexpandedinsize.Thesechangesmayhaveledtolessdependencyofthehouseholdonthewidercommunity,whichsubsequentlyenabledthedevelopmentofmorearchitecturalvariation.

Copper Shaft-Hole Axes and Early Metallurgy in South-Eastern Europe: An Integrated Approach by Julia Heeb.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739837. £32.00. (eBOOKISBN9781905739905.£27.20).viii+167 pages; illustrated throughout in black &whitewithsomecolour.WithCD.

Although thecopperaxeswithcentral shaft-holefrom south-eastern Europe have a long historyof research, they have not been studied on a

transnational basis since the 1960s. What has also been missing, is trying

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accompanystateorganisedmilitary,tradingandminingexpeditionsandwhatwashisroleinhealing?Inthetemplespherehenotonlyexecutedavarietyof ritual actions but he also directed ritual practices.What responsibilitiesdidhefulfilwhensittingon legalassemblies,bothtemple-basedand in thecommunity? Activities such as these that encompassed many aspects ofancientEgyptianlifearediscussedinthisvolume.

Ägyptens wirtschaftliche Grundlagen in der mittleren Bronzezeit by RainerNutz. Archaeopress Egyptology 4.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910303. £32.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910310.£27.20).x+177pages.GermantextwithEnglishsummary.

Economic issues are seemingly neglected topicswithinEgyptology.Thisstudyattemptstohighlightselected economic aspects of the first half ofthe second millennium BC. In this work the so-

called ‘HeqanakhtPapyri’ arepresentedas case-studies to combineamoregeneraleconomicpicturewithconcreteinformationconcerningHeqanakht’shousehold,inanattempttodevelopanoverallpictureofhisactivities,evenifitmustremainfragmentary.

Body, Cosmos and Eternity New Trends of Research on Iconography and Symbolism of Ancient Egyptian Coffins edited byRogério Sousa. Archaeopress Egyptology3.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN 9781784910020. £35.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910037.£30.00).viii+203 pages; illustrated throughout in colourandblackandwhite.

In February 2013, the SymposiumBody, Cosmos and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient

EgyptconvenedatthehistoricalbuildingoftheUniversityofPortotodebateconceptual frameworks underlying the contemporary study of Egyptiancoffins. The studies presented in this volume display an excellent overviewon thenew trendsof researchon coffin studies,withdiverse contributionsconcernedeitherwithsymbolismorsocialsignificanceofcoffins,museums´collections or archaeological finds. These studies superbly showcase therichnessofcoffinsasdocumentalsourcesforthestudyofEgyptianreligion,economyandsociety.

Dating the Tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdomby JoyceSwinton.ArchaeopressEgyptology 2. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781905739820.£34.00.(eBOOKISBN9781905739882.£28.90).vii+191pages;illus.throughoutinblackandwhite.

ThedecoratedtombsoftheEgyptianOldKingdomoffer detailed knowledge of a society that in allprobabilitywasthefirstnationstateinhistory.Yetscholarscontinuetofinditdifficulttoaccessthefullpotentialofthisgreatbodyofdatabecausesofewofthetombscanbedatedwithsufficientprecision

toprovidearelativechronologyfortheevidencetheyoffer.Thesystemofdatingthesemonumentspresentedherebuildsontheworkofpreviousscholars.Inthisvolumetheauthorexplainshowthedatingmethodwasdevised.Thisrequiredestablishing‘life-spans’for104criteria,featuresdrawnfromtombiconography.ThesystemisthenappliedtoMemphiteandprovincialmonumentsspanningtheFourthtotheSixthDynasties.

Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb by SashaVerma. Archaeopress Egyptology 1. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014. PRINT ISBN 9781905739783. £40.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781905739790.£34.00).vi+288pages;illustratedthroughoutinblackandwhite.

Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tombconsidersthematerialandimmaterial culture left behind by the ancient Egyptian elite in their tombs

The Origins and Use of the Potter’s Wheel in Ancient Egypt by SarahDoherty. Archaeopress Egyptology 7.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN 9781784910600. £29.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910617.£24.60).x+140 pages; illustrated throughout in black &whitewithtwocolourplates.

Theinventionofthewheelisoftenhighlightedasone of humankinds’ most significant inventions.Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be

viewedentirelyasahuman-inspiredinvention.Machinerytoo,wasrelativelyrareintheancientworld.Thepotter’swheelisarguablythemostsignificantmachine introduced into Egypt, second only perhaps to the drill, the loomand the bellows for smeltingmetal. In Predynastic Egypt (c3500 B.C.), thetraditionalmethodsofhand-buildingpotteryvesselswerealreadysuccessfulinproducingpotteryvesselsofhighqualityonalargescaleforthedomesticmarket, so itwould seem that thepotter’swheelwas a rather superfluousinvention.However,theimpactofthisinnovationwouldnotjusthaveaffectedthe Egyptian potters themselves learning a new skill, but also signalledthe beginnings of a more complex and technologically advanced society. Despitemanyyearsworkonthetechnologyofpotteryproductionitisperhapssurprising that the origins of the potter’s wheel in Egypt have yet to bedetermined.Thispresentprojectseekstorectifythissituationbydeterminingwhen the potter’s wheel was introduced into Egypt, establishing in whatcontextswheelthrownpotteryoccurs,andconsideringthereasonswhytheEgyptiansintroducedthewheelwhenawell-establishedhandmakingpotteryindustryalreadyexisted.

Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia A century in review edited by RyanMetcalfe, Jenefer Cockitt and RosalieDavid. Archaeopress Egyptology 6.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910266. £25.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910273.£21.25).viii+169pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

ThestudyofhumanremainsfromancientEgyptandNubiahascapturedtheimaginationofmanypeople

forgenerations,givingrisetothedisciplineofpalaeopathologyandfosteringbioarchaeologicalresearch.Thisbookcontains16papersthatcovermaterialpresented at a workshop entitled ‘Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review,’ held at theNaturalHistoryMuseum, London (August29–30,2012),whichformedpartofathree-yearresearchproject,‘Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.’ The papersexplorethesubjectofpalaeopathologyfromitsbeginningsintheearly1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technologicaldevelopment in the field. Revealing the diverse range of methods used tostudyhumanremainsintheseregions,thebookgivesreadersaninsightintothe fascinating work carried out over the last century, and suggests somepossiblefuturedirectionsforthefield.

The Role of the Lector in Ancient Egyptian Society by Roger Forshaw. ArchaeopressEgyptology 5. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781784910327.£31.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910334.£26.35).viii+165pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Thelectorisfirstattestedduringthe2ndDynastyand is subsequently recognised throughoutancientEgypthistory.Inpreviousstudiesthelectoris considered to be one of the categories of theancientEgyptianpriesthood.Heisperceivedtobe

responsibleforthecorrectperformanceofrites,toreciteinvocationsduringtempleandstateritual,andtocarryoutrecitationsandperformritualactionsduringprivateapotropaicmagicandfuneraryrites.Previoustreatmentsofthelectorhaverarelyconsideredthe fullextentofhisactivities,either focusingonspecificaspectsofhisworkormakinggeneralcommentsabouthis role.Thispresentstudychallengesthisselectiveapproachandexploreshisdiversefunctions in a wide ranging review of the relevant evidence. Why did he

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attempttounderstandthecityduringitsGraeco-Romanyears—atimewhenDora reached its largest physical extent and gained enough importance tomint itsowncoins,numismaticsourcesprovidekey information.With theirpolitically, socio-culturally and territorially specific iconography,Dora’s coinsindeed reveal that the citywas self-awareof itself as a continuous culture,beginningwithitsPhoenicianoriginsandcontinuingintoitsRomanpresent.

I vetri del Museo archeologico di Tripoli by Sofia Cingolani. Archaeopress RomanArchaeology7.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910945.£33.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910952.£27.60).ii+182 pages; illustrated throughout in black &whitewith3colourplates.Italiantext.

This volume is focused on the cataloguing ofglass conserved in the Archaeological MuseumofTripoli.This isso faranunpublishedcorpusofobjects identified from investigations into thenecropolis and other burials in Tripoli and its

suburbs,inconjunctionwiththeactivitiesoftheItalianGovernmentinLibyaduring thefirst twenty years of the last century. Themain objectiveof thework isfillingthegaps inthestateofknowledgeconcerningtheproductionof glass of the North-African area by providing as complete as possible adocumentationonthefindingsfromOeaanditsterritory.

Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC–AD 325)byYoussriEzzatHusseinAbdelwahed.Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 6.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910648. £37.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910655.£31.20).x+222pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC–AD 325) considers therelationship between architectural form and

different layersof identityassertion inRomanEgypt. TheRomanprovinceofAegyptus was a peculiar province such that many scholars have generallyassumedthatitwasgivenaspecialstatusintheRomanEmpire.ThetextcoverstheperiodfromtheRomanconquestofEgyptunderOctavianin30BCtotheofficialrecognitionofChristianityinAD325.Itstressesthesophisticationoftheconceptofidentity,andthecomplexyetcloseassociationbetweenarchitectureand identity.Thismonograph is theoutcomeof fouryearsof researchat theDepartmentofClassicsandAncientHistory,theUniversityofDurham.ThebookwillbeofinterestandvalueforbothClassicistsandEgyptologistsworkingonthearchaeologyofEgyptunderRomanruleandtheconceptofidentity.

The Early and Late Roman Rural Cemetery at Nemesbőd (Vas County, Hungary) edited byGábor Ilon and Judit Kvassay.Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 5.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910488. £34.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910495.£28.80).x+194pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

The Roman Cemetery at Nemesbőd belonged toa settlementor a villawhichwas locatedon theterritoryoftheRomancolonyofSavaria(present

day Szombathey, Hungary) in Pannonia. The book deals with thirty-sevengraves, which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumationburials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass,personalaccessories,lampsetc.)providesastudyofburialcustomsandtheirevolution.Inaddition,specialistreportsonhumanremainsandanimalboneaswellasonepigraphicmaterialarepresented.

La difusión comercial de las ánforas vinarias de Hispania Citerior-Tarraconensis (s. I a.C. – I. d.C.) edited by Verònica MartínezFerreras. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 4. ArchaeopressArchaeology.PRINT ISBN9781784910624.£40.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910631.£32.40).

starting some 5000 years ago. The book intendstounderstandthisculturereflectingthe‘intention’oftheancientEgyptians.Allthese‘intentions’arenow inaccessible to us, a paradox indeed. TheauthorstartsbyexaminingthewaysinwhichotherEgyptologistshaveunderstoodtombcultureoverthe past century. Two main clusters of thoughtdominate the history of this topic, the literaland/or the symbolicmeaning.Theauthorusesathirdmid-waycoursebetweentheliteralandthesymbolic; i.e. an attempt to study the evidenceinitsrealityandtosearchforcommon,universalfactorswhichmaybepresentandwhichmayaid

understanding.Theresult isan inventory,analysisandsynthesisof thecorecomponents of Egyptian cultural dynamics as reflected in the iconographicevolutionofOldKingdomelitetombs.

Ships, Saints and Sealore: Cultural Heritage and Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea editedbyDionisiusA.Agius,TimmyGambinandAthena Trakadas with contributions byHarriet Nash. Archaeopress Archaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781905739950.£32.00.(eBOOKISBN9781905739967.£27.50).x+170pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in theconnectivity of people, economies and cultures,

it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperationamongstacademics.Thisbookisaselectionofconferencepapersandothercontributionsthathasseenthecoming-togetherofscholarsandresearchersfrombackgroundsasdiverseasarchaeology,history,ethnography,maritimeandheritagestudiesoftheMediterraneanandtheRedSea.Itsstrengthliesin the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging andinsightfulstudyoftheseaandits influencesonvariousfactorsof life-bothpastandpresent.

Rural Settlements on Mount Carmel in Antiquity byShimonDar.ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781905739875.£39.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781905739929.£33.15).198 pages; illustrated throughout in colour andblack&white.

In the years 1983-2013, an archaeologicalexpeditionundertheauspicesoftheDepartmentofLandof IsraelStudiesandArchaeologyofBar-IlanUniversity,RamatGan,wasactiveonMount

Carmel,Israel.Thisbookdescribestenruralmountainsitesthroughwhichitseekstoreconstructthecharacterofallthesettlementsonthemountainandatitsfoot,fromthePersianthroughtheByzantineperiods.

Classical Civilisations / Late Antiquity / Byzantine

Material Culture and Cultural Identity: A Study of Greek and Roman Coins from Dora by Rosa Maria Motta.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN 9781784910921. £25.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910938.£20.40).xiv+103pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Theancientharbor townofDor/Dora inmodernIsraelhasahistorythatspannedfromtheBronzeAge until the Late Roman Era. The story of itspeoples can be assembled from a variety of

historicalandarchaeologicalsourcesderivedfromthenearly thirtyyearsofresearchatTelDor—thearchaeologicalsiteoftheancientcity.Eachprimarysourceoffers a certain kindof informationwith its ownperspective. In the

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Römisches Zaumzeug aus Pompeji, Herculaneum und Stabiae Metallzäume, Trensen und KandarenbyChristinaSimon.Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 1.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910341. £36.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910358.£30.00).vi+240 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.GermantextwithEnglishsummary.

FewregionspossesssomanyandmainlycompleteRoman bridles as do the Vesuvian sites. Singular

find conditions permit both comprehensive antiquarian-historian analyses oftheir production, functionality, andeverydayuseandnewapproaches to theirtypologyandchronology.The103cataloguedspecimensbelongtofourtypesofbronzeheadstalls,namelymetallicnoseband,bitlessmetalbridle(“hackamore”),multipartitemetallicbridle (“metallichalter”),andmuzzleaswellas twotypesof bits, namely snaffle bit with circular cheekpieces and curb bit. All of themoccurredinmoreorlessnumerousvariantsof localorprovincialorigin.Specialattentionispaidtothereconstructionofapplicationmethodsandcombinationsof typesaswellas thereplicaofasnafflebitwithcircularcheekpieces.Bitlessmetal bridles followed Greek models, multipartite metallic bridles Celtiberianonesand,incombinationwithThracianorItaliancurbbits,formedtypicalmilitarybridles.AllCampanianfindscamefromciviliancontextssuchasluxuryvillae,villaerusticae,urbanhouses,andworkshops.Thankstofindcircumstancestheycanbeattributedtodraughtanimals,beastsofburdenormounts(horse,donkey,mule)whichalsoshowedupinstablesandskeletalremains.

Alexandria’s Hinterland Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta, EgyptbyMohamedKenawi.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINT ISBN 9781784910143. £48.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910150.£40.00).xii+241pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

This volume contains detailed informationabout63sitesandshows,amongstother things,that the viticulture of the western delta wassignificant in Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as

wellasanetworkofinterlockingsites,whichconnectedwiththerestofEgypt,Alexandria,NorthAfricaandtheEasternMediterraneanandAegean.Farfrombeingaborderarea—asperhapsithadbeeninthePharaonicperiod—thewestDeltanetworkexertedanimportanteconomicproductioninfluenceoveraverywidearea.

Spatial ‘Christianisation’ in Context: Strategic Intramural Building in Rome from the 4th – 7th C. AD by MichaelMulryan.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINT ISBN 9781784910204. £25.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910211.£21.00).vi+109pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Thisbookisthefirsttocloselyexaminethelocationof the earliest purpose-built Christian buildingsinside the city of Rome in their contemporarycontext. It argues that some of these were

deliberatelysitedbytheirbuilderssoastoutiliseprominentpositionswithintheurbanlandscapeortopragmaticallyreusepre-existingbathfacilitiesforChristianliturgicalpractice.Severalexamplesarediscussedwiththelatestarchaeologicaldiscoveriesexplored.TwoparticularcasestudiesarealsoexaminedwithintheSuburaareaofthecity,andtheirurbanlocationisexaminedinrelationtothecommercial, religious, social andpublic spaces around them, known througha 3rd century A.D. survey of the city. Certain other Christian basilicas in thecity encroached or blocked roads, were situated by main arterial highways,werelocatedonhillsandeventuallyreusedprestigiouspublicbuildings.Otherexampleswere located by potent ‘pagan’ sites or important places of publiccongregation,with twostructuressuggestingthepoliticalastutenessofa4thcenturypope.Thisbook shows that the spatialChristianisationofRomewasnot a random and haphazard process, but was at times a planned projectthat strategically built new Christian centres in places thatwould visually orpracticallyenhancewhatweregenerallysmallandmodeststructures.

x+220pages;illustratedincolourandblack&whitethroughout. Papers in Spanish and French withEnglishabstracts;PrefaceinSpanishandEnglish.

This volume presents a series of studies of thewine fromHispania Citerior-Tarraconensis tradedin amphorae, with the aim of demonstrating(as has recently been done for the amphoraproduction) the existence of different tradedynamics,accordingtoindividualcases,territoriesandperiods.While seeking to avoid descriptionsof a generalised nature, the present volumeaims to illustrate the complexity of the trading

system, emphasizing intra- and inter-provincial commercial patterns andthewayinwhichtheseevolvedduringtheperiodconsidered.Althoughthisworkincludestheresultsofafewhighlyspecificcasestudies(whichcannotreplacethefindingsfromotherbetterorlesserknownsites),theycovermostoftheareasofwineproductionandtradeandallthedimensionsofanalysisinwhicharchaeological,epigraphicandliterarydatarelatedtothecommercialdistributionmightbeframed.

Diana Umbronensis a Scoglietto Santuario, Territorio e Cultura Materiale (200 a.C. - 550 d.C.)editedbyAlessandroSebastiani,Elena Chirico, Matteo Colombini andMario Cygielman. Archaeopress RomanArchaeology3.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910525.£50.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910532.£42.48).x+396 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.PapersinItalianwithEnglishabstracts.

Thisvolumeisthefirstinaseriesofworksdetailingthearchaeological investigationsof theagerRusellanus, incoastal southernEtruria, undertaken by the Alberese Archaeological Project. It focuses ontheRoman templeand sanctuarydedicated toDianaUmbronensis, locatedat Scoglietto (Alberese – GR) on the ancient Tyrrhenian coast. In so doingit adds to the study of trade and settlement networks in ancient Italy, andprovides new data on the character of Roman and late antique Etruria. Thebookdiscussesthechangingaspectandcharacterofthesanctuaryoverapproximatelyeightcenturies–fromitsfoundationinthemid-2ndcenturyBCandsubstantialrefurbishmentintheAntonineperiod,toitsdestructioninthe4thcenturyADandthevarieduseandreuseofthesitethroughthefollowingtwocenturies.Itincludesarchaeological,historicalandlandscapestudies,aswell as detailed architectural and material culture studies for a compositeinterpretationofthesiteanditshistory.

The Arverni and Roman Wine Roman Amphorae from Late Iron Age sites in the Auvergne (Central France): Chronology, fabrics and stampsbyMatthewLoughton.Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 2.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781784910426. £77.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910433.£64.80).ix+626pages; illustrated throughout inblackandwhite.

Large numbers of Greco-Italic and Dressel 1amphoraewereexportedtomanypartsofGaulduringthelateIronAgeandtheyprovideamajorsourceofinformationonthedevelopmentandgrowthoftheRomaneconomyduringthelateRepublicanperiod.Thisvolumeexaminesindetail this trade to theAuvergne regionofcentralFranceandprovidesatypological and chronological study of themain assemblages of Republicanamphorae found on the farms, agglomerations, oppida, and funerary sites,dating from the second century BC until the early first century AD. Othertopics examined include the provenance of the amphorae, the stamps,painted inscriptionsandgraffiti, thedistributionofRepublicanamphorae intheAuvergne, and the evidence for theirmodification and reuse. Finally, agazetteerofRepublicanamphorafindspotsfromFranceisalsoprovided.

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archaeometric study of the wine amphorae produced in Hispania Citerior (Tarraconensis,inAugustus’reorganisation)betweenthefirstcenturyBCandthefirstcenturyAD.Wineproductionexpandedinthisareaatthebeginningof thefirst centuryBC,asnewRoman townswere foundedandnew farmsorvillaegraduallyemerged inruralareas.However, itwasduringAugustus’reignthatwineproductionandtradereachedtheirpeak.Thestudyaimstoshednew lighton the compositionof thewineamphoraeproduced in thisareaaswellasonthetechnologicalprocessesinvolvedintheirmanufacturewithintheperiodconsidered.Forthat,thestudyincludesthecharacterisationof several amphora types produced in various ceramic workshops locatedalong the Catalan coast which initiated pottery activity at different times.All theavailablearchaeological informationforeachcasestudy is reviewed,consideringdatareferringtotheproductioncentresandalsotothegeologyandtheenvironmentinwhichthepotteryworkshopswerelocated.

Roman Pottery in the Near East. Local Production and Regional Trade Proceedings of the round table held in Berlin, 19-20 February 2010 edited byBettina Fischer-Genz, Yvonne Gerberand Hanna Hamel. Roman and LateAntique Mediterranean Pottery 3.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739677. £35.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910686.£29.75).ii+215pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Discussions and scientific exchange are crucial for the advancement ofa young discipline such as the study of Roman pottery in the Near East.Therefore, inaddition to largeconferences suchas the ‘LateRomanCoarseWareConference’(LRCW)wheretheNearEastplaysonlyamarginalrole,aninternationalworkshopwith20participantsdedicatedsolelytothestudyofRomancommonwarepotteryintheNearEastwasheldinBerlinon18thand19th February 2010. The goal of thisworkshopwas to provide researchersactivelyengagedinthestudyofRomancommonwaresthepossibilitytomeetanddiscussthecurrentstateofresearchaswellasquestionsandproblemstheyarefacingwiththeirmaterial.Someoftheparticipantswereabletobringpotterysamples,whichprovided thepossibility tocompareanddiscuss theidentificationanddenominationof specific fabricsona regional and supra-regionalscale.Thisvolumepresents17papersfromthisstimulatingevent.

The Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Ceramic Building Materials: A Case Study in Carthage and Beirut by Philip Mills.Roman and Late Antique MediterraneanPottery 2. Archaeopress Archaeology,2013.PRINTISBN9781905739608.£30.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910679.£25.50).x+132pages;illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.WithCD.

This study addresses the level of interregionaltrade of ceramic building material (CBM),

traditionally seen as a high bulk low value commodity, within the ancientMediterranean between the third century BC and the seventh century AD.It examines the impact of different modes of production, distribution andconsumptionofCBMandhowarchaeologicalassemblagesdifferfromwhatispredictedbycurrentmodelsoftheancienteconomy.ItalsoexploreshowCBMcanbeusedtoinvestigateculturalidentityandurbanform.

LRFW 1. Late Roman Fine Wares. Solving problems of typology and chronology. A review of the evidence, debate and new contextseditedbyMiguelÁngelCau,PaulReynoldsandMichelBonifay.RomanandLate AntiqueMediterranean Pottery 1.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2012. PRINTISBN 9781905739462. £30.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910662.£25.50).xii+251 pages; illustrated throughout.ContributionsinEnglish,FrenchandSpanish.

L’incoronazione celeste nel mondo Bizantino Politica, cerimoniale, numismatica e arti figurative by Andrea TornoGinnasi.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN9781905739974.£40.00.(eBOOKISBN9781905739981.£34.00).vi+251 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.ItaliantextwithEnglishAbstract.

This study deals with the iconographic themeof imperial Byzantine ‘heavenly coronation’, orAndré Grabar’s couronnement symbolique, with

particular attention to fine arts and numismatics. This theme, along withthe ritualsof imperial investiture, represents theconceptofdivinekingshipinfigurativeterms,asignificant ideologicalpremiseforByzantinetheocracy.Thebook is structured in seven chapters, investigatingboth theoriginationand conclusion of the iconographical subject and its political derivations. Itattempts to assemble all the known images of the ‘heavenly coronation’themeandtoexplainitspoliticalandiconographicalroots.

The Triumph of Dionysos Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day by John Boardman. ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781905739707. £20.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781905739738.£18.00).ii+78pages; highly illustrated throughout in colourandblack&white.

Dionysoscarriedtheblessingofwinetothewholeworld,andhistriumphantreturnfromIndiabecame

apopularsubjectfortheartsofGreeceandRomeinmanymedia.ItbecameassociatedwithAlexandertheGreat’scomparablevictoriesandlaterservedasamessageofimmortalityforanymortalprince.TheiconographysurvivedtheancientworldintoRenaissanceandneo-Classicalarts,andmayevenhavecontributedtothepracticesofmoderncircusparadeswiththeirwildanimals,maenad-snake-charmers and clown-satyrs: an unusual, indeed unique,survival.

El comercio tardoantiguo (ss.IV-VII) en el Noroeste peninsular a través del registro cerámico de la ría de Vigo byAdolfo Fernández. Roman and LateAntique Mediterranean Pottery 5.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN 9781905739721. £55.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910709.£46.75).xii+529 pages; illustrated throughout in black &whitewithsomecolourpages.InSpanish.

This work investigates a large assemblage ofpotentially late-dated Roman ceramics excavated in the early 1990s duringrescue interventions in Vigo (N/E Spain) and its surroundings. It is wellestablished thatmuch of thismaterial originated from theMediterranean,especially the eastern provinces of the Empire. Based on the analyses ofthese investigations, this study goeson to assess theextentof theAtlanticdistributionrouteandlinkthenorthwestoftheIberianPeninsulawellwithinthetradingdynamicsoftheMediterraneanworld.

Ánforas vinarias de Hispania Citerior-Tarraconensis (s. I a.C.– I d.C.) Caracterización arqueométrica byVerònicaMartínezFerreras.RomanandLateAntiqueMediterraneanPottery4.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN 9781905739691. £45.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910693.£38.24).xvi+319 pages; illustrated throughout in colour& black and white. Spanish text with Englishsummary.

This volume presents the results of a multidisciplinary archaeological and

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Binsey: Oxford’s Holy Place Its saint, village, and people edited by Lydia Carr,Russell Dewhurst and Martin Henig.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN9781905739844.£20.00.x+147 pages; illustrated throughout in colour andblack&white.

Binsey is a village to the west of Oxford, on thesouth bank of the main channel of the RiverThames,oppositePortMeadow.ItsassociationwithOxford’s patron saint St Frideswide alone makes

thisanevocativeplaceforanyonewithaninterestintheoriginsofthisgreatUniversitycity.Itsholywell,dedicatedtoStMargaretlikethechurchitself,wasaplaceofresortforthosewitheyeproblemsordesirousofachild:KatharineofAragon’slackofsuccessinconceivingamaleheirafterresorttothewellinasenseprecipitatedtheEnglishReformation!Laterassociations,whichincludeCharlesDodgsonandAliceLiddellaswellasGerardManleyHopkinsandC.S.Lewis,renderBinseyaplacefortheliteraryaswellasthereligiouspilgrim.ThisbookisacollectionofessaysonaspectsofBinseyanditsenvirons.

Towns in the Dark? Urban Transformations from Late Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England by Gavin Speed. ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781784910044. £34.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910051.£29.00).ix+196 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.

Whatbecameof towns following theofficialendof ‘Roman Britain’ at the beginning of the 5thcentury AD?Did towns fail?Were these ruinous

sites really neglectedby earlyAnglo-Saxon settlers and leaders?Developednewarchaeologiesarestartingtoofferalternativepicturestothetraditionalimagesofurbandecayandlossrevealingdiversemodesofmaterialexpression,ofusageofspace,andofstructuralchange.ThefocusofthisbookistodrawtogetherstillscattereddatatochartandinterpretthechangingnatureoflifeintownsfromthelateRomanperiodthroughtothemid-Anglo-Saxonperiod. The research centres on towns that have received sufficient archaeologicalinterventionsothatmeaningfulpatternscanbetraced.Thecasestudiesarearrangedintothreeregionalareas:theSouth-East,South-West,andMidlands.Individually each town contains varying levels of archaeological data, butanalysedtogethertheseillustratemoreclearlypatternsofevolution.Muchofthedataexistsasaccessiblebutlargelyunpublishedreports,orisolatedwithinregional discussions. Detailed analysis, review and comparisons generatesignificantscope formodelling ‘urban’change inEngland fromAD300-600.‘Towns in the Dark’dispelsthesimplisticmythofoutrighturbandeclineandfailureafterRome,anddemonstratesthatlifeintownsoftendidcontinuewithvariabledegreesofcontinuityanddiscontinuity.

Landscapes and Artefacts: Studies in East Anglian Archaeology Presented to Andrew Rogerson edited by StevenAshleyandAdrianMarsden.ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781905739752. £40.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781905739998.£34.00).xiv+250 pages; illustrated throughout in colourandblack&white.

Andrew Rogerson is one of the most importantandinfluentialarchaeologistscurrentlyworkingin

EastAnglia. The various essays in this volume, presented tohimby friendsandcolleaguesfromboththeuniversitysectorandpublicarchaeology,closelyreflecthisdiverseinterestsandhisactivitiesintheregionovermanydecades.Theyincludestudiesof‘smallfinds’frommanyperiods;oflandscapes,bothurbanand rural; andofmanyaspectsofmedieval archaeologyandhistory.This importantcollectionwillbeessential readingforall those interested inthehistory and archaeologyofNorfolk and Suffolk, in the interpretationofartefactswithin their landscapecontexts,and in thematerial cultureof theMiddleAges.

“ROMAN AND LATE ANTIQUE MEDITERRANEAN POTTERY”. In November2008,anICREA/ESFExploratoryWorkshoponthesubjectoflateRomanfinewareswasheldinBarcelona,themainaimbeingtheclarificationofproblemsregarding the typology and chronology of the three principal table waresfound inMediterraneancontexts (AfricanRedSlipWare,LateRomanCandLate RomanD). The discussion highlighted the need to undertake a similarapproachforotherceramicclassesacrosstheMediterraneanprovinces.

Wroxeter, the Cornovii and the Urban Process. Volume 2: Characterizing the City. Final Report of the Wroxeter Hinterland Project, 1994-1997 by R. H.White,C.GaffneyandV.L.GaffneywithA.Baker. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2013.PRINT ISBN 9781905739615. £15.50.(eBOOKISBN9781784910747.£15.50).xii+227 pages; with summaries in German andFrench.Illustratedthroughoutincolourandblack&white.

In themid1990s, thesiteof theRomancityofViroconiumCornoviorumatWroxeter,Shropshire,wassubjectedtooneofthemostintensivecampaignsofgeophysicalsurveyevercarriedoutonaRomantown.Theresultwasacompleteplanofthecityusingmagnetometrybutalsosignificantdeploymentofothertechnologies includingresistance,GPRandmoreexperimentaltechnologies.Since that time, geophysical survey has continued intermittently, using thesite as a geophysical laboratory. This volume reports on the archaeologicalinterpretationofthiswork,marryingtheextensiveandnuancedgeophysicaldatawithadetailedanalysisoftheexistingaerialphotographicrecordcreatedbyArnoldBakerduringthe1950sto1980s.

Early Medieval/MedievalLandscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval Britain by Martin Locker. ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2015. PRINT ISBN9781784910761. £43.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910778.£36.00).vi+292pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Thisbook seeks toaddress the journeying contextof pilgrimage within the landscapes of MedievalBritain.Usingfourcasestudies,aninterdisciplinarymethodology developed by the author is appliedtofourdifferentgeographicalandculturalareasof

Britain(Norfolk,Wiltshire/Hampshire,Flintshire/DenbighshireandCornwall),toinvestigatethepracticalitiesoftravelalongtheMedievalroadnetworkincludingthe routes themselves, accommodation, the built environments and naturaltopographiesencountered.An introduction,assessmentofcurrenttheoryandscholarshipisprovided,followedbyanexplanationofthemethodologyused.Thefourcasestudiesarethenpresented(ElytoWalsingham,SalisburytoWinchester,StAsaphtoHolywell,andCamelfordtoBodmin).Withineachcasestudy,boththeselectedstartingpointforthepilgrimage(typicallyeitheralocaleconfirmedin thehistorical recordas linked to thepilgrimdestination,orasettlementofsome significancewithin the local area and thuswell connected to the routenetwork), and the site of the saint cult itself are analysed for their growth,reactionandaccommodationto thepilgrimphenomenon.Alsoaddressedaretheroutenetworksofthecountyasawhole,relationshipstoeconomiccentresandtheirimpactontravelpossibilities,thetopography,thedistributionpatternsforsaintdedicationsinparishchurcheswithinthearea,materialcultureandtheecclesiasticalbuiltenvironment(forexamplepilgrimbadges,monasteries),andthephysicallandscapesthroughwhichthepilgrimtravels.Here,theinteractionbetween the pilgrim and the environments through which they move isaddressed.Considerationsincludefatigue,exertion,panoramasandway-finding,routevisibility,sightlinestomonuments,folklorewithinthelandscape,andthepotentialechoingofChristianscripturalmotifswithincertain landscapetypes/features(e.g.wildernessandsanctuary).WithinthefinalsectionofthebookthesethemesarecomparedandexpandedintothebroadercontextofpilgrimagenotonlyinMedievalChristendom,butwithinBuddhist,HinduandIslamicreligioustraditions, inordertodemonstratethemethodology’svalidityandflexibility inaddressingpilgrimageholistically.Comparisonsaremadebetweenthelocalanduniversalpilgrimroutesintermsofmaterialculture,landscapeinteractionandtravelpracticalities,andsuggestionsforfutureresearchanddevelopmentofthepilgrimstudiesfieldarealsoprovided.

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Looted, Recovered, Returned: Antiquities from Afghanistan A detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012 byJ.Ambers,C.R.Cartwright,C.Higgitt,D.Hook,E.Passmore,StJ.Simpson,G.Verri,

C.WardandB.Wills.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781784910167.£48.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910174.£40.00).342pages,highlyillustratedincolourthroughout.

The “Begram ivories” are widely considered to be miniature masterpiecesofIndianartandareoneofthelargestarchaeologicalcollectionsofancientivories.TheywereexcavatedatthesiteofBegram,innorthernAfghanistan,in 1937 and 1939 and belong to a period when Afghanistan, Pakistan andnorthern India were united under rulers of the Kushan dynasty. Dividedsoon afterwards between the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabuland theMusée national des arts asiatiques–Guimet in Paris, the collectionin Kabul suffered a disaster during the civilwarwhich ravaged the countryduring the early 1990s. Some of the pieces were successfully concealedby museum staff but most were stolen, hundreds have since beenreported in different collections and very few have yet been recovered. In2011agroupoftwentyboneand ivoryplaqueswasgenerouslyacquiredfortheNationalMuseumofAfghanistanbyaprivate individual.Thesewerescientifically analysed, conserved and exhibited at the BritishMuseum andreturnedtoKabulin2012.Thisbookdescribestheirstoryfromexcavationtodisplayandreturn,with individualobjectbiographiesanddetailedscientificanalyses and conservation treatments. It also discusses how these objectshave attracted very different interpretations over the decades since theirdiscovery, and how the new analyses shed a completely fresh light on thecollection.Itislavishlyillustratedinfullcolour,andincludesmanypreviouslyunpublishedviewsoftheobjectswhentheywereoriginallyexhibitedinKabul. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the archaeology ofAfghanistan, Indianart,polychromy,museumstudies,objectbiographiesorthehistoryofconservation.

The AmericasPalaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica edited by Julie NehammerKnub, Christophe Helmke and JesperNielsen. Archaeopress Pre-ColumbianArchaeology4.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781784910501.£31.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910518.£25.20).xiv+124 pages; illustrated throughout in colourandblack&white.

Mesoamerica is one of the cradles of earlycivilizations in the ancient world, featuring a

wide diversity of cultures exhibiting a high degree of social inequality andstratification.Atthepinnacleofthesocietywastheruler,thecourtandthehighelite.Thissocialsegmentwasresponsibleforthecreationandconsumptionof the hallmarks of civilizations, including monumental architecture, greatmonolithic monuments and a wide array of highly decorated, exotic andexceptional material culture. As such royal courts defined the very tastesand styles that characterise entire civilizations. This volume collects eightrecent and innovative studies on the subject rulership, palatial compoundsandcourtlyculturebystaffandstudentsof theAmerican IndianLanguagesandCulturestudiesprogrammeatDepartmentofCross-culturalandRegionalStudies,UniversityofCopenhagen,Denmark.TogetherthesestudiesspanthebreadthofMesoamerica,fromtheEarlyClassicmetropolisofTeotihuacan(ad200-550),toTenochtitlan,theLatePostclassiccapitaloftheAztec(ad1300-1521),andfromthearidcentralMexicanhighlandsinthewesttothehumidMayalowlandsintheeast.

Early Modern/ModernThe Archaeology of Anglo-Jewry in England and Wales 1656–c.1880 by KennethMarks. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014.PRINT ISBN 9781905739769. £35.00.(eBOOKISBN9781905739912.£29.75).xvi+437pages; illustratedthroughout incolourandblack&white.

The Archaeology of Anglo-Jewry in England and Wales 1656–c.1880 is a comprehensive study oftheurbantopographyofAnglo-Jewryintheperiodbefore the mass immigration of 1881. The book

bringstogethertheevidenceforthephysicalpresenceofatleast80%oftheJewish community. London and thirty-five provincial cities and towns arediscussed.Theyear1656marks thedateof re-admission to thecountrybyCromwell.Hispurposewastore-establishLondonasamajortradingcentreand the Jewswere a key to this. The book traces the development of thecommunity fromahandfulof families in1656 toc.60,000persons in1880,mostly living inLondon.TheimmigrantswhocametoEnglandandWales intheearly18thcenturywereinthemainfleeingfrompovertyandpersecutionin Eastern Europe, and hoping to find a better life. The book discusses theevidenceforthedemographicshiftoutoftheslumareasinthemajorcities,such as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, to the suburbs and thedeclineoftheearlyportcommunitiesfrom1815.

Athens from 1456 to 1920 The Town under Ottoman Rule and the 19th-Century Capital CitybyDimitrisN.Karidis.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2014. PRINTISBN 9781905739714. £35.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910723.£29.75).292pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

ArchitecturalandurbananalysisofAthensbetween1456 and 1920 discloses the metamorphosis ofa town to a city, experienced as an invigoratingadventurethroughthemeanderingroutesofhistory.

AsiaThe Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing by Bryan K. Wells withtechnical appendices by Andreas Fuls.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910464. £25.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910471.£21.60).x+143pages;illustratedthroughoutinblack&white.

The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing is a detailed examination of the Indus script. Itpresents new analysis based on an expansive text

corpus using revolutionary analytical techniques developed specifically forthepurposeofdecipheringtheIndusscript.ThisexplorationofInduswritingexaminesthestructureofIndustextata levelofdetailthathasneverbeenpossiblebefore.ThisadvanceinanalytictechniquesiscombinedwithdetailedlinguisticinformationtosuggestarootlanguagefortheIndusscript.FurtherthesyntaxoftheIndusscriptisdemonstratedtomatchaDravidianlanguage.IntheprocessofanalysistheplacenamefortheancientIndussiteofDholaviraisidentified.Thisleadstotheeventualidentificationof17signswithvariouslevelsofcertainty.Thesereadings leadtothepartialdefinitionof the Indussystemofaffixing.Using innovativeanalytical techniques Indussignscanbedefinedfunctionallyaslogographicorsyllabic.Further,specificsignsequencesare identified as verbs or nouns. The volumetric system used at HarappaduringtheIndusperiodisdemonstrated.ThisdiscoverygivesusagoodideaofthescaleandprocessofIndusexchange.TheIndusinscriptionsareanalyzedwithanemphasisontheirarchaeologicalcontexts.TheanalysispresentedinthisbookrepresentsasignificantadvancementinourunderstandingofInduswriting.

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Biography/TravelBryan Faussett: Antiquary Extraordinary by David Wright. Archaeological Lives.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910846. £28.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910853£24.00).xii+324pages;illus.throughoutincol.andblack&white.

A biography of Bryan Faussett, F.S.A., (1720-1776), pioneering Kent genealogist, archaeologistand antiquary who, at his death, had amassedthe world’s greatest collection of Anglo-Saxon

jewelleryandantiquities.Thematerialwas famously rejectedby theBritishMuseum, saved for the nation by a Liverpudlian philanthropist, and nowresides in the Liverpool World Museum. This episode led directly to theBritish Museum’s setting up departments devoted to British Antiquities. This volume is the first to focus on Faussett, presenting comprehensivegenealogical sectionson theFaussettsandGodfreys;ahistoryof the familyseat near Canterbury; and an introduction to antiquarianism and how thehistoryof theworldwas imperfectlyviewed in the18thcentury.AdetailedbiographyofBryanFaussett’s lifecovershiseducation, careerandscholarlycircle, with detailed descriptions of the sites he excavated. Survivingarchaeologicalnotebooksoffer insights intohisworkingpractice,andfamilyaccount-books reveal a great deal about his personal life and interests. Bryan Faussettwas a quintessentially Georgian cleric and antiquary whoseextraordinaryarchaeologicalcareerandcollectionsaremodestlywellknownwithinthecounty,butdeservefargreaternationalrecognition.Itishopedthatthisbiographymayfurtherthataim.

Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, premier grand mayaniste de France byJean-Marie Lebon. Archaeological Lives.Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN 9781784910983. £30.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910990£25.20).xii+377 pages; illustrated throughout in black &whitewith6colourplates.Frenchtext.

Twohundred years ago, on September 8, 1814, inthe northern French city of Bourbourg, a boywas

born intoa familyof localentrepreneurs connected to the localpoliticalorjudicial elite. The young Charles-Etienne Brasseur was lucky to spend daysanddaysintheimpressivelibraryofAlexandreNicolasMuchembled,thesonofhisgodmother.Thereadingofexcitingtravelbookstheremappedoutthecourseofhistrulyadventurouslifetocome.Althougharebelliousschoolboy,he acquired a huge knowledge in many fields by his omnivorous readingof books and journals.Hewas also a very curious youngman, delving intotheprivate librariesofthe localgrandfamilies,resulting inhimcontributingmany historical articles to newspapers and learned societies. At the ageof 24,while still in high school, hepublishedhis first novel. This biographyisthefirsttorevealinsightsintothemanyfacetsofthelifeofBrasseur;theextent of his secret activities for the Vatican; his advanced ideas regardingthedualphoneticandideographicnatureofMayanwriting,asearlyas1843-44,andexplicitlyconfirmedbyhiminMay1852,whichhelaterdramaticallyrejectedin1870,thusfailingtobecometheChampollionofMesoamerica;hiscontinuousattemptstopreservedocumentswhilecrossingterritoriesravagedbycivilwars;theimmensevalueofthemanuscriptshesaved,liketheTzeltalvocabularyofCopanabastlaortheMotuldictionary;hisuniquededicationincopyingoldmanuscripts,with thehelpofhisnephews, tobesent tootherpioneersofMayanstudiesinEuropeandAmerica;hisshort-livedpioneeringworkon theHuave (Wabis); detailsofhis six expeditions toMesoamerica,ofteninterribleconditions,asshownbyhislatersevereillhealth;hisdefenceoftheIndiansagainsttheacademiccommunity;detailsoftheinternalconflictsin theQuebecCatholicChurch;andhis ideasoncertaingeophysicalevents,suchastheelevationofoceanbedsandislands,whichhewronglydatedtothetimeoftheancientMayans,ortheshiftingoftheEarth’srotationaxis.

The Dodecanese: Further Travels Among the Insular Greeks Selected Writings of J. Theodore & Mabel V.A. Bent, 1885-1888 edited by Gerald Brisch. 3rdGuides - Archaeopress Travel 8.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910969.£15.00.

Rainfed Altepetl Modeling institutional and subsistence agriculture in ancient Tepeaca, MexicobyAurelioLópezCorral.ArchaeopressPre-ColumbianArchaeology3.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN 9781784910402. £26.00. (eBOOKISBN9781784910419.£22.00).ii+125pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Climate variability and human managementstrategiesoncropstandsweremajorfactorsthatfrequently affected agricultural yields among

indigenouspopulationsfromcentralMexico.Thisworkseekstomodelfoodproduction in ancient Tepeaca, a Late Postclassic (AD1325-1521) and EarlyColonial (16th century) state level-polity settledon the centralhighlandsofPuebla,byapplyingamodelthatrecognizesthepresenceoftwoindependentand interconnected forms of food production: subsistence agriculture andinstitutional agriculture. Crop stands within this region depended heavilyon rainfed conditions, a form of agriculture that often generates unstableinterannual fluctuations in yields. Archaeology acknowledges the effectsof such variations on the economy of households and institutions, butattention has been largely put on estimating average productivity valuesover long periods rather than focusing on interannual divergences. SuchinstabilityofagriculturalproductionwasrecordedamongmodernTepeaca’sagriculturaliststhroughanethnographicsurvey.Thiscrucialinformation,alongwitharchaeologicaldataandlocal16thcenturyhistoricalsources,isusedformodelingtheeffectsofclimatevariabilityamongprehispanicpopulationsandserves to better comprehend the organization of past agrarian structures,tributesystemsand landtenureorganizationat thehouseholdandregionallevels.

Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ byKeithJordan.ArchaeopressPre-ColumbianArchaeology2.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2014.PRINTISBN9781784910105.£35.00.(eBOOKISBN9781784910112.£29.75).xii+237pages;illus.throughoutinblack&white.

Stelae dating to the Epiclassic (650-900 CE)and Early Postclassic (950-1150 CE) from Tula,Xochicalco,andothersitesinCentralMexicohave

beenpresented in thearchaeologicalandarthistorical literatureof the lastfourdecades—whentheyhavebeenaddressedatall—asevidenceofClassicMaya ‘influence’ on Central Mexican art during these periods. This bookre-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the CentralMexican stelae and their claimedMaya counterparts. For thefirsttime theCentralMexicanstelaeareplacedinthecontextofoftenearlierlocalartistictraditionsaswellasotherpossiblelong-distanceconnections.WhileitisclearthatsomeCentralMexicanstelae,especiallyStela4fromTula,reflectMayacontacts, this has to be balanced by consideration of local and other longdistancedevelopmentsandconnections.

The Archaeology of Yucatán: New Directions and Data edited by TravisW. Stanton. Archaeopress Pre-ColumbianArchaeology1.ArchaeopressArchaeology, 2014. PRINT ISBN9781784910082. £50.00. (eBOOK ISBN9781784910099.£42.50).xix+514 pages; illustrated throughout in black &white.PapersinEnglishandSpanish.

ThisvolumewasconceivedtoprovideaforumforMexicanandforeignscholarstopublishnewdataandinterpretationsonthearchaeologyofthenorthernMayalowlands,specificallytheStateofYucatán.IncreasedcommunicationamongscholarshasbecomeincreasinglyimportantforgraspingabetterunderstandingofthegreatamountofdataemergingfromtheStateofYucatán.

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these communities pointed the way for future skills and developments inwheelandcart/wagonmanufacture.

Shipwrecks and Global ‘Worming’ by P. Palma and L.N. Santhakumaran.ArchaeopressOpenAccess,2014.ii+62pages;illustratedinfullcolourthroughout.

Marine borers, particularly the shipworms, asdestroyers of timber, par excellence, are wellknown from very ancient times. They attackedthe wooden hulls of ships with such intensitythat the weakened bottom planks broke up evendue to a mild impact caused by hitting a rock orany floating objects inducing shipwrecks. Even

the survival of sunken ships as wrecks depends on the mercy of wood-destroying organisms, which may turn these ‘port-holes’ to history intomeaninglessjunks.Thesilentsaboteurs,involvedinseveralearlyshipwrecks,are the molluscan and crustacean borers, aided by bacteria and fungi. Thispaperpresentsanaccountofthemarinewood-borers,togetherwithahistoricalreviewofliteratureontheirdepredationonwoodenships,andonprotectivemethodsadoptedfromantiquitytomoderntimes.

Forthcoming PublicationsThe Traditio Legis: Anatomy of an ImagebyRobertCouzin.ArchaeopressArchaeology,2015.PRINTISBN9781784910815.£TBC.vi+140 pages; extensively illustrated with 56plates,3incolour.

Early Christian images commonly depictednarratives drawn from biblical sources. Aroundthe middle of the 4th century, new forms ofrepresentationwereaddedtothevisualrepertoire.These bore only an indirect link to scripturalnarrative.Theymayrecallorevokesacredhistorywithout purporting to depict a specific event,

orevenacondensationof severalevents, recounted in the textual sources.Among these newmotifs is a composition in which Christ stands betweenthe princes of the apostles.He raises his right hand andholds an unfurledbookroll,orvolumen,inhisleft.Paulstandsontheleftoftheimage(thatisto say, at the Lord’s right)whilePeterapproaches theopen scroll from theotherside.Thisistheimagethathascometobeknownasthetraditio legis. When representations are labelled by reference to the narrative themetheydepict,thedefinitionofthecategoryisclearevenifclassificationisnotalways straightforward. Early Christian images are rarely simple illustrationsof a biblical text. Nonetheless, the sacred narratives provide an anchor. The traditio legis ismorecomplex todefineandcategorise. Its iconographyhasnodirect scriptural sourceandprobablynosingular textualbasisatall.Asaconsequence,delimiting thecorpusofmonumentsandevenassigningitanamebecomemattersofopinionandpotentialcontroversy.Thechaptersof Part I focus on a series of preliminary issues, providing an extendedintroductiontotheconsiderationofthemeaningandreceptionofthetraditio legis,whichisthesubjectofPartII.

Quarrying in Western Norway An archaeological study of production and distribution in the Viking period and Middle Ages by Irene Baug. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2015. PRINTISBN9781784911027.£TBC.

La valle del Sagittario e la conca peligna tra il IV e il I secolo A.C. Dinamiche e sviluppi della romanizzazione: Parte I byAnnaDionisio,2015.PRINTISBN9781784911041.£TBC.

Aegean Mercenaries in Light of the Bible Clash of cultures in the story of David and GoliathbySimonaRodan,2015.PRINTISBN9781784911065.PRICE£TBC.

An Anatomy of a Priory Church: The Archaeology, History and Conservation of St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny editedbyGeorgeNash.2015.PRINTISBN9781784911089.£TBC.

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A sequel to The Cyclades, a compilation of late-19th-centurytravelwritings(withanarchaeological/ethnographical bias) centred on the GreekDodecanese islands (including Rhodes, Nissiros,Tilos, Karpathos, Patmos, and Astypalea). Theauthors are the British explorer J. Theodore Bent(1852-1897), devotedly supported by his wifeMabel Virginia Anna (1847-1929). Theodore metMabel shortly after coming down from Oxford in

1875 and theymarried two years later. Theywere of independent characterand means and spent the too few years until Theodore’s early death on abreathlesssequenceofannualtravelstotheEasternMediterranean,Africa,andSouthernArabia.Theodore’spublicationsarereferencedstillbyarchaeologistsand scholars working on sites or regions such as ‘Great Zimbabwe’, Aksum,theWadi Hadramaut, the Cilician littoral, and, of course, the Greek islands. Bent’s first successful monograph was based on two winters spent in theCycladic isles(1882/3and1883/4).FromthestartthecouplekeptnotebooksfromwhichallTheodore’slaterlecturesandliteraturesprang.HisThe Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greekswaspublishedin1885andhasbeenrarelyoutofprintsince.ItremainsoneofthemostdelightfulaccountsinEnglishoftheregion,andfewserioustravellersandtouriststotheseislandsfailtodiscoverit. In the year The Cyclades was published the Bents moved a little east andexplored the islands now commonly referred to as the Greek Dodecanese.Unforeseen circumstances obliged the explorers to curtail their activitiesbefore Theodore’s writings on the area could be edited into a monographto complement his earlier bestseller. Theodore’s Dodecanesian output waschannelled instead into a wide range of articles, while Mabel completedthree volumes of her personal Chronicles on their daily travels and travails. BentneverpresentedhisDodecaneseresearchestothepublicinacompendium,thewayhehad, sobrilliantly, for theCyclades.Now,130years later,hisThe Dodecanese can appear for the first time: a collection of reminiscences andstudiesonthesesunny,blue-surrounded,anddelightfulislands.

Archaeopress Open AccessArthur Evans in Dubrovnik and Split (1875-1882) byBrankoKirigin.ArchaeopressOpenAccess,2015.ii+14 pages; illustrated throughout in colour andblack&white.

Thanks to the biography by Joan Evans, sister ofArthurEvans,theresearchofJohnJ.WilkesandthenewbiographybySilviaL.Horwitz,weknowmuchaboutArthurEvans’sworkintheBalkanspriortohisdiscoveriesonCrete.ThisworkwillnotrepeatheretheachievementsEvanshasmadeforarchaeology,

ethnography and cultural history of the region including his remarkablejournalisticworkwhereheshoweddeepknowledgeofregionalpoliticsandadmiration towards the Slav freedom movement ‘against Turks, Austrians,Russians, or any others – including Englishmen – who refused them theirrighttoself-determination’.ThisworkpresentssomedetailsontheeverydaylifeofArthurEvans inDubrovnikandSplitas seenby the localpeoplewhowroteabouthiminnewspapers,journalsorbooks,materialthatisnoteasilyavailabletothoseinterestedinEvans’spre-Knossosperiod.

Die Anfänge des kontinentalen Transportwesens und seine Auswirkungen auf die Bolerázer und Badener Kulturen by Tünde Horváth. Archaeopress OpenAccess,2015.ISBN9781784910839.iv+77 pages; illustrated throughout in colour andblack&white.Germantext.

The earliest finds of wheeled vehicles in northernandcentralEuropedateto3900-3600BC.Howeverfinds (3400–3300 BC) from the Boleráz sites ofArbon/Bleiche 3 and Bad Buchau/Torwiesen II,

linkedtopile-dwellingsettlements, indicatemethodsoftransporttypicalforhigheraltitudes(slides,sleds,etc.).Thenatureofthefindsrelatingtovehiclesassociatedwith lake and riverine settlements reveal technical andmaterialfeatures:thereisevidenceofahighdegreeofcarving,ifnotdecoration,and

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WreckProtect: Decay and protection of archaeological wooden shipwrecks editedbyCharlotte Gjelstrup Björdal & David Gregory,with assistance from Athena Trakadas. 2012.PRINT ISBN 9781905739486. RRP: £19.95.Bargain Price £6.95.

viii+154 pages; illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback.

Dissent with Modification: Human Origins, Palaeolithic Archaeology and Evolutionary Anthropology in Britain 1859–1901 by JohnMcNabb. 2012. PRINT ISBN 9781905739523.RRP:£29.95.Bargain Price £9.95.

377 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black and white.

World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization edited by DanHicks and Alice Stevenson. 2013. PRINTISBN 9781905739585. £39.50. Bargain Price £12.95.

xi+572 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black and white.

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