The first centuries BC-AD see a huge increase in Nabatean depictions of women, and using inscriptions, coins and archaeological studies this book looks at the reasons for this trend, which represents a clear rise in women's status at that time - wit…
Collaboration by the universities of Sheffield and Kalmar and Stockholm in Sweden led to two conferences being held. The second, held at Sheffield in 2006, sought collaboration and the sharing of information on archaeological data and theoretical th…
Mesopotamian houses excavated at Ur and Nippur represent a unique archaeological context for the analysis of the interaction of verbal and nonverbal sign systems in that archaeologists can combine archival evidence of the III-II millennium BC with w…
In the 18th century, large parts of Eurasia became part of the Mongol Empire; it is the north-western region, known as the Golden Horde, which forms the focus of this study. Although no work has been carried out at the city of Ukek, lying in the Gol…
Two major issues feature in this collection of papers which derives from two conference symposia held at the XIVth UISPP congress in Liege in 2001: how to identify Upper Palaeolithic domestic structures from structural features and archaeological fi…
The four themes of seafaring and voyaging, colonization and abandonment, human ecology, and social interaction are explored in detail in the papers in this volume using data from the Pacific, the Caribbean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean. These…
This work centres on one central question: should the passage from the Late Bronze II to the Iron I Age in Palestine, from the 13th to the 11th centuries BCE, be viewed, as is classically accepted, simply as a period of transition characterised by o…
This volume contains the 48 papers from the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry which was held in Barcelona in March 2002. This was…
This volume reports on excavations which took place at the fortified settlement of Qasr al-Buleida, and aims to "determine the chronology, cultural history and function of the settlement as a network of fortifications that served a defensive and eco…
This collection of essays from a 2006 congress detail the current state of Rockshelter studies around the world. Rockshelters have long been recognised as crucial to our understanding of prehistory and of the lives of early hominids in particular. T…
This study examines secondary centres in the Mixteca Alta during the classic period (AD 200-500) and in particular their public architecture. Verenice Espinoza also analyses the finds associated with these sites, focusing on the incidence of high st…
This book investigates the lives of servile dependants and their role in the large households of the elite Romans. An uneasy proximity created by the cohabitation of the two opposite status groups (aristocratic masters and slaves) brought conflicts…
First discovered in 1986, excavations have since been ongoing at a Hellenistic-Roman town and its Necropolis near the village of Marina, on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Remains of more than 50 architectural structures have been uncovered, many…
This study examines the relationship between the Mycenaean palatial administration and the relgious sector, asking whether the religious sector should be considered as a subsidiary part of the central administration, or with, in fact it had its own…
This short monograph surveys the current state of archaeological thinking on the early medieval town, using case studies from northern Italy. Topics under discussion include the extent of de-urbanisation, the continuity or otherwise of trade and com…
Section 13Sessions gEnErales et posters / General Sessions and PostersActs of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of LiEge, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001.
This collection showcases current research on the use of non-flint raw materials in prehistory, with an overwhelmingly European focus. Materials under discussion include obsidian, rhyolite, sandstone, gabbro, quartzite, Yellow Silicified Wood, Black…
This study investigates the symbolic role of the domestic dog in Iron Age and Roman Britain through contextual analysis of their faunal remains and interpretation of their representations in iconography. Previous studies have highlighted linkages be…
13 papers which focus on the interaction between all aspects of pastoralism and agriculture in the southern Levant, from the Bronze Age to the present. They make the point that agriculture, pastoralism, trade, exchange and other forms of subsistence…
Central to any study of Cypriot prehistory is the coastal settlement of Enkomi, often considered to be the first state-like entity on the island and identified with the Alashiya of contemporary textual evidence. The main goal of this volume is to ex…
This monograph reports on the excavation of nine Later Stone Age coastal middens at Blombosfontein. It examines the economic and cultural diversity present within and across these nine coastal middens.
This volume discusses the origins and early development of boats and ships. It takes a global perspective and covers river to ocean-going vessels, examined comparatively by type. Spanish text.
This study analyses evidence for pathological changes seen in the skeletal remains of early medieval populations from two countires - Britain and Germany. A total of 928 individual skeletons dated between the mid-fifth and early eighth centuries AD…
This study brings a variety of approaches to bear on problems realting to fish eating, its prevalence and economic and cultural significance in classical Greece. Archaeological work is used to determine how widespread fishing was, and in which regio…
This volume is a study of later Iberian prehistory and contributes to our understanding of the range of religious beliefs and practices present in the Celtic-speaking world. There is an overview of earlier perceptions of sacrificial stones and altar…
This study looks at Early Mesolithic Britain, and in particular the assemblage types known as aeStar CarrAE, aeDeepcarAE, and aeHorshamAE, from the point of view of six independent areas of research: typology, technology, chronology, environment, se…
A series of seven lectures, presented at the Wincklemann-Insitut der Humboldt-Universitat in Berlin in 1998 and 1999, which explore the nature and extent of the Romanisation of Britain, France and Germany. Subjects include monumental and urban archi…
A study of architecture and economies of Roman villas and their estates in North Africa, accompanied by a detailed catalogue. German text.
The first volume in the series Studies in the History of Collections, this work places archaeology, history of art, and British antiquarianism in the wider context of Europe's cultural heritage. The Story focuses on antique sculpture, the principal…
This work studies a rare collection of statues and statuettes from Cilicia, including an examination of a Dolichenian hand from Comana in Commagene, and a short description of 20 antique statuettes from the Museum of Hatay, ancient Antioch. The volu…
This volume reports on excavations at the site of al-Qisha, an Islamic period settlement in the Mahra region of Yemen. In particular it examines the role of the village as a gateway community linked with the Ba'Abbad of Qabr Hud, the community which…
This monograph explores the unity of the modern concepts of magic and science in Egyptian medicine. After an initial chapter analysing the types of sources with which any study of this subject must engage, the author looks at how the Egyptians conce…
A study of bucket-shaped pots from 986 Norwegian graves. These graves include altogether 1179 bucket-shaped pots or fragments of pots. Bucket-shaped pots represent a ceramic category that is special to Norway. Other than in Norway, only a few pots h…
