Oxbow Books Spring 2022 Archaeology Trade Catalogue

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We are very pleased to present to you the Oxbow Books Spring 2022 catalogue, featuring our books printing in the first half of the year, as well as a selection of bestsellers and highlights from previous years. The catalogue contains books on all aspects of archaeology and ancient history, from theoretical approaches to fieldwork reports and spanning from prehistory to the medieval world.

As well as books from our own imprints, Oxbow Books and Windgather Press, we’re pleased to present books from our wide range of partner publishers, including British Museum Press, Spink Books, Roman Society Publications, Historic Towns Trust, and many more.

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CONTENTS

PREHISTORY

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ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NEAR EAST

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GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD

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ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES

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LATE ANTIQUE & BYZANTINE

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

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POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

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TEXTILES, WEAVING, CLOTHING & STITCHERY

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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

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WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

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MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

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HISTORICAL FICTION

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LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

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NUMISMATICS & PHILATELY

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BIBLICAL & RELIGIOUS HISTORY

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Stone Axe Studies III Edited by Vin Davis and Mark Edmonds Explores the current state of stone axe research in Britain and abroad.

• Examines stone axes from a novel and innovative perspective • Collects work from a group of international scholars • Newly printed into paperback following the success of the hardback edition (2011) This volume builds upon the model of the first Stone Axe Studies volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items. Some papers are united by specific material, such as those working on Jadeite axe blades in western and Central Europe. For others, the link is analytical (e.g., the development of new geochemical techniques), contextual (e.g., work on techniques of hafting or on patterns of deposition) or conceptual (e.g., the uses made of ethno-historic and related models). Taken together, the twentyseven papers in this volume document the state of the art in stone axe research from Britain, at the same time providing a much-needed basis for comparative study and for debate regarding analytical and interpretative issues.

As a whole, these papers examine every aspect of stone axes from the quarrying of their raw materials through to their practical use, their significance and their symbolism. What emerges is a dynamic and in-depth picture of stone tools from Norway to India and Papua New Guinea, and from the Neolithic to the twenty-first century.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789258080 • May 2022 • £29.50 448 pages • 217 x 275 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781842175941

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Seeking the First Farmers in Western Sjælland, Denmark The Archaeology of the Transition to Agriculture in Northern Europe

By T. Douglas Price (University of Wisconsin-Madison) A personal account of over 30 years of projects investigating the Mesolithic– Neolithic transition in Denmark.

This volume summarises 30 years of fieldwork in Denmark, some of the evidence for the spread of agriculture and the Neolithic into Scandinavia and some opinions about the origins of agriculture. It examines both academic and personal aspects of the research, examining eight sites from the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic to offer opinions on a variety of archaeological subjects, with visits to climate change, seasonality and sedentism, hunter-gatherer complexity, aDNA, inequality, and the origins and spread of agriculture.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257656 • April 2022 • £38.00 272 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257663

The Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium

By Derek Kennet (Durham University), Alyson Caine (University of California), Anna Hilton and Lloyd Weeks (Unviversity of New England, Australia) Details of five richly furnished communal tombs in the desert of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE).

The end of the 3rd millennium was a time of significant transformation in southeast Arabia, including in funerary practices and tomb types. This book reports on the excavation of a number of monumental collective tombs at Ras al-Khaimah that were built through the early part of the 2nd millennium, examining what they reveal about the population of the area, and how and why it was that life continued in this small pocket in a way that was different to surrounding regions.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257953 • December 2022 • £65.00 544 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257960

The Megalithic Architectures of Europe Edited by Luc Laporte (CNRS) and Christopher Scarre (Durham University) Synthesis of excavation results and new approaches to the study of megalithic monuments across Europe.

This book provides new insight on megalithic monuments by focusing on the construction and design of European megalithic tombs and considering the tomb as an architectural project. The volume brings together regional specialists from Scandinavia, Germany, Britain, France, Belgium and Iberia to offer a series of uniquely authoritative studies. Results of recent fieldwork are fully incorporated and much of the material is published here for the first time in English. It provides an invaluable overview of the current state of research on European megalithic tombs.

OX BOW B OOK S Newly printed in paperback • 9781789258097 • June 2022 • £29.50 248 pages • 215 x 279 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785700156

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Prehistory and Protohistory in the Occidental Mediterranean Edited by Eva Alarcón García (University of Granada) and Antoni Ferrer A comprehensive reassessment of Chalcolithic developments in the western Mediterranean islands.

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Bronze Age

The development of several cultural phenomena dating back to the Copper Age took place in Europe throughout the second and first millennia BC. This comprehensive new assessment of the Copper and Bronze Ages of the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia examines the re-emergence of megalithic architecture in the funerary record and the implications for social structure and inter-island contact. It presents much new evidence for the understanding of the origins of the Copper Age and transition to early Iron Age societies in the western Mediterranean islands.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789258226 • June 2022 • £58.00 336 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w illus.

Documenting the Neolithic in Central Europe Proceedings from the conference 'Problems of the Neolithic and Eneolithic', Brno, 9th–11th September 2020

Edited by Peter Tóth, Juraj Pavúk (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra), Johana Malíšková (Masaryk University) and Alžběta Čerevková Multidisciplinary approaches into problems of interpreting the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Central Europe.

This book presents the current state of research, methodological and theoretical concepts, and new starting points for scientific research in the Neolithic of northern Europe. The contributions are divided into four thematic areas, which build upon a long research tradition and reflect the new needs and directions of archaeology. Attention is paid especially to issues related to a deeper understanding of the way of life and everyday activities of a Prehistoric man as well as broader economic and social relations.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789258103 • August 2022 • £40.00 384 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w and colour illus.

Farm, Hunt, Feast, Celebrate Animals and Society in Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age Northern France

By Ginette Auxiette (INRAP) and Lamys Hachem (INRAP) Examines 5000 years of animal husbandry and hunting practices in France.

This book explores animal husbandry and hunting practices in northern France over the 5000-year period from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age. This approach is based on the processing of a very large amount of data, from sources as varied as settlements, assembly places, cemeteries and other distinctive sites. It examines domestic consumption in houses, villages and enclosures, as well as addressing feasting, ceremonial deposition and the role of animals in the funerary sphere.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260212 • Available now • £70.00 300 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 70 b/w and 147 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260229 • £195.00

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Labouring with Large Stones A Study into the Investment and Impact of Construction Projects on Mycenaean Communities in Late Bronze Age Greece

By Yannick Boswinkel Provides insights into Mycenaean building processes, their labour costs, and their economic impact.

This book explores the cost, expressed in labour, of constructing fortifications during the Late Bronze Age in Greece (ca. 1600–1050 BCE). The underlying question addressed by this study is whether the cost of large-scale constructions may have overstretched the (economic) capabilities of communities, leading to their collapse. The study provides both simplified numerical representations of costs and elaborate comparisons to put these costs into context.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464280098 • Available now • £40.00 220 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 13 b/w and 31 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464280104 • £120.00

Resurfacing the Submerged Past Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Flevoland Polders, the Netherlands

Edited by Hans Peeters (University of Groningen), Laura Kooistra, Daan Raemaekers (University of Groningen), Bjørn Smit (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) and Karen Waugh A scientific synthesis of archaeological and palaeolandscape research on the prehistory of the Flevoland Polders, the Netherlands.

The reclamation of the Flevoland Polders in the early half of the 20th century exposed remnants of prehistoric landscapes and traces of human occupation dating to Mesolithic and Neolithic times, ultimtely leading to the 'discovery' of the Swifterbant Culture. This volume brings together results of archaeological investigations which provided important new data on the culture and environment.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260380 • Available now • £60.00 310 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 30 b/w and 150 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260397 • £180.00

A Completely Normal Practice The Emergence of Selective Metalwork Deposition in Denmark, North-west Germany, and the Netherlands between 2350–1500 BC

By Marieke Visser (Amsterdam University) Unravelling the logic behind the puzzling practice of selective metalwork deposition in the European Bronze Age. In Bronze Age Europe, an enormous amount of metalwork was deliberately buried in the ground and never retrieved. This book delves into this practice to gain a better understanding of these ideas and conventions. By systematically investigating the objects and places that people selected for metalwork depositions, the logic behind the practice of selective metalwork deposition is unravelled.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464280159 • January 2022 • £40.00 290 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 53 b/w and 35 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464280166 • £120.00

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Mensch-Tier-Verhältnisse in Monjukli Depe Eine Analyse des sozialen Zusammenlebens in einer neolithischäneolithischen Siedlung in Turkmenistan

By Jana Eger (German Archaeological Institute) Examines the central role of human-animal relations in shaping prehistoric societies.

This book presents a multi-perspective study of socio-cultural practices regarding animals of the people who lived in the prehistoric settlement of Monjukli Depe (Turkmenistan), which differ significantly from contemporary Western categorisations of human-animal relations. Based on a collection of over 50,000 animal remains from the excavations, it utilises zooarchaeological evidence, zoomorphic representations in the form of miniaturised clay objects, and isotopic analyses of skeletal material.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464280180 • March 2022 • £40.00 276 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 57 b/w and 17 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464280197 • £120.00

Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities Petersfield Heath excavations 2014–18 in their regional context

By Stuart Needham (Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales) and George Anelay Examines Early Bronze Age barrowscapes in Britain, along with their communities.

This study of the Rother Region reports the results of the People of the Heath project, 2014–18. It integrates a wealth of data from comprehensive field study of all relevant sites in the region with that from excavations into one of its major cemeteries – Petersfield Heath, Hampshire. The book is supported by a separate volume containing an extensive body of supplementary information and evaluation. Together they contain much new for those researching the period, early burial practices and the prehistoric occupation of the western Weald.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260434 • December 2021 • £115.00 680 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 280 b/w and 300 colour illus. | Harback available: 9789464260441 • £225.00

Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities Supplementary Material

By Stuart Needham and George Anelay Appendices to the main volume Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities.

This volume provides the supplementary material for the People of the Heath project, including analyses and studies of barrows in local contexts; observations on damage and recommendations on the future management of the archaeology of Petersfield Heath; further detail on finds; and details on various methodologies and definitions employed in the first volume.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260465 • January 2022 • £40.00 258 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 85 b/w and 59 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260472 • £95.00

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Millet and What Else?

The Wider Context of the Adoption of Millet Cultivation in Europe

Edited by Wiebke Kirleis (Kiel University), Marta Dal Corso (Kiel University) and Dragana Filipović (Kiel University) Describes the food economy during the spread of the innovation of millet cultivation in Bronze Age Europe.

This book brings together papers on the (pre)history of common millet in Europe and explores diverse topics and research areas. The contributions explore the range of cultivated and collected plants from the time before and after the start of millet cultivation in Europe; present the cultural setting in which millet arrived; discuss possible reasons driving the acceptance of this innovation; and reconstruct possible uses of millet and the methods of its cultivation, processing, and storage.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464270150 • April 2022 • £45.00 320 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 61 b/w and 13 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464270167 • £135.00

Petras, Siteia II: A Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete Late Bronze Age Pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2

By Metaxia Tsipopoulou and Eleni Nodarou Analyses and discusses the Neopalatial and Late Minoan II to III pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2.

This second volume representing the final publication of Sector I of the Prepalatial to Postpalatial Minoan urban settlement and palace of Petras, Siteia, located in eastern Crete presents in detail the Late Bronze Age pottery recovered during excavations. The Neopalatial and Late Minoan II to III pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2 is analysed and discussed. The petrographic analysis of a select group of pottery from House I.1 is also detailed, allowing for a discussion of patterns in production and consumption over time.

P R E H ISTORY M ON OG RA PH S | IN STAP ACAD EMIC PRESS (INSTITUTE FOR AEGE AN PR E HISTORY) Hardback • 9781931534321 • January 2022 • £55.00 526 pages • 216 x 280 mm • 140 illus. | eBook available: 9781623034375

Mochlos IVA: Period III. The House of the Metal Merchant and Other Buildings in the Neopalatial Town

By Jeffrey S. Soles (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and Costis Davaras (University of Athens) Reports on buildings excavated at a Late Bronze Age town on Mochlos, north-eastern Crete.

This two-volume set presents the finds from the excavation of a Late Bronze Age town on the island of Mochlos, Crete. Its focus is the House of the Metal Merchant, the best preserved of the buildings in the excavation, where two large bronze hoards were discovered. The books also describe the Neopalatial town plan and 13 other structures in the settlement, including two from the 1908 excavation, as travellers would come upon them when they entered the town in the Late Minoan IB period.

P R E H ISTORY M ON OG RA PH S | IN STAP ACAD EMIC PRESS (INSTITUTE FOR AEGE AN PR E HISTORY) Hardback • 9781931534338 • January 2022 • £86.00 986 pages • 216 x 280 mm • 303 illus. | eBook available: 9781623034382

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The Earliest Europeans: A Year in the Life Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic

By Robert Hosfield Explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’ of early man.

OX B OW B OO KS Paperback • 9781785707612 • May 2020 • £24.99 416 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus.

The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age Proceedings of ‘Arras 200 – celebrating the Iron Age’, Royal Archaeological Institute Annual Conference, 2017

Edited by Peter Halkon New Research focused on the cultural significance of the ‘Arras Culture’ of the East Yorkshire Iron Age. OXB OW B OOKS Paperback • 9781789252583 • December 2019 • £38.00 216 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus.

Growing Up in the Ice Age Fossil and Archaeological Evidence of the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children

By April Nowell Examines the economic, social, and political roles of Paleolithic children.

OXB OW BOO KS Paperback • 9781789252941 • April 2021 • £38.00 384 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus.

An Exploration of Body Augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age

By Emma L. Baysal Explores how and why the human relationship with ornaments developed and continued over tens of thousands of years.

OXB OW B OOKS Paperback • 9781789252866 • July 2019 • £38.00 272 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus.

The Social Context of Technology

Temporary Palaces

Non-ferrous Metalworking in Later Prehistoric Britain and Ireland

By Richard Bradley

By Sophia Adams, Joanna Brück and Leo Webley A detailed assessment of evidence for non-ferrous metalworking in the Bronze and Iron Ages.

P R E H IS TORI C S O C I ET Y RES EA RCH PA PE RS | OXBOW BOOKS Hardback • 9781789251760 • June 2020 • £35 280 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w illus.

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Personal Ornaments in Prehistory

The Great House in European Prehistory An ethnographic study of monumental buildings in northern and northwestern Europe.

OXB OW IN SIG H TS IN A RCH A EOLOGY | OX B OW BOOKS Paperback • 9781789256611 • May 2021 • £16.99 256 pages • 126 x 198 mm • b/w illus.

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NEAR EAST

Egyptian Delta Archaeology Short Studies in Honour of Willem van Haarlem

Edited by Ben van den Bercken (University of Amsterdam) Short studies concerning Egyptian Nile Delta related excavations and museum objects.

• Features contributions from archaeologists, Egyptologists and museum curators • Utilises previously unpublished materials from excavations and museums • Provides a window into the everyday life in Ancient Egypt by exploring aspects of Egyptian Delta archaeology If you want to understand ancient Egypt, the Nile Delta is of key importance. Excavations and surveys in the Delta keep unearthing new information about how the ancient Egyptians lived, how they envisaged the afterlife and how they interacted with other cultures. The study of finds from the Delta gives us a glimpse into the beliefs and everyday life of the ancient Egyptians.

From 1979 to 2014 Willem van Haarlem worked on several archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, focusing on the excavations at Tell Ibrahim Awad in the eastern Delta from 1991 onward. At the same time he was curator of Egyptian Antiquities at the Allard Pierson, the heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam. On the occasion of his retirement a number of archaeologists, Egyptologists and museum curators have written a series of short studies in his honour, varying from current excavation results from Delta sites to new or renewed research into museum objects from this region. This book offers a rich palette of subjects to scholars interested in Delta archaeology and above all provides hitherto unpublished materials from excavations and museum depots that will inspire the next generation of Nile Delta scholars.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260090 • Available now • £35.00 130 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 33 b/w and 33 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260106 • £95.00

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Tomb 26 on Sai Island A New Kingdom elite tomb and its relevance for Sai and beyond

By Julia Budka (LMU Munich) Comprehensive examination of a newly discovered New Kingdom rock-cut tomb.

A new rock-cut shaft tomb, potentially with pyramidal superstructure (Tomb 26), was discovered on Sai Island in 2015. This tomb yielded intact interments of officials connected with the Egyptian administration of colonial Nubia, buried together with family members and rich burial assemblages. This book is the final publication of Tomb 26, its architecture and material culture, including chapters on geology, human remains, scientific analyses and a compilation of the material discovered.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260151 • Available now • £95.00 450 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 75 b/w and 275 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260168 • £225.00

The Ancient Egyptians and the Natural World Flora, Fauna, and Science

Edited by Salima Ikram (American University in Cairo), Jessica Kaiser (University of California Berkeley) and Stéphanie Porcier Diverse bioarchaeological studies explore how the ancient Egyptians interacted with flora and fauna.

This book draws together different aspects of the bioarchaeology of Egypt: flora, fauna, and human remains. These come from sites throughout the country from Alexandria to Aswan, as well as material from museum basements. The studies blend traditional methodologies, often deployed in novel ways, such as examining the pelage of lions, as well as new 3D technologies used in the analyses of bioarchaeological material.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260359 • January 2022 • £50.00 276 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 58 b/w and 128 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260366 • £150.00

Die frühen Inschriften Ägyptens Eine Konkordanz der Nummerierungssysteme

By Gunnar Sperveslage Explores the concordance of numbering systems addressing the Early Egyptian inscriptions.

This publication provides a concordance of numbering systems addressing the Early Egyptian inscriptions (Dyn. 0-3). An overview of the different systems and some background information are given in the introduction.

Furthermore, the numbering system has been expanded to provide a unique identifier for each inscription that can be used as a reference in databases and printed publications. (German introduction.)

INTERNET-BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE UND SUDANARCHÄOLOGIE | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS Paperback • 9781906137755 • Available now • £45.00 230 pages • 210 x 297 mm

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Pharos (Alexandria) Insel der Gräber und Heiligtümer

By Jana Helmbold-Doyé The first overview of all archaeological remains from the necropolises Anfuschi and Ras el-Tin, Alexandria.

The individual chapters in this book contain detailed information on the architecture, wall paintings of tombs and cultic installations of the necropolises Anfuschi and Ras el-Tin, Alexandria. In addition, the previously unpublished finds are finally documented through numerous drawings and photos with detailed descriptions. The volume also includes old archival material. Together with new interpretations, this publication conveys a complete picture of a small island at the gates of Alexandria INTERNET-BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE UND SUDANARCHÄOLOGIE | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS Paperback • 9781906137731 • Available now • £100.00 504 pages • 210 x 297 mm

Ripple in Still Water When There is No Pebble tossed Festschrift in Honour of Cary J. Martin

Edited by Adrienn Almásy-Martin, Michel Chauveau, Koen Donker van Heel and Kim Ryholt A collection of papers on Persian and Graeco-Roman Egypt and its literary texts.

This Festschrift in honour of Cary J. Martin presents 20 contributions of his friends and colleagues, ranging from articles on Persian and GraecoRoman Egypt to 22 (re-)editions of documentary and literary texts written in Egyptian (Hieroglyphs, Hieratic and Demotic) and Greek, many of them here published for the first time.

GH P EGY P TOLOGY | G OL D EN H OU SE PU B LICAT ION S Paperback • 9781906137762 • January 2022 • £75.00 300 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 50 illus. |

Menschenköpfige Herzskarabäen im Kontext Archäologie, Philologie und Kulturgeschichte

By Markus Wallas Examines the phenomenon of human-faced heart scarabs from a variety of perspectives.

Heart scarabs are inscribed with spell 30B from the Book of the Dead and are usually depicted with a beetle head, but a very small number of such amulets show the scarab with a human face or head. One of these extraordinary objects was found during recent excavations in Zawyet Sultan, Middle Egypt. Based on the analysis and discussion of this newly excavated object, this publication sheds new light on the context of human-faced heart scarabs from a philological, archaeological and historico-cultural perspective.

INTERNET-BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE UND SUDANARCHÄOLOGIE | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS Paperback • 9781906137779 • April 2022 • £45.00 280 pages • 150 x 210 mm • 50 illus.

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GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD

Dogs in the Athenian Agora

By Colin M. Whiting Material from the Athenian Agora illustrates how dogs fitted into ancient Greek society.

This book shows how dogs fitted into ancient Greek society using material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs and what they considered a proper dog's name to be, to the excavation of burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs to the gods of the underworld. Dozens of illustrations of pottery, sculpture, and excavated remains enliven the text.

AGO R A P I C T U RE B OOK | AMERICAN SCH OOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIE S AT ATHE NS Paperback • 9780876616468 • October 2021 • £4.50 56 pages • 140 x 216 mm • 50 illus.

Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens Vol. X Articles related to Greek and Mediterranean archaeology and preliminary reports of Danish archaeological fieldwork.

This volume features a collection of articles presenting the results from archaeological sites in Cyprus and at Sikyon, Greece; the activities of Danish philhellenes; and a re-evaluation of the significance of an archaic Attic Sphinx in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Paperback • 9788772197135 • January 2022 • £34.00 240 pages • 210 x 275 mm • colour illus.

Middle and Late Helladic Laconia Competing Principalities?

Edited by Corien Wiersma and Maria P. Tsouli Discusses a range of sites, excavations, surveys, and studies on Bronze Age Greece.

Written by academics and those working in the fields of Bronze Age Greece, Laconia, ceramic analyses, architecture, survey, and photogrammetry this volume will be invaluable to students and practitioners with similar interests. The book explores new evidence from Middle and Late Bronze Age Laconia to reassess and expand upon previous views on the principalities of the period.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260625 • April 2022 • £50.00 276 pages • 203 x 279 mm • 54 b/w and 107 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260632 • £150.00

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ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES

Roman Aquileia The Impenetrable City-Fortress, a Sentry of the Alps

By Natale Barca (University of California) A study of Aquileia from its foundation through to its fall in the 5th century AD. This fast-paced and accessible book is based on a study of ancient sources, contemporary literature and the latest archaeological research and provides a portrait of Aquileia in a diachronic key. It sets the city in the complex societal and political system of the time, gives a thorough account of the great events of which it was a protagonist or victim and offers detailed portraits of key figures, both famous and less well known, and analyses of epic battles.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257748 • January 2022 • £38.00 256 pages • 170 x 240 mm | eBook available: 9781789257755

Rome and the Colonial City Rethinking the Grid

Edited by Sofia Greaves (University of Cambridge) and Andrew WallaceHadrill (University of Cambridge) New perspectives on the ideals and aims articulated by ancient city founders and their successors.

According to one narrative, the orthogonal grid was the most important development of ancient town planning. This book explores the shortcomings of the colonialist narrative and offers new perspectives. It explores the ideals articulated both by ancient city founders and their modern successors; and it looks at the many ways post-Roman urbanism looked back to the Roman model with a constant re-appropriation of the idea of the Roman.

IM PACT OF T H E AN C I ENT CIT Y | OX B OW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257809 • March 2022 • £50.00 240 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257816

Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces Space Sacralisation and Religious Communication during the Principate (1st–3rd century AD)

By Csaba Szabó (University of Lucian Blaga) An innovative study of the transmission of Roman religious ideas and practices to the northern provinces.

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence.

This book presents the material evidence of Roman religion in the Danubian provinces through a new, paradigmatic methodology, focusing not only on the traditional urban and provincial units of the Roman Empire, but on a new space taxonomy.

Combining methodological approaches of Roman provincial archaeology and religious studies, this work provokes a dialogue between disciplines rarely used together in central-east Europe and beyond.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257830 • March 2022 • £38.00 240 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257847

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ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES

The Archaeology of Roman Macedonia Urban and Rural Environments

By Vassilis Evangelidis A detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Macedonia and Aegean Thrace.

With a focus on elements of the built environment and human habitat, this book examines old and new archaeological evidence to present a concise overview of the archaeology of Macedonia and develop a better perception of the region in terms of archaeology of the built environment, architecture and architectural influences, urbanisation and use of land and resources from the 2nd century BCE to the early 4th century CE. OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789258011 • May 2022 • £39.50 224 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789258028

Journal of Roman Pottery Studies XIX Edited by Steven Willis (University of Kent) Focuses on the latest research into pottery production sites with case studies of specific assemblages.

The focus of this volume is upon pottery production sites. Themes explored include excavations of Roman pottery kiln sites in Yorkshire; the publication of a well-preserved kiln complex and products in Suffolk; mortaria and colour-coated production at Newport, Lincoln; a large typology of Roman pottery from York; an exploration of actions applied to pottery placed in graves across Kent; and a review article considering the pottery assemblage from the Saxon Shore Fort at Oudenburg, Belgium.

J O UR NAL OF ROM AN P OT T ERY ST U D IES | OX B OW B OOKS Paperback • 9781789258257 • June 2022 • £45.00 160 pages • 210 x 297 mm • b/w illus.

Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context

By Hella Eckardt and Philippa J. Walton An entire riverine artefact assemblage analysed and published for the first time.

When Roman objects are discovered in rivers they are commonly interpreted as accidental losses or as rubbish deposits revealed by fluvial erosion; this contrasts with prehistoric assemblages, which are often seen as ritual offerings. This study challenges these assumptions by and comparing its composition to nearby excavated assemblages. The ca. 3,600 finds retrieved by two divers from the River Tees at Piercebridge are also related to the Roman bridges, settlement, and fort.

BR ITA N N I A M ON OG RAPH S | ROMAN SOCIET Y PU B LICAT IONS Paperback • 9780907764489 • Available now • £30.00 336 pages • 210 x 298 mm • 115 illus.

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L AT E A N T I Q U E & BY Z A N T I N E

Constantinople Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis

By Ken Dark (University of Reading) and Ferudun Özgümüs Casts new light on the transformation of an ancient Roman capital to an Orthodox Christian holy city.

This major archaeological assessment of a key period in the development of this historic city uses material evidence, contemporary developments in urban archaeology and archaeological theory to explore over a thousand years of the city's development. Moving away from the scholarly emphasis on the monumental core or city defences, the volume investigates the intermural area between the 5th-century land walls and the Constantinian city wall.

OX BOW B OOK S Newly printed in paperback • 9781789258066 • March 2022 • £35.00 208 pages • 210 x 297 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781782971818

Butrint 7 Beyond Butrint: Kalivo, Mursi, Cuka e Aitoit, Diaporit and the Vrina Plain.

Surveys and Excavations in the Pavllas River Valley, Albania, 1928–2015

Edited by David R. Hernandez and Richard Hodges New fieldwork reports arising from research made or supported by the Butrint Foundation.

This volume brings together unpublished Italian and Albanian archaeological reports and new archaeological studies from recent fieldwork that throw new light on the archaeology and history of the Pavllas River Valley, the Mediterranean alluvial plain in the territory of Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, in southwestern Albania.

BUT R IN T ARC H AEOLOG ICAL MON OG RAPH S | OX B OW B OOKS Hardback • 9781789254334 • Available now • £45.00 224 pages • 210 x 297 mm • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789254341

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

The Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York A Masterpiece of Tudor Craftsmanship

Edited by Peter N. Lindfield (Manchester Metropolitan University) An extensive multi-disciplinary study of the marriage bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.

• Expands upon research presented at a 2019 conference held at the V&A • Examines a unique example of surviving secular domestic furniture from the period • The bed is an object of great public interest, featuring in published articles and even popular Youtube videos The Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marriage bed, rediscovered in 2010, is an exceptional piece of late medieval English royal furniture: no other equivalent example of secular domestic furniture is known to have survived, and precious little woodwork from this period remains outside of ecclesiastical settings. As a tour-de-force of medieval royal woodwork, the bed offers an unprecedented insight into elite domestic furniture from this period.

Emerging from a decade-long multidisciplinary research project, this book is the first sustained account of the bed: it shows how numerous disciplines covering the arts and conservation sciences can be brought together to assess and interpret such rare historic survivals.

Broken down into thematic chapters, the book explores the bed's form and structure, context, iconography, wood, paint, physical history, provenance and relationship with known surviving Tudor furniture, as well as Georgian and Victorian Gothic Revival beds. Although once thought to be a nineteenth-century fake, this book presents historical, archival and scientific evidence to show, beyond doubt, the bed’s late medieval age. Written by a range of scientists, historians and specialist researchers, this volume is a multi-disciplinary work of immeasurable value to readers from numerous disciplines.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257922 • October 2022 • £35.00 184 pages • 189 x 246 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257939

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

Surveying the Domesday Book

By Simon Keith An innovative analysis of the Domesday Book from the perspective of a surveyor.

This innovative analysis of the Domesday Book from the perspective of a professional land surveyor and valuer aims to calculate a timetable for its creation, along with analysing the survey’s purpose, the nature of the data collected, and how it was used. The fascinating study examines the foundation of the well-established, successful and sophisticated hidage assessments upon which the Domesday Book was built, discusses the likely timeline of the survey, and examines the logistical problems that are universal to surveyors throughout history.

W INDGAT H ER P RES S Paperback • 9781914427107 • February 2022 • £34.99 160 pages • 185 x 246 mm | eBook available: 9781914427114

Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe

By Knut Bergsvik (University of Bergen) and Marion Dowd (Institute of Technology Sligo) An interdisciplinary exploration of the use of caves across Europe during the medieval period.

Caves and rockshelters in Europe have traditionally been associated with prehistory, but there is abundant evidence that caves and rockshelters were important foci for activities in historic times. This book focuses on the ritual and religious use of caves in the medieval period, drawing together interdisciplinary studies by leading specialists from across Europe: from Iberia to Crimea, and from Malta to northern Norway.

OX BOW B OOK S Newly printed in paperback • 9781789258073 • April 2022 • £29.50 376 pages • 220 x 280 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785708336

The Viking Age A Time of Many Faces

By Caroline Arcini (National Historical Museums, Sweden) Explores life during the Viking period from the perspective of visible aspects of demography and health.

This book uses results from the examination of a substantial corpus of Swedish osteological material to discuss aspects of demography and health in the Viking period – those which would have been visible and recognisable in faces or physical appearances. It explores the spread of new diseases such as leprosy, patterns of movement and integration of immigrants into society, levels of violence, attitudes towards disablement, the care provided by Viking communities, and deliberate physical embellishment and body modification.

OX BOW B OOK S Newly printed in paperback • 9781789258042 • January 2022 • £25.00 128 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785709395

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside Edited by Piers Dixon and Claudia Theune (University of Vienna) Places seasonality at the centre of the study of rural settlement for the first time.

Using a Europe-wide approach, this book provides a primer of examples, techniques and ideas for the identification and understanding of seasonal settlement. The studies are introduced by an opening essay which draws wider conclusions about the study of seasonal settlement, followed by 31 papers by authors from all parts of Europe and beyond using a combination of documentary information, ethnography, geographical context and palaeo-environmental data.

RUR A LI A | S I D ES TON E PRESS Paperback • 9789464270099 • Available now • £65.00 330 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 22 b/w and 117 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464270105 • £185.00

The Early Danish–Muscovite Treaties 1493-1523 Texts, Contexts, Diplomacy

By Carsten Pape Explores an intense political relationship between two powers and the staggering 50 diplomatic missions that bridged them.

This book introduces a largely unknown chapter in the history of Danish and Muscovite foreign policy and diplomacy by addressing the unprecedented treaties of alliance and cooperation concluded by the two powers in the final decades of the Middle Ages. Extant Russian and Danish sources are published with translation and commentary, and the historical context of diplomatic processes leading to the treaties are discussed to provide a detailed picture of the treaties and their creation.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Hardback • 9788772194059 • Available now • £22.00 200 pages • 170 x 240 mm • colour illus.

Ribe 700-1050 From Emporium to Civitas in Southern Scandinavia

By Morten Søvsø Makes core archaeological excavations in the town of Ribe, Denmark accessible to the scholarly world.

This second volume in the Ribe Studies series provides a comprehensive presentation and analysis of the archaeology of the town through to the end of the Viking Period. Alongside that, the book has a major topographical section which discusses West Jutland in this period and the connections between Ribe and the hinterland of the town. In addition, a concluding chapter discusses the origin of towns in southern Scandinavia.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Hardback • 9788793423527 • Available now • £40.00 284 pages • 220 x 300 mm • colour illus.

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY BESTSELLERS

London Bridge and its Houses, c. 1209–1761

Interpreting Medieval Effigies The Evidence from Yorkshire to 1400

By Dorian Gerhold

By Brian Gittos and Moira Gittos

New information and reconstruction drawings explore the history of London Bridge.

OX B OW B OO KS Hardback • 9781789257519 • September 2021 • £29.99 224 pages • 280 x 216 mm • b/w & colour illus.

A detailed examination of more than 200 examples of surviving monumental effigies.

OXBOW B OOKS Paperback • 9781789256857 • July 2021 • £35.00 262 pages • 220 x 280 mm

Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia

My Life as a Replica St John’s Cross, Iona

By Sally Foster and Sian Jones

Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region

An interdisciplinary composite cultural biography of the St John’s Cross on Iona and its copies.

Edited by Mark Maltby and Mark Brisbane Examines the substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered at Novgorod over the last decade.

WIND GATH E R P R E SS Paperback • 9781911188599 • March 2020 • £35.00 224 pages • 189 x 246 mm • b/w and colour illus.

OX B OW B OO KS Hardback • 9781842172773 • February 2020 • £65.00 392 pages • 172 x 246 mm • b/w illus.

British Historic Towns Atlas Volume VII: Oxford

The Wandering

Herd

The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450

Edited by Alan Crossley This atlas traces the origins and growth of Oxford from prehistory to a city dominated by churches and university buildings.

BRITISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS | HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST Hardback • 9781789253269 • December 2021 • £70.00 144 pages • 297 x 420 mm • b/w and colour illus.

By Andrew Margetts

the Middle Ages.

A multi-disciplinary study of the cattle economy of southeast England through

WIND GATH E R P R E SS Paperback • 9781911188797 • February 2021 • £34.99 312 pages • 189 x 246 mm • b/w & colour illus.

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POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

St Paul's Cathedral Archaeology and History

By John Schofield (St Paul's Cathedral) First comprehensive account of the building history of St. Paul's Cathedral reprinted in paperback.

• New paperback edition of the hardback bestseller (2016) • First comprehensive account of the building history of St Paul’s Cathedral as revealed by archaeological excavation and recording, documentary research and engineering works • Presents a detailed account of the construction of the cathedral based on a comparison of the fabric with voluminous building accounts This is the first volume concerned solely with the archaeology of a major late 17th-century building in London, and the major changes it has undergone.

In this account, John Schofield examines the cathedral from an archaeological perspective, reviewing its history from the early 18th to the early 21st century, as illustrated by recent archaeological recording, documentary research and engineering asssessment. A detailed account of the construction of the cathedral is provided based on a comparison of the fabric with voluminous building accounts that have survived and evidence from recent archaeological investigation.

'This book is an excellent demonstration of the key role archaeological analysis plays in understanding buildings. It is a genuine contribution to the scholarship, containing much that has not been published elsewhere, and undoubtedly enhancing our understanding of one of England’s most important landmarks.'

The London Journal OX BOW B OOK S Newly printed in paperback • 9781789258059 • February 2022 • £35.00 206 pages • 216 x 280 mm • colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785702761

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

Beautiful Bodies Gender and Corporeal Aesthetics in the Past

Edited by Uroš Matić (Austrian Academdy of Sciences) Explores the role of material culture in the formation of beauty ideals in past societies.

• Innovative multi-disciplinary approaches use case studies from archaeology, art, burial evidence, iconography and literature • Examines gender identity and differentiation in past societies through specific aspects of material culture • Shows how textual and material evidence provide considerable but often subtle information and implications on societal concepts The concept of beauty has been one of interest for much of our history, but it is only in recent times that archaeologists have begun to approach it as a culturally contingent and socially constructed phenomenon. While both archaeologists and ancient historians have dealt extensively with gender, it is rarely dealt with in relation to the concept of beauty.

This book explores beauty not for the sake of beauty, but as a tool that serves to form gender norms and keep them in place. By examining the role of material culture in the creation of beauty ideals and corporeal aesthetics in past societies, it shows bodily aesthetics and related gender norms from a cultural relativism perspective.

The contributors deal with different intersections of gender and corporeal aesthetics by utilising rich archaeological, textual and iconographic data from ancient Sumer, Aegean Bronze Age, ancient Egypt, ancient Athens, Roman provinces, the Viking world and the Qajar Iran. As a whole, this volume shows how ‘beauty’ can be used as an analytic concept for a better understanding of societies both past and present.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257717 • January 2022 • £40.00 304 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789257724

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

Cities as Palimpsests?

Responses to Antiquity in Eastern Mediterranean Urbanism

Edited by Elizabeth Key Fowden (University of Cambridge), Suna Çaǧaptay (University of Cambridge), Edward Zychowicz-Coghill (University of Cambrdige) and Louise Blanke (University of Edinburgh) Explores the historical complexity and cultural hybridity of post-classical eastern Mediterranean cities.

The metaphor of the palimpsest has been increasingly invoked to conceptualise cities with deep, living pasts. This book examines the logic of the palimpsest, asking whether this fashionable trope slyly forces us to see contradiction where local inhabitants saw (and see) none and to impose distinctions that satisfy our own assumptions about historical periodisation and cultural practice, but which bear little relation to the experience of ancient, medieval or early modern persons.

IM PACT OF T H E AN C I ENT CIT Y | OX B OW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257687 • January 2022 • £50.00 416 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257694

Remembering and Forgetting the Ancient City Edited by Javier Martínez Jiménez and Sam Ottewill-Soulsby Tackles the subject of the survival and transformation of the ancient city through memory.

Although there is much that is mysterious about them, the cities of the Roman Mediterranean are, for the most part, historically known. This volume tackles this subject of the survival and transformation of the ancient city through memory, drawing upon the methodological and theoretical lenses of memory studies and resilience theory to view the way the Greco-Roman city lived and vanished for the generations that separate the present from antiquity.

IM PACT OF T H E AN C I ENT CIT Y | OX B OW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789258165 • February 2022 • £50.00 240 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus.

Values and Revaluations The Transformation and Genesis of 'Values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives

Edited by Hans P. Hahn, Anja Klöckner and Dirk Wicke New theoretical and methodological approaches to the material and social value of objects.

Why are some things valuable while others are not? How much effort does it take to produce valuable objects? How can one explain the different appraisal of certain things in different temporal horizons and in different cultures? The case studies in this volume, originating from anthropology and archaeology, provide innovative and differentiated answers to these questions.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789258134 • March 2022 • £38.00 256 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w illus.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

Exploring Archaeoastronomy A History of its Relationship with Archaeology and Esotericism

By Liz Henty (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) A fascinating account of the development archaeoastronomy, its impact and its future.

of

• The first title to chart the development of the discipline of archaeoastronomy and its impact on archaeological theory and practice • Examines the contribution of archaeoastronomy to our interpretation of past human behaviour • Considers the discipline's future development within the field of archaeology Archaeoastronomy and archaeology are two distinct fields of study that both examine the cultural aspect of societies, but from different perspectives. Archaeoastronomy seeks to discover how the impact of the skyscape is materialised in culture, by alignments to celestial events or sky-based symbolism; yet by contrast, archaeology's approach examines all aspects of culture, but rarely considers the sky. Despite this omission, archaeology is the dominant discipline while archaeoastronomy is relegated to the sidelines. This book examines the reasons for archaeoastronmy’s marginalised status by addressing its history within the context of other contemporaneous developments, particularly in archaeology.

While the discipline of archaeology has had an unbroken lineage from the late 19th–century to the present, archaeoastronomy has adopted various different names, such as alignment studies, orientation theory, astro-archaeology, megalithic science, archaeotopography, archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy. In 2015, there was a proposal to integrate archaeoastronomy research with that of archaeology and call it skyscape archaeology. This volume examines how all these different variants came about and considers archaeoastronomy's often troubled relationship with archaeology and its appropriation by esotericism, to shed light on its position today.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257861 • February 2022 • £38.00 224 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257878

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

Settling with the norm?

Norm and Variation in Social Groups and their Material Manifestations in (Roman) Iron Age (800 BC–AD 300) Settlement Sites of the Northern Netherlands

By Karen M. de Vries A study into norm and variation in housebuilding and deposition practices.

When studying later prehistoric societies, it is evident that shared practices, as well as variations, exist in the settlement record. Traditionally, the emphasis has been on the elements shared on large scales, while variations in material culture have received little attention. In this book, housebuilding practices, general deposition practices and special deposition practices from (Roman) Iron Age (800 BC–AD 300) settlements in the northern Netherlands are studied on different scales as practices that can be similar and different at the same time.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464280210 • November 2021 • £45.00 286 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 96 b/w and 58 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464280227 • £135.00

Environmental Humanities A Rethinking of Landscape Archaeology? Interdisciplinary Academic Research Related to Different Perspectives of Landscapes

Edited by Sjoerd Kluiving, Kerstin Lidén and Christina Fredengren A collection of papers on interdisciplinarity and climate change in landscape archaeology.

The scholarly field of humanities deals with questions ranging from how landscape is experienced emotionally to how concepts derived from art, literature, and history function in cultural processes. In this volume, leading experts discuss the necessity of such an interdisciplinary approach when dealing with environmental change in landscape archaeology.

CLUE S | S I D ES TON E P RESS Paperback • 9789464270037 • June 2021 • £30.00 108 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 18 b/w and 6 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464270044 • £90.00

Return to the Interactive Past The Interplay of Video Games and Histories

Edited by Csilla E. Ariese-Vandemeulebroucke (Leiden University), Krijn Boom (University of Amsterdam), Angus A.A. Mol, Bram Van Hout and Aris Politopoulos Explores the complex and creative interplay between video games and humanity’s past.

A fascinating collection of writings by game creators, historians, computer scientists, and archaeologists on experiencing history through video games, from the process of game design to player interaction. Building on their first book, the authors raise new issues. How can you sensitively use veterans’ voices to make a video game that is not about combat? When archaeologists study games, what maps do they draw for their digital fieldwork? And how could we teach history through playing games and game-making?

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789088909122 • January 2022 • £35.00 200 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 3 b/w and 31 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789088909139 • £95.00

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

The Value of a Human Life Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Antiquity

Edited by Karel Innemée (University of Amsterdam, University of Divinity in Melbourne) New insights into the subject of ritual homicide in various regions of the ancient world.

This book offers contributions to the discussion of ritualised killing in the past, arguing that not all forms of ritual killing can be considered sacrificial.

Experts from different disciplines present new insights into the subject of ritual homicide in different regions of the ancient world. Various aspects of the phenomenon are discussed, such as offering humans to gods, making servants accompany their masters into the hereafter, and ritual killing in connection with execution of criminals and captives.

PA LM A | S I D ES TON E P RE SS Paperback • 9789464260564 • April 2022 • £35.00 160 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 35 b/w and 36 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260571 • £95.00

Pastfinders The Roots of Danish Archaeology

Edited by Rubina Raja (Aarhus University) and Søren M. Sindbæk (Aarhus University) Examines the history of archaeology in the 19th and early 20th centuries in Denmark.

It is widely agreed that the birth of modern archaeology happened in Denmark in the 19th century. This anthology aims to demonstrate that the early Danish pioneers saw little distinction between the study of classical antiquity, the middle ages, prehistory, ethnography and human evolution, nor between humanities and natural sciences. The contributions show how Danish scholars remained key actors and delivered pioneering achievements in the archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Hardback • 9788772193434 • May 2022 • £46.00 360 pages • 220 x 275 mm

Secret Stories on the Silk Road Symbols, Architectures and Myths between Italy, the Middle East and China

By Alessandro Coscia and Sergio Coppola Explores visual influences and connections along the history and geography of the Silk Road.

This volume takes the reader on a journey from East to West and back along the Silk Road. Along this journey, it explores the world of symbols, architecture, and myths, both the well known and the less familiar. With more than fifty illustrations, it examines overlapping spheres of influence between East and West, from the Roman imperial eagle to the Chinese imperial dragon.

MIM E S I S I N T ERN AT I ON AL Hardback • 9788869773396 • February 2022 • £24.99 178 pages • 230 x 230 mm

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

An Introduction to Peatland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments

By Benjamin R. Gearey and Henry P. Chapman An accessible introduction to the ecology and formation processes of peatlands and their study.

This volume provides an accessible introduction to the ecology and formation processes of peatlands, and to the different archaeological and palaeoenvironmental techniques that have been developed and adapted for the study of these environments. It provides an outline of the major themes and methods and as a guide to other more detailed and technical literature concerning peatland archaeology. The case studies have been selected to illustrate examples of ‘best practice’.

S TUDYI N G S C I EN T I F I C ARCH AEOLOGY | OXB OW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257557 • May 2022 • £29.95 160 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w & colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257564

It's Coming from the Times in Front of Us Country, Kin and The Dugong Hunter Songline

By John Bradley Examines the songline of the Dugong Hunters from a non-western perspective.

When Indigenous peoples' ways of knowing are examined using conventional Western methods, knowledge is too often reduced to raw data, followed by narrow technical discussions of form and style. Stories become mere information. In this book, John Bradley entreats the reader to come to the words the Dugong Hunters’ songline with empathy, to understand that there can be other ways of knowing.

AUS TR AL I A N S C H OL A RLY PU B LISH IN G Paperback • 9781922454966 • Available now • £30 310 pages • 152 x 229 mm

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TEXTILES, WEAVING, CLOTHING & STITCHERY

Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages Tools, Textiles, Texts and Contexts

By Ingvild Øye (University of Bergen) Examines textile production in Norway from the Viking period to High Middle Ages.

• First comprehensive study of textiles preserved in graves of the Viking period to High Middle Ages on the north Atlantic fringe • Considers textile production in terms of annual cycles of animal husbandry and crop management against the background of landscape, climate and regional variation • Provides insight into the organisation and modes of production of textiles during this period This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe – areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages. Textiles constitute one of the basic needs in human life – to protect and keep the body warm but also to show social status and affiliations. Textiles had a wide spectrum of use areas and qualities, fine and coarse in various contexts, and in the Viking Age not least related to the production of sails – all essential for the development and character of the period. So, what were the tools and textiles like, who made them, who used them and who exposed them?

By tracing textile production from the remains of tools and textiles in varied landscapes and settings – Viking Age graves and in-situ workplaces from the whole period – and combining this with textual insights, many layers of information are exposed about technology and qualities as well as gender, gender roles, social relations, power and networks. By combining tools, textiles and texts in various settings, this book contextualises dispersed archaeological finds of tools and textiles to uncover patterns across larger areas and in a long-term perspective of half a millennium.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257779 • March 2022 • £48.00 336 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789257786

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Textiles in Motion Dress for Dance in the Ancient World

Edited by Audrey Gouy (University of Copenhagen) Explores the significance, role and meaning of textiles and dress in dance.

This publication gathers articles that give new perspectives and insights on ancient dances and their ancient textiles. For the first time, the twoway transfer of knowledge between dance studies and costume studies is connected via an innovative approach. Among the issues that are specifically addressed are the movement design of dress for dance, its sensory experience, gender and identity, re-enactment, and reception.

OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789257984 • November 2022 • £40.00 272 pages • 216 x 280 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257991

Ten Kings' Clothes Royal Danish Costume at Rosenborg Castle, 1596–1863

By Katia Johansen A lavishly illustrated history of the Danish kings’ wardrobes from Christian IV to Frederik VII. This is the history of the Danish kings' wardrobes from Christian IV to Frederik VII illustrated by Rosenborg Castle's costume collection, world famous for its age, extent and the garments’ elegance, magnificent fabrics, and embroidery. The royal costume is rarely exhibited, and this richly illustrated book offers an exclusive glimpse into the royal wardrobes. The garments tell the stories of the kings’ coronations and weddings but also aspects of everyday life at court, including the contributions of tailors, embroiderers, valets, portrait artists, castle stewards and laundresses.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Hardback • 9788771845150 • Available now • £60.00 200 pages • 240 x 330 mm • colour illus.

Ikat from Timor and its Outer Islands Insular and Interwoven

By Peter Ten Hoopen The first technical study on ikat of the Timor region.

This is the first study to focus on ikat – a method of resist dyeing – of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor. Focused on the last century of the colonial period, the book examines the weaver’s decisions in close-up, as if we are sitting next to her. This yields rich insights, not just in materiality, but also in the weavers' creativity.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464280128 • Available now • £60.00 320 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 5 b/w and 350 colour illus. | Hardback available • 9789464280135 • £180.00

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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

EAA 174: Provisioning Ipswich Animal Remains from the Saxon and Medieval Town

By Pam J. Crabtree (New York University) Zooarchaeological analysis of faunal assemblages during the Middle, Late and Early Medieval sites.

This volume presents the results of zooarchaeological analysis of the animal bones recovered from 16 sites that were part of the Origins of Ipswich project, focusing on the animal bones from Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and Early Medieval sites. As well as examining the makeup of these faunal assemblages, it investigates the data to examine patterns in animal size, health, age and size. Using this data, it draws conclusions about the extent of meat obtained from markets.

E A S T A N G L I AN A RC H AEOLOGY MON OG RAPH | EAST AN GL IAN ARCHAEOLOGY Paperback • 9780956874764 • Available now• £20.00 76 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 37 illus.

EAA 175: Crownthorpe A Boudican Hoard of Bronze Vessels from Early Roman Norfolk

By Paul R. Sealey and Karen V. Wardley An examination of the Crownthorpe hoard in its context.

The Crownthorpe hoard was discovered in 1982 during a metal detector search of the Roman temple site. It is a ‘drinking set’ comprising both Roman imports and native vessels. This volume examines the hoard in its context, its relevance as a representation of the changes taking place in the area during the period, and its potential owners.

E A S T A N G L I AN A RC H AEOLOGY MON OG RAPH | EAST AN GL IAN ARCHAEOLOGY Paperback • 9780905594569 • Available now • £20.00 74 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 37 illus.

Prehistoric Forteviot Excavations of a Ceremonial Complex in Eastern Scotland (SERF vol 1)

By Kenneth Brophy (University of Glasgow) and Gordon Noble (University of Aberdeen) A report on the excavation of prehistoric features at Forteviot, eastern Scotland.

A detailed report on the excavation of prehistoric features at Forteviot in eastern Scotland by the University of Glasgow's Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) Project. Details include an extensive prehistoric landscape including a Neolithic cremation cemetery, large pit-defined enclosure, early Bronze Age henge monuments, and a Bronze Age daggercist burial. The monuments appear to have survived into the early historic period and were modified in the first millennium AD. CBA R E S EA RC H REP ORT | COU N CIL FOR B RIT ISH ARCH AEOLOGY Hardback • 9781909990043 • Available now • £38.00 336 pages • 249 illus.

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Royal Forteviot Excavations at a Pictish Power Centre in Eastern Scotland (SERF vol 2)

By Ewan Campbell (University of Glasgow) and Stephen Driscoll (University of Glasgow) This volume presents the findings of the excavation of Foreteviot, Pictish Power Centre in Eastern Scotland.

A detailed report on the excavation of early historic features at Forteviot in eastern Scotland by the University of Glasgow's Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) Project. Features include a potential royal palace and early church with a discussion of their relationship with prehistoric remains.

This report also includes a detailed analysis of early medieval sculpture from the Forteviot area.

CBA R E S EA RC H REP ORT | COU N CIL FOR B RIT ISH ARCH AEOLOGY Hardback • 9781909990050 • Available now • £38.00 272 pages • 163 illus.

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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY BESTSELLERS

Lincoln Castle Revealed The Story of a Norman Powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon Precursor

By Jonathan Clark, Justin Garner-Lahire, Cecily Spall and Nicola Toop Accessible, lavishly illustrated history of Lincoln Castle, from the Roman period through to the 20th century.

London Bridge and its Houses, c.

1209-1761

By Dorian Gerhold New information and reconstruction drawings allow for a deeper understanding of the history of London Bridge.

OXBOW B OOKS Hardback • 9781789257519 • September 2021 • £29.99 224 pages • 280 x 216 mm • b/w and colour illus,

OX B OW B OO KS Hardback • 9781789257359 • June 2021 • £25.00 256 pages • 240 x 280 mm • Colour illus.

Interpreting the English Village

Hunters, fishers and foragers in

Wales

Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset

Towards a Social Narrative of Mesolithic Lifeways

By Mick Aston and Christopher Gerrard

By Malcolm Lillie

An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village.

A major new holistic appraisal of the evidence for the Mesolithic occupation of Wales.

W IN DGAT HER PRES S Paperback • 9781905119455 • February 2013 • £29.95 416 pages • 233 illus.

OXBOW B OOKS Paperback • 9781782979746 • November 2015 • £40.00 256 pages • 217 x 275 mm • b/w and colour illus.

From Roman Civitas to AngloSaxon Shire

Hinterlands and Inlands The Archaeology of West Cambridge and Roman Cambridge Revisited

Topographical Studies on the Formation of Wessex

By Bruce Eagles A comprehensive examination of the development of territorial organisation within the Wessex region.

OX B OW B OO KS Paperback • 9781785709845 • July 2018 • £34.99 264 pages • 220 x 280 mm • b/w and colour illus.

By Christopher Evans and Gavin Lucas

15 sites in Cambridge.

Spanning 25 years of fieldwork, this volume presents results from

MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Hardback • 9781902937892 • April 2020 • £45.00 350 pages • 216 x 280 mm

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WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY

Essays on Romanian History

By Radu R. Florescu One scholar's varied collection of studies on Romanian history and culture.

This volume brings together a lifetime of studies on Romanian history and culture by one of the leading American scholars on the history of Romania, Radu R. Florescu. While each chapter is a separate study, in their totality, they form a vision of Romanian history, dealing with issues from ancient times to the present day.

CE NTE R FOR ROM AN I A N ST U D IES Paperback • 9781592110971 • March 2022 • £24.99 432 pages • 152 x 229 mm

Pieces of a Nation South Sudanese Heritage and Museum Collections

Edited by Zoe Cormack (University of Oxford) and Cherry Leonardi (Durham University) Edited volume exploring museum objects from South Sudan and post-conflict heritage.

Written by curators, academics, heritage professionals and artists in an accessible and engaging style, this book delivers a unique range of perspectives on museum objects from South Sudan and on heritage practices in the country and among its diaspora. It is intended for scholars, museum professionals and a wide range of individuals interested in South Sudan, African arts and cultures, the history of museum collecting and colonialism and/or the role of material heritage in peacebuilding and refugee contexts.

S ID E S TO N E P RES S Paperback • 9789464260120 • Available now • £40.00 212 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 14 b/w and 36 colour illus. | Hardback available: 9789464260137 • £120.00

Tell F6 on Failaka Island Kuwaiti-Danish Excavations 2008–2012

Edited by Flemming Højlund Examines evidence from two settlements along an important trade route.

In the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, the Arabian Gulf was an important waterway linking the large cities and states of Mesopotamia and Iran with Southeast Arabia and the Indus Valley. This book explores survey and excavation of two civilisations, Dilmun and Makkan, whose fortunes were tied to the rise and fall of this key trade route and its travellers.

A A R HU S U N I V ERS I T Y P RESS Hardback • 9788793423039 • Availabe now • £40.00 270 pages • 210 x 297 mm

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MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land Special sites along the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the first farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age

By Richard Bradley (Reading University) Examines the archaeology of surviving shorelines in Britain and Ireland in prehistory.

• Examines attitudes towards the sea before ships, contrasting evidence from four distinct phases • Includes evidence from largely forgotten 19th- and early 20th-century sites • Considers the sites and their changing roles in the wider context of trade, travel and settlement during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age This book is about two islands off the coast of Continental Europe, the seas that surrounded them, and the ways in which they were used over a period of 3000 years. Instead of the usual emphasis on finds in the intertidal zone, it focuses on parts of Britain and Ireland where traces of the prehistoric shoreline survive above sea level.

Using a combination of evidence from nineteenth– and early twentieth–century investigations as well as much more recent studies, this book explores the distinctive archaeology of a series of coastal locations. As well as examining the sites through the artefacts found there and reconstructions of the prehistoric coastline, it also considers their role in the wider pattern of settlement and their relationship to major monuments. This allows exploration of how the character of coastal sites changed in parallel with developments in maritime technology and trade.

While the main emphasis of the book is the use of the seashore in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, the archaeology of the Middle and Later Bronze Age provides a source of comparison and wider temporal context for the book’s studies and conclusions.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789258196 • April 2022 • £35.00 192 pages • 189 x 246 mm • b/w illus.

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Apollonia on my Mind The Memoir of a Paraplegic Ocean Scientist

By Nicholas C. Flemming The fascinating story of the life and achievements of a pioneer in ocean science.

Nic Flemming's memoir recounts the life of a pioneer in ocean science.

Flemming is paralysed from the chest down and has used a wheelchair for the past 52 years; as well as assessing his varied work during his lifetime, this book also assesses how he has continued to work in rough conditions and at sea, visiting 60 countries since his accident. This is a multidisciplinary adventure story that argues that different skills and fields can interact creatively with surprising results.

H O NO R F ROS T FOU N DAT ION G EN ERAL PU B LICAT ION | SIDE STONE PR E SS Paperback • 9789464260328 • Available now • £65.00 550 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 34 b/w and 154 colour illus. | Hardback available • 9789464260335 • £150.00

Sailing the Monsoon Winds in Miniature Understanding Indian Ocean Boat Models

By Charlotte Dixon Explores how models of non-European watercrafts help us to understand traditional boats and boat-building practices.

Using models of a range of boats from 13 museum collections throughout the UK, this book considers the value of these objects for both researchers and museums. The book and its case studies explore how models can help us to understand traditional boats and boat-building practices, some of which no longer exist. The aim of this publication is to encourage the use of models of boats from the Indian Ocean and throughout the world in future studies of traditional watercraft.

BR ITIS H M U S EU M P RES S Paperback • 9780861592302 • April 2022 • £40.00 180 pages • 297 x 210 mm • 175 illus.

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HISTORICAL FICTION

Hollis Croft A Matter of Time

By Milica Rajic (Wessex Archaeology) and Dave Howarth A fictional story based around the archaeological remains form an industrial site at Hollis Croft, Sheffield.

• Brings the past of Sheffield and its industrial history to life in a fascinating and accessible story • Uses archaeological remains in a novel and appealing way • Linked to the full technical report on the Archaeological Data Service Sheffield, mid-19th century, the peak of the steel industry that both built and scarred the city. Dark streets and darker attitudes smother life in the grimy tenements and back streets. A young woman, Neive, leaves the poverty of her parents’ home in West Ireland to seek work in the industrial cities of Northern England. She finds herself in Sheffield, having to hide her femininity to get work in steel cementation factories, she also must hide her forbidden love. An unlikely salvation occurs to her in the shape of a famous circus impresario…but will her plan lead her to a new life? This fictional story winds around the archaeological remains from an industrial site in Sheffield.

Archaeologist Milica (Mili) Rajic imagines a human story entwined within the archaeological remnants and artefacts uncovered in the heavily industrialised Victorian Sheffield.

W E S S E X ARC H AEOLOGY Paperback • 9781911137214 • April 2021 • £8.00 74 pages • 148 x 210 mm • colour illus.

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Dynamic Epigraphy New Approaches to Inscriptions

Edited by Eleri H. Cousins (Lancaster University) Explores creative new approaches to epigraphy aiming to push the boundaries of the discipline.

• Covers wide geographical and temporal range, from Republican Rome to early modern Scotland • Multi-disciplinary approaches to the integration of epigraphic material with archaeological data and early written source materials • Case studies range from the application of phenomenological approaches to the social context of epigraphic texts and their role as a specific linguistic device This volume, with origins in a panel at the 2018 Celtic Conference in Classics, presents creative new approaches to epigraphic material, in an attempt to 'shake up' how we deal with inscriptions. Broad themes include the embodied experience of epigraphy, the unique capacities of epigraphic language as a genre, the visuality of inscriptions and the interplay of inscriptions with literary texts. Although each chapter focuses on specific objects and epigraphic landscapes, ranging from Republican Rome to early modern Scotland, the emphasis here is on using these case studies not as an end in themselves, but as a means of exploring broader methodological and theoretical issues to do with how we use inscriptions as evidence, both for the Greco-Roman world and for other time periods.

Drawing on conversations from fields such as archaeology and anthropology, philology, art history, linguistics and history, contributors also seek to push the boundaries of epigraphy as a discipline and to demonstrate the analytical fruits of interdisciplinary approaches to inscribed material.

Methodologies such as phenomenology, translingualism, intertextuality and critical fabulation are deployed to offer new perspectives on the social functions of inscriptions as texts and objects and to open up new horizons for the use of inscriptions as evidence for past societies.

OX BOW B OOK S Paperback • 9781789257892 • February 2022 • £38.00 216 pages • 170 x 240 mm • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257908

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L A N G UAG E & L I T E R AT U R E

Old Norse – Old Icelandic Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas

By Jesse Byock (UCLA) and Randall Gordon A straightforward and easy-to-use Old Norse primer for learning the language of Vikings and sagas.

This is a modern 'primer' for learning to read Icelandic sagas and Viking myths in their original language. With carefully designed grammar explanations, vocabulary, and exercises, this new book is easy to use and requires no previous language knowledge. Suitable for self-instruction, in-class use, and distance teaching, students read Old Norse passages from sagas as well as episodes from Scandinavian myth and history. Free answer keys to the exercises are provided online.

V IKIN G L A N G UAG E OL D N ORSE ICELAN D IC SERIES | JU LES WIL L IAM PR E SS Paperback • 9781953947093 • Available now • £16.99 215 pages • 156 x 234 mm

Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse – Old Icelandic

By Jesse Byock (UCLA) and Randall Gordon A workbook of Old Norse exercises with vocabulary, maps, and answer key.

A brand-new workbook of 17 lessons designed for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative exercises, word games, and map questions. With a full vocabulary and a free online answer key, it also contains Old Norse readings drawn from the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok and mythic passages from The Prose Edda describing a journey of the Norse gods, the great dragon's treasure, and the magical ring of the dwarves.

V IKIN G L A N G UAG E OL D N ORSE ICELAN D IC SERIES | JU LES WIL L IAM PR E SS Paperback • 9780988176409 • Available now • £12.99 122 pages • 156 x 234 mm • b/w illus.

Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar 18 Roman Poetry, Republican and Imperial

Edited by Francis Cairns (Florida State University) Reflects new interest in Latin poetry from the earlier Republican period.

After a long period in which the late Republican and Augustan poets were the focus of scholarship in Latin poetry, more attention is now being given to earlier Republican literature and the poets of the ‘Silver Age’. This volume reflects this changing perspective with five papers devoted to Augustan poets (Horace, Propertius, the Ovid of the Metamorphoses); two papers on early and later Republican epic; and five examining aspects of later JulioClaudian and Flavian authors: Seneca the Younger, Silius Italicus, Martial, and Statius.

ARCA, CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL TEXTS, PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS | FRANCIS CAIRNS (PUBLICATIONS) LTD Hardback • 9780995461222 • July 2021 • £65.00 348 pages • 152 x 203 mm

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The Quran: Key Word Collocations Adjectives, Nouns, Proper Nouns and Verbs

By Elie Wardini This series presents the Quran as raw data with as little interpretation as possible. The digital text used for this purpose is the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Quran Text.

'Collocation' is defined as a Key Word, here adjectives, nouns, proper nouns and verbs, forming the center of a cluster with four co-occurring Key Words (1° and 2° of proximity), the first two to the left and to the right, where available. Every Collocation of each Key Word in the Quran is presented in context, as a rule with six words to the right and six to the left of it, where available or where the formatting permits.

The central Key Words have been grouped by root > lemma.

Classical dictionaries and Quran commentaries, as well as modern Quran dictionaries have been consulted.

GORGIAS ISLAMIC STUDIES | GORGIAS PRESS Volume 1: Hardback | 9781463242978 | February 2021 | £133.00 | 434 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 2: Hardback | 9781463242992 | February 2021 | £152.00 | 544 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 3: Hardback | 9781463243012 | February 2021 | £153.00 | 556 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 4: Hardback | 9781463243036 | February 2021 | £149.00 | 528 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 5: Hardback | 9781463243050 | February 2021 | £152.00 | 548 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 6: Hardback | 9781463243074 | February 2021 | £147.00 | 510 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 7: Hardback | 9781463243098 | February 2021 | £149.00 | 534 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 8: Hardback | 9781463243111 | February 2021 | £148.00 | 518 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 9: Hardback | 9781463243135 | February 2021 | £142.00 | 482 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 10: Hardback | 9781463243159 | February 2021 | £154.00 | 568 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 11: Hardback | 9781463243173 | February 2021 | £148.00 | 518 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 12: Hardback | 9781463243197 | February 2021 | £134.00 | 438 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 13: Hardback | 9781463243210 | February 2021 | £149.00 | 536 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 14: Hardback | 9781463243234 | February 2021 | £129.00 | 416 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 15: Hardback | 9781463243258 | February 2021 | £142.00 | 482 pages | 152 x 229 mm Volume 16: Hardback | 9781463243272 | February 2021 | £153.00 | 554 pages | 152 x 229 mm

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Coinage in the Orontes Valley of Syria (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)

By Jack Nurpetlian (American University of Beirut) A comprehensive study of coins minted at several cities in Syria during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods.

This book examines coins minted by the cities of Apamea, Larissa, Raphanea, Emesa and Laodicea ad Libanum in Syria during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods. It offers a historical overview of the individual cities, followed by in-depth discussions of the production, circulation, metrology and iconography of the coins. The text is supplemented with numerous die studies providing a structural framework of the various issues. A catalogue of 1,367 coins is also provided.

ROYA L N U M I S M AT I C S OCIET Y SPECIAL PU B LICAT ION | SPINK BOOKS Hardback • 9780901405388 • Available now • £45.00 219 pages • 215 x 305 mm • 99 illus.

Tokens Cultures, Connections, Communities

Edited by Antonino Crisà (Ghent University), Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick) and Clare Rowan (University of Warwick) The first dedicated analysis of tokens ranging from the Neolithic until the modern age.

This volume discusses tokens dating from the Neolithic to the modern age in detail, addressing the makers, users, types, and contexts of these objects. Unpublished material is presented in several of the contributions.

This comparative approach reveals the recurring characteristics of tokens across time, as well as their importance to human society.

ROYA L N U M I S M AT I C S OCIET Y SPECIAL PU B LICAT ION | SPINK BOOKS Hardback • 9780901405357 • Available now • £40.00 241 pages • 210 x 298 mm • 206 illus.

Metallurgy in Numismatics 6 Mines, Metals and Money: Ancient World Studies in Science, Archaeology and History

Edited by Kenneth A. Sheedy (Macquarie University, Sydney) and Gillan Davis (Macquarie University, Sydney) Studies on geology and mining in ancient Greece, and the manufacture and metallurgy of Greek coins.

The chapters of this collection of numismatical studies collectively place numismatics within an interdisciplinary context. The volume uses the framework of behavioural archaeology to explore the life history and technology of coin manufacture and subsequent use, both ancient and modern. It covers topics ranging from the geological forces which created ores to mining, manufacture, loss, and excavation through a broad range of scientific and numismatic techniques used to analyse and conserve coins.

ROYA L N U M I S M AT I C S OCIET Y SPECIAL PU B LICAT ION | SPINK BOOKS Hardback • 9780901405371 • Available now • £50.00 342 pages • 215 x 305 mm • 396 illus.

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Arab-Sasanian Numismatics and History during the Early Islamic Period in Iran and Iraq The Johnson Collection of Arab-Sasanian Coins

By Hodge Mehdi Malek The first comprehensive survey of Arab-Sasanian coinage for 60 years.

This is the first major work to attempt a comprehensive survey of the Arab-Sasanian silver coinage since Walker’s 1941 Catalogue of the British Museum collection. Since then, the number of recorded coins in the series has increased dramatically and the history of early Islam has been studied intensively. The book discusses the latest research on the subject, both historical and numismatic. Illustrations of all the coins are included, gathering together images from various sources into one volume.

ROYA L N U M I S M AT I C S OCIET Y SPECIAL PU B LICAT ION | SPINK BOOKS Hardback • 9780901405944 • Available now • £95.00 759 pages • 215 x 305 mm • 130 plates and illus.

The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Island A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

By Andrew Burnett The first comprehensive account of the collecting and study of coins in Britain from 1500 to 1750.

This comprehensive account of the collection and studying of coins includes many discoveries, such as the existence of a Tudor Royal collection, as well as identifying important scholars and collectors previously virtually unknown.

It examines the development of early university collections at Cambridge and Oxford, as well as identifying, transcribing, and translating where relevant unpublished sources. There is also a catalogue raisonée of all the people who are known to have had an interest.

ROYA L N U M I S M AT I C S OCIET Y SPECIAL PU B LICAT ION | SPINK BOOKS Hardback • 9780901405364 • Available now • £150.00 1870 pages • 215 x 305 mm • 380 illus.

Greek, Semitic Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them

By Richard Plant and Edited by Michael Robinson An invaluable tool for numismatists interested in oriental coinage.

To realise the full flavour of oriental coins, one must ‘read’ them. The purposes of this classic catalogue is to supply the reader with the knowhow to be able to do so, making it an invaluable tool for anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of oriental coinage.

S P INK B OOK S Paperback • 9781912667697 • April 2022 • £30.00 336 pages • 138 x 216 mm

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ECOINOMICS - Your Guide to the Global Numismatic Market -

Ecoinomics

By Robbie Parkinson Aims to give the reader the confidence to buy coins and to begin participating in the numismatic market.

Ecoinomics is designed to equip the reader with a full working knowledge of the global numismatic market and how it differs from country to country. It details the various factors which contribute to the value of a coin, as well as different collecting practices (such as third-party grading in the US). It covers the range of costs and benefits involved with keeping Robert Parkinson a substantial amount of capital in coins, including performance over time, market trends, tax, and insurance.

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English Silver Coinage Since 1649

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American Journal of Numismatics 32 Edited by Nathan Elkins and David Yoon Volume 32 of the internationl, peer-reviewed numismatics journal.

The American Journal of Numismatics is an international, peer-reviewed journal that annually publishes original research in all areas of numismatics, in the form of articles, review articles, and short notes. Interdisciplinary contributions that relate numismatic research to broader questions of archaeology, anthropology, art history, economic history, cultural or social history, and related disciplines are frequently included. This publication is Volume 32 (2020).

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Guide to Biblical Coins

By David Hendin A revised and updated exploration of discoveries in archaeology and numismatics of ancient Israel.

Forty-five years after its first edition, Hendin has revised and updated this book to reflect relevant discoveries in archaeology and numismatics of ancient Israel. Updated topics include the metallurgy of Judean coins, symbols on Hasmonean cons, the Hasmonean coin chronology, Herodian mints, irregular issues, the Jewish War, and coin denominations whilst new to the sixth edition is numismatic information about the Kingdom of Adiabene, the Ituraean Kingdom, the Roman Governors of Syria, and coins with images of Old Testament stories.

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English Medieval Coin Hoards 2 Eighth to Eleventh Centuries

By Marion Archibald and Gareth Williams (British Museum) Images and discussion of 20 English coin hoards from the 730s to the 1090s.

This volume presents details, images, and discussion of the contents of 20 English coin hoards, ranging in date from the 730s to the 1090s.

Found between the 1960s and 1990s, all were studied by the late Marion Archibald at the British Museum but have never been published in full before now. Each hoard is the subject of its own chapter, with discussion of the discovery, and of the historical context in which the hoard was buried, after which there is a catalogue of the relevant coins.

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In the Treasure Room of the Sakra King The Native Copper Coinage of Northern Gandhara (ca. 550–110 CE)

By Waleed Ziad Examines the native Sakra copper coinage.

The remarkable discoveries of over 300 new varieties of local copper currency from the Sakra region in north-western Pakistan, covering a 700-year period, have opened up new vistas in the study of Gandhara in late antiquity. This monograph introduces the native Sakra copper coinage, which can be dated from ca. 500 to 1100, corresponding to the Nezak, Turk Shahi, Hindu Shahi, and Ghaznavid periods.

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Ausonius of Rome Grammar, Rhetoric, and the Establishment of a Christian Culture in the Late Roman West

By Lionel Yaceczko Examines the life and work of poet and scholar of rhetoric Ausonius.

This volume describes the rich and complex world in which Ausonius (c.

310–395) lived and worked, from his humble beginnings as a schoolteacher in Bordeaux, to the heights of his influence as quaestor to the Emperor Gratian, at a time of unsettling social and religious change. Guided

by Marrou’s critical insights to both his own time and place and that of Ausonius, this book proposes a hermeneutic for reading Ausonius as both a 4th-century poet and a fascinating mirror for his 20th-century counterparts.

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Konsekration und Konsekrationsgeschehen in der Syrischen eucharistischen Anaphora und in der Liturgie der anderen Mysterien

By Aho Shemunkasho A good overview of the understanding of the epiclesis in the Syrian tradition.

Using the example of the initiation sacraments (baptism, confirmation, Eucharistic celebration) and the priestly ordination, this volume examines the consecration of matter (water, Myron oil, bread, and wine) and the consecration of individual liturgical performances according to the Syrian Antiochian liturgy. Text in German.

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Personal Names in Old Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments

By Adil H. Al-Jadir The only dedicated work on early Syriac personal names.

This book collects systematically all the personal names found in Old Syriac sources in such a way as to enable them to be dealt with from a structural and lexical point of view and compared with other corpora of Aramaic personal names as well as Hebrew and Arabic names. As far as possible, the personal names of the new finds of unpublished inscriptions discovered recently are included. Thus, this study covers all the personal names which are found in the Syriac corpus so far.

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Catena Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament A Catalogue

By Georgi Parpulov Describes all pre-17th century copies of the Greek New Testament that are accompanied by commentary.

The book is a synoptic catalogue of a large class of Greek manuscripts: it describes all pre-17th century copies of the Greek New Testament in which the biblical text is accompanied by commentary. Manuscripts where this commentary consists of combined excerpts (catena) from the works of various authors are described in particular detail. Those that have similar content are grouped together, so that the potential relatives of any given manuscript can be easily identified.

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De Syrorum Orientalium Erroribus Auctore P. Francisco Ros S.I.: A Latin-Syriac Treatise from Early Modern Malabar (1586) Edited by Antony Mecherry S.J. Analyses a newly discovered theological treatise.

Examines a recently identified sixteenth–century treatise on 'Nestorianism' written by Francisco Ros S.J. (1559-1624), a Catalonian from the Jesuit province of Aragón. In addition to exploring the underlying conflicts that emerged out of an unprecedented encounter of apparently unlike theological and liturgical identities in the same mission field of early modern India, this book provides the readers with a historiographical critique against the backdrop of which the author presents his analysis of the Rosian treatise.

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Ezra and Nehemiah According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation Edited by John Healey, George Kiraz (The Syriac Institute) and Joseph Bali (University of Athens) Translation of part of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text.

The Antioch Bible Series provides both the text of the Syriac Bible (called the 'Peshitta') and an up-to-date English translation. The Syriac is fully vocalised and pointed so that readers at any level will be able to work with it – from beginners who are just starting to learn the language to experienced scholars who want to work with a vocalised text. On each facing page, an English translation has been prepared by a member of an international (and inter-faith) team of scholars.

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Pluralism and Plurality in Islamic Legal Scholarship The Case of the Fatāwā l-ʽĀlamgĪrĪya

By Mouez Khalfaoui An examination of opinions on the co-existence of Muslims and nonMuslims in 17th-century South Asia.

This book presents the positions held by ḥanafite Muslim jurists in South Asia in the 17th century regarding the coexistence of Muslims and nonMuslims, and compares the opinions put forth by these South Asian jurists with those maintained by their counterparts in Central Asia and the Middle East.

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Studies in the Evolution and Formation of the Passover Haggadah

By Jay Rovner Explores the development of the section of the Passover Haggdah known as maggid.

The Passover Haggadah, the quintessential Jewish book, began taking shape in the period of the Mishnah and the Talmud (ca. 100–600 CE). Even by 600, it did not look like it does today. Many portions were incorporated in the Geonic period (600–900 CE). Such selections completed the Haggadah, producing the book used at Passover Seders to the present day. This study explpres how the section of the Passover Haggdah known as maggid ('recounting') achieved its comprehensive structure and contents during this period.

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The Life of Simeon of the Olives An entrepreneurial saint of early Islamic North Mesopotamia

By Robert Hoyland, Sebastian Brock, Kyle Brunner and Jack Tannous The first critical edition and translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the Olives.

This volume analyses The Life from historical and literary perspectives, and its material context is explored by recourse to the latest archaeological surveys and excavations in the region where Simeon lived and worked. The book also follows Simeon as he was transformed into a champion of West Syrian Christianity by later members of that community, who portrayed him as engaging in amicable debates with the intellectually curious caliph al-Ma'mun (813–33) and leading Muslim theologians at his court.

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In and Around Maimonides Original Essays

By Y. Langermann Eight highly focused studies on Moses Maimonides and those around him.

This volume brings together eight studies that examine Maimonides’ writings, as well as examining the figure of Moses Maimonides in context with those closest to him and a wide range of other Judaeo-Arabic figures. These studies offer new and important insights into the thought of Maimonides on a variety of issues, such as the capacity of humans to better themselves morally, the political nature of prophecy, and the proper way to approach God. J UDA ISM I N CON T EX T | G ORG IAS PRESS Hardback • 9781463243302 • Available now • £79.00 246 pages • 152 x 229 mm

The Lord God of Gods Divinity and Deification in Early Judaism

By Silviu Bunta Investigates early Jewish experiences of God. This book moves forward from categorical and definitional approaches to the literature of early Judaism to examine early Jewish experiences of God. With this change, the symbolic language of early Jewish texts gives sharper contours to a pre-formal theology, a theology in which God and divinity are more subjects of experience and recognition than of propositions.

P E R S P EC T I V ES ON H EB R EW SCRIPT U RES AN D ITS CON T EXTS | GORGIAS PR E SS Hardback • 9781463243333 • Available now • £85.00 357 pages • 152 x 229 mm

Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Edessa and Jerusalem Edited by Jonathan Loopstra A bilingual edition of Jacob of Sarug’s homily on Edessa and Jerusalem.

This volume is part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual SyriacEnglish editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug’s homilies, containing his homily on Edessa and Jerusalem. The Syriac text is fully vocalised, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references. The volume is one of the fascicles of Gorgias Press's Complete Homilies of Saint Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain all of Jacob’s surviving sermons.

TE X TS F ROM C H RI S T I AN LAT E AN T IQU IT Y | G ORG IAS PRE SS Paperback • 9781463243357 • Available now • £25.00 114 pages • 152 x 229 mm

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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 22) 2019

Edited by George Kiraz (The Syriac Institute) 2019 issue of the journal dedicated to the current state of Syriac studies.

Widely regarded as a premier journal dedicated to the study of Syriac, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies was established in 1998 as a venue devoted exclusively to the discipline. An organ of Beth Mardutho, the Syriac Institute, the journal appears semi-annually and will be printed in annual editions. A peer-reviewed journal, Hugoye is a respected academic source for up-todate information about the state of Syriac studies and for discovering what is going on in the field. Contributors include some of the most respected names in the world of Syriac today.

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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 23) 2020

Edited by George Kiraz (The Syriac Institute) 2020 issue of the journal dedicated to the current state of Syriac studies.

Widely regarded as a premier journal dedicated to the study of Syriac, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies was established in 1998 as a venue devoted exclusively to the discipline. An organ of Beth Mardutho, the Syriac Institute, the journal appears semi-annually and will be printed in annual editions. A peer-reviewed journal, Hugoye is a respected academic source for up-todate information about the state of Syriac studies and for discovering what is going on in the field. Contributors include some of the most respected names in the world of Syriac today.

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American Journal of Numismatics 32 Ancient Egyptians and the Natural World, The Apollonia on my Mind Arab-Sasanian Numismatics and History during the Early Islamic Period in Iran and Iraq Archaeology of Roman Macedonia, The Ausonius of Rome

B

Barrows at the core of Bronze Age Communities Beautiful Bodies Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE), The Butrint 7

C

Catena Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe Cities as Palimpsests?

Coinage in the Orontes Valley of Syria (1st century BC – 3rd century AD) Completely Normal Practice, A Constantinople

D

De Syrorum Orientalium Erroribus Auctore P. Francisco Ros S.I.: A Latin-Syriac Treatise from Early Modern Malabar (1586) Die frühen Inschriften Ägyptens Documenting the Neolithic in Central Europe Dogs in the Athenian Agora Dynamic Epigraphy

E

EAA 174: Provisioning Ipswich EAA 175: Crownthorpe Early Danish-Muscovite Treaties 1493-1523, The Ecoinomics Egyptian Delta Archaeology English Medieval Coin Hoards 2 English Silver Coinage Until 1649 Environmental Humanities Essays on Romanian History Exploring Archaeoastronomy Ezra and Nehemiah According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation

F

B

42 10 34 40 14 44

B

6 21 14

I

B

Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands In and Around Maimonides In the Treasure Room of the Sakra King Introduction to Peatland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments, An It's Coming from The Times in Front of Us

28 47 43 26 26

B

K

B

L

B

5 15

Labouring with Large Stones Life of Simeon of the Olives, The Lord God of Gods, The

B

M

B

O

B

P

B

3 15

B

45 17 22 39

45 10 4 12 36

B

29 29 18 41 9 42 41 24 32 23 45

B 4

G

B

H

B

Greek, Semitic Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them 40 Guide to Biblical Coins 42

1

35 48 48

J

Farm, Hunt, Feast, Celebrate

Hidden Treasures of this Happy Island, The

Hollis Croft Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 22) Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 23)

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Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Edessa and Jerusalem Journal of Roman Pottery Studies XIX

Konsekration und Konsekrationsgeschehen in der Syrischen eucharistischen Anaphora und in der Liturgie der anderen Mysterien

Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, The Megalithic Architectures of Europe, The Menschenköpfige Herzskarabäen im Kontext Mensch-Tier-Verhältnisse in Monjukli Depe Metallurgy in Numismatics 6 Middle and Late Helladic Laconia Millet and What Else?

Mochlos IVA: Period III. The House of the Metal Merchant and Other Buildings in the Neopalatial Town

Old Norse – Old Icelandic

Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar 18 Pastfinders Personal Names in Old Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments Personal Ornaments in Prehistory Petras, Siteia II: A Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete Pharos (Alexandria) Pieces of a Nation Pluralism and Plurality in Islamic Legal Scholarship Prehistoric Forteviot Prehistory and Protohistory in the Occidental Mediterranean Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens Vol. X

47 14

44

5 46 47

33 16 3 11 6 39 12 6 7

37

37 25 44 8 7 11 32 46 29 4 12

INDEX

Q

B

R

B

S

B B

Quran: Key Word Collocations, The

Remembering and Forgetting the Ancient City Resurfacing the submerged past Return to the Interactive Past Ribe 700-1050 Ripple in Still Water When There is no Pebble Tossed Roman Aquileia Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces Rome and the Colonial City Royal Forteviot

Sailing the Monsoon Winds in Miniature Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside Secret Stories on the Silk Road Seeking the First Farmers in Western Sjælland, Denmark Settling with the norm?

St Paul's Cathedral Stone Axe Studies III Studies in the Evolution and Formation of the Passover Haggadah Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic Surveying the Domesday Book

22 5 24 18 11 13 13 13 30

34 18 25 3 24 20 2 46 37 17

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B

V

B

W

B

Tell F6 on Failaka Island Ten Kings' Clothes Textiles in Motion Tokens Tomb 26 on Sai Island Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages

Value of a Human Life, The Values and Revaluations Viking Age, The

Wandering Herd, The

2

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32 28 28 39 10 27

25 22 17

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