ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY, HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION ARCHAEOLOGIES OF TEXT
Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics Edited by Matthew T. Rutz & Morag Kersel Scholars working in a number of disciplines routinely engage with ancient textual sources that are either material remains from the archaeological record or historical products of other connections between the ancient world and our own. Examining the archaeologytext nexus from multiple perspectives, contributors to this volume discuss current theoretical and practical problems that have grown out of their work at the boundary of the division between archaeology and the study of early inscriptions in twelve representative case-studies drawn from research in Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Mesoamerica. Joukowsky Institute Publication 6
9781782977667, $45, PB, b/w illus, 278p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $36 9781782977674, $27, ePub 9781782977698, $27, pdf
ARCHAEOLOGY AND LAND-USE OF SOUTHEAST ENGLAND TO 1066 Edited by Michael J. Allen & David Rudling In this textbook on the archaeology of South-East England over 30 leading authors provide a comprehensive overview of the South-East as an informed narrative and interpretation of the prehistory and history of the region. Chronological chapters tell the story of the development of the SouthEast by period from the Palaeolithic to the Norman Conquest. Others focus on either specific areas within the region, or aspects of material culture and the economy.
9781782979623, $70, HB, b/w & col illus, NYP - due Dec 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $56
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAVES IN IRELAND By Marion Dowd
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CREMATION
CERAMICS, CUISINE AND CULTURE
Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies Edited by Tim Thompson Human societies have disposed of their dead in a variety of ways. However comparatively little work has been devoted to understanding the nature of cremated remains, despite their visibility through time. This volume draws together the inventive methodology that has been developed for this material and combines it with a fuller interpretation of the archaeological funerary context. It demonstrates how an innovative methodology, when applied to a challenging material, can produce new and exciting interpretations of archaeological sites and funerary contexts. The reader is introduced to the nature of burned human remains and the destructive effect that fire can have on the body. Studies in Funerary Archaeology 8
9781782978480, $76, PB, b/w & col illus, 256p, NYP due June 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $60.80
The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient mediterranean world Edited by Michela Spataro & Alexandra Villing
The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but long-neglected category of evidence in its wider social, political and economic contexts. Structured around main themes concerning technical aspects of pottery production; cooking as socio-economic practice; and changing tastes, a range of social economic and technological models are discussed on the basis of insights gained from the study of kitchen pottery production, use and evolution.
9781782979470, $100, HB, b/w illus, 304p, NYP due July 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $80
CHILDREN, SPACES AND IDENTITY
ARCHAEOZOOLOGY OF THE NEAR EAST 9
Edited by Margarita Sánchez Romero, Eva Alarcón García & Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez
Edited by Marjan Mashkour & Mark Beech This two part volume brings together over 60 specialists to present 31 papers on the latest research into archaeozoology of the Near East. Papers are grouped into thematic sections examining patterns of Palaeolithic and Neolithic subsistence in northern Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Iranian plateau; Palaeolithic to Neolithic faunal remains from Armenia; animal exploitation in Bronze Age urban sites; new evidence concerning pastoralism, nomadism and mobility; aspects of domestication and animal exploitation in the Arabian peninsula; several case studies on ritual animal deposits; and specific analyses of patterns of animal exploitation at urban sites in Turkey, Palestine and Jordan.
9781782978442, $100, HB, b/w & col illus, 464p, NYP due December 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $80
BATH: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Caves are one of the most enduring natural features in the Irish landscape. Approximately 980 are documented across limestone regions of the country, and 91 of these are registered archaeological sites. Until recently they have tended to remain neglected for archaeological study, being the haunt of cavers and palaeontologists who have historically been largely responsible for the recovery of cultural material. This is a synthesis of what we currently know about how caves were used and perceived by communities spanning the 10,000 years of human occupation of Ireland.
This volume provides a collection and rigorous assessment of accumulated information, much of which has to date been either unpublished or available only in obscure sources, and offers a synthesis of what this information tells us of Bath’s past.
9781782978138, $85, HB, b/w & col illus, 320p, NYP due May 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $68
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A study of settlement around the sacred hot springs from the Mesolithic to the 17th century AD By Emily La Trobe-Bateman & Rosalind Niblett
How do children construct, negotiate and organize space? The study of social space in any human group is fraught with limitations, and to these we must add the further limits involved in the study of childhood. Here specialists build a body of theoretical and methodological approaches about how space is articulated and organized around children and how this disposition affects the creation and maintenance of social identities. Childhood in the Past
Monograph 4 9781782979357, $90, PB, b/w illus, 336p, NYP - due Aug 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $72
CONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS
Exploring cross-channel relationships Edited by Hugo AndersonWhymark, Duncan Garrow & Fraser Sturt The prehistories of Britain and Ireland are inescapably entwined with continental European narratives. The central aim here is to explore ‘cross-channel’ relationships throughout later prehistory, investigating the archaeological links between the areas we now call Britain and Ireland, and continental Europe, from the Mesolithic through to the end of the Iron Age.
9781782978091, $60, PB, b/w illus, 176p, 2015, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $48 9781782978107, $36, ePub 9781782978121, $36, pdf
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Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices Edited by J. Rasmus Brandt, Håkon Roland & Marina Prusac The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. The contributions presented here focus not on the examination of different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes of such rituals – how and when they occurred and how they may be explained. Based on case studies from a variety of geographical regions and from different prehistoric and historical periods, a range of key themes are examined concerning belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration, exploring a complex web of practices. Studies in Funerary Archaeology 7
9781782976394, $70, HB, b/w & col illus, 320p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $56 9781782976400, $40, ePub 9781782976424, $40, pdf
DEATH EMBODIED
Archaeological approaches to the treatment of the corpse Edited by Zoë L. Devlin & Emma-Jayne Graham Archaeological interpretations of burial remains can often suggest that the skeletons which we uncover, and therefore usually associate with past funerary practices, were what was actually deposited in graves, rather than articulated corpses. The choices made by past communities or individuals about how to cope with a dead body in all of its dynamic and constituent forms, and whether there was reason to treat it in a manner that singled it out (positively or negatively) as different from other human corpses, provide the stimulus for this volume. Studies in Funerary Archaeology 9
9781782979432, $76, PB, b/w illus, 192p, NYP - due July 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $60.80
DEFINING THE SACRED Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near East Edited by Nicola Laneri
Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of any society and characterizable by a number of features. these include the establishment of intermediaries in the relationship between humans and the divine; the construction of ceremonial places for worshiping the gods and practicing ritual performances; and the creation ritual paraphernalia.
9781782976790, $50, PB, b/w illus, 200p, NYP - due June 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $40
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EARTH: THE DYNAMICS OF NON-INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE: 8,000 YEARS OF RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION: 3 VOLUME SET Edited by Patricia C. Anderson, Leonor Pena-Chocarro & Andreas Heiss All three volumes in the EARTH series; Plants and People: Choice and Diversity Through Time, Exploring and Explaining Diversity in Agricultural Technology, and Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes in Pre-Industrial Society: Choices, Stability and Change EARTH Series.
9781782977537, $200, HB, 1016p, NYP - due July 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $160
THE END OF THE LAKEDWELLINGS IN THE CIRCUM-ALPINE REGION Edited by Francesco Menotti After more than 3500 years of occupation in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, the many lake-dwellings’ around the Circum-Alpine region ‘suddenly’ came to an end. Why were the lake-dwellings finally abandoned and what exactly happened towards the end of the Late Bronze Age that made the lake-dwellers change their way of life so drastically? The new research presented here draws upon the results of a four-year-long project dedicated to shedding light on this intriguing conundrum.
9781782978602, $90, PB, b/w & col illus, 208p, NYP - due July 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $72
HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL LANDSCAPES OF OHIO More Than Mounds and Geometric Earthworks By Mark Lynott Nearly 2000 years ago, people living in the river valleys of southern Ohio built earthen monuments on a scale that is unmatched in the archaeological record for small-scale societies. The labor needed to build these vast cultural landscapes exceeds population estimates for the region, and suggests that people from near (and possibly far) traveled to the Scioto and other river valleys to help with construction of these monumental earthen complexes. Here, in the first American Landscapes volume, Mark Lynott draws on more than a decade of research and extensive new datasets to re-examine the spectacular and massive scale Ohio Hopewell landscapes and to explore the society that created them. American Landscapes
9781782977544, $34.95, PB, b/w & col illus, 288p, 2015, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $27.96 9781782977551, $21, ePub 9781782977575, $21, pdf
HUNTER, FISHERS AND FORAGERS IN WALES
Towards a social narrative of Mesolithic lifeways By Malcolm Lillie The author presents a major new holistic appraisal of the evidence for the Mesolithic occupation of Wales. The story begins with a discourse on the Palaeolithic background. Subsequent chapters follow a sequence from the palaeoenvironmental background, through a consideration of the use of stone tools, settlement patterning and evidence for subsistence strategies and the range of available resources.
9781782979746, $80, PB, b/w & col illus, 256p, NYP due Sep 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $64
LIVING WITH THE FLOOD
Mesolithic to post-medieval archaeological remains at Mill Lane, Sawston, Cambridgeshire – a wetland/dryland interface By Samantha Paul, Kevin Colls & Henry P. Chapman The site at Mill Lane, Sawston, represents millennia of human activity within a dynamic and changing landscape setting. Here the results of the study of a wetland/dryland interface on the edge of palaeochannels of the River Cam in Cambridgeshire are presented.
9781782979661, $39.95, PB, b/w & col illus, 128p, NYP due Sep 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $31.96
THE MATERIALITY OF MAGIC
An artifactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs Edited by Ceri Houlbrook & Natalie Armitage The subject of ‘magic’ has long been considered peripheral and sensationalist, the word itself having become something of an academic taboo. This book addresses the value of the material record as a resource in investigations into magic, ritual practices, and popular beliefs.
9781785700101, $50, PB, b/w illus, 152p, NYP - due Nov 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $40
OF ROCKS AND WATER
Towards an Archaeology of Place
Edited by Ömür Harmanşah This volume presents a series of archaeological landscapes from the Iranian highlands to the Anatolian Plateau, and from the Mediterranean borderlands to Mesoamerica. Contributors all have a deep interest in the making and the long-term history of unorthodox places of human interaction with the mineral world.
Joukowsky Institute Publication 5 9781782976714, $45, PB, 270p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $36 9781782976721, $27, ePub 9781782976745, $27, pdf
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Archaeological Theory – Present, Past and Future. Essays in Honour of Evžen Neustupný Edited by Kristian Kristiansen, Ladislav Šmejda & Jan Turek Paradigm Found brings together papers by renowned researchers from across Europe, Asia and America to discuss a selection of pressing issues in current archaeological theory and method. The 23 papers provide a discussion of the issues currently re-appearing in the focal point of theoretical debates in archaeology.
9781782977704, $70, HB, b/w & col illus, 288p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $56 9781782977711, $42, ePub 9781782977735, $42, pdf
SKYSCAPES
The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology Edited by Fabio Silva & Nicholas Campion Skyscapes explores the current role of archaeoastronomical knowledge in archaeological discourse and how to integrate the two. It shows how it is not only possible but even desirable to look at the skyscape to shed further light on human societies. This is achieved by first exploring the historical relationship between archaeoastronomy and academia in general, and with archaeology in particular.
9781782978404, $80, PB, b/w & col illus, 168p, 2015, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $64 9781782978411, $48, ePub 9781782978435, $48, pdf
TOWARDS SKYSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY By Fabio Silva
TRENDS IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1 Edited by Karina Gerdau-Radonić & Kathleen McSweeney This first volume in the series Trends in Biological Anthropology presents 11 papers. The study of modern baboons as proxies to understand extinct hominin species’ diet and the interpretation of skeletal degenerative joint disease on the skeletal remains of extant primates are presented as case studies using methods and standards usually applied to human remains.
9781782978367, $85, HB, b/w illus, 160p, NYP - due Aug 2015, Oxbow Books for the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology Pre-Publication Price $68
WILD THINGS
Recent advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research Edited by Frederick W. F. Foulds, Helen C. Drinkall, Angela R. Perri, David T.G. Clinnick & James W.P.Walker This volume celebrates this trend with focuses on recent advances in the study of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic. With contributors from a diverse range of backgrounds, it allows for a greater degree of interdisciplinary discourse than is often the case, as the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic are generally split apart.
9781782977469, $60, PB, 208p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $48 9781782977476, $36, ePub 9781782977490, $36, pdf
ANIMALS IN THE NEOLITHIC OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE By Dale Serjeantson & David Field
This book looks at archaeoastronomical theory and method from the point of view of archaeology. It highlights current limitations and suggests what needs to be addressed and overcome for archaeoastronomy to produce knowledge of value to the broader academic community.
The aim of the twelve papers in this edited volume is to cover the range of current approaches to animals in the Neolithic, and to encompass as wide a geographical scope as possible in Europe. The author has rounded off the volume with a commentary and discussion on the papers which puts them into the perspective of changing views of animals in the Neolithic of Europe.
Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers 7
9781782979555, $26, PB, 35 b/w illus, NYP - due Sep 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $20.80
TRAC 2014
Proceedings of the Twenty Fourth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Reading 2014 Edited by Tom Brindle, Martyn Allen, Emma Durham & Alex Smith This volume contains a selection of papers presented at TRAC 2014, as well as some invited contributions. Several papers make make innovative use of interdisciplinary theory: in humanistic geography, philosophy and archaeology; social psychology; and the cognitive science of religion in the study of Roman monuments, military social history and religion.
9781785700026, $60, PB, b/w illus, 158p, NYP - due March 2015, Oxbow Books Pre-Publication Price $48
9781842172148, $60, PB reprint, 192p, Oct 2015, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $48
PAST BODIES
Body-Centered Research in Archaeology By Dusan Boric & John Robb This collection of papers is a reaction to decades of the body's invisibility in archaeology. It raises the body as the central topic in the study of past societies, researching its appearance in a wide variety of regional contexts and across vast spans of archaeological time. In all these case studies, the materiality of the body is center stage.
9781782975427, $45, PB reprint, 160p, 2014, Oxbow Books Special Offer Price $36 9781782975434, $27, ePub 9781782975458, $27, pdf
ARCADIAN VISIONS
Pastoral Influences on Poetry, Painting and the Design of Landscape By Allan R. Ruff This book provides an alternative landscape history for all those involved with the landscape - either through its design, management, use or enjoyment. It begins by examining the origins of Arcadia and the pastoral in the classical poetry of Theocritus and Virgil, and the effects of, and on, Christianity before outlining its development in renaissance Italy.
9781909686663, $79.95, HB, b/w & col illus, 288p, NYP - due July 2015,Windgather Press Pre-Publication Price $63.96
DEER AND PEOPLE Edited by Karis Baker, Ruth Carden & Richard Madgwick Deer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space: whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the focus of sport. In spite of their diverse, deeprooted and long standing relations with human societies, no multi-disciplinary volume of research on cervids has until now been produced.
9781909686540, $80, PB, b/w & col illus, 248p, 2014, Windgather Press Special Offer Price $64 9781909686557, $48, ePub 9781909686571, $48, pdf
NORTH DOWNS LANDSCAPES
Exploring the Glorious English Countryside on London’s Doorstep By Doug Kennedy The North Downs are a range of hills that run east-west from the south-east tip of England, at Dover in Kent, to Farnham in Surrey. This book takes the reader on a journey through the North Downs. The core of this book are beautiful full-page color photographs illustrating the beauty and distinctive landscapes of the Downs and capturing classic English landscapes, villages and towns.
9781909686588, $29.99, HB, 2015,Windgather Press Special Offer Price $23.99 9781909686595, $17.99, ePub 9781909686618, $17.99, pdf
OFFA'S DYKE
Landscape and Hegemony in Eighth Century Britain By Keith Ray & Ian Bapty The massive ancient earthwork that provides the sole commemoration of an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon king and that gives its name to one of our most popular contemporary national walking trails remains an enigma. This book provides a fresh perspective on the creation of Offa's Dyke arising from over a decade of study and of conservation practice.
9781905119356, $46, PB, 70 illus, 200p, NYP - due June 2015,Windgather Press Pre-Publication Price $36.80
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TO VIEW FULL DETAILS INCLUDING CONTENTS LISTING VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.CASEMATEACADEMIC.COM THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY OF INDUS WRITING
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF YUCATÁN: NEW DIRECTIONS AND DATA
By Bryan K.Wells
By Travis W. Stanton
This is a detailed examination of the Indus script. It presents new analysis based on an expansive text corpus using revolutionary analytical techniques developed specifically for the purpose of deciphering the Indus script. This exploration of Indus writing examines the structure of Indus text at a level of detail that has never been possible before. This advance in analytic techniques is combined with detailed linguistic information to suggest a root language for the Indus script.
9781784910464, $50, PB, b/w illus, 143p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $40
STONE TREES TRANSPLANTED? CENTRAL MEXICAN STELAE OF THE EPICLASSIC AND EARLY POSTCLASSIC AND THE QUESTION OF MAYA ‘INFLUENCE’ By Keith Jordan This book re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts. For the first time the Central Mexican stelae are placed in the context of often earlier local artistic traditions as well as other possible longdistance connections. Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 2
9781784910105, $70, PB, illus throughout in b/w, 237p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $56
THE EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGIST: 1 – 21A 1993 – 2004 Edited by Henry Cleere, Karen Waugh & Samson Ross
This volume gathers together the first 10 years of The European Archaeologist (ISSN 1022-0135), from Winter 1993 through to the 10th Anniversary Conference Issue, published in 2004 for the Lyon Annual Meeting.
9781784910129, $45, PB, b/w illus, 360p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $36
FRACTURES IN KNAPPING By Are Tsirk This book is for students and practitioners of not only knapping, lithic technology and archaeology, but also of fractography and fracture mechanics. At conferences on fractography of glasses and ceramics, the author has often been asked to demonstrate knapping as well as provide overviews of fractography learned from it.
9781784910228, $50, PB, b/w illus, 261p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $40
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This volume provides a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatán. Increased communication among scholars has become increasingly important for grasping a better understanding of the great amount of data emerging from the State of Yucatán. Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 1
9781784910082, $100, PB, illus throughout in b/w, 514p, 2014, Spanish/English text, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $80
LOOTED, RECOVERED, RETURNED: ANTIQUITIES FROM AFGHANISTAN
A detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012 By Janet Ambers, C. R. Cartwright, C. Higgitt, D. Hook & St John Simpson
In 2011 a group of twenty bone and ivory plaques from the 'Begram ivories' was generously acquired for the National Museum of Afghanistan by a private individual. This book describes their story from excavation to display and return, with individual object biographies and detailed scientific analyses and conservation treatments.
9781784910167, $96, PB, col illus, 342p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $76.80
PALAEOPATHOLOGY IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
A century in review Edited by Ryan Metcalfe, Jenefer Cockitt & Rosalie David The study of human remains has captured the imagination of many people for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material presented at a workshop entitled ‘Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review,’ held at the Natural History Museum, London, which formed part of a three-year research project, ‘Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: Palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia.’ The papers explore palaeopathology from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field. Archaeopress Egyptology 6
9781784910266, $50, PB, b/w illus, 169p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $40
RAINFED ALTEPETL
Modeling institutional and subsistence agriculture in ancient Tepeaca, Mexico By Aurelio López Corral Climate variability and human management strategies on crop stands were major factors that frequently affected agricultural yields among indigenous populations from central Mexico. This work seeks to model food production in ancient Tepeaca, a Late Postclassic (AD 1325-1521) and Early Colonial (16th century) state level-polity settled on the central highlands of Puebla, by applying a model that recognizes the presence of two independent and interconnected forms of food production: subsistence agriculture and institutional agriculture. Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 3
9781784910402, $52, PB, b/w illus, 125p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $41.60
SETTLEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND EXCHANGE AROUND THE WESTERN CARPATHIANS
International Workshop held at the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, October 27–28, 2012 Edited by T. L. Kienlin, P.Valde-Nowak, M. Korczyńska, K. Cappenberg & J. Ociepka
During the international conference ‘Settlement, Communication and Exchange around the Western Carpathians’ held in Kraków in October 2012, attention was focused on the complex issues of long-term cultural change in the populations surrounding the Western Carpathians, with the aim of striking a balance between local cultural dynamics, subsistence economy and the alleged importance of far-reaching contacts, and communication and exchange involved in this process. The objective was to contribute to a more holistic understanding of prehistoric settlement strategies, adaptation to marginal environments, and the role of communication for prehistoric populations to the north and south of the Western Carpathians.
9781784910365, $94, PB, b/w illus, 403p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $75.20
TRAVELLING OBJECTS: CHANGING VALUES
The role of northern Alpine lake-dwelling communities in exchange and communication networks during the Late Bronze Age By Benjamin Jennings Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of the Late Bronze Age lakedwelling communities in Central European exchange networks is addressed.
9781905739936, $74, PB, b/w & col illus, with CD, 229p, 2014, Archaeopress Archaeology Special Offer Price $59.20
USE CODE 625-15 TO RECEIVE SPECIAL OFFER PRICE GREEK ARCHAEODIET AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS Edited by Anastasia Papathanasiou & Michael Richards The analysis of stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen provides a powerful tool for reconstructing past diets, since it provides the only direct evidence of the foods that were actually consumed. The articles describe the application of the methodology to the archaeology of Greece, a country that has been isotopically studied more extensively than any other place in the world. The archaeological issues that can be addressed using stable isotope methods include the importance of fishing, the possible early introduction of millet, the nature of child-rearing including weaning age and weaning foods, temporal shifts in protein consumption, differential access to certain foods associated with social status, as well as gender, age, and cultural differences in dietary patterns. Hesperia
Supplements 49 9780876615492, $75, PB, 41 illus, 200p, NYP - due May 2015, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Pre-Publication Price $60
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
IMAGINATIONS OF RELIGION Edited by Thomas Meier & Petra Tillessen This book does not aim at a “true” story of prehistoric belief, but rather an account of how eight different archaeologists imagine past religions. It is their purpose to observe and analyze how archaeologists think about that fuzzy thing called “religion.” Papers range from a comparative history of research to new interpretational frames of hidden art. Authors question the established sacred-profane divide and explore the concept of liminality; they tear down the borders between humans and animals, the animate and the inanimate. Series Minor 31
9789639911246, $54, PB, 404p, 2014, Archaeolingua Special Offer Price $43.20 OLD TIMES – NEW METHODS Non-Invasive Archaeology in Baranya County (Hungary) 2005–2013 By Gábor Bertók & Csilla Gáti Airborne surveying methods like aerial archaeology or Airborne Laser Scanning/LiDAR have become some of the main sources of information for landscape archaeology during the last 3 or 4 decades. The expert knowledge and the experience adopting the data derived from these sources are not evenly distributed in Europe. This volume reflects the high standard of work the Janus Pannonius Museum has carried out in recent years to enhance our understanding of the landscapes and the history around Pécs, to share this knowledge and their enthusiasm for past landscapes with everyone in Hungary and beyond.
9789639911536, $64, PB, 172p, 2014, English/ Hungarian text, Archaeolingua Special Offer Price $51.20
DEALING WITH BIASES
Three geo-archaeological approaches to the hidden landscapes of Italy By Hendrik Feiken
This books explores the bias that is introduced by erosion and sedimentation on the distribution of archaeological materials in Mediterranean landscapes. It describes innovative and interdisciplinary work that led to the formulation of a broad range of geo-archeological approaches that are applied to two Italian areas, studied intensively by the Groningen Institute of Archaeology: the Pontine Region in South Lazio, and the Raganello Basin in North Calabria. This book shows how the three geo-archaeological approaches can be applied in a wider context to quantitatively understand how erosion and sedimentation bias our understanding of archaeological records. Groningen Archaeological Studies 26
9789491431678, $87, PB, contains illus, 362p, 2014, Barkhuis Special Offer Price $69.60
SAMARRA STUDIES II
Archaeological Atlas of Samarra By A. Northedge & Derek Kennet The Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 892 AD, preserved as they were until the middle years of the 20th century. Site maps and catalogues are provided of all the approximately 5819 building and site units identified. This is the first time that it has been possible to catalogue nearly all the buildings of one of the world’s largest ancient cities, from the caliph palaces to the smallest hovels. Samarra Studies
9780903472302, $128, HB, 831p, NYP - due June 2015, British Institute for the Study of Iraq Pre-Publication Price $102.40
ANCIENT LIVES NEW DISCOVERIES Eight Mummies, Eight Stories By John H.Taylor & Daniel Antoine
In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to find new ways of studying ancient Egyptian mummies. Eight significant mummies are ‘explored’, each carefully selected to tell a different story. CT scans have revealed a wealth of information, such as the health problems that the individual must have suffered during life, age at death and sometimes cause of death, the manner of mummification and on occasion irregularities in the process. Funerary objects are also highlighted for context. With over 200 specially commissioned photographs, Ancient lives, new discoveries is a thorough and informative read.
9780714119120, $34.95, PB, 225 col ills, 192p, 2014, British Museum Press Special Offer Price $27.96
REGARDING THE DEAD Human Remains in the British Museum Edited by Alexandra Fletcher, Daniel Antoine & J. D. Hill
The British Museum holds approximately 6,000 human remains, the majority of which were recovered in the past century. Regarding the Dead addresses the British Museum’s approach to the ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of human remains in the Museum’s collection and presents solutions to the dilemmas relating to their curation, storage, access management and display. A key publication on the British Museum's approach to the ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of human remains in museum collections and possible solutions to the dilemmas relating to their curation, storage, access management and display. British Museum Research Publication 197
9780861591978, $70, PB, 80 illus, 180p, 2014, British Museum Press Special Offer Price $56
KNOSSOS: A MIDDLE MINOAN BUILDING IN BOUGADHA METOCHI By Giorgos Rethemiotakis & Peter Warren From at least 1700 BC, and for several centuries thereafter, a city of substantial houses flanked the palace of Knossos in north-central Crete. The whole lower western hill-slope (Bougadha Metochi, the modern village) was terraced with fine, ashlar masonry buildings, served by well-engineered paved roads. The present volume publishes part of one such building, excavated by the Greek Archaeological Service. The pottery within it is particularly important for the first stage of these large buildings, Middle Minoan IIIA (Early and Late), the 17th century BC. The history of the building is also set within that of the wider Cretan and southern Aegean regions during the Bronze Age. BSA Studies 23
9780904887693, $118, HB, half-tone plates 33; figs 23; tables 11, 133p, 2014, British School at Athens Special Offer Price $94.40
L’AREA ARCHEOLOGICA DI FIESOLE
Conservazione della memoria e innovazioni per la fruizione On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Civic Archaeological Museum, this volume retraces the history of the archaeological site of Fiesole, from the first findings until today, taking stock of the restorations of one of the most fascinating and historically rich areas of this region. The texts provide the reader with the state of the art of research and works carried out in the area, describing in particular the adaptation and the implementation of safety measures in the Roman Theater.
9788859613855, $59, HB, 184p, 2014, Italian text, Edizioni Polistampa Special Offer Price $47.20
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HILL FARMING ON EXMOOR By Cain Hegarty & Robert Wilson-North The story of hill farming on Exmoor is told here for the first time through archaeological evidence newly revealed after two years of systematic survey work. Meticulous survey work is presented showing how nearly 700 years of ‘reclamation’ on the royal forest of Exmoor, its surrounding commons and its hill farms, has helped to shape the landscape of Exmoor National Park. This book will appeal to those who know and love Exmoor; those with an interest in hill farming and how the uplands have been farmed through time; and those who wish to know more about Victorian innovation.
9781848020825, $40, PB, 116, 128p, 2014, English Heritage Special Offer Price $32
ENGLAND'S COASTAL HERITAGE
A Review of Progress since 1997 By Peter Murphy The English Heritage Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS) program has produced a wealth of new information, with over 45 survey reports now completed. It is now time to review what has been achieved and learned from the RCZAS and other recent coastal historic environment studies. The book includes an introduction to the coastal historic environment, a consideration of long-term coastal change, an outline of survey, recording and characterization methodology, a national review of the coastal historic environment and a separate discussion of regional significance, a set of research priorities for the future, and a final section considering how England’s coastal heritage should be managed in the future.
9781848021075, $100, HB, b/w & col illus, 184p, 2014, English Heritage Special Offer Price $80
THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE MENDIP HILLS By Elaine Jamieson
THE STONEHENGE LANDSCAPE
Analysing the Stonehenge World Heritage Site By Sharon Soutar, David Field, Martyn Barber & Mark Bowden Stonehenge is arguably the greatest prehistoric monument in western Europe. Recent research by English Heritage’s landscape archaeologists within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site has led to the identification of previously unknown sites and, perhaps even more importantly, the re-interpretation of known sites, including Stonehenge itself. This book presents the most significant findings of the English Heritage research and shows how it integrates with the results of work undertaken by colleagues in other research bodies.
9781848021167, $60, PB, 112 illus, 176p, NYP - due May 2015, Historic England Pre-Publication Price $48
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Edited by Paul Burtenshaw & Peter Gould Nowhere in archaeology is the gap between theory and practice more evident than in its ambivalent engagement with economic development. This groundbreaking volume assembles practicing archaeologists, economists, and NGO officials in an extensive exploration of the theoretical, practical and ethical issues raised by archaeologists’ use of cultural heritage to support economic development. The first chapters consider the problem of articulating the value of tangible and intangible heritage when economic measures alone are inadequate. Subsequent chapters present regional perspectives on archaeology and development. Public Archaeology journal special issue 1
9781909662667, $80, PB, 2015, Maney Publishing Special Offer Price $64
LANDMARKS IN MAPPING
50 Years of The Cartographic Journal Edited by Kenneth Field & Alexander J. Kent
LIVING IN THE LANDSCAPE Edited by Katherine Boyle, Ryan J. Rabett & Chris O. Hunt This edited volume reflects on the multitude of ways by which humans shape and are shaped by the natural world, and how archaeology and its cognate disciplines recover this relationship. The structure and content of the book recognize Graeme Barker’s pioneering contribution to the scientific study of human–environment interaction, and form a secondary dialectic between his many colleagues and past students and the academic vista which he has helped define. The volume comprises 22 thematic papers, arranged chronologically, each a presentation of front-line research in their respective fields. The chapters illustrate how climate, demographic, subsistence, social and ecological change have affected cultures from the Palaeolithic to Historical, from North Africa and West-Central Eurasia to Southeast Asia and China.
9781902937731, $96, HB, 131 figs, 28 tables, 380p, 2014, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Special Offer Price $76.80
ESSAYS ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS Bronze Age to Byzantine By Mario Buhagiar
This collection of essays, by leading scholar and academic Professor Mario Buhagiar, brings together in a single volume a select miscellany of studies which focus primarily on Bronze Age, PunicoRoman, Early Christian and Byzantine archaeology and history filtered through a synthesis of the archaeological, documentary, and art historical evidence. Its main strength is the contextualization and informed analysis of the iconographic and artistic source material. Maltese
Social Studies Series 22 9789993274827, $75.50, HB, b/w & col illus, 522p, 2014, Midsea Books Special Offer Price $60.40
CONSERVATION SCIENCE IN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Historical-Technical journal Edited by Salvatore Lorusso
When traveling north-east across the Somerset Levels and Moors the eye is drawn to the dark mass of the Mendip Hills, a Carboniferous Limestone ridge which rises abruptly from the flatness of its surroundings. Bringing together a wide variety of new and past research, this book explores the archaeology and architecture of this remarkable corner of England, beginning with evidence for the first hunting groups who passed through the region over half a million years ago.
Founded by the British Cartographic Society (BCS) and first published in June 1964, The Cartographic Journal was the first general distribution English language journal in cartography. This volume of classic papers and accompanying invited reflections brings together some of the key papers to celebrate 50 years of publication. It is a celebration of The Cartographic Journal and of the work that scholars, cartographers and map-makers have published which have made it the foremost international journal of cartography.
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage is a historical-technical Journal. One of the main objectives of the Journal is to achieve an all-encompassing vision of interdisciplinarity and internationalisation which are essential in today's society and relevant cultural sectors. In this, the Journal responds to a natural demand for information and professional growth on issuees related to the cultural heritage sector. 13
9781848020429, $70, HB, 292 illus, 304p, NYP - due June 2015, Historic England Pre-Publication Price $56
9781909662384, $125, HB, 416p, 2014, Maney Publishing Special Offer Price $100
9788857521855, $35.50, PB, 451p, 2014, English/Italian text, Mimesis International Special Offer Price $28.40
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USE CODE 625-15 TO RECEIVE SPECIAL OFFER PRICE ANIMALS IN SAXON AND SCANDINAVIAN ENGLAND
Backbones of Economy and Society By Matilda Holmes
In this book an analysis of over 300 animal bone assemblages from English Saxon and Scandinavian sites is presented. The data set is summarized in extensive tables for use as comparanda for future archaeozoological studies. Firstly, an investigation of the diet of the population, and how food was used to establish social boundaries.
9789088902666, $50, PB, b/w & col illus, 222p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $40 9789088902673, $30, pdf
ARCHAEOLOGY OF SALT
Approaching an invisible past Edited by Robin Brigand & Olivier Weller Salt is an invisible object for research in archaeology. However, ancient writings, ethnographic studies and the evidence of archaeological exploitation highlight it as an essential reference for humanity. his publication presents the most recent progresses in the field of salt archaeology in Europe and beyond.
9789088903038, $65, PB, 25 b/w & 38 full col illus, 228p, 2015, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $52 9789088903045, $20.99, pdf
BREAKING WITH TRADITION
Cultural influences for the decline of the Circum-Alpine region lake-dwellings By Benjamin Jennings Studies of material culture have shown that some of the Late Bronze Age lake-dwellings in the northern Alpine region were significant centers for the production and exchange of bronzework and manufactured products, linking northern Europe to the southern Alpine forelands and beyond.
9789088902758, $50, PB, 176 b/w & 26 full col illus, 204p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $40 9789088902765, $19.95, pdf
THE CONNECTED CARIBBEAN
A socio-material network approach to patterns of homogeneity and diversity in the pre-colonial period By Angus A. A. Mol This work seeks to study the patterns of this pre-colonial homogeneity and diversity and uncover some of their underlying processes and dynamics. In contrast to earlier studies of its kind, this study adopts an archaeological network approach, in part derived from the network sciences. Sidestone Press Dissertations
9789088902598, $60, PB, 33 b/w & 9 col illus, 328p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $48 9789088902819, $28.50, ePub 9789088902604, $28.50, pdf
EGYPTIAN BIOARCHAEOLOGY
Humans, Animals, and the Environment Edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser & Roxie Walker Although the bioarchaeology of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume consists of a series of essays that explore how ancient plant, animal, and human remains should be studied, and how, when they are integrated with texts, images, and artifacts, they can contribute to our understanding of the history, environment, and culture of ancient Egypt in a holistic manner.
9789088902871, $60, PB, b/w & col illus, 237p, 2015, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $48 9789088902888, $20.99 pdf
EXPERIMENTS PAST
Histories of Experimental Archaeology Edited by Jodi Reeves Flores & Roeland Paardekooper Experiments Past provides readers with a glimpse of experimental work and experience that was previously inaccessible due to language, geographic and documentation barriers, while establishing a historical context for the issues confronting experimental archaeology today.This volume contains formal papers on the history of experimental methodologies in archaeology.
9789088902512, $80, PB, 53 b/w & 65 full col illus, 275p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $64 9789088902529, $19.99, pdf
QUATERNARY RESEARCH IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
A history based on the activities of the Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge, 1948 - 1994 By Richard West This book traces the history of quaternary research in Britain and Ireland, particularly the continental influences which stimulated research and led to the establishment of a Subdepartment of Quaternary Research at the University of Cambridge.
9789088902574, $45, PB, 20 b/w & 10 full col illus, 200p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $36 9789088902581, $15, pdf
TRADITIONS TECHNIQUES ET PRODUCTION CÉRAMIQUE AU NÉOLITHIQUE ANCIEN Étude de huit sites rubanés du nord est de la France et de Belgique By Louise Gomart
9789088902468, $100, PB, 43 b/w & 67 full col illus, 420p, 2014, French text, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $80 9789088902475, $25, pdf
WATER & HERITAGE
Material, conceptual and spiritual connections Edited by Willem Willems & Henk van Schaik This publication follows up on a Heritage and Water conference in Amsterdam, the first of its kind. Its main purpose is to credibly present the importance and value of heritage and historical experience for water and sustainable development, and vice versa, present the importance of water management for the protection of heritage. It presents evolving insights and concepts about Water and about Heritage from a variety of disciplines, policy and public perspectives illustrated with cases studies and aims to connect decision makers with experts such as engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, ecologist and landscape architects. This book deals with the heritage of water management and the use that was made of water, as well as the impact of water management on heritage.
9789088902789, $80, PB, NYP - due Aug 2015, Sidestone Press Pre-Publication Price $64
WHY LEATHER?
The Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather Edited by Susanna Harris & Andre J.Veldmeijer This volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability. Typically grouped together as 'leather', the versatility of these materials is remarkable: they can be soft and supple like a textile, firm and rigid like a basket, or hard and watertight like a pot. This volume challenges a simple utilitarian or functional approach to leather.
9789088902611, $60, PB, 50 full col illus, 135p, 2014, Sidestone Press Special Offer Price $48 9789088902628, $19.95, pdf
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOOTWEAR
Development of Shoe Patterns and Styles from Prehistory til the 1600's By Marquita Volken This comprehensive guide to European archaeological footwear is richly illustrated with drawings and photographs of archaeological leather shoe finds and shoe reconstructions. A catalogue presents each named shoe style along with the cutting patterns used, a concise description and a full list of the published examples. The volume also includes a short history of calceological studies, case studies, the fundamental research methods and an overview of shoe sole/upper constructions for archaeological leather shoes.
9789089321176, $80, HB, richly illustrated catalog of 400 examples of specific cutting patterns, 408p, 2014, SPA Uitgevers Special Offer Price $64
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