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This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407390055 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407390062 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860545712 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407390055 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407390062 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860545712 (Volume set).

Este volumen es parte de un conjunto de dos volúmenes: ISBN 9781407390130 (Volumen I); ISBN 9781407390147 (Volumen II); ISBN 9780860545934 (Conjunto de ambos volúmenes).This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407390130 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407390147 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860545934 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407358727 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407358734 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860547082 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407390956 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407390963(Volume II); ISBN 9780860542032 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407391038 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407391045 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860542469 (Volume set).

This is the keenly awaited third of a projected five volumes, presenting the results of excavations carried out at the Nubian site of Meinarti in 1963 and 1964. (Before its inundation, Meinarti was a low-lying alluvial island situated at the foot of the Second Nile Cataract, about 10km to the south of the town of Wadi Halfa.) The present volume carries the story forward through Late and Terminal Christian periods (Phases 5 and 6), and up to the final abandonment of the site around AD 1600. This accomplished series of reports is designed very much as a work of reference, and is consequently highly user-friendly, with each section presented as a self-contained study.

This study is concerned with the analysis of pottery collected during the excavation campaigns conducted by the Swiss Institute of Rome in the domus Tiberiana between 1984 and 1987, as well as with the archaeological context from which they originated. This work is composed of four parts. The first discusses the monument itself and describes the framework in which the research took place; the second part concerns the stratigraphy, its analysis, its interpretation and the presentation of the pottery strictly tied to its archaeological context; the third part is more specifically concerned with the pottery itself. The fourth and last part consists of a catalogue accompanied by plates that present the objects according to period.

This study examines the development of the imperial cult of Rome in Athens during the reigns of Augustus and the Julio-Claudian emperors. Based on ethnographic evidence, Fernando Lozano's study examines the social, political and economic context in which the imperial cult was introduced and accepted by the Athenians.

Excavating Classical Culture - Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Greece, the first volume in Studies in Classical Archaeology, publishes more than twenty papers on recent work in Greece from a remarkable, in some respects unique, meeting of archaeologists, which took place in Somerville College, University of Oxford, in March 2001. Recent archaeological activity in Greece has yielded a wealth of material enhancing our knowledge of classical Greece. The colloquium was the first collective presentation of these finds in the United Kingdom offering a rare opportunity for scholars to acquaint themselves with the recent discoveries. The papers draw on first-hand material provided by prominent scholars who are currently working on archaeological sites in Greece.

This volume is part of a three volume set: ISBN 9781407392073 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407392080 (Volume II); ISBN 9781407392097 (Volume III); ISBN 9780860541875 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407359519 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407359526 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860549949 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407359519 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407359526 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860549949 (Volume set).

This book presents the proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology that took place in Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012.This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407312040 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407312057 (Volume II); 9781407312064 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a three volume set: ISBN 9781407392073 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407392080 (Volume II); ISBN 9781407392097 (Volume III); ISBN 9780860541875 (Volume set).

This volume is part of a three volume set: ISBN 9781407392073 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407392080 (Volume II); ISBN 9781407392097 (Volume III); ISBN 9780860541875 (Volume set).

This book presents the proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology that took place in Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012.This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407312040 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407312057 (Volume II); 9781407312064 (Volume set).

In commemoration of the work of Mervyn Popham this festschrift contains 22 essays concerned with the archaeology of Crete and Euboea. Studies include an examination of the role of Crete in Homeric epic, a consideration of the role of the little palace' and some ofthe Middle Minoan pottery found by Evans at Knossos is reexamined.

This book includes papers from SOMA 2008 Proceedings of the XII Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Famagusta, North Cyprus, 5-8 March 2008.

Using methodology based on exhaustive research and critical view of the existing bibliography, as well as modern analytical methods such as optic and electronic microscopy and X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy, this book examines metallurgy and smelting techniques used on Iberian peninsula from the Chalcolitic up to Roman Periods. The result is a broader picture showing unsophisticated metallurgy, simple smelting techniques based on the use of crucible-furnaces traces of which can be found in most settlements up to the Iron Age.

One private numismatic collection in Zagreb, Croatia was found to contain a group of silver items, which has all the characteristics of an authentic Roman hoard, including the usual scarcity of information about the circumstances of discovery and the specific location. Only the following is available in terms of relevant information about the hoard: this chance find comes from the Lower Danube region and was found in a pottery vessel removed from the earth at a depth of approximately 1.5 meters. The type, name and specific or at least approximate location of the site of discovery remain unknown, along with the type and form of the vessel into which the objects were places, and it is not absolutely certain whether the hoard represents an intact complete unit, or if it once perhaps contained other items. The hoard consists of 46 items made from a silver of high purity with a very little admixture of other metals. No analysis was undertaken of all the silver. The partial analysis carried out using x-ray fluorescence only on parts of the hook and eye on the braided wire necklace noted the presence of small inclusions of gold, lead, tin, copper, zinc, and iron, with traces of cadmium, chrome, palladium, and titanium. Although its composition has not been entirely verified, the very appearance, colour, and shine of the silver reveals the uniformity of its fineness, with a possibility of only minimal differences in percentages. All of the objects are in an excellent state of preservation.

The Bell Beaker complex is defined, above all, by a ceramic style widespread across Europe during the 3rd millennium BC. In contrast to the preceding period, it represents an entity distinguished from other archaeological manifestations by its material culture, funeral practices and mode of diffusion. Its particularly vast geographic distribution has provoked different interpretations: a unique population invading Europe, the long-distance exchange of prestige goods, and the absence of a Bell Beaker population with only the diffusion of its cultural components. Osteoarchaeology makes it possible to test the first of these hypotheses, which proposes the diffusion of a culture by population displacement. The pertinent elements on the human skeleton must thus be identified for analysis. Here, the choice was made to analyze non-metric dental traits, anatomic variations observed on permanent and deciduous dentition. These are, in general, traits that are present or absent, or which reflectdifferent phases ofdevelopment. They can be positive structures, such as the presence of tubercles or ridges, or negative, such as grooves. Such traits can also vary in the number, position and size of cusps and roots. Based on results obtained fromstudies of archaeological material, the regions selected to test this hypothesis are the Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, France and Spain.

Proceedings of a conference on the early archaeology of Cadiz, Spain, held in April 2008.

This study concerns lithic technical systems during the Middle Palaeolithic (Final Glaciation) in the north-east Aquitaine basin (France). The analytical approach is based on a paradigm which shows the complexity of production schemes by technical and economical perspectives ('branched' chaîne opératoire). The results of this study show self-sufficient organizations of lithic production systems: each, with its own technical specifics, shows techno-economical adaptations in relation to differing eco-functional objectives achieved in different environments. This Mousterian lithic production approach gives a new understanding of the Mousterian variability in this landscape. The analysis adopted (technical and economic behaviour) also presents questions about stability or diversity of technical knowledge and economic understanding as practised by Mousterian groups during the Final Glaciation period.

The Moche culture (100-800 A.D.) developed on the northern Peruvian coast in an area spread over the Piura and Nepeña valleys. The zooarchaeological study of the faunal remains discovered in graves at four main ceremonial sites (Sipán, San José de Moro, El Brujo and Moche) has provided evidence of twelve sacrificed animal species: domestic taxa such as llamas, dogs and guinea pigs, and also wild species such as bats. A comparison of the zooarchaeological data with the iconographical corpus showed that animals served different ritual purposes, such as mortuary food and as guides for the deceased's soul into the afterlife; they were also symbolically considered as mediators between the world of the living and the dead. The study also comparesarchaeological data with other sources, such as ethnohistorical texts and ethnographical testimonies leading to a better understanding of the symbolical dimension represented by Andean animals.

This volume is a study of the bi-face (stone tool) industries of northwest Europe in the mid-Pleistocene, especially around the basins of the Somme and the Escaut (in France and Belgium). Through detailed analysis, special emphasis is placed on production, function, and dating, in an attempt to relate the finds (and the lithic industries) to various habitation, and settlement periods.