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AFRICA PROCONSULARIS, VOLUME 3
: Regional Studies in the Segermes Valley of Northern Tunisia -- Historical Conclusions
[ Jesper Carlsen, Habib Ben Hassen, Peter Ørsted & Laila Ladjimi Sebaï (eds)]
From 1987 to 1990, in collaboration with several Danish research institutes, the Tunisian Institut National de Patrimoine carried out an extensive archaeological survey in the valley known as the Segermes basin, in Tunisia. The results of that work are contained in three volumes entitled 'Africa Proconsularis' This volume reviews the information and looks at the historical conclusions.
{
339pp,
December 2000;
HB,
£34.25,
8772888288:9788772888286
, Aarhus University Press
} |
 |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CENTRAL SINAI, EGYPT
[Frank W Eddy, Fred Wendorf & Associates]
This volume details the findings of a reconnaissance survey of seventy-five archaeological sites and the subsequent excavation of ten representative sites on the Sinai Peninsula. Based on field work conducted in 1996 by the Combined Prehistoric Expedition (SPE) in the upper Wadi Grafi Basin, An Archaeological Investigation of the Central Sinai, Egypt, sheds further light on the Timnian Tradition of the southern Levant, one of the earliest (7000-3000 B.P.) nomadic pastoral cultures described to date. This book is divided into two parts, one describing the results of the survey and the other detailing the later excavations in the fall. Complete with 101 line drawings, 60 maps, and 23 black and white photos, this book is essential reading for scholars interested in the pre-historic archaeology of the Sinai region.
{
368pp,
220x285mm,
July 1999;
HB,
£49.99,
0870815377:9780870815379
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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ASPECTS OF ANCIENT GREEK CULT
: Context, Ritual & Iconography
[Jesper Jensen, George Hinge, Peter Schultz & Bronwen Wickkiser (eds)]
The papers in this volume illustrate the interplay between the studies of classical archaeology, religion, history, and musicology. The eight papers by the young scholars and their Nestor, Richard Hamilton, offer a fresh look at various aspects of ancient cult, including the use of the word cult in the academic disciplines of Archaeology and the History of Religion; the introduction of Asklepios to Athens, and a detailed study of the same god's sanctuary on the south slope of Akropolis, where it will be demonstrated that the layout of the early sanctuary on the east terrace was carefully designed after one central monument. The book also contains an innovative study of the Philippeion at Olympia, where it is argued that the tholos with its sculpture was a prototype for the use of divine images and royal ideology by Hellenistic rulers. Other papers include a statistical approach to the illustration of baskets on Classical votive reliefs, a theoretical study of the role of music in ancient Greek cult, and analysis of the use of the chorus as one of the most important expressions of ancient cult in Sparta.
{
280pp,
170x240mm,
June 2008;
HB,
£22.75,
8779342531:9788779342538
, Aarhus University Press
} |
 |
BETHSAIDA, VOLUME 1
: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee
[Rami Arav & Richard A Freund (eds)]
The Bethsaida Excavations Project is uncovering one of the most important New Testament sites, lost to the world since the first century.
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337pp,
155x230mm,
November 2001;
PB,
£13.50,
0943549868:9780943549866
, Truman State University Press
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BETHSAIDA, VOLUME 2
: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee
[Rami Arav & Richard A Freund (eds)]
This second volume reports the findings of the Excavation Project from 1944 to 1996. The number of archaeological discoveries exceeded all previous seasons.
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484pp,
155x230mm,
October 2001;
PB,
£19.99,
0943549485:9780943549484
, Truman State University Press
} |
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BETHSAIDA, VOLUME 2
: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee
[Rami Arav & Richard A Freund (eds)]
This second volume reports the findings of the Excavation Project from 1944 to 1996. The number of archaeological discoveries exceeded all previous seasons.
{
484pp,
155x230mm,
December 2001;
HB,
£29.99,
0943549493:9780943549491
, Truman State University Press
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 |
BETHSAIDA, VOLUME 3
: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee
[Rami Arav & Richard A Freund (eds)]
Ongoing archaeological excavation and research continues to uncover history at the biblical city of Bethsaida. Over the past 15 years, experts in the field continue to research and investigate the site, and have retrieved a wealth of information on some of the most critical topics in research from 10th century BCE to 4th century CE. Home to at least three apostles, Bethsaida is the only capital city from the Nile to the Euphrates dating to the Old Testament times, that has been excavated. In this volume, 13 articles shed light on the history of the city and region, and looks at the remains dating from the time of David to the time of Jesus.
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310pp,
155x230mm,
November 2004;
PB,
£19.99,
1931112398:9781931112390
, Truman State University Press
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BURIAL MOUNDS OF BAHRAIN
: Social Complexity in Early Dilmun
[Flemming Højlund]
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178pp,
210x300mm,
February 2008;
HB,
£26.95,
8788415457:9788788415452
, Aarhus University Press
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CENTRE & PERIPHERY IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
[Per Bilde, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Lise Hannestad, Klavs Randsborg & Jan Zahle (eds)]
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360pp,
March 1994;
HB,
£30.50,
8772883170:9788772883175
, Aarhus University Press
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CLASSICA ET MEDIAEVALIA, VOLUME 55
: Revue Danoise de Philologie et d'Histoire
[Ole Thomsen et al (eds)]
Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical, published annually, with articles written by Danish and International scholars. The articles are mainly written in English, but also in French and German. The periodical deals from a philological point of view with Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law and philosophy and the medieval ecclesiastic history. It covers the period from the Greco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.
{
398pp,
155x230mm,
September 2005;
HB,
£40.00,
8763503395:9788763503396
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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CLASSICA ET MEDIAEVALIA, VOLUME 56
: Revue Danoise de Philologie et d'Histoire
[Jesper Carlsen, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Vincent Gabrielsen, Marianne Pade, Minna Skafte Jensen, Birger Munk Olsen & Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (eds)]
Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical, published annually, with articles written by Danish and International scholars. The articles are mainly written in English, but also in French and German. The periodical deals from a philological point of view with Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law and philosophy and the medieval ecclesiastic history. It covers the period from the Greco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.
{
328pp,
June 2006;
PB,
£40.00,
8763504928:9788763504928
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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CLASSICA ET MEDIAEVALIA, VOLUME 57
: Revue Danoise de Philologie et d'Histoire
[Jesper Carlsen, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Vincent Gabrielsen, Marianne Pade, Minna Skafte Jensen, Birger Munk Olsen & Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (eds)]
Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical, published annually, with articles written by Danish and International scholars. The articles are mainly written in English, but also in French and German. The periodical deals from a philological point of view with Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law and philosophy and the medieval ecclesiastic history. It covers the period from the Greco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.
{
281pp,
155x230mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£40.00,
8763505126:9788763505123
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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HIEROGLYPHIC ARCHIVE AT PETRAS, SITEIAS
((Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, 9))
[Metaxia Tsipopoulos & Erik Hallager; Contributions by Cesare D Annibale & Dimitra Mylona]
This is the final and full publication of an archive with Cretan hieroglyphs found in Petras, Siteia. The archive consists of all kinds of written documents, and it has a unique collection of seals.
{
ca200pp,
September 2008;
PB,
£20.95,
8779342930:9788779342934
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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ILLERUP ÅDAL, VOLUMES 11 & 12
: Die Schwerter: Textband / Katalog, Tafeln und Fundlisten
[Marcin Biborski & Jørgen Ilkjær]
Text in German. Presents the largest known find of Roman sword blades, and the matching handles and sheaths. Here, as in the previous volumes, you will find full documentation of finds and contexts (supplemented by deluxe photos in Volume 7 and plan drawings in Volume 8). The main theme is the relationship between the Roman Empire and Northern Europe, which the sword material indeed exemplifies -- the blades being mainly of Roman manufacture, while the handles and sheaths are of mixed origin. The analyses have been carried out in international co-operation, i.e. the sword blades and their stamps have been analysed by Marcin Biborski of the University of Krakow, while the handles and sheaths have been dealt with by Jørgen Ilkjær, and the summary and conclusion have been written by both of them in co-operation.
{
826pp,
210x280mm,
December 2006;
HB,
£77.00,
8788415384:9788788415384
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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LOST RAMESSID & LATE PERIOD TOMBS IN THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS
((Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, Volume 33))
[Lise Manniche]
This forthcoming volume of the Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications series is a study of tombs of officials in the Theban necropolis, now lost, but recorded in the manuscripts of travellers to Egypt in the early and mid 19th century. Accomplished draftsmen, notably Robert Hay, made facsimile drawings which are largely unpublished but have been re-drawn by the author for the present publication. Fragments of relevant wall-decoration in museums and other collections are included.
{
164pp,
November 2008;
HB,
£35.00,
8763505347:9788763505345
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 4
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Quadrangle
[Kristian Jeppesen]
Under the auspices of the British Museum, C.T. Newton started excavations in 1857 on the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the sepulchral monument to the Carian ruler, Maussollos. Sensational finds were made of sculptures in round and reliefs, but less attention was paid to the architectural remains of the superstructure, and afterwards it was made clear that supplementary investigations on the site would be needed, if a more complete and reliable reconstruction of the building was to be hoped for than that suggested by Newton and his collaborators. This volume describes the foundations of the Mausolleion laid within the large, rectangular cutting in the bedrock and named "the quadrangle" by Newton. In addition to architectural evidence of basic importance, its re-excavation by the Danish expedition in the years 1970-77 brought to light remains of Maussollos' tomb chamber and its treasures, among these the ornaments of gold plate and beads of semi-precious stones published in the present volume. The illustrations include a plan of the re-excavated foundations; elevations of cross-sections describing the principal features of the excavated area; excavation photos; and a plot plan of the principle levels.
{
182pp,
October 2000;
HB,
£22.95,
8788415031:9788788415032
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 5
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Superstructure -- A Comparative Analysis of the Architectural, Sculptural & Literary Evidence
[Kristian Jeppesen]
Raised to honour Maussolos, a Persian satrap of the 4th century BCE, the Maussolleion in Halikarnassos was renowned throughout the ancient world as one of its Seven Wonders. Pliny the Elder provided a useful description of it several centuries later, but another fourteen passed before the invention of moveable type made his observations available to a wider public. In Volume 5, Jeppesen tries to reconcile Pliny's account of the superstructure with recent archaeological finds. The passage in Pliny's Natural History has been corrupted by untold generations of copyists, and reconstructions have focused on producing a grammatically acceptable text, with little regard for consistency and sense. Jeppesen compares variant readings from the 58 known manuscripts and proposes a model that tallies with the new archaeological evidence. The volume concludes with a survey of the architectural fragments held by the British Museum and the Maussolleion Museum in Bodrum.
{
240pp,
February 2003;
HB,
£22.95,
8788415155:9788788415155
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 6
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- Subterranean Pre-Maussolan Structures on the Site of the Maussolleion
[Jan Zahle]
This volume details Jan Zahle's investigations of subterranean structures close to the Maussolleion. Successive spoilations -- including Newton's -- have greatly muddled the archaeological record, and the Danish excavations uncovered evidence of another complication: plans for the site appear to have changed during construction, so what was originally intended as a modest extension of the existing structures evolves into a huge tomb on an immense terrace. Zahle's thorough sifting of evidence resolves many contradictions, though uncertainties still remain.
{
295pp,
December 2002;
HB,
£26.50,
8788415163:9788788415162
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 7
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Pottery
[John Lund, Vinnie Norskov & Leif Erik Vaage]
This volume is a study of selected ceramic finds from the Maussolleion site and the first major publication on Karian pottery since 1965. From a body of 120,000 items, the authors have emphasised in situ contexts related to the construction of the Maussolleion, and representative items from the large body of Hellenistic material.
{
331pp,
February 2003;
HB,
£26.50,
8788415171:9788788415179
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MINOANS IN THE CENTRAL, EASTERN & NORTHERN AEGEAN -- NEW EVIDENCE
: Acts of a Minoan Seminar 22-23 January 2005 in collaboration with the Danish Institute at Athens & the German Archaeological Institute at Athens
((Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, 8))
[Erik Hallager, C F Macdonald & W-D Niemeier (eds)]
In this book the scholarly world will be presented with new and hitherto unpublished material from proto- and neopalatial Crete found in the central, eastern and northern Aegean.
{
ca370pp,
September 2008;
PB,
£29.95,
8779342922:9788779342927
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MURLO'S ETRUSCAN PRINCES
: Aristocratic Patronage Among Archaeological Finds From the Poggio Civitate Museum
[Professor Erik Nielsen]
Among the many sites in Tuscany, which have been the subject of archaeological attention during the past several decades is Poggio Civitate. The operation is one of the longest continuously operating foreign excavations in Italy, started in 1966, and has produced one of the earliest monumental buildings found in Italy to date. The building, constructed ca. 600 BCE and destroyed ca. 530 BCE provides a very complete picture of the architectural development of an Etruscan site from the mid seventh through late sixth century BCE and allows us to see how small hilltop villages functioned socially and economically. Who destroyed it or why is unknown. Text in English/Italian.
{
120pp,
170x240mm,
July 2006;
PB,
£19.50,
8887469482:9788887469486
, Gabriele Capelli Editore Sagl
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PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
: The Collection of Classical & Near Eastern Antiquities in the National Museum of Denmark
[Bodil Bundgaard Rasmussen & John Lund (eds)]
This publication celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Collection of Classical and Near Eastern Antiquities in the National Museum of Denmark. The Collection traces its roots back to the Royal Kunstkammer founded by King Frederik III around 1650 and to the private archaeological collection of King Christian VIII. On his death the two collections were joined and in 1853 a new one emerged, now named Cabinet of Antiquities, and open to the public -- a collection which over the ensuing 150 years has been constantly enlarged and enriched. In eight articles, various aspects of the history of the collection are tackled -- the authors taking their cues from highlights and humble objects alike: two marble heads from Athens, a mummy from Egypt, and a seemingly insignificant Syrian amulet which, nonetheless, can tell an intriguing tale from the past. We meet a largely forgotten 19th century Danish consul in Tunisia with an eye for antiquities, and accompany Danish archaeologists on expeditions to Hama in Syria and Luristan in Iran. New research in Corinthian pottery is presented and the reader is introduced to the principles employed in establishing the Greek and Roman galleries that were opened in 1994 together with plans for a new Cypriot gallery opened in 2002. The Collection of Classical and Near Eastern Antiquities encompasses not only the story of ancient cultures but is, in its own right, part of the history of Denmark as it unfolds the story of the many relations between Denmark and the Mediterranean countries over the centuries.
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200pp,
220x190mm,
October 2008;
HB,
8789438086:9788789438085
/
PB,
£18.95,
8789438094:9788789438092
, Aarhus University Press
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POTS FOR THE LIVING / POTS FOR THE DEAD
[Annette Rathle et al (eds)]
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295pp,
155x230mm,
September 2002;
PB,
£27.00,
8772897120:9788772897127
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DANISH INSTITUTE AT ATHENS, VOLUME 3
[Signe Isager & Inge Nielsen (eds)]
This is the third volume of a periodical that is published every two years on the archaeological activities of the Danish Institute at Athens, and contains articles by scholars in the fields of Greek archaeology, history, philology and literature. This volume reports on prehistoric Tummuli at Portes in Achaea, early Minoan Clay Strips and a sealing at Psathi, an early Etruscan Bronze Throne in Olympia, the Utopia of Xenophon, Cultic theatres and ritual drama in Ancient Greece, Greek theatre building in late classical and Hellenistic times, the gardens and marginal lands of classical Attica, the foundation of Nea Paphos, all in English, and, in French, La collone du Dôdékathéon à Délos (Reconstruction of the columns of the Temple of Twelve Gods on the island of Delos). The section on Greek-Danish Excavations in Aetolian Chalkis 1997-98 contains articles on the excavations on the hill of Haghia Triadha, geological investigations of the area, coins and roof tiles found there and the registration process of finds. Other articles discuss the final Neolithic pottery from the excavation at Pangali on the eastern slope of Mt. Varassova, in 1996 and the recent rescue excavation of the cemetary of Ancient Chalkis.
{
307pp,
210x275mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£21.25,
8772887230:9788772887234
, Aarhus University Press
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DANISH INSTITUTE AT ATHENS, VOLUME 4
[Jonas Eiring & Jørgen Mejer (eds)]
This is the fourth volume of the journal of the Danish Institute at Athens with articles in the fields of Greek archaeology, history, philology and literature. The present volume contains two philological articles: Alkibiades and The Phaedrus: The Politics of the Appetites by Doug Al-Maini, and The Platonic Corpus in Antiquity by Jørgen Mejer. Birte Lundgreen's article, Use and Abuse of Athena in Roman Imperial Portraiture: The Case of Julia Domna, discusses the uses of Imperial Roman portraiture, particularly in the eastern provinces. Anne Marie Carstens has investigated Rock-Cut Tombs in the Halikarnassos Peninsula in Asia Minor and highlights the regional character of burial customs in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Death in Aetolia: The Hellenistic Graves at Aetolian Chalkis by Jonas Eiring also draws attention to the regionality of burial customs with examples from Western Greece. The article includes the publication of a multiple-burial, Early Hellenistic tomb in Aetolian Chalkis. From the same site, and in continuation of the reports published in Proceedings II and III, Greek-Danish Excavations in Aetolian Chalkis 1999-2001: Third Preliminary Report covers the three final seasons of the excavations at this site on the northern shore of the Gulf of Patras. A general account of the results of excavations, by Sanne Houby-Nielsen and Ioannis Moschos, is followed by the second article on the coins from the site, by Georgia Alexopoulou, and a detailed discussion of the shellfish found on site, by Kaj Strand Pedersen. It also contains a report by Efy Saranti on a Middle- and Late Helladic site in the nearby village of Gavrolimni, as well as an account of the Stone Age remains in the cave of Hagios Nikolaos by Lasse Sørensen.
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258pp,
210x275mm,
December 2004;
PB,
£21.25,
8772887249:9788772887241
, Aarhus University Press
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DANISH INSTITUTE AT ATHENS, VOLUME 5
[Erik Hallager & Jesper Jensen (ed)]
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212pp,
215x280mm,
April 2008;
PB,
£22.95,
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, Aarhus University Press
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RETURN TO BABYLON
: Travelers, Archaeologists, & Monuments in Mesopotamia, Revised Edition
[Brian M Fagan]
Tells the story of archaeological travel and excavation in Iraq -- then Mesopotamia -- from the time of the great Arab geographers to the 2003 devastation of the Iraq National Museum. Fagan tells of Henry Rawlinson, Jules Oppert, and Edward Hincks, decipherers of cuneiform; Claudius and Mary Rich, observers of Nineveh and Babylon; and Émile Botta and Austen Henry Layard, who revealed the Assyrian civilisation to an astonished world. Here, also, are men like Hormuzd Rassam, whose illegal digging and plundering horrified local officials, and Wallis Budge, consummate smuggler of cuneiform tablets. Fagan also recounts the careers of the multi-talented administrator Gertrude Bell, a primary influence in the creation of the nation of Iraq, and of Leonard Woolley, renowned for his excavation of Sumerian civilisation at Ur. Bringing this remarkable history up to date, Fagan chronicles the development of scientific archaeology in Mesopotamia, the growing Iraqi involvement in archaeology, and the tragic events of recent years that led to the looting of the Iraq National Museum and many archaeological sites.
{
386pp,
155x230mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£13.50,
0870818678:9780870818677
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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ROMAN IMPERIAL STATUE BASES
: from Augustus to Commodus
[Jakob Munk Højte (ed)]
The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on extant portraits has made it difficult to generalise accurately. Most notably, bronze was usually the material of choice, but its high scrap value meant that such statues were inevitably melted down, so that almost all surviving statues are of stone. By examining the much larger and more representative body of statue bases, Jakob Munk Højte is here able to situate the statues themselves in context. This volume includes a catalogue of 2300 known statue bases from nearly 800 sites throughout the Roman Empire. Moreover, since it covers a period of 250 years, it allows for the first time consistent geographic, chronological and commemorative patterns to emerge. Højte finds among other things that imperial portrait statues are connected chiefly with urban centres; that they were raised continuously during a given reign, with a higher concentration a couple years after accession; that a primary purpose was often to advertise a donor's merits; and that they increased six-fold in frequency from Augustus to Hadrian, an increase attributable to community dedications.
REVIEW: "...brings a new dimension to the study of Roman portraiture..." -- Elizabeth Bartman, BMCR, 2006. "...a bold inter-disciplinary study that enlists a rich and largely untapped source of evidence for the study of imperial portraints." -- C.H. Hallett, Journal of Roman Studies, 127, 2007.
{
658pp,
210x270mm,
January 2006;
HB,
£27.95,
8779341462:9788779341463
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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SALMAKIS INSCRIPTION & HELLENISTIC HALIKARNASSOS
[Signe Isager & Poul Pedersen]
In 1995 the Turkish authorities made an important discovery on the Salmakis Promontory west of the entrance to the harbour of Bodrum -- ancient Halikarnassos. Remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a well-preserved Greek inscription, now known as The Salmakis Inscription. The inscription was found to be a previously unknown Hellenistic poem in which Aphrodite reveals what Halikarnassos has to be proud of. Her poetic account includes famous authors born in Halikarnassos. The text leaves no doubt that the location of the inscription was the famous Salmakis Fountain inseparably connected to the name of Hermaphroditos. The unparalleled inscription aroused great interest and discussion when published. An international symposium was held at the Castle of St Peter in Bodrum, where specialists representing numismatics, ancient history, literature, philology, religion, epigraphy and archaeology offered their views on the inscription and its implications for our understanding of the Hellenistic world. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Apart from studies directly concerning the Salmakis inscription there are other articles on Hellenistic Halikarnassos, partly based on already well known evidence partly on new material.
{
237pp,
215x280mm,
January 2004;
HB,
£23.30,
8778388236:9788778388230
, University Press of Southern Denmark
} |
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COMMONER RITUAL & IDEOLOGY IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA
[Nancy Gonlin & Jon C Lohse (eds)]
Were most commoners in ancient Mesoamerica poor? In a material sense, yes, probably so. Were they poor in their beliefs and culture? Certainly not, as "Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica" demonstrates. This volume explores the ritual life of Mesoamerica’s common citizens, inside and outside of the domestic sphere, from Formative through Postclassic periods. Building from the premise that ritual and ideological expression inhered at all levels of society in Mesoamerica, the contributors demonstrate that ideology did not emanate solely from exalted individuals and that commoner ritual expression was not limited to household contexts. Taking an empirical approach to this under-studied and under-theorised area, contributors use material evidence to discover how commoner status conditioned the expression of ideas and values. Revealing complex social hierarchies that varied across time and region, this volume offers theoretical approaches to commoner ideology, religious practice, and socio-political organisation and builds a framework for future study of the correlation of ritual and ideological expression with social position for Mesoamericanists and archaeologists worldwide.
{
304pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
HB,
£43.50,
0870818457:9780870818455
, University Press of Colorado
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IDENTITY, FEASTING, & THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
: Proceedings of the 2002 Southwest Symposium
[Barbara J Mills (ed)]
With contributions from sociocultural and linguistic anthropologists as well as archaeologists, this volume is the first to present case studies of social identity and feasting from throughout the Greater Southwest. A section of the book is also devoted to a synthesis and set of case studies on the archaeology of the pivotal Mexican State of Chihuahua. Unlike many previous studies, the authors of this volume place emphasis on how differences within and between societies came about rather than why dissimilar structures arose, elevating the place of both agency and history in understanding the past. Identity, Feasting, and the Archaeology of the Greater Southwest will be of interest to all doing archaeological research in the Southwestern United States and those conducting research on social identity, cultural affiliation, and commensal politics.
{
340pp,
155x230mm,
April 2004;
PB,
£17.99,
0870817671:9780870817670
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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INCAS
[Nigel Davies]
The Inca Empire's immense territory spanned more than 2,000 miles -- from Ecuador to Chile -- at the time of the Spanish invasion, yet Inca culture remains largely a mystery. The Incas did not leave pictorial codices and documents in their native language as the Maya and Aztec did and they narrated to Spanish chroniclers just a few of the multiple alternative histories maintained by descendants of various rulers. In this classic work, Nigel Davies offers a clear view into Inca political history, economy, governance, religion, art, architecture, and daily life. The Incas has become a classic in its ten years in print; readers and scholars interested in ancient American cultures will relish this new paperback edition.
REVIEW: "While there are many books on the fall of the Inca Empire, there are few that provide a general overview of Inca history and social organization. Davies’s volume fills this glaring gap in the literature. . . . The book, which is written in a clear and engaging style . . . will be of value to introductory Andean students and of special importance to those who have had some exposure to Inca prehistory and now want to grapple with complex issues of source materials."
—Latin American Antiquity
{
259pp,
155x230mm,
August 2005;
PB,
£17.99,
0870818651:9780870818653
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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POLITICAL IDENTITY & ARCHAEOLOGY IN NORTHEAST HONDURAS
[Thomas W Cuddy]
Thomas Cuddy fills a substantial void in the scholarship on the origins of complex societies and the Central American political landscape, drawing on previously unexamined research conducted by anthropologist William Duncan Strong during a 1933 expedition to find the southern reaches of Maya culture. From AD 200 until the Spanish conquests of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Pech chiefdoms of north-east Honduras maintained their autonomy through tactful engagement with the powerful states and empires of Mesoamerica and increasingly large societies like the Greater Nicoya region of Costa Rica. Cuddy, working with Strong's untapped fieldwork, examines symbolic expressions to reconstruct the dynamic contexts that structured power in Central American prehistory and shaped the political identity of Northeast Honduras. By being similar to, but distinct from, their powerful neighbours, the polities of Northeast Honduras created their own senses of power and identity that served their continued growth while states and empires crumbled around them. The book suggests new avenues for understanding the structure and administration of chiefdoms by revealing the archaeological resources and rich ethnohistoric context of the area and the compelling history of its early scholarly explorations.
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206pp,
155x230mm,
March 2007;
HB,
£33.50,
0870818430:9780870818431
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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PRE-COLUMBIAN WOVEN TREASURES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK
[Lena Bjerregaard]
The tremendous collection of about 500 pre-Columbian textiles held in the National Museum of Denmark are catalogued in this slightly oversized volume. The textiles, which are mainly fragments, date from c.500 BC-1550 AD and were found in tombs in Peru, particularly at Pachacamac. Several short essays describe weaving techniques, and tools.
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127pp,
215x280mm,
May 2004;
PB,
£15.50,
8789384911:9788789384917
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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STONE HOUSES & EARTH LORDS
: Maya Religion in the Cave Context
[Keith M Prufer & James E Brady (eds)]
This heavily illustrated compilation of current scholarship on cave archaeology in the Maya lowlands is the first dedicated to the subject and yields key insights into Maya ritual and cosmology. An important publication that fills a crucial niche in Maya scholarship and addresses issues important to archaeology, cave studies, religion, anthropology, global archaeology, and more.
REVIEW: "With Stone Houses and Earth Lords and another collection of broader scope (Brady & Prufer 2005), Maya cave archaeology has become one of the two best-studied traditions of subterranean achaeology in the world. Other than parts of France and Spain, there is no other region with such intensity of research and comparable intensity of ancient use. In no small part, this break-through results from the tenacity of James Brady. . . . Brady can claim to have created a specialty that can now rework prior Mayanist perception of the landscape. . . . The essential point of the chapters is that Maya caves relate to ideas and ritual practice, not to habitation and extraction of resources. . . . The volume contains real surprises. Brady’s comparison of finds from caves, especially in the Petexbatun sites, and those from surface excavations will—and should—shock most Mayanists. The sheer quantity of cave finds is stunning, as, incidentally, is their extraordinary preservation."
— Cambridge Archaeological Journal
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432pp,
155x230mm,
December 2005;
HB,
£36.99,
0870818082:9780870818080
, University Press of Colorado
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TERMINAL CLASSIC IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS
: Collapse, Transition, & Transformation
[Arthur A Demarest, Prudence M Rice & Don S Rice (eds)]
This book revisits one of the great problems in Mayan archaeology -- the apparent collapse of Classic Maya civilisation from roughly AD830-950. During this period the Maya abandoned their power centres in the southern lowlands and rather abruptly ceased the distinctive cultural practices that marked their apogee in the Classic period. Archaeological fieldwork during the past three decades, however, has uncovered enormous regional variability in the ways the Maya experienced the shift from Classic to Post-classic society, revealing a period of cultural change more complex than acknowledged by traditional models. Featuring an impressive roster of scholars, the book presents the most recent data and interpretations pertaining to this perplexing period of cultural transformation in the Maya lowlands. Although the research reveals clear interregional patterns, the contributors resist a single overarching explanation. Rather, this volume's diverse and nuanced interpretations provide a new, more properly grounded beginning for continued debate on the nature of lowland Terminal Classic Maya civilisation.
{
676pp,
155x230mm,
August 2005;
PB,
£19.99,
0870818228:9780870818226
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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VASTLY INGENIOUS
: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture in Honour of Janet M Davidson
[Atholl Anderson, Kaye Green & Foss Leach (eds)]
Reflecting in 1769 on the manners and customs of the South Sea islands, Joseph Banks remarked that 'in every expedient for taking fish they are vastly ingenious'. Hence the title of this book on Pacific material culture, past and present. Bringing together an impressive group of scholars of Pacific archaeology, the editors have designed the book as both a thoroughly up-to-date and wide-ranging survey and as a festschrift for museum archaeologist Janet Davidson, until recently based at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
{
319pp,
190x255mm,
September 2007;
HB,
£32.50,
1877372455:9781877372452
, University of Otago Press
} |
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BLACK SEA IN ANTIQUITY
: Regional & Interregional Economic Exchanges
[John Lund, T Madsen & Vincent Gabrielsen (eds)]
This volume addresses a wide range of issues concerning the economic exchanges that took place within the Black Sea region, and between the Black Sea and Mediterranean areas from about 700 BC to AD 200. The contributing scholars of ancient history and archaeology consider old and new evidence in order to shed new light on central aspects of the economic relationship that existed between these two eminently important regions in antiquity. The authors offer novel approaches and propound a number of fresh interpretations to key questions concerning the relationship between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The overarching question is whether the Black Sea and the Mediterranean were organically linked and thus complemented each other in economic terms.
{
396pp,
170x240mm,
January 2008;
HB,
£24.90,
8779342663:9788779342668
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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GRAUBALLE MAN
: An Iron Age Bog Body Revisited
[Pauline Asingh & Niels Lynnerup (eds)]
The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark's Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man's body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder! With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents -- and even to a reconstruction of his face -- the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.
REVIEW: "Reading this lovely book celebrating the 1952 find I thought of the Alpine 'ice man'. He was brutally recovered and fought over, and interpretations are still disputed while preservation remains uncertain. But Grauballe Man (400-200BC) basks in respect." -- Mike Pitts, British Archaeology, November/December 2007.
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351pp,
210x300mm,
May 2007;
HB,
£26.65,
8788415295:9788788415292
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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PANSKOYE 1, VOLUME 1
: The Monumental Building U6
[Lise Hannestad, Alexander Sceglov & Vladimir Stolba (eds)]
This is the first volume of the complete publication of Panskoye I, a rural settlement in North-western Crimea dating from the period c. 400-270BC. The settlement was founded by Olbia, the most important Greek city on the northern shores of the Black Sea. Half a century later the fortress was destroyed and the settlement taken over by another Greek city, Chersonesos Taurica. From then on and until its final destruction it formed part of the chora (territory) of this city. This volume published research results about a monumental building (U6) which was erected after the take-over by Chersonesos and details on the very varied and rich finds from the building. The volume encompasses detailed studies of the architecture and layout of the building, of a large number of finds such as sculpture, pottery, lamps, terracottas, coins, metal-, stone-, and glass objects and graffiti. Included also are the results of a number of scientific studies, such as geological, palaeobotanical and petrographic analyses. An introduction presents the large-scale survey of North-western Crimea which began in 1959 and of which the excavations of Panskoye I (1964-94) form a central part. This publication offers an insight into two important issues in ancient history and classical archaeology, a Greek city's exploitation of its territory and of the interaction between Greek settlers and all local tribes, in this case the Scythians and the Taurians. The volume is the first of three. Volume 2 will deal with the necropolis of the settlement, and volume 3 with the earliest fortress.
{
352pp,
March 2002;
HB,
£37.95,
8772887702:9788772887708
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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PANSKOYE 1, VOLUME 2
: The Necropolis
((Archaeological Investigations in Western Crimea))
[Eugeny Rogov & Vladimir Stolba]
This is the second volume of the complete publication of Panskoye I, a short-lived Greek rural site in Northwestern Crimea dating from the period c. 400-270 BC. The settlement was founded by Olbia, the most important Greek city on the northern shores of the Black Sea. Half a century later the fortress was destroyed and the settlement taken over by another Greek city, Tauric Chersonesos. From then on and until its final destruction it formed part of the chora (territory) of this city. Both the necropolis and settlement provide invaluable archaeological information thanks to the unique combination of a very precise date with rich finds of the material culture such as pottery, metals, sculptures, coins, inscriptions, etc, as well as anthropological data allowing the paleodemographic reconstructions.
{
350pp,
250x320mm,
September 2008;
HB,
£37.95,
8772887710:9788772887715
, Aarhus University Press
} |
 |
RIBE EXCAVATIONS 1970-76, VOLUME 5
[Mogens Bencard, Helge Brinch Madsen & Aino Kann Rasmussen (eds)]
Excavations were carried out in the town of Ribe in southern Denmark from 1970-76 in order to find the earliest traces of the town. It extracted remains of a permanent settlement with an associated marketplace founded within a period of 704-710. This reveals an 8th-century trading site of a character never seen before in the Scandinavian region, thus Denmark appears in a hitherto unknown way as a participant in North-European development in this period.
{
280pp,
April 2005;
HB,
£19.00,
8788415252:9788788415254
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE
: Volume 1: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD
[James Graham-Campbell & Magdalena Valor (eds)]
The two volumes of 'The Archaeology of Medieval Europe' will together comprise the first complete account of medieval archaeology across Europe. Archaeologists from academic institutions in fifteen countries are collaborating to produce these two books of sixteen thematic chapters each. In addition, every chapter will feature a number of 'box-texts', by specialist contributors, highlighting sites or themes of particular importance. The books will be comprehensively illustrated throughout, in both colour and b/w, including line drawings and specially commissioned maps. This ground-breaking set, which is divided chronologically into two (Volume 1 extending from the 8th-12th centuries AD, and Volume 2 from the 12th-16th centuries -- available 2008), will enable readers to track the development of different cultures, and of regional characteristics, throughout the full extent of medieval Catholic Europe. In addition to revealing shared contexts and technological developments, the complete work will also provide the opportunity for demonstrating the differences that were inevitably present across the Continent -- from Iceland to Italy, and from Portugal to Finland -- and to study why such existed.
REVIEW: "The editors and authors of this successful volume have created an invaluable and accessible resource for the teaching of medieval archaeology. In the process, they have demonstrated the richness and variety of medieval research throughout Europe in the last four decades. By engaging an international team of authors, regional patterns are more apparent in medieval archaeology and also in the practice of the discipline." -- Roberta Gilchrist.
{
479pp,
170x240mm,
December 2007;
PB,
£35.00,
8779342906:9788779342903
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE
: Volume 1: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD
[James Graham-Campbell & Magdalena Valor (eds)]
The two volumes of 'The Archaeology of Medieval Europe' will together comprise the first complete account of medieval archaeology across Europe. Archaeologists from academic institutions in fifteen countries are collaborating to produce these two books of sixteen thematic chapters each. In addition, every chapter will feature a number of 'box-texts', by specialist contributors, highlighting sites or themes of particular importance. The books will be comprehensively illustrated throughout, in both colour and b/w, including line drawings and specially commissioned maps. This ground-breaking set, which is divided chronologically into two (Volume 1 extending from the 8th-12th centuries AD, and Volume 2 from the 12th-16th centuries -- available 2008), will enable readers to track the development of different cultures, and of regional characteristics, throughout the full extent of medieval Catholic Europe. In addition to revealing shared contexts and technological developments, the complete work will also provide the opportunity for demonstrating the differences that were inevitably present across the Continent -- from Iceland to Italy, and from Portugal to Finland -- and to study why such existed.
{
479pp,
170x240mm,
January 2008;
HB,
£50.00,
8779342884:9788779342880
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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PREHISTORIC & MEDIEVAL DIRECT IRON SMELTING IN SCANDINAVIA & EUROPE
: Aspects of Technology & Society
[Lars Christian Norbach (ed)]
Although the Northern European Iron Age lasted two millennia, the "golden age" in the study of its smelting sites is about to end after less than 40 years. Professional excavations did not really begin until the 1960s, and with most unexplored sites situated in topsoil, the increasingly deep ploughs of modern agriculture destroy more of this heritage every year. At this critical juncture, the papers gathered here offer a glimpse into the state of iron smelting research in both Eastern and Western Europe. They include case studies of iron production sites in archaeological contexts (including social and agricultural frameworks), comparative regional studies, metallographic investigations and techniques for geophysical prospecting and archaeomagnetic dating. The volume should appeal to those with strong interests in the Iron Age, European archaeology or the history of metallurgy.
{
335pp,
January 2003;
PB,
£34.00,
8772887745:9788772887746
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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KAUPANG IN SKIRINGSSAL
: Excavation & Surveys at Kaupang & Huseby, 1998-2003 -- Background & Results
[Dagfinn Skre (ed)]
In Norway, not far from Oslo, archaeologists have uncovered Norway's largest Viking trading town. With its houses, workshops and burial sites Kaupang covered an area of about 50 decares (12.5 acres). The site lies in a small inlet, protected from the sea by two small islands. The sheltered location would have allowed sailing ships to travel in and out whatever the wind direction, perfect for the seafaring Vikings. Among the finds are walrus-tusk ivory from the north for the royal courts of the Continent, and soapstone containers from the Roman Empire on their way to wealthy households in Sweden and Denmark. In the 900s trading activities moved gradually to Toensberg farther north-east in Vestfold, and Kaupang slid into obscurity. This volume is the first in a series of eight publications on the important Kaupang excavations.
REVIEW: "...this volume offers huge insights on an especially rich region in the Viking Age and as such is a majestic contribution to the study of urbanism in this period." -- Richard Hodges, Journal of Medieval Archaeology, Volume 51, November 2007. "In this study of Kaupang, Dagfinn Skre has given us a master-class in how to approach, research and publish a site of international archaeological significance. ... [the book] is that rare thing: an approachable and enjoyable excavation report, which also makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Viking Age. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of urbanism and the Viking Age for many years to come." -- Olwyn Owen (Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland), Antiquity, June 2008.
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502pp,
220x290mm,
March 2007;
HB,
£39.95,
8779342590:9788779342590
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MEANS OF EXCHANGE
: Dealing with silver in the Viking Age
((Kaupang Excavation Project Publication Series, Vol. 2; Norske Oldfunn XXIII))
[Dagfinn Skre (ed)]
This second volume based on the excavations of the Viking town Kaupang 2000–2003 presents find types used in economic transactions – coins, hacksilver, ingots, weights and balances. Changes in type and volume of economic transactions at Kaupang and in Scandinavia are discussed, and the economic mentality of Viking crafts- and tradesmen is explored. Earlier, the study of Viking silver currency was based mainly on hoards containing coins and hacksilver. In this volume, the combined study of the find types mentioned, as well as the sophisticated chronology of settlements finds from sites like Kaupang, gives a completely new insight into economy and exchange. In the early 9th century, silver and goods seem to have come to Kaupang mainly from the Carolingian world. Silver, weighed with locally produced lead weights, was used as currency on a limited scale. The old øre unit was easily convertible to Carolingian units. After the mid-9th century this early system was altered. The increased availability of silver caused by the import of Islamic coins, as well as the introduction in most of Scandinavia in the 860s/870s of standardised weights of probable Islamic origin, paved the way from then on for an increasing use of silver as payment. These studies demonstrate that sites like Kaupang led the way in economic development in Scandinavia. The urban environment promoted an economic mentality which contributed significantly to the fundamental transformation of Scandinavian culture and society, which culminated in the region’s integration in Christian Europe in the High Middle Ages.
{
384pp,
July 2008;
HB,
£34.00,
8779343082:9788779343085
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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VIKINGS IN EUROPE
[Iben Skibsted Klæsøe (ed)]
The European coastal areas and the lands around the rivers had great importance for the local populations but also for the Vikings, who settled in military strategic places and defended themselves -- often against other intruding Vikings. Rollo, the son of a Scandinavian noble, was first married to a Frankish princess and then given Normandy as a fief in 911 to keep the Vikings out of the Frankish Empire. This turned out a success and eventually the raids ceased. Far later exquisite silver and ivory objects were gifted to churches and cathedrals - probably as gifts from Scandinavian royalty. Presented here is a collection of articles focusing on the Vikings and their presence on the West European continent. The articles are re-written from talks originally given at a conference at the University of Copenhagen. They are all written by international archaeological scientists.
{
170pp,
August 2008;
HB,
£30.00,
8763505312:9788763505314
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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VIKINGS IN THE ISLE OF MAN
[David M Wilson]
The Isle of Man provides a microcosm of Viking settlement in the West. Set in the northern part of the Irish Sea, it was a major player in the economic and political life of this Norse region from the beginning of the tenth century until the end of the Scandinavian overlordship of the Hebrides and Man in the middle of the thirteenth century. This book presents, for the first time, for both specialist and general reader, a major survey of the Island in the period from the early tenth century to the middle of the eleventh century. The rich archaeological material -- pagan grave-goods, silver-treasures, headland fortifications, farm-sites, inscribed and carved Christian memorial stones -- and the wealth of evidence provided by runic inscriptions, place-names and institutions, provide a unique picture of a vibrant society striving to be ever more politically and economically powerful. The story tells of the gradual change from paganism to Christianity and of the absorption of a native population into a society dominated by incoming land-owners and a king owing allegiance to Norway.
{
155pp,
175x250mm,
May 2008;
PB,
£15.00,
8779343708:9788779343702
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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CHALKIS AITOLIAS, VOLUME ONE
: The Prehistoric Periods
[Søren Dietz & Ioannis Moschos (eds)]
The Prehistoric Periods is the first volume in a series of publications where the results of the Danish/ Greek excavations 1995 to 2001 in Ancient Chalkis in Aetolia, are published. For the first time ever, stratigraphically excavated deposits from the Final Neolithic, the Early Helladic, Middle Helladic and the Late Helladic periods in Northwestern Greece are published and presented in their proper scientific contexts. In addition to the archaeological contexts geological surveys in the area and studies in the fauna of marine shells and animal bones from the prehistoric layers are submitted. The results are supported by a series of C14 dates.
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280pp,
210x270mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£26.95,
8772888660:9788772888668
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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CULTURE & CHANGE IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
: 6th to 1st millennium BC
[Helle Vandkilde]
This book is a cohesive overview of Central European prehistory from the introduction of agriculture around 6000 BC to the state-forming processes that began to emerge during the first millennium BC. A complex mosaic of culture, society and processes is mirrored in the material world and in certain periods involves a large part of the Eurasian continent. Culture and change must be understood as both localised and macro-regional: the book is a cultural-historical tale -- inspired by, for example, the attempts of French historians to integrate different levels of history. Emphasis is laid on the eventful boom periods where innovations and cross-cultural interaction intensified in such a way that history's mainly reproductive pattern was broken. Important turning points are attached, among other things, to the first production of food, copper- and bronze metallurgy, and the sword as a weapon and symbol. These technical innovations were part of a complicated interaction with social and cultural processes, which in many cases are connected in a pattern that can be followed in time and space.
{
240pp,
175x250mm,
October 2007;
HB,
£18.95,
8779342450:9788779342453
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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DIACHRONIC SETTLEMENT STUDIES IN THE METAL AGES
: Report on the ESF Workshop Moesgård, Denmark, 14-18 October 2000
[Henrik Thrane (ed)]
Archaeological settlement studies are called diachronic when they deal with chronological development - local or regional - over time. The articles in this book remain within the Bronze Age for the most part, and cover periods that vary from a few hundred to thousands of years. The contributions represent three traditions in European diachronic settlement studies: a Northern, where posthole archaeology has become the norm; a Central European, dominated by other elements, including the crucial role of the Danube in the understanding of innovation; and a South European, dominated by massive, well preserved stone architecture. The aim of this European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop, from which these reports emanated, was to present studies from a wide range of European countries in order to illustrate the different scientific approaches to common problems. By doing this, the participants examined how different research traditions, administrative practices and financial restrictions influence archaeological practices. They then search for new common approaches. The collection of reports cover archaeological studies from Scandinavia, northern Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and England. This book will be valuable for archaeologists and students of archaeology, not only for the subject matter of each report but also for the theoretical discussions of research methods.
{
140pp,
March 2004;
PB,
£18.95,
8788415244:9788788415247
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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FRONTIERS IN COLORADO PALEOINDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains
[Robert H Brunswig & Bonnie L Pitblado (eds)]
As the Ice Age waned, Clovis hunter-gatherers began to explore and colonize the area now known as Colorado. Their descendents and later Paleoindian migrants spread throughout Colorado’s plains and mountains, adapting to diverse landforms and the changing climate. In this new volume, Robert H Brunswig and Bonnie L. Pitblado assemble experts in archaeology, paleoecology-climatology, and paleofaunal analysis to share new discoveries about these ancient people of Colorado. A review of seventy-five years of Paleoindian archaeology in Colorado highlights the foundation on which new work builds, and a survey of Colorado’s ancient climates and ecologies helps readers understand Paleoindian settlement patterns. Eight essays discuss archaeological evidence from Plains to high Rocky Mountain sites. The book offers the most thorough analysis to date of Dent -- the first Clovis site discovered. Essays on mountain sites show how advances in methodology and technology have allowed scholars to reconstruct settlement patterns and changing lifeways in this challenging environment.
{
364pp,
155x230mm,
November 2007;
HB,
£39.99,
0870818902:9780870818905
, University Press of Colorado
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JADE UND KUPFE
: Untersuchungen zum Neolithisierungsprozess im westlichen Ostseeraum unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kulturentwicklung Europas 5500-3500 BC
[Lutz Klassen]
Text in German. The purpose of the present work is to combine the advantages of the various research traditions and at the same time to avoid the respective disadvantages. An attempt will be made to interpret the existing archaeological facts with reference to cultural development in large parts of Europe. As a first step an investigation will be made of all indications of contacts between the Ertebølle culture and the early Funnel Beaker culture (5500-3500 BC) on the one hand, and Neolithic cultures in various parts of Europe on the other hand. This will incorporate an analysis of all imported artefacts and also locally produced artefacts and structures with a form that suggests external influence. The results will subsequently be used for an investigation of a range of local factors -- such as regionality, social structures and communication structures - which are thought to be of significance for understanding the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. An analysis will also be carried out of the central European background of the Funnel Beaker culture. The results of these investigations will in conclusion be combined into a new theory concerning the introduction of agriculture in the Nordic region.
{
436pp,
October 2004;
HB,
£26.75,
8788415260:9788788415261
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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SCANDINAVIAN FLINT
: An Archaeological Perspective
[Anders Hogberg & Deborah Olausson (eds)]
In Scandinavia as elsewhere, cryptocrystalline rocks such as flint were an integral part of peoples’ lives during prehistory. Knowledge about flint, its properties, its uses, and its many names, was no doubt transmitted through the generations as part of everyday life. As archaeologists, we are interested in how prehistoric people dealt with flint and what they might have seen as the strengths and weaknesses of the various kinds of flint available. But in order to answer such questions it is necessary that we are able to talk to each other about flint in an informed and informative manner. Scandinavian Flint proposes a classification into 17 types for use by archaeologists. Flint types are described and evaluated in terms of knappability, limitations posed by nodule size, and prehistoric availability, rather than in terms of morphogenesis or chemical composition. Flint formation, geographic distribution of flint sources in Scandinavia, provenience studies, and patination are discussed in detail. Scandinavian Flint is a useful guide for archaeologists working with flint.
{
158pp,
210x240mm,
December 2007;
HB,
£17.50,
8779342787:9788779342781
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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SMAKKERUP HUSE
: A Late Mesolithic Coastal Site in Northwest Zealand, Denmark
[T Douglas Price & Anne Birgitte Gebauer]
Traditionally, the Mesolithic has been regarded a time of cultural regression in northern Europe, relieved only around 4000 BCE when the enlightened villagers of the Neolithic arrived on the scene, bringing with them the beginnings of agriculture. But new evidence in the last 30 years has led archaeologists to think of the early postglacial foragers that lived in the Mesolithic as complex, sedentary coastal dwellers who made the era a time of innovation, interaction and successful adaptation to a rapidly changing environment. The excavations at Smakkerup Huse help to flesh out this revised portrait. Al though the settlement area (5000 to 3900 BCE) on land had suffered marine erosion, submerged deposits adjacent to the settlement included a midden and a fishing and boat-landing area in excellent condition, with numerous organic materials surviving intact. Deposits included fire-cracked rock, charcoal, oyster shells, amber and teeth pendants, a complete rack of antlers, pieces of dugout canoes and a bow, pointed wooden stakes, large pieces of bark and fungus, thousands of hazelnut shells and fishbones, a fish trap fragment, fishhooks, worked bone and antler tools, potsherds and more than 350 projectile points. The most intriguing artefact was a small painted cobble, a type previously unknown from the Danish Mesolithic. The site also yielded remains from some of the earliest domestic cattle in Denmark, raising important questions about foraging adaptations and the transition to agriculture. Besides specialist reports from geology, archaeozoology, palaeoethnobotany, archaeological chemistry and conservation science, there are useful chapters describing the Mesolithic in southern Scandinavia and situating the Smakkerup Huse finds within the context of this time of critical transition.
{
288pp,
210x300mm,
March 2005;
HB,
£26.95,
8772889594:9788772889597
, Aarhus University Press
} |
