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This is the first attempt to present a truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice Age, while dispelling many of the myths and inaccuracies about our early ancestors. This highly illustrated and accessible book is aimed not only at students and specialists, but also and especially the interested public.

A report of recent excavation of five Early Bronze Age barrows undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit. All are complex monuments revealing episodes of remodelling and reuse. Despite being broadly comparable with similar radiocarbon determinations, there are major differences in both the form and intensity of activity between the

The first comprehensive survey of the archaeology of the North Pennines, from Mesolithic to modern times. Traces of 10,000 years of human activity survive today, including flint scatters at Mesolithic campsites, earthworks of prehistoric and later settlements and field systems, and extensive remnants of the post-medieval 'miner-farme

Collected papers examine ancient Greek vases in Portugal through two approaches: scripta explores mythological, literary, and cultural themes, while eikon provides an iconographic analysis. The study includes vases from Myths, Gods and Heroes and others of historical importance, including non-figurative e

This volume has a special focus on the Ottoman Balkans and Anatolia as seen and described by travellers from both within and outside the region. 26 papers shed valuable light on the topics of Christian-Muslim and East-West relations, and the transition from the Ottoman Empire to successor nation-states in the 19th and early 20th cent

The Halasarna Workshop on Cos Island reveals insights into Late Antique (5th-7th c.) imperial policy via stamped amphorae. Research finds LRA 1 stamps marked at city level, LRA 13 at state level, under imperial oversight. Excavations show Cos's quaestor exercitus controlled LRA 13 production, offering key historical and archaeologica

A uniquely personal account of how a record of the city of Lincoln's rich archaeology was recorded from the time of the early antiquaries through to the commercially funded professional teams of today, by someone who was closely involved in a senior capacity for over half a century.

This volume explores Stobi's marble theater, uncovered in 1924, revealing its construction in the late 1st or early 2nd century AD. Excavations uncovered an earlier, lower structure, later integrated. Post c. 300 AD, apparent earthquake damage led the cavea and scene-building to be repaired and the orchestra to be enclosed as a perma

This book re-examines the Greek Dioskouroi, Kastor and Polydeukes, exploring their roles in image, myth, and cult. Case studies focus on their homelands in myth - Sparta, Messene, and Argos - and areas where Greek mariners sought their protection. Findings suggest that, for the Greeks, the term 'Dioskouroi' may have held a specific v

This book explores the materiality and sensory dimensions of pre-Columbian art in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Chapters examine the physicochemical study of raw materials, sensory arts like music and cuisine, and the sociocultural meanings of textures, sounds, and scents, linking ancient practices to modern indigenous traditions.

This monograph, stemming from the 2022 International Congress on Protohistoric Urbanism, explores the origins of urbanism, focusing on the Tartessian world in southwest Iberia. Featuring 13 chapters by 20 experts, it examines urbanism as a Mediterranean-born adaptation tied to humanity's shift toward a global economic strategy.

This tribute to Professor Fred Leemhuis reflects his diverse interests in Egyptology and Islamic studies, with a focus on al-Qasr in Dakhleh. Topics include medieval and Ottoman archaeology, burial practices, ceramics, rock art, Qur'anic translations, and modern Egyptian traditions, alongside accounts of WWI hostilities in the oases.

This volume documents the results from large-scale archaeological investigations at Holme Hall Quarry on the Magnesian Limestone ridge, South Yorkshire. The main occupation of the site occurred during the Roman period when two rural farmsteads were constructed and a field system with associated droveways and enclosures imposed across the landscape.

Surveys by the French Archaeological Mission in Jawf-?a?ramawt (1992-1993) documented prehistoric and protohistoric sites along the palaeo-river. Despite informal data, findings offer insights into Yemen's archaeological map, including prehistoric, Bronze Age, and South Arabian sites, and inscriptions amid changes to the modern lands

Sealing practices were widespread across the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia from prehistoric to historic times. This study is based on the author's analysis of the large assemblage of impressed ceramics from the site of ?irbet ez-Zeraqon in northern Jordan.

Glocalization can be defined as globalization refracted through the local. This book applies the glocalization framework to an archaeological dataset composed of a selection of partially and fully excavated villas, their associated architectural spaces, and pavements from Hispania Baetica between the 2nd and the 4th centuries AD.

This volume covers bioarchaeological findings from the Sudan Archaeological Research Society's 1997-2018 Kawa excavations, focusing on human and animal bones. Human skeletons were meticulously documented and preserved, while archaeozoologists studied fragile animal bones. Additional materials supplement Volume I for context on Kawa's

This volume documents the Sudan Archaeological Research Society's 1997-2018 excavations at Kawa, Sudan, with topographical mapping and digs across urban sites and the Kushite cemetery. Recovered artefacts, from pottery shards to dressed stone blocks, highlight the site's diverse material culture and ancient rituals.

Using various research methods and sources, the author identifies natural pathways in Milena, central-southern Sicily, that were likely used throughout prehistory to reach the coasts from this inland region that continued to be used in more recent historical periods, including the Roman period and the Middle Ages.

The Argive Plain was central to Late Bronze Age Mycenaean culture. Renowned for its settlements and treasures, less is known about its agricultural sustainability. This study examines Mycenaean farming in the Argive Plain and its societal implications, investigating if resource depletion contributed to the Bronze Age collapse.

A historical and prosopographical study of the Romans who held the military rank of tribune and served between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD, presented across three volumes. This volume (I) presents a catalogue of 285 Romans, divided into Tribuni militum in exercitu and Tribuni militum in praetorio.

The second Hyblaea highlights interesting new elements on different themes relating to the archaeology and ancient topography of the southern cusp of Sicily, with reference to a broad chronological span that reaches from prehistory to the end of the Iron Age and the first phases of Greek penetration.