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An exploration of Roman maritime concrete and its uses.

Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world.

A fascinating insight into the lives of the men who served on the Mary Rose.

Integrating the study of Exeter within its wider landscape context, using modern scientific techniques.

Interrogates the potential of network concepts for understanding the movement of ideas over time and space.

Proposes a methodology for analysing the social context of writing systems.

A detailed examination of the growth of Christianity in southern Greece.

Definitive and comprehensive presentation, translation and interpretation of all the known, major inscriptions from Roman Britain and key related inscriptions from Italy and the Roman provinces arranged chronologically and thematically.

Collected papers presenting latest multi-disciplinary approaches to the manufacture, trade in and status of silk and other textiles between Rome and China along the Silk Roads.

This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history.

A translation and facsimile reproduction of a unique 18th century French manuscript that provides colour recipes and samples for producing dyes for the textiles of the day. With analysis and essays setting it in context.

A comprehensive examination of the tell phenomenon across Europe and the Near East from the Neolithic to Iron Age, addressing key themes of commonality and diversity.

New ways of approaching the study of writing in the past.

A real-world approach to understanding the Exodus.

This, the final title to be published from the sessions of the 2002 ICAZ conference, focuses on the role of man's best friend. As worker or companion, the dog has enjoyed a unique relationship with its human master, and the depth and variety of the papers in this fascinating collection is a testament to the interest that this symbiotic arrangement holds for many scholars working in archaeology today. The book covers an eclectic range of subjects, such as considering dogs as animals of sacrifice and animal components of ancient and modern religious ritual and practice; dogs as human companions subject to loving care, visual/symbolic representation, deliberate or accidental breed manipulation; as working dogs; and finally as co-inhabitors of uman dwelling paces and co-consumers of human food resources. While many of the papers in this volume have a predominant focus, they also demonstate that the relationships between humans and dogs are rarely , if ever singular or simple. Instead these relationships are complex, often combining the practical, the ideological and the symbolic.

This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans in the fleets and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion. The book includes a catalogue and discussion of the iconography of the ships with over fifty illustrations from coins, sculptures and other objects. John Coates discusses reconstructions, crews, ships and tactics illuminated by the recent experiments with the reconstructed trireme Olympias . Complete with gazetteer, glossary, bibliography and indexes.

Divided into thematic sections, these collected papers celebrate the career and research interests of Lindsay Allason-Jones, who has been at the forefront of small find and Roman frontier research for 40 years. Newly printed into paperback.

Papers on the study of wool and other fibers in ancient textile production.

A review of the latest research into the Neolithic settlement of northern England/southern Scotland.

A broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters affected Greek Sicily.

This atlas, produced in the Historic Towns Trust's large portfolio format, traces the origins and growth of Oxford from prehistory to a city dominated by churches and university buildings.

Explores how we identify and interpret patterns of movement in prehistory.

Explores Iron Age art at a Eurasian scale, as well as its long-distance connections.

Major multi-disciplinary exploration of Neanderthal occupation of the English Channel region.

"For almost the first time in Mr Battestin's book religion has its full innings in the reinterpretation of eighteenth-century literature. Perhaps his greatest contribution is his recovery of a number of divines and their writings and his employment of them as an intellectual rather than a merely antiquarian resource"" - Paul Fussell,

A major research project which examines and explores decorative elements applied to over 600 Egyptian coffins of the 21st Dynasty with a discussion on symbolism, chronology and status.

A major overview of the imperial Roman army: its soldiers, weapons, equipment and history.

Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. New in paperback.