Interpreting stratigraphy: Site evaluation, recording procedures and stratigraphic analysis : papers presented to the Interpreting Stratigraphy Conferences, 1993-1997 (BAR international series)

Science & Math

L Shepherd

F A Hammer

N Elsden

Hutcheson

Pr Clarke A Edinburgh

P Ashmore

Earth Sciences

Archaeopress

This book [Nomads at the Crossroads: Society, Ideology and Power in the Arid Fringes of the Southern Levant during the First Millennium BCE] comprises several studies dealing with the society, economy, ideology and power among the mainly tribal, semi‐pastoral communities living and moving around the southern arid margins of the southern Levant, particularly the Negev desert, southern Transjordan (ancient Edom) and northeastern Sinai during the first millennium BCE. All studies revolve around a central concept: the phenomenon of tribalism. In few words, tribalism constituted the framework around which were structured the local groups' social institutions, economy, politics and ideology. Key topics such as the manufacture and circulation of local ceramics, the exploitation and trade of copper and incense, the local sociopolitical fluctuations and emergence of local chiefdoms, and the ideology of kinship and segmentation are studied under this light.

Nómadas en la encrucijada: Sociedad, ideología y poder en los márgenes áridos del Levante meridional durante el primer milenio a.C. (British Archaeological Reports International) (Spanish Edition)

History

Tebes, Juan Manuel

Ancient Civilizations

Mirrors of Salt: Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt: 20-24 August 2015, 'Al. I. Cuza' University, Iasi, Romania

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Argiles: De la physique du materiau a l'experimentation: Actes des journees d'etudes du Programme Collectif Argiles (2018-2020). Unite mixte de ... 7041 - ArScAn, Nanterre) (French Edition)

From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World celebrates Janet DeLaine's seminal work on Roman architecture and construction. One of the foremost scholars of the last decades, her pioneering research has offered important insights not only into individual structures in central Italy but also into the processes involved in creating ancient buildings. Her approach has provided important conceptual frameworks that have allowed scholars to understand Roman buildings in their proper social and economic contexts. The volume collects papers from an international conference held in Janet's honour at Wolfson College, Oxford, in January 2020. The various contributions focus on modelling the costs of construction over the course of 2,500 years, from Bronze Age Greece to the early Middle Ages. They discuss both broader issues of methodology and particular case studies, with particular attention to the effort needed in the different steps of architectural creation, such as the exploitation of raw materials (e.g. quarries), transport, and the construction processes on building sites. The papers not only cover a wide chronological and geographical area of the ancient world but also take up many of the themes explored by Janet throughout her career on Roman architecture, urbanism, building technologies, materials, and the principles of design. The wide range of papers reflects the scope and vibrancy of Janet's scholarship on Roman architecture and her enormous contribution to the discipline.

From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World: Papers in Honour of Janet Delaine

Hunting and fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic explores the extent of hunting and fishing activities, their role and importance in subsistence and also their place in social relations. The book contains 13 papers on hunting and fishing techniques, weapons and prey in the area from Anatolia to the Gibraltar region. The range of topics includes technological, typological and functional analyses of weapons used, analyses of hunting and fishing strategies and techniques, and zooarchaeological analyses of the role of hunted fauna in the economy and other aspects of lives of the past communities. Papers include specific case studies as well as syntheses of wider data sets and provide the latest methodological and theoretical perspectives on the role of hunting and fishing in early agricultural societies.

Hunting and Fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic: Weapons, Techniques and Prey

The walled town of Bar&#257;qish in interior Yemen - ancient Yathill of the Sabaeans and Minaeans - was for Alessandro de Maigret (1943-2011) 'one of the archaeological marvels not just of Yemen, but of the entire Near East'. Established as an oasis settlement in the semi-desert depression of the Jawf, it became in the 1st millennium BCE a thriving caravan station on the 'incense' route and a famed place of worship, controlled by rich rulers and merchants. Topography and trade made it a crucible of South Arabian and foreign traditions, and on several occasions, it was a border town disputed between rival powers. A sustained archaeological effort to investigate the site and area began in 1986 by the Italian Archaeological Mission, led by de Maigret, and developed in two phases. In 1989-1992 the temple of the patron god was excavated, while between 2003-2007 a range of new excavations were undertaken, including a second temple, a sounding, a dissection of the tell's edge outside the Minaean wall, and a cemetery. Presented across two volumes, Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration is particularly devoted to the temple of god &#703;Athtar dhu-Qab&#7693; (Temple B), dated to the second half of the 1st millennium BCE. Six chapters fully illustrate its excavation, architecture, restoration, findings, inscriptions, and dating. The contribution of this work and monument to regional history transcends its local significance. The report is framed by ten chapters detailing the historiography of research on Bar&#257;qish, the initial surveys carried out in 1986-1987, the architecture and restoration of Temple A together with the extramural excavation at the adjacent curtain wall, the cultic equipment, and radiocarbon datings. The nine contributors are leading scholars in the above fields and include recognized experts in South Arabian archaeology. The core of Volume 2: Extramural excavations in Area C and overview studiesis a final report on Area C, an exploratory dissection through the western edge of the Bar&#257;qish mound outside the curtain wall, and a unique operation for Yemen until now. Eight chapters detail the excavation, stratigraphy, and geoarchaeology (from about 800 BCE to the present), in addition to radiocarbon chronology, cultural finds, animal and plant remains, economy, major historical events, and unique evidence for trade. Four further chapters offer a glimpse of settlement archaeology for Sabaean Yathill and the survey of a religious centre to the west, together with a first typology of Minaean pottery and an epigraphic and political-historical overview for Bar&#257;qish and the Jawf. The contributors are recognized experts in South Arabian archaeology.

Baraqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007 (English, French and Italian Edition)

Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia (Access Archaeology)

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Pits and Boots derives from excavations carried out in 2007-8, in advance of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, that uncovered the backlands of an area that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The site is well-dated by dendrochronology, augmented by artefactual evidence, and indicates activity from the late 12th century AD into the early modern period, with a particularly intensive period in the 13th century. Structural evidence consists primarily of the backland boundaries, hearth/ovens, several wood-lined wells and many large pits. It is the contents of these pits and wells which forms the core of this monograph. The waterlogged conditions within the pits and wells has meant that a remarkable assemblage of organic remains including leather, wooden artefacts, textiles, animal pelts, fibres, and cordage has survived. The leather assemblage is the largest ever to be found in Scotland and has revealed a range of activities associated with the use of animal hides, from hide processing to tanning and shoemaking. The wood assemblage is also extensive and includes bowls, platters, coopered vessels and tools. Metalwork, crucibles, clay mould fragments and ceramics all testify to the industrial nature of the area, while the large quantities of animal and fishbone demonstrate that butchery on an industrial scale took place in the area. The excavation charts the changing nature of this once-peripheral area of Aberdeen, from an industrial zone in the medieval period, to horticultural and domestic spaces in post-medieval times, and has thus greatly enhanced our knowledge of Scottish urban development.

Pits and Boots: Excavation of Medieval and Post-Medieval Backlands Under the Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen

Roy, Michaël

Europe

Anthropomorphism, Anthropogenesis, Cognition

Archaeology

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