Method and Theory - Oxbow Books

4 Method and TheoryArchaeology and Anthropology of Salt: ADiachronic Approachedited by Marius Alexianu, Olivier Weller andRoxana–Gabriela CurcaThis volume containing papers given at a 2008international colloquium in Romania takes a range ofapproaches to the study of salt production and its rolein past societies. Ranging from the Neolithic totraditional methods of salt extraction in the presentday, a particular focus is on central and eastern Europe,whilst ethnographic, archaeological, historical, textualand linguistic methods are adopted. 226p b/w figs (BAR2198, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307541 pb £65.00Food and Drink in Archaeology 3edited by Dave Collard, James Morris and ElisaPeregoTopics covered include:Psychoactive consumption inCypriot Bronze Age mortuaryritual; food consumption andritual at the Early Iron Agetholos cemetery of MoniOdigitria, south–east Greece;elite ideology and feastingpractices in Early Iron AgeGreece; intoxicating drinksand drunkards in ancientIndian art and literature;sixteenth–century polemics about cold–drinking; foodin prehistoric coastal southern Brazil; the deceased asmetaphorical food in Iron Age Veneto; food diversityin Mesolithic Scotland; ritualized feasting goods fromNorwegian graves; feasting and the state in UrukMesopotamia; prehistoric spoons. 149p b/w illus(Prospect Books 2012) 9781903018781 Pb £30.00Archaeological Ceramics: A Review of CurrentResearchedited by Simona ScarcellaThese papers focus on the concept of the chaine operatoireas applied in contemporary ceramics studies. Particularattention is given to experimental and archaeometricalapproaches that allow for a better understanding ofthe technological aspects of a culture. 175p b/w figs (BAR2193, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307480 pb £36.00The Cultural Life of Imagesedited by Brian Leigh MolyneauxA stimulating collection ofessays concerned with visualrepresentation in archaeology.A wide range of issues arediscussed, from styles ofarchaeological illustration,techniques and problemsassociated with reconstructiondrawings, to the influence ofculturally defined views of thepast and studies of ancient artforms. 290p, 102 illus (Routledge1997, Pb 2011) 9780415106757HB £85.00, 9780415513449 Pb £26.00New from Oxbow BooksThe Ritual Killing and Burial of Animals:European Perspectivesedited by Aleksander PluskowskiThe killing and burial ofanimals in ritualisticcontexts is encounteredacross Europe fromPrehistory through to thehistorical period. Thisvolume presents the stateof research across Europeto illustrate howcomparable interpretativeframeworks are used byarchaeologists workingwith both prehistoric andhistorical societies. Key questions include: How easyis it to identify ritually killed animals in thearchaeological record? Can we tell if an animal hasbeen killed specifically for such a purpose? Is itpossible to reconstruct the rites associated with theirdeposition? What insights can be gained about thereligious paradigms and ritual systems of the societiesengaged in animal sacrifice? Together, the 16 papersrepresent a snapshot of the current state of researchon this fundamental, recurring and spectacularaspect of human societies in the past. 224p, col & b/willus (Oxbow Books, 2011) 978184217449 Hb £48.00Available Again in a Revised EditionThe Archaeology of Politics and Powerby Charles MaiselsThis book describes how states formed in Egypt andMesopotamia, China and the Andes, and also howthe Indus Civilizationfunctioned without a state.This work spans law,ideology, politics,economics, and psychology,the ancient world andmodern history, in order toshow how power isobtained, sustained anddeployed, and in whoseinterests. Grounded inarchaeological data, itexamines human nature,morality, violence and governance, issues of specialimportance to everyone, but in particular to studentsof politics, anthropology, psychology and sociology,as well as archaeology. 440p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books,2010, revised reprint 2012) 9781842173527 Pb £30.00"Well-researched and free of superfluous jargon,Maisels's fascinating study makes a valuablecontribution to the comparative analysis of stateformation... Highly recommended."- E.R. Swenson, University of Toronto

Heritage5Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and theExtinction of Archaeologyedited by Neil Brodie and Kathryn Walker TubbThis volume highlights the deleterious effects of thetrade on cultural heritage, but in particular it focusesupon questions of legal and local responses: How canpeople become involved in the preservation of theirpast and what, in economic terms, are the costs andbenefits? Are international conventions or exportrestrictions effective in diminishing the volume of thetrade and the scale of its associated destruction?Covering a wide geographical area, this work featurescontributions from museum professionals to fieldarchaeologists, many of whom have been activelyinvolved in the political processes they describe. 336p(Routledge 2002, Pb 2011) 9780415233880 Hb £85.00,9780415510776 Pb £26.00Cultural Heritage, Ethics and the Militaryedited by Peter G. StoneThe world reacted withhorror to the images of thelooting of the NationalMuseum in Iraq in 2003 –closely followed by othermuseums and archaeologicalsites across the country. Thisoutcome had been predictedby many archaeologists, withsome offering to workdirectly with the military toidentify museums and sitesto be avoided and protected. However, this work hassince been heavily criticised by others working in thefield, who claim that such collaboration lendedlegitimacy to the invasion. It has therefore served tofocus on the broader issue of whether archaeologistsand other cultural heritage experts should ever workwith the military, and, if so, under what guidelines andstrictures. The essays in this book provide an historicalbackground to the ethical issues facing cultural heritageexperts, and place them in a wider context. 228p b/willus (Boydell 2011) 9781843835387 Hb £50.00Destruction and Conservation of CulturalPropertyedited by Robert Layton, Peter G Stone and JulianThomas‘The conference condemns the use of archaeology topromote ethnic, religious or political conflict and callson archaeologists worldwide to respect the fullcomplexity of their country’s history in the conservationof all aspects of cultural heritage’. This was the motionpassed by the 1998 Brac conference, which addressedthe question of the threat to monuments and culturalproperty by war, ethnic rivalries, commercial and otherexploitation. Twenty three papers assess the conceptof a world heritage and look at the way in whichdifferent countries deal with threats to their culturalheritage, including Europe, Africa, Asia and SouthAmerica, with Northern Ireland and the formerYugoslavia featuring prominently. 329p, b/w pls and figs(Routledge 2001, Pb 2011) 9780415216951 HB £100.00,9780415510684 Pb £26.00The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethicsedited by Janet MarstineThis volume examines contemporary museum ethicsthrough the prism of those disciplines and methodsthat have shaped it most. It argues for a museum ethicsdiscourse defined by social responsibility, radicaltransparency and shared guardianship of heritage.And it demonstrates the moral agency of museums:the concept that museum ethics is more than thepersonal and professional ethics of individuals andconcerns the capacity of institutions to generate self–reflective and activist practice. 477p b/w illus (Routledge2011) 9780415566117 Hb £125.00, 9780415566124 Pb£27.99Maintenance of Historic Buildings: A PracticalHandbookby Jurgen KlemischDesigned for building managers and their conservationadvisors, this handbook provides a model for planninga maintenance programme for historic buildings. Itoutlines the various stages of maintenance procedures,including advice on timing and budgeting, as well aspractical instructions for division of responsibilities andcarrying out of tasks. It also sets out a systematicmethod for routine inspections and repairs. 218p b/willus (Donhead 2011) 9781873394922 Hb £40.00France in Ruins – Buildings in Decayby Simon O’CorraA collection of evocative black–and–white pictures ofruined buildings in France. These ruins includechurches, town houses, industrial buildings, formercivic structures and castles. The text explores theirhistory, the factors behind their ruined state and therelationship between humans and ruins. 136p b/w illus(Golden House Publications 2011) 9781906137236 £19.99New Directions in Local History Since Hoskinsedited by Christopher Dyer, Andrew Hopper,Evelyn Lord and Nigel TringhamTaking the work of Hoskins asa starting point, thecontributors to this volumeshow how local history isbeing researched and writtentoday. Fifteen historians writeabout a variety of local historysubjects which are significantin their own right but whichalso point to current trends inthe subject. They show howlocal historians use theirsources systematically, fromthe non–verbal evidence of buildings to various typesof electronic resources. There are examples of localhistorians working on ethnic minorities, gender andthe working class. Those who study localities use avariety of approaches, including those of social,economic, religious, legal, intellectual and culturalhistory, all of which are employed here. 276p b/w illus,col pls (University of Hertfordshire Press 2011)9781907396120 Pb £16.99

6 Landscape Archaeologyforthcoming from Windgather PressEcology of Enclosure: The Effect of Enclosure on Society, Farming and theEnvironment in South Cambridgeshire, 1798–1850by Shirley WitteringSouth Cambridgeshire has some of the richest arable land in England and has beencultivated for millennia. By the turn of the nineteenth century industrialisationand massive population growth had resulted in an enormous increase in the demandfor food, which in turn led to enclosure. But this desire to plough every availablepiece of land resulted in the destruction of many valuable and distinctive habitatsthat had existed for centuries. The Ecology of Enclosure breaks new ground incomparing the effect of Parliamentary Enclosure with the findings of the enthusiastic‘Botanisers’ from Cambridge; this reveals not only the effect of enclosure on theecology of the land but also on the people whose link with the land was broken.192p, 43 illustrations, 75 tables (Windgather Press, June 2012) 9781905119448 Pb £35.00***Only £28.00 until publication***The Historic Landscape of Devon: A Study in Change and Continuityby Lucy RyderThis book discusses the 19th-century historic landscape of Devon though thecreation, manipulation and querying of a Geographical Information Systems (GIS)database to examine physical evidence of change and development through fieldand settlement patterns. Making use of tithe surveys, the relationship betweenfield and settlement morphologies and patterns of landholding is discussed forthree case-study areas in Devon, developing the idea of landscape pays and theidentification of regional differences in the study of the historic landscape. 256p,col illus (Windgather Press, an imprint of Oxbow Books, 2011) 9781905119387 Pb £30.00***Only £24.00 until publication***Gardens in History: A Political Perspectiveby Louise WickhamOver the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established asan academic discipline. While many have explored what was created in gardensthroughout history, the reasons as to why they were created have naturally beenmore diverse. Depending on the background of the author, the ideas have rangedfrom aesthetic values deriving from art, philosophical thoughts and ideas, socialand even economic forces. Occasionally some thought has been given to the influenceof political ideology such as in the development of the English landscape garden inthe first half of the 18th century. Gardens in History: A Political Perspective looks at thecreation of gardens elsewhere through a similar political ‘lens’ in order to movedebate away from portraying the motivation behind ‘garden–making’ merely aspainting a picture with plants and buildings. Gardens are looked at not only inrelation to how they are influenced by the political ideas of their creators but alsohow the gardens themselves provide support and legitimacy to those in government,either covertly or directly. Each chapter explores in depth one particular gardenthat demonstrates the ideas put forward. 272p, 138 col illus (Windgather Press, 2012)9781905119431 pb £35.00***Only £28.00 until publication***

Landscape Archaeology7forthcoming from Oxbow BooksArchaeology and Environment in Northumberland: Till- Tweed Studies,Volume 2by David G. Passmore and Clive Waddington, with contributions by Tim Gatesand Peter MarshallEventful, influential and absorbing, the early history of Northumberland is afascinating story that has rarely been brought together under one cover. In thisauthoritative historical account, the authors bring to bear a huge quantity of oldand new data and craft it into an in-depth synthesis. The authors deliver this historyin chronological order from a perspective that places human activity andenvironment at its core. The narrative extends from the Palaeolithic through to,and including, the Anglo-Saxon period, and is supported by a robust radiocarbonchronology, with all available dates for the region brought together and calibratedagainst the most recent calibration curves for the first time. The geographic focus ofthe volume is North Northumberland but the narrative frequently extends to coverthe whole county and occasionally further afield into neighbouring areas so as todeal with key topics at an appropriate geographic scale and to take account ofimportant information from nearby areas. 368p, 130 b/w & 78 col illus (Oxbow Books,2012) 9781842174470 Hb £40.00***Only £29.95 until publication***Caves in Context: The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters inEuropeedited by Knut-Andreas Bergsvik and Robin SkeatesCaves in Context provides the thriving inter-disciplinary field of cave studies with aEuropean-scale survey of current research in cave archaeology. It is unified by acontemporary theoretical emphasis on the cultural significance and diversity ofcaves over space and time. Caves and rockshelters are found all over Europe, andhave frequently been occupied by human groups, from prehistory right up to thepresent day. Some appear to have only traces of short occupations, while otherscontain deep cultural deposits, indicating longer and multiple occupations. Aboveall, there is great variability in their human use, both secular and sacred. The aimof this book is to explore the multiple significances of these natural places in arange of chronological, spatial, and cultural contexts across Europe. The book isalso of relevance to other scholars working in the related fields of speleology, earthsciences, landscape studies, and anthropology, which together comprise the interdisciplinaryfield of cave studies. 304p, 111 illus, 17 tables (Oxbow Books, 2012)9781842174746 Hb £45.00***Only £33.95 until publication***Somerset's Peatland Archaeology: Managing and Investigating a FragileResourceby Richard Brunning et alThe Somerset Levels and Moors are part of a series of coastal floodplains that fringeboth sides of the Severn Estuary. These areas have similar Holocene environmentalhistories and contain a wealth of waterlogged archaeological landscapes and discretemonuments. This substantial monograph presents the results of the MARISP project( Monuments at Risk in Somerset Peatlands) which thoroughly assessed thecondition of the wetland monuments and the ongoing threats to their survival andaimed to answer key research questions about the sites through the use of minimallyinvasive excavation and to inform the development of future national and countywetland strategies. 352pp, b/w & colour illus (Oxbow Books 2012) 9781842174883 Hb£40.00***Only £29.95 until publication***

8 Landscape ArchaeologySage Handbook of Geomorphologyedited by Kenneth J. Gregory and Andrew S.GoudieGeomorphology is the study of the Earth’s diversephysical land–surface features and the dynamicprocesses that shape these features. Examining naturaland anthropogenic processes, The SAGE Handbookof Geomorphology is a comprehensive exposition ofthe fundamentals of geomorphology that examinesform, process, and history in the discipline. It isorganised in four sections: foundation and relevance;techniques and approaches; process and environments;and environmental change. 610p b/w figs (SAGE 2011)9781412929059 Hb £95.00An Introduction to Landscapeby Peter J. HowardThis book follows the development of several threadsof the concept of landscape as they have evolved acrossdisciplines and across countries, leading to theEuropean Landscape Convention and the designationof cultural landscapes as World Heritage Sites. Itintroduces the key notions of landscape, such aslandscape as meaning, as picture, as scale, as sceneryand as place. It also considers the various factors whichinfluence the way in which landscape is perceived nowand in the past, with all of the senses. Finally, it looksof the various ways of protecting, managing andenhancing the landscape, taking into account a futureof climate change. 309p b/w illus (Ashgate 2011)9781409403845 Hb £65.00, 9781409403852 Pb £25.00The Archaeology and Anthropology ofLandscape: Shaping Your LandscapeEdited by Peter Ucko and Robert LaytonContains a range of papers with an interdisciplinaryapproach to the study of landscape change andmeaning. A wide variety of views are represented frompeoples in the Amazon, Siberia, Vanuatu and Australia,and important issues are raised concerning the futuremanagement and development of landscape. 696pp,75 figs, 75 b/w photos (Routledge 1999, Pb 2011)9780415117678 HB £130.00, 9780415514965 Pb £26.00Winds of Change: The Living Landscapes ofHirta, St Kildaby Jill Harden and Olivia LelongThis volume publishes a project of excavations andsurvey which took place on the island of Hirta, St Kilda,from 1991–2006, concentra-ting on the landscapearound Village Bay. The results of this work haveilluminated the complex processes and practicdes thathave shaped the landscape: the cultivation of land inthree successive phases of organisation since laterprehistory; the cutting and storage of peat over at leasttwo millennia; and the deliberate thickening of soilsfor cultivation. New evidence for Iron Age structuresis woven into an understanding of settlement on Hirtawithin its geographical and chronological context. 216pcol illus (Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2011)9780903903295 hb £30.00The Making of the Irish Landscape Since the IceAgeby Valerie HallThis beautifully illustratedintroductory account traces thedevelopment of the Irishlandscape over the last 14,000years. In contrast to many suchworks Val Hall, apalaeoecologist, concentratesas much on the influence ofnatural forces on theenvironment as on humanexploitation, and also devotesconsiderable space to changing flora and fauna, withthe introduction of farming occuring only in the latterhalf of the book. 180p col illus t/out (The Collins Press2011) 9781848891159 Pb £15.99A History of Settlement in Irelandedited by Terry BarryTen papers from the 1989 conference on the Study ofIrish Historic Settlement. The main focus is on patternsof settlement change; occupation, abandonment,population and economic growth, cultural change –prehistoric Ireland (Gabriel Cooney); early medievalIreland (Charles Doherty); early Christian (Matthew Stout,Terry Barry); the High Middle Ages (Brian Graham);16th–17th century (John Andrews, William J Smyth); 18thcentury (Kevin Wheelan); 19th–20th century (Patrick JDuffy); the future of Irish settlement research (AnngretSimms). 296p, b/w figs, 6 b/w pls (Routledge 2000, Pb 2011)9780415182089 HB £80.00, 9780415518611 Pb £24.99Archaeology, Soil and Life Sciences Applied toEnclosures and Fieldsedited by Kai Fachner, Yannick Devos, MathiasLeopold and Jorg VolkelThis volume offers new perspectives on the study ofancient enclosed areas and buried surfaces. It drawson techniques from archaeopedology,micromorphology, phytolith studies, palynology,geophysics and geochemistry. In particular itinvestigates the application of archaeology, soil and lifesciences to the study of ancient enclosures, fields,houses, gardens and courtyards. 161p b/w figs (BAR2222, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307800 pb £35.00Patterns of Burning over Archaeological Sites andLandscapes: Perception and Analysisby Alistair MarshallThis volume details the development of a newtechnique for magnetic susceptibility (MS) surveying,in order to establish a more viable basis for assessingpatterns of burnt material over and around clearlydefined archaeological structures. It involves the useof a ground–insertable probe in order to combine speedof survey, independence from variable and irregularsurface conditions, and the ability to measure MS whilsttotally immersed in buried sediment and hence ingreater proximity to buried archaeological surfaces.156p col and b/w illus (BAR BS 531, Archaeopress 2011)9781407307879 pb £36.00

Landscape and Human Evolution9A History of Aerial Photography andArchaeologyby Martyn BarberPacked with examples of the photography it describes,this accessible book celebrates the role which flight andaerial photography have played in the developmentof archaeology and the identification and analysis ofkey sites in Britian. Beginning with balloonistadventurers, and pioneers of flight, it explores theparallel development of military reconaissancetechniques and their usefulness to archaeologists,concentrating especially on the era between the twoworld wars when aerial archaeology really came of age.304p b/w and col illus (English Heritage 2011)9781848020368 Hb £25.00Archaeology of Maritime Landscapesedited by Ben FordThe essays which make up this book explore theconcept of marine cultural landscapes, examining “howhumans interact with the water, and how theseinteractions shape both culture and landscape”. Thecase studies they present come predominantly fromAmerican contexts, spanning both prehistoric andhistoric examples and also varying widely in scale.Other essays examine new techniques for identifyingsubmerged sites, and other new maritime methods,whilst some examine more purely theoretical issues.352p b/w illus (Springer Verlag 2011) 9781441982094 Hb£81.00The Book of Poole Harbouredited by Bernard Dyer and Timothy DarvillThe result of a decade’s work by the Poole HarbourHeritage Project, this impressively thorough and well–produced book covers the whole history of this largenatural harbour from its formation at the end of theIce Age to the present day. Sections examine both thenatural development of the harbour and the effects ofhuman interaction on it, before looking at settlementin the area from its early Iron Age success as a harbour,through the Roman and medieval development of thecurrent sites of Wareham and Poole. The latter half ofthe book charts the industrial roles of the harbour as acentre of salt, alum, copperas and clay production, aswell as a hub for shipping and trade with the newworld. 255p col illus (Dovecote Press 2010) 9781904349822Hb £25.00Stone Tools and the Evolution of HumanCognitionedited by April Newell and Iain DavidsonContributors focus on the multiple ways in whicharchaeologists can investigate the relationship betweentools and the evolving human mind – including jointattention, pattern recognition, memory usage, and theemergence of language. Offering a wide range ofapproaches and diversity of place and time, thechapters address issues such as skill, social learning,technique, language, and cognition based on lithictechnology. 234p b/w figs (University Press of Colorado2010, Pb 2011) 9781607320302 Hb £58.50, 9781607321354Pb £24.99The Origin of Our Speciesby Chris StringerWhat makes us human? This is the fundamentalquestion which Chris Stringer sets out to explore inthis highly enganging survey of human evolution,aimed at the general reader. He first sets out the physicalcharacteristics of modern humans, and outlines thehistory of investigation into human origins, explainingthe techniques involved in modern research. He thenmoves on to examine behavioural traits, includingdevelopments such as cognition, language, and art aswell as the manufacture and use of tools. Final chaptersexamine the use of genetics and DNA to trace thedispersal of humans from Africa and explore theevolution of regional characteristics. 333p b/w illus (AllenLane 2011) 9781846141409 Hb £20.00Recursive Mind: The Origins of HumanThought, Language and Civilizationby Michael C. CorballisThe Recursive Mind challenges the commonly heldnotion that language is what makes us uniquelyhuman. Michael Corballis argues that whatdistinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacityfor recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts withinother thoughts. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology,animal behaviour, anthropology and archaeology, hedemonstrates how these recursive structures led to theemergence of language and speech, which ultimatelyenabled us to share our thoughts, plan with others,and reshape our environment to better reflect ourcreative imaginations. 291p b/w figs (Princeton UP 2011)9780691145471 Hb £20.95New from Oxbow BooksCasting the Net Wide: Papers in Honor of GlynnIsaac and His Approach to Human OriginsResearchedited by Jeanne Sept and David PilbeamThis collection of essaysand tributes to Glynn Isaacmarks the 26th anniversaryof Glynns premature deathon October 5th, 1985. Thesecontributions documentthe work of many ofGlynns colleagues studentsand collaborators, andreflect their continuingrespect for a great scholar.Contributors: RichardPotts; Anna Behrensmeyer;Diane Gifford-Gonzalez; Nicholas Toth and KathySchick; Hélène Roche; J. A. J. Gowlett; ManuelDomínguez-Rodrigo; John D. Speth; RichardWrangham; Jeanne Sept; Ofer Bar-Yosef; John J. Shea;Merrick Posnansky; Francis B. Musonda; Brian A.Stewart, John Parkington, and John W. Fisher, Jr.;Bernard Wood. 304p (Oxbow Books in association withthe American School of Prehistoric Research, 2011)9781842174548 Hb £20.00

10 World Prehistory and AntiquityForthcoming from Oxbow BooksRock Art Studies: News of the World IVedited by Paul Bahn, Natalie Franklin andMatthias StreckerThis is the fourth in the fiveyearlyseries of surveys ofwhat is happening in rock artstudies around the world.The aims are to present asynthesis of the status of rockart research in differentregions of the world, provideinformation about recentprojects, publications,prevailing research objectivesand methods, and enablerock art researchers to relate their findings in a specificregion to mainstream research results. As always, thetexts reflect something of the great differences inapproach and emphasis that exist in different regions,presenting examples from Europe, Asia, Africa, andthe New World. Not all rock art areas are covered butsome of the gaps in previous volumes have been filled.Papers consider the distribution of sites, chronology,interpretation, new surveys and publications,management and site conservation. Rock art studiesare going through a period of scientific andtechnological development which will have anenormous impact on the quality of recording anddissemination. At the same time, many authors areconcerned by problems of preservation and vandalism,and underline the crucial importance of educating localpeople, and the young, about the importance of thisfragile and finite heritage. This aspect too will be ofincreasing importance in years to come. A4, b/willustrations (Oxbow Books 2012) 9781842174821 Hb£70.00***Only £52.00 until publication***Early Human Behaviour in Global Contextedited by Michael Petraglia and Ravi KorisettarTraces of our earliest tool–using ancestors are spreadacross the Old World. WhileUpper Palaeolithic research hasadvanced in huge bounds inrecent years, knowledge of themore ephemeral traces of theLower Palaeolithic has movedmore slowly. The papers in thisbook use evidence from stonetool analysis, settlementpatterns and environmentalremains to shed new light onthe thoughts and practices ofour most distant ancestors. 512p (Routledge 1998, Pb2011) 9780415117630 Hb £125.00, 9780415514958 Pb£26.00Spondylus in Prehistory: New Data andApproachesedited by Fotis Ifantidis and Marianna NikolaidouSpondylus shells were prized as seafood but alsoinvested with social and symbolic significance in manyprehistoric cultures. This volume offers a broad andup–to–date discussion of the Spondylus phenomenonin prehistory, in diverse archaeological contexts fromEurope and two areas of the New World. It bringstogether new archaeological data, methodologicaladvances, and current interpretations for the study ofthis important material. 237p b/w illus (BAR 2216,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307749 pb £43.00The Prehistory of Foodedited by Chris Gosden and Jon G. HatherThis book aims to set subsistence in its social context,examining what the production and consumption offood can tell us about cultural issues. Using aninterdisciplinary approach combining archaeological,genetic, botanical and linguistic evidence, the variouscontributors examine the interaction of food, biologyand ecology and its impact on all areas of life. 523p,passim b/w illus (Routledge 1999, Pb 2011) 9780415117654HB £120.00, 9780415513494 Pb £26.00Perfect Bodies: Sports, Medicine andImmortality, Ancient and Modernedited by Vivienne LoBy presenting rigoroussituated histories ofchanging training regimenin different cultures, thiscollection of paperscollectively challengeorthodox notions of theperfect body and its pursuit.Some ancient regimen aredirected at the immortalityor longevity of the physicalbody, and includeperformance-enhancing nutrition and drug taking;others train the spirit and souls for the afterlife. Manyemphasise the interconnectedness of the human bodywith its environment. The papers set their topic in itsbroad socio-political and cultural context, facilitatinga dialogue with other contributors who consideredmany similar questions for the 20th and 21st centuries.240p b/w and col illus (British Museum Press 2012)9780861591886 Pb £35.00 ***NYP***Globalizations and the Ancient Worldby Justin JenningsUsing the Uruk, Mississippian and Wari civilizationsas case studies, Jennings examines how the growth ofthe world’s first great cities radically transformed theirrespective areas. The cities required unprecedentedexchange networks, creating long–distance flows ofideas, people and goods. These flows created cascadesof interregional interaction that eroded localbehavioural norms and social structures. New, hybridcultures emerged within these globalized regions. 207pb/w figs (Cambridge UP 2011) 9780521760775 Hb £50.00

British Prehistory11The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at theEdge of the Pleistocene Worldby Paul Pettit and Mark WhiteThe British Palaeolithicprovides the first academicsynthesis of the entire BritishPalaeolithic, from the earliestoccupation (currentlyunderstood to be around980,000 years ago) to the endof the Ice Age. Landscapeand ecology form the canvasfor an explicitlyinterpretative approachaimed at understanding thehow different homininsocieties addressed the issues of life at the edge of thePleistocene world. Commencing with a considerationof the earliest hominin settlement of Europe, the bookgoes on to examine the behavioural, cultural andadaptive repertoires of the first human occupants ofBritain from an ecological perspective, themes whichare traced through the whole of the book’s vastchronological sweep. 592p b/w illus (Routledge 2012)9780415674546 Hb £100.00, 9780415674553 Pb £26.99On Track: The Archaeology of High Speed 1Section 1 in Kentby Paul Booth, Timothy Champion, StuartForeman, Paul Garwood, Helen Glass, JulianMunby and Andrew ReynoldsThis volume publishes the results of work carried outas a result of the construction of the high-speed raillink in Kent, including some truly exceptionalindividual discoveries, such as the Early Neolithiclonghouse at White Horse Stone, one of only a handfulknown in Britain and the most thoroughly datedexample. Extensive excavations at Thurnham RomanVilla and Pepper Hill Roman cemetery havecontributed greatly to our understanding of RomanKent, while the Anglo–Saxon cemeteries at Cuxton andSaltwood Tunnel are immensely important additionsto the corpus of Kentish cemeteries. Perhaps the mostimportant contribution lies in the extent to which arange of ‘ordinary’ rural sites have been exposed andinvestigated across a broad range of landscape zones.567p, col & b/w illus (Oxford Archaeology 2011)9780954597085 pb £30.00A Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscape inNorthamptonshire, Volume 2: SupplementaryStudiesby Jan Harding and Frances HealyThe Raunds Area Project investigated more than 20Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in the NeneValley. From c 5000 BC to the early 1st millennium calBC a succession of ritual mounds and burial moundswere built as settlement along the valley sides increasedand woodland was cleared. This second volume of theRaunds Area Project, published as a CD, comprises thedetailed reports on the environmental archaeology,artefact studies, geophysics and chronology. CD–Rom(English Heritage 2011) 9781848020054 £50.00New from Oxbow BooksAn Animate Landscape: Rock Art and thePrehistory of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotlandby Andrew Meirion Jones et al.The Kilmartin landscape inwestern Scotland is widelyregarded as Scotland'srichest prehistoriclandscape. It contains anumber of barrowcemeteries, stonealignments, stone circlesand a henge. With over 250individual rock art sites, italso has the greatestconcentration of prehistoricrock art in the British Islesand some of the most impressive rock art sites. AnAnimate Landscape contains the results of a majorresearch project that included excavations of two sites,Torbhlaren and Ormaig, and the analysis ofradiocarbon dates to produce a more coherentchronological context, as well as taking a broaderinterpretative approach to the landscape. The bookargues that the rock art is an active part of the processof socialising the landscape, in which the landscapebecame more organised from the Late Neolithiconwards, and that this organised landscape relates tobroader cosmological concerns. 400p, 127 col & 44 b/willus (Windgather Press, 2011) 9781905119417 Pb £35.00Neanderthals in Wales: Pontnewydd and theElwy Valleyedited by Stephen Aldhouse–Green, Rick Petersonand Elizabeth A. WalkerThis monograph documentsthe results of 20 years of fieldresearch. It describes the tracesof occupation left around225,000 years ago by peoplewho were ancestors of theNeanderthals. These includestone tools, animal bones andthe remains of the peoplethemselves. The key cave site,Pontnewydd, is ofinternational significance,producing artefacts and faunaassociated with early Neanderthal skeletal material,related to repeated occupations of the cave around aquarter of a million years ago. This multi–authoredmonograph places the Elwy valley caves within ageological and archaeological context; allowing adetailed publication of research on the artefacts, faunaand hominid remains; and providing a synthesis ofhow this work feeds back into understandings of thePalaeolithic settlement on the edge of the then knownworld. c.360p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books in association withthe National Museum of Wales, 2011) 9781842174609 Hb£45.00

12 Prehistoric BritainNew from Oxbow BooksRegional Perspectives on Neolithic PitDeposition: Beyond the Mundaneedited by Hugo Anderson–Whymark and JulianThomasThe rise to prominence of pitswithin narratives of theBritish and Irish Neolithic iswell–documented in recentliterature. Pits have beencropping up in excavationsfor centuries, resulting in avery broad spectrum ofinterpretations but three mainfactors have led to the recentchange in our perception andrepresentation of thesefeatures: a broad shift in people’s expectations as towhat a Neolithic settlement should be; thedevelopment of the concept of ‘structured deposition’,within which pits have played a key role; and adramatic rise in the number of pits actually knownabout. Development–led archaeology, and the oftenvery large areas its excavations expose, has simplyrevealed many more pits. The 15 papers in this volumeexplore these inter–related factors and present newthoughts and interpretations arising from new analysisof Neolithic pits and their contents. 184p, 74 b/w illus(Oxbow Books, 2012) 9781842174685 pb £35.00Corrstown: A Coastal Community.Excavations of a Bronze Age Village inNorthern Irelandby Victoria Ginn and Stuart RathboneCorrstown in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland,was revealed as a highly important Bronze Age siteduring excavations carriedout in 2002–2003, the resultsof which are detailed here. Atotal of 74 Middle Bronze Ageroundhouse platforms wereidentified and organised intopairs or short rows, themajority of which appearedto be contemporary. TheCorrstown village representsa site type hitherto unknownin Britain and Ireland, wherethe standard settlementpattern consists of roundhouses occurring in relativeisolation or in small conglomerations. A two–tiernetwork of roads and pathways also serviced thevillage: one large cobbled roadway and a secondprobable roadway (perhaps left un–surfaced) wereidentified along with a multitude of smaller pathsleading from the entrances of the houses onto theroadways. The artefact assemblage from the site wasdominated by domestic pottery (over 9,000 sherds) andlithics (over 165,000 pieces). 232p, 137 illus, 15 in colour(Oxbow Books, 2011) 9781842174647 Pb £35.00Stonehenge Completeby Christopher ChippindaleWhen the first edition ofStonehenge Complete waspublished, it won theBritish Archaeological BookAward and wasimmediately hailed as theideal introduction to thismost famous of all Europe’sancient sites. This fourthedition has once again beenexpanded and revised toinclude the results of themost recent archaeologicalinvestigations which have radically altered ourunderstanding of the monument. Chippindaleexamines the evidence for the historical Stonehenge aswell as discussing what it means to different groups ofpeople, including archaeologists, tourists, astronomers,mystics and poets. 312p, 13 col and 225 b/w illus (Thamesand Hudson 1983, 4th ed 2012) 9780500289662 Pb £12.95Great Crowns of Stone: Recumbent Stone Circlesof Scotlandby Adam WelfareThis beautifully produced book represents the fullestavailable investigation of the unusual recumbent stonecircles which are concentrated in the northeast ofScotland. Going well beyond a simple catalogue(although one is included) Adam Welfare takes a dualapproach, analysing the remarkably consistentarchitecture of the monuments, their orientation,chronology and possible interpretation alongside adiscussion of the long history of antiquarian andarchaeological interest and research. Ultimately thecircles are seen as the sites of funerary pyres, and ashaving a commemorative function. 317p col illus t/out(RCAHMS 2011) 9781902419558 Hb £30.00The Archaeology of the Essex Coast Vol 2:Excavations at the prehistoric site of the Stumbleby T.J. Wilkinson, P.L. Murphy, N. Brown and E.M.HeppellThis virtually intact Neolithic site was occupied duringthe 3rd millennium BC and a little earlier, when sealevels were significantlylower, leaving no preservedwaterlogged wood, althoughthe quantity and quality ofremaining inorganic remainswas sufficient to justifyexcavation. The laterNeolithic record is of a similar'dry land' site inundated by agradually rising sea level, butby the Iron Age thearchaeological record hadbecome quite different.Occupation debris, sherds and other artefacts arevirtually absent, and instead wooden structures, singleor multiple posts, brushwood and interwoven wattlesremain. 170p, 108 illustrations (EAA 143, East AnglianArchaeology 2012) 9781841940748 Pb £15.00

Prehistoric Britain13Settlement, Ceremony and Industry onMousehold Heathby Barry Bishop and Jennifer ProctorArchaeological investigations at Laurel Farm, southeastof Norfolk revealed an extraordinarily long andcomplex history of occupation and exploitation datingback to the Lower Palaeolithic. Findings includeevidence of hunter-gatherer communities from theUpper Palaeolithic and a remarkable deposit of potteryand flint from the Early Neolithic, while from the lateAnglo-Saxon into the early Medieval period the areawas used for the early stages of iron extraction andproduction. 170p, 73 figures in b/w and colour (Pre-Construct Archaeology 2011) 9780956305442 Pb £15.00By River, Fields and Factories: The Making ofthe Lower Lea Valleyby Andrew PowellExcavations and built heritage recording on the site ofthe London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games haverevealed evidence dating from the last Ice Age up tothe modern period. As well as significant Neolithicfinds, the excavations revealed Bronze Age and IronAge settlements, and some evidence for Roman, Saxonand medieval activity. Aspects of post-medievalindustry are examined, as are features relating to therapid industrialisation of the lower Lea Valley. 240pcol illus (Wessex Archaeology 2012) 9781874350590 Hb£30.00 ***NYP***Bronze Age Ceremonial Enclosures andCremation Cemetery at Eye Kettleby,Leicestershireby Neil FinnThis report considers an important Prehistoricsequence, including a remarkable Early Bronze Agemonument complex, consisting of opposed pairs oflarge ring ditches and D–shaped enclosures, and acremation cemetery that was in use from the Early tothe Middle Bronze Age. Analysis of material culture,human and environmental remains, in conjunctionwith an extensive radiocarbon dating programme,provides an unparalleled insight into the developmentof Bronze Age funerary practices in the region. 152p b/w illus (University of Leicester Archaeological Services 2011)9780956017956 Hb £20.00Life and Afterlife at Duxford, Cambridgeshire:Archaeology and History in a ChalklandCommunityby Alice LyonsThis report details the evolution of a site which occupiesa strategic location on a natural chalk knoll overlookinga crossing of the River Granta. Findings includeevidence of an Iron ‘crouched’ inhumation burial, amiddle Iron Age probable ritual structure accompaniedby human and animal inhumations, a series of ditchessurrounding a short-lived timber-framed rectangularshrine and a burial ground which continued to functionfrom the late Iron Age into early Roman times and asubstantial drying building in Late Roman Times. 160p,75 illustrations (East Anglian Archaeology 141, 2011)9781907588037 pb £15.00New from Oxbow BooksFrom Machair to Mountains: ArchaeologicalSurvey And Excavation in South Uistby Michael Parker PearsonSouth Uist in the OuterHebrides has some of the bestpreserved archaeologicalremains within Britain andeven further afield. Threedistinct ecological zones –grassland machair plain,peaty blackland andmountains – each bear theimprint of human occupationover many millennia. Theresults of large–scaleexcavations of Bronze Agehouses (Cladh Hallan), an Iron Age broch (Dun Vulan),Viking settlements (Bornais and Cille Pheadair) andpost–medieval blackhouses (Airigh Mhuillin),combined with extensive surveys and small–scaleexcavations that have identified hundreds of new sites,are being brought together in a series of volumes toprovide an invaluable record and assessment of SouthUist’s archaeology covering the last 6,000 years. Thelarge set–piece excavations are to be published inseparate monographs. The results of the surveys andsmall–scale excavations are presented here. 480p, b/willus (Oxbow Books, 2011) 9781842174517 Hb £35.00Trevelgue Head Cornwall: The Importance of CKCroft Andrew’s 1939 Excavations for Prehistoricand Roman Cornwallby Jacqueline A. Nowakowski and HenriettaQuinnellDuring the Summer of 1939the spectacular cliff castle atTrevelgue Head on thenorth Cornish coast becamethe scene of a majorarchaeological excavationdirected by CK CroftAndrew. The full details ofthis work are publishedhere for the first time, andreassessed comprehensively.The excavationsexamined a magnificent roundhouse, 14m in diameter,as well as middens, ramparts and good evidence foriron working, all of the Middle Iron Age. Activitydiminished during the Late Iron Age but the largeroundhouse was the focus of significant activity in theRoman period and has produced the largestassemblage of Roman coins from the county. 428p coland b/w figs, CD–Rom (Cornwall Council 2011)9781903798737 PB £45.00

14 Prehistoric BritainForthcoming from Oxbow BooksA Late Iron Age farmstead in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations at Mound 1,Bornais, South Uistedited by Niall SharplesIt is likely that the settlement activity at Mound 1 at Bornais on South Uist started inthe Middle Iron Age, if not earlier. The principal contribution of theMound 1 depositscomprises the large quantities of mammal, fish and bird bones, carbonised plant remainsand pottery, which can be accurately dated to a fairly precise and narrow period in the1st millennium AD. These are augmented by a substantial collection of small findswhich included distinctive bone artefacts. The contextual significance of the site isbased on the survival of floor deposits and a burnt–down roof which provide anunparalleled opportunity to examine the timber superstructure of the building and thelayout of the material used by the inhabitants. 280p, 111 col & b/w illus (Oxbow Books,2012) 9781842174692 hb £35.00***Only £26.95 until publication***A Corridor Through Time: the archaeology of the A55 Anglesey Road Schemeby Richard Cuttler, Andrew Davidson and Gwilym HughesThis volume describes the results of a series of archaeological excavations undertakenin advance of the construction of a new dual carriageway, some 32 km long, acrossAnglesey. Five main sites and a series of prehistoric burnt mounds are discussed. Theroute encountered remains of Neolithic pit groups and a possible Late Neolithic ringditch;Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement features and a Bronze Age cremation cemetery;Romano-British settlements and a farmstead; an early medieval inhumation cemetery,medieval agricultural features and a corn-drying kiln. 304p, col & b/w illus (Oxbow Books,2011) 9781842174234 Hb £35.00***Only £26.95 until publication***Is There a British Chalcolithic?edited by Michael. J. Allen, Julie Gardiner and Alison SheridanThe Chalcolithic is not a term generally used by British prehistorians and whetherthere is even a definable phase is debated. Is there a British Chalcolithic? brings togethermany leading authorities in 20 papers that address this question. Papers are groupedunder several headings. Definitions, Issues and Debate considers whether appropriatecriteria apply that define a distinctive period (c. 2450–2150 cal BC) in cultural, social,and temporal terms with particular emphasis on the role and status of metal artefactsand Beaker pottery. Continental Perspectives addresses various aspects of comparativeregions of Europe where a Chalcolithic has been defined. Around Britain and Irelandpresents a series of large-scale regional case studies where authors argue for and againstthe adoption of the term. The final section Economy, Landscapes and Monuments, looks ataspects of ecomony, land-use and burial tradition and provides a detailed considerationof the Stonehenge and Avebury landscapes during the period in question. 336p,(Prehistoric Society Research Papers Volume 4, Oxbow Books and the Prehistoric Society 2012)9781842174968 Hb £39.95***Only £29.95 until publication***Experimental Archaeologyby Alistair MarshallTwo extended papers which employ experimentalmethodologies. In the first, analysis of a series of fullymonitored experimental cremation pyres is used tosupplement the interpretation of burnt pyre–bases, andother archaeological features of the type found underBronze Age round barrows in Britain, and to add detailto the process of ancient cremation. The second essayassesses the effectiveness of a series of Iron Age rock–cut ‘silo–pits’ discovered in the Cotswolds for grainstorage over winter, compared with the operation ofsmaller sealed pits. 164p b/w and col figs (BAR BS 530,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307862 pb £40.00The Excavations at Whitchurch, 2006–2009: AnInterim Reportby Kate Waddington and Niall SharplesThis volume presents initial results and analysis fromthe Whitchurch excavations, of considerableimportance for the prehistory of the West Midlands.Notable features include a large Late Bronze Agemidden, and Iron Age enclosures, linear earthworksand round houses, together with substantialassemblages of metalwork and pottery. 70p col illus(Cardiff Studies in Archaeology 31, 2011) 9780956839008pb £25.00

Prehistoric Europe15Yarnton: Iron age and Romano-British settlementand landscape: Results of excavations 1990-98by Gill Hey and Jane TimbySettlements on the edge of theSecond Gravel Terrace of theYarnton landscape wereoccupied throughout the IronAge and Roman periods.Associated with the middleIron Age settlement was asmall cemetery of some 35crouched inhumationburials. Further burials weremade in the Roman period.The Roman settlement ismarked by its ditchedenclosures and small paddocks suggesting intensivestock management, although the presence of anextensive surrounding field system shows that arableagriculture was also intensive, at least in the earlyRoman period. 655p (Oxford Archaeology 2011)9781905905218 Hb £29.95‘Where Sky and Yorkshire and Water Meet’: TheStory of the Melton Landscape from Prehistoryto the Presentby Chris Fenton–ThomasAn account of the multi–period, 13–hectare,excavations at Melton, East Yorkshire. They revealedbuildings, boundaries, burials and tracks associatedwith a late Iron Age and early Roman ladder settlementand showed that its origins lay in the early centuriesof the first millennium BC. The burial sequence ranfrom the early Bronze Age to the late Iron Age andincluded a rare early Iron Age inhumation cemetery,pre–dating the region’s famous square barrow burialsby a couple of centuries. 350p, 78 b/w pls, 55 colour pls,200 b/w figs, 15 col figs (On–Site Archaeology 2011)9780956196514 pb £25.00El Arte Parietal en Monumentos Megaliticos delNoroeste Ibericoby Fernando Carrera RamirezThe extensive work presented here takes a new look atthe prehistoric art preserved on various megalithicmonuments from the northwestern Iberian Peninsular.Alongside detailed descriptions and analysis of eachof the relevant sites in this region, the author alsoaddresses questions of conservation. Spanish text. 642pb/w and col illus (BAR 2190, Archaeopress 2011)9781407307459 pb £70.00From the Origins: The Prehistory of the InnerTagus Regionedited by P. Bueno Ramirez, E. Cerrillo Cuenca andA. Gonzalez CorderoThis collection of essays re–evaluates the Prehistory ofthe Inner Tagus, traditionally seen as an area devoidof settlement and the more complex culturesconcentrated in coastal areas. Countering this picture,the contributors present evidence for funerary practicesincluding necropoli, as well as megaliths and rock art.11 essays in English, 4 in Spanish. 255p b/w illus (BAR2219, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307770 pb £46.00New from Oxbow BooksTextiles and Textile Production in Europe: FromPrehistory to AD 400edited by Margarita Gleba and Ulla ManneringTwenty-three chapterscollect and systematiseessential information ontextiles and textileproduction from sixteenEuropean countries,resulting in an up-to-dateand detailed sourcebookand an easily accessibleoverview of thedevelopment of Europeantextile technology andeconomy from prehistory toAD 400. All chapters have an introduction, give thechronological and cultural background and anoverview of the material in question organisedchronologically and thematically. The sources ofinformation used by the authors are primarily textilesand textile tools recovered from archaeologicalcontexts. In addition, other evidence for the study ofancient textile production, ranging from iconographyto written sources to palaeobotanical andarchaeozoological remains are included. Theintroduction gives a summary on textile preservation,analytical techniques and production sequence thatprovides a background for the terminology and issuesdiscussed in the various chapters. 512p, 320 col & b/willus, 22 maps, 30 tables (Ancient Textiles Series 11, OxbowBooks in association with the Centre for Textile Research,2012) 9781842174630 Hb £48.00Ceramics Before Farming: The Dispersal ofPottery Among Prehistoric Hunter–Gatherersedited by Peter Jordan and Marek ZvelebilThis volume of essays explores the origins of potteryin hunter–gatherer societies,emphasising that in much ofEurasia pottery emerged beforethe transition to agriculture.Regional case–studies surveythe data available throughoutEurasia, and trace “theemergence of early ceramictraditions in eastern Asia, theirsubsequent dispersal acrossSiberia, and subsequent arrivalinto the eastern and northernperipheries of Europe”. Fourfurther papers develop broader perspectives on themore complex issue of ceramic dispersals into forager–farmer interaction zones. 589p b/w figs (Left Coast Press2010, Pb 2011) 9781598742459 Hb £79.50, 9781611327892Pb £34.95

16 Prehistoric EuropeForthcoming from OxbowVisualising the Neolithic: Abstraction,Figuration, Performance, Representationedited by Andrew Cochrane and Andrew MeirionJonesThis volume discusses visualexpression across NeolithicEurope. The papers in thisvolume assess new studies ofrock art from across Britainand Ireland, compare thesewith studies of Neolithicvisuality from continentalEurope and provide abroader context and morecoherent analysis ofprehistoric expressionism.The volume is organised so that the rock art andpassage tomb art traditions of the Neolithic in Britainand Ireland are compared for the first time to the rockart traditions of Northern and Southern Europe,together with the mortuary costumes and figurines ofSouth-eastern Europe. 304p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2012)9781842174777 Pb £35.00***Only £26.95 until publication***The Tripolye Culture giant-settlements inUkraine: Formation, Development and Declineedited by Francesco Menotti and Aleksey G.Korvin-PiotrovskiyThis book attempts to bring together in English avariety of research traditions of Eastern and WesternEurope, traditionallypublished in variouslanguages and not readilyaccessible to all scholars, inthe examination of theUkrainian archaeologicalrecord. The volume has beenorganised so as to give thereader a clear image of theTripolye culture in theUkraine, with a specialemphasis placed upon thedevelopment of the so-called‘giant-settlements’. Chapters discuss the geographicaland chronological context, highlighting the differentfacets of the culture that resulted in the formation ofthe giant-settlements; relative and absolutechronology of the many sub-groups identified;migration; aspects of material culture; architecture;experimental work on the construction anddestruction of houses and controversial use of fire;and the ultimate disappearance of this accomplishedand very long-lived cultural group. 174p b/w illus(Oxbow Books 2012) 9781842174838 Pb £40.00***Only £30.00 until publication***Ancient Ice Mummiesby James H. DicksonThe discovery of Otzi the Ice-Man in 1991 was a globalsensation, his 5200 year old body exceptionally wellpreservedthrough freezing within glacier ice. Thisdetailed study presents a new analysis of what thisremarkable survival can tell us about Otzi’s life, death,and social position, as well as providing a more generalintroduction to the processes involved inmummification in glacial ice. New evidence allows amore thorough reconstruction of Otzi’s diet, andDickson also reviews the many theories which haveemerged as to what Otzi was doing so high in the Alps,whether he died there or was moved, whether he wasmurdered or sacrificed, and whether he wasdeliberately buried. 192p b/w illus, col pls (The HistoryPress 2011) 9780752459356 Pb £18.99The First Neolithic Sites in Central/South–EastEuropean Transect Vol II: Early Neolithic(Starcevo–Cris) Sites on the territory of Romaniaedited by Sabin Adrian LucaThis volume forms part of a project which aims tocollate and make more widely available data for theNeolithisation of central Europe. It deals with Romania,presenting a complete catalogue of sites, both excavatedand identified from surface finds. Specialist reportsprovide analysis of architecture, material culture,livestock management, bone and antler tools, andchipped stone assemblages. 136p b/w illus (BAR 2188,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307435 pb £33.00Megaliths and Identitiesedited by Martin Furholt, Friedrich Luth andJohannes MullerIn this volume 20 papers are grouped into threesections, reflecting different facets of the interrelationsbetween monuments and social formations. The firstis concerned with the identification of the monumentsthemselves, whereas the second section contains severalarticles dealing with the role of monuments in thecreation and re-creation of Neolithic social identities.A third group of papers addresses the question of socialstructures and their dynamics. 293p b/w and col figs(Rudolf Habelt Verlag 2011) 9783774937451 Hb £85.00Iron Age Echoes: Prehistoric land managementand the creation of a funerary landscapeedited by David Fontijn, Quentin Bourgeois &Arjen LouwenThis book explores the grouping of barrows in thelandscape by presenting the results of archaeologicalresearch carried out on a group of just two barrowsthat crown a small hilltop near the Echoput inApeldoorn, the Netherlands. In 2007, archaeologistscarried out an excavation of parts of these mounds andtheir immediate environment. They discovered thatthese mounds are rare examples of monumentalbarrows from the later part of the Iron Age. Theexcavation yielded many details on how people builtthe barrows by cutting and arranging heather sods,and how the mounds were used for burial rituals inthe Iron Age. 174p, 26 b/w; 72 colour illus (Sidestone Press2012) 9789088900730 pb £28.00 ***NYP***

Prehistoric Europe17Forthcoming from OxbowExchange Networks and Local Transformationedited by Maria Emanuela Alberti and SerenaSabatiniThroughout the local Bronze and Iron Age, Europeanand Mediterranean societies appear to have beeninvolved in complex systems of exchange networkswhich invariably affected local customs and historicaldevelopments. Archaeological evidence suggests socialand economic phenomena, cultural expressions andtechnological skills stemmed from multifacetedencounters between local traditions and externalinfluences. Examples of cultural openness andtranscultural hybridisation seem to be more of a normthan an exception. The articles in the volume explorethe dynamic relationship between regionallycontextualised transformations and inter-regionalexchange networks. Particular effort has been put inapproaching the issue in a multi-disciplinaryperspective. Continental Europe and the Mediterraneanmay be characterised by specific development andpatterns of relations, but the authors draw attention tohow those worlds were not alien to each other andillustrate how common interpretative tools can besuccessfully applied and a comprehensive approachincluding both zones adopted. 160p b/w illus (OxbowBooks 2012) Pb £35.00***Only £26.00 until publication***Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC:Crossing the Divideedited by Tom Moore and Xose–Lois ArmadaThis volume addresses theincreasing theoretical dividebetween the approachesadopted in different countriesin the study of the European1st Millennium BC by bringingtogether 33 papers by leadingBronze Age and Iron Agescholars from France, Spain,Portugal, Belgium, Ireland,North America, and the UnitedKingdom. Initial chapters fromleading specialists introducemajor themes (landscape studies, social organisation,historiography, dynamics of change, and identity),providing overviews on the history of approaches tothese areas, personal perspectives on current problems,and possible future research directions. Subsequentchapters by key researchers develop these topics,presenting case studies and in–depth discussions ofparticular issues relating to the first millennium BC inthe Atlantic realm of Western Europe. 690p b/w illus(Oxford UP 2011) 9780199567959 Hb £105.00The Atlantic Iron Age: Settlement and Identityin the First Millennium BCby Jon C. HendersonDescribed by one scholar as ‘A logical and scholarlysequel to Barry Cunliffe’s overview Facing the Ocean’,Jon Henderson’s book is a detailed study of what heterms an ‘Atlantic axis of contact and interaction’during the first millennium BC. Henderson’sdiscussion examines settlement evidence andassociated material culture along the Atlantic seaboardand questions the possible impact of the sea, the scaleand organisation of trade and other contact amongcommunities, the possibility that they held collectiveidentities, belief systems, linguistic traits and othershared concepts and traditions. What he concludes isthat although these diverse communities were evolvingat different rates and in different ways, they haddiscernible elements of cultural commonality, forexample, in the form of belief systems orientatedtowards the Atlantic, to water in general, the landscapeand permanent settlement. 369p, b/w figs (Routledge2007, Pb 2011) 9780415436427 Hb £85.00, 9780415683821Pb £26.00Gods of Battle: The Thracians at War, 1500 BC –AD 150by Chris WebberThe Thracians were famed aswarriors throughout theancient world, and used asmercenaries par excellence inthe armies of Greece, Romeand Persia. In this excellentstudy Chris Webber takes acomprehensive look at thismilitary role, using evidencefrom all of the latest digs toreconstruct the arms, armourand costume of the Thracian warrior. He goes on tooutline military organisation and the logistics ofThracian armies, as well as fortifications and strategy,before setting out what can be gleaned about thedifferent Thracian tribes. 256p, b/w illus, col pls (Pen &Sword 2011) 9781844158355 Hb £25.00Archaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption,Entanglement and Violence in AncientMediterranean Franceby Michael DietlerThis book presents a theoretically informed, up-to-datestudy of interactions between indigenous peoples ofMediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, andRoman colonists during the first millennium BC.Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts,Michael Dietler explores these colonial encounters oversix centuries, focusing on material culture, urbanlandscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence.He shows how selective consumption linked nativesocieties and colonists and created transformativerelationships for each. 464p b/w illus (University ofCalifornia Press 2010) 9780520265516 Hb £41.95

18 Asia, Africa and EgyptThe Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: ASurveyby Rachel MairsThe Far East of the Hellenistic world - a regioncomprising areas of what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan,Iran and the former–Soviet Central Asian Republics isbest known from the archaeological remains of sitessuch as Ai Khanoum, which attest the endurance ofGreek cultural and political presence in the region inthe three centuries following the conquests ofAlexander the Great. The chapters here survey theavailable evidence, including Latin, Greek, Chineseand Indian texts, as well as archaeology, survey thesecondary literature, and ponder themes of identity,cultural contact and ethnicity. 75p b/w illus (BAR 2196,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307527 pb £26.00Relief Plaques of Eastern Eurasia and China: TheOrdos Bronzes, Peter the Great’s Treasure, andtheir Kinby John BoardmanRenowned Classical archaeologist John Boardman hereturns his attention to a rather different class of artefact– the Ordos Bronzes, a group of objects found in theborderlands of north China. Boardman deals inparticular with what have traditionally been identifiedas belt–plaques, analysing them stylistically andiconographically to create groups with a possiblehistorical association in terms of studios, place and dateof manufacture. 103p b/w pls (BAR 2146, Archaeopress2010) 9781407306872 pb £48.00Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of SanBushman Rock Artby David Lewis–Williams and Sam ChallisThe rock art of the San people of southern Africa isjustifiably world famous. Comprehe-nsivetranscriptions, made in the nineteenth century, exist ofinterviews with San people who were shown copies ofthe art and gave their interpretations of them. Usingthese and the analogy of the Rosetta Stone with itsparallel texts, the authors move between the rock artand the San texts, teasing out the subtle meaningsbehind them both. The picture that emerges is verydifferent from past analysis: this art is not a naïvenarrative of daily life but rather is imbued with powerand religious depth. 224p b/w illus, col pls (Thames &Hudson 2011) 9780500051696 Hb £18.95The Archaeology of Ethiopiaby Niall FinneranThis detailed study of the archaeology of Ethiopia andthe Eritrean highlands stretches from more than 2.5million years ago to the post–medieval period.Providing both a general introduction to, and synthesisof, the archaeological evidence, Niall Finneran alsofocuses on more specific aspects of Ethiopian culture,for example early lithic industries, the emergence ofceramic and metal technologies, plant cultivation andthe shift from hunting to herding, the development ofcomplex societies and the rise and decline of Aksumitepower. 312p, b/w figs and pls, tbs (Routledge 2007, Pb 2011)9780415386463 Hb £80.00, 9780415692571 Pb £26.00The Myth of Ancient Egyptby Charlotte BoothIn this book, Charlotte Boothsets out to investigate eightfacets of Ancient Egyptaround which popular mythshave sprung up, the origins ofsuch myths, and how theyhave developed. These rangefrom the River Nile itself,through the pyramids andmummification, to three ofthe most famous names tohave come out of ancientEgypt: Hatshepsut, Akhenaten and Cleopatra and thereputation of Alexandria as a city of ancient learning.The book concludes with a look at the important rolewhich the myth of ancient Egypt has played in Westernculture through the centuries, from art and architectureto the hundreds of films, cartoons and books whichhave been inspired by Egypt. 223p b/w illus, col pls(Amberley 2011) 9781445602745 Pb £18.99Manufacturers, Mummies and Manchesterby Hilary ForrestThis book traces interest in Egyptology in Manchesterand the surrounding towns from the early nineteenthcentury, when interest in Egypt first developed throughtravel and business links, to the benefactions anddedicated work of cotton men and women who helpedto build up and to display the remarkable collectionswhich can be seen to this day. The second half of thebook starts in the middle of the twentieth century whenthe focus became more scientific, and examines theManchester Mummy Project and the KNH Centre forBiomedical Egyptology. 101p b/w illus (BAR BS 532,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307886 pb £29.00Egypt in Its African Contextedited by Karen ExellThe papers in this volume aim to present a scholarlyapproach to the subject of Egypt in Africa in order tocounterbalance the extreme Afrocentric views withinwhich such a debate is often contextualised. It isorganised in two sections, the first exploring Egypt’sinfluence on Africa, and vice versa, the second lookingat interpretations of Egypt as an African culture. 114pb/w illus (BAR 2204, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307602pb £30.00Egypt At Its Origins 3edited by Renee F. Friedman and Peter N. FiskeThis volume, publishing the proceedings of the ThirdInternational Conference on Predynastic and EarlyDynastic Egypt (London, 2008), presents the results ofthe latest research and discoveries in the field. The 54articles are organised under ten major themes:Settlement archaeology, mortuary archaeology, objectstudies, technology of pottery and lithic production,early temples, interaction north and south,chronological investigations, potmark research, scriptas material culture and theoretical approaches. 1292pb/w illus (Peeters 2011) 9789042924901 Hb £150.00

Egypt19Under the Potter’s Tree: Studies on Ancient EgyptPresented to Janine Bourriauedited by David Aston, Bettina Bader, CarlaGallorini, Paul Nicholson and Sarah BuckinghamA massive volume of essays, almost all on Egyptianceramics. These include items on miniature pots,Aswan flasks, fish dishes, Bes vases, embalming caches,terracotta figurines, copies of ceramic vessels in glass,stone and metal, painted pottery, depictions of vasesin Egyptian reliefs, newly excavated ceramic material,and the influence of Egyptian motifs on pottery of theEighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries AD. 1036p(Peeters 2011) 9789042924727 Hb £120.00Women in Ancient Egyptby Barbara WattersonUsing evidence gleaned from written records,monuments, sculpture, tomb–paintings and thematerial found in tombs, including objects and humanremains, Barbara Watterson has been able to build upan intriguing picture of the lives led by ancientEgyptian women, lives that were free of the restraintsnormally placed upon women in the rest of the ancientworld, allowing them to exercise a full part in society,recognised as equal with men under the law. The typesof occupations and careers open to women aredescribed, as are their domestic and personal lives –marriage, health and childbirth; family life; running ahome; clothing, jewellery and beauty preparations.157p, col pls (1991, Amberley new ed 2011) 9781445604947Pb £18.99Fortifications of Ancient Egypt, 3000–1780 BCby Carola VogelThis well–illustrated booktraces the development ofEgypt’s early militaryarchitecture from itsbeginnings in the Neolithicto the creation of asophisticated and integratedsystem of defences in theMiddle Kingdom. Itexamines the mostspectacular archaeologicalsites, and with the aid ofplentiful plans, looks at how the fortificationsfunctioned and at their various defensive features. Alsodiscussed are the role of the fortifications in warfare,and the daily life of their garrisons. 64p b/w and col illus(Osprey 2011) 9781846039560 Pb £11.99Wege der Sphinx: Monster Zwischen Orient undOkzidentedited by Lorenz Winkler–HoracekThis volume derives from an exhibition at the FreieUniversitat Berlin, looking at the differing forms andconceptions of the sphinx across the ancient world. Theexhibits are accompanied by essays examining the roleof the Sphinx in Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, Babylonia,Assyria, and North Syria, the transmission of thesphinx to Greece, the sphinx as it appears in ClassicalGreek myth and art, as well as Etruscan and Romansphinxes. German text. 207p b/w illus (Verlag MarieLeidorf 2011) 9783896460639 pb £35.00Forthcoming from OxbowLiving with the Dead: Ancestor Worship andMortuary Ritual in Ancient Egyptby Nicola HarringtonLiving with the Deadpresents a detailed analysisof ancestor worship in Egypt,using a diverse range ofmaterial, both archaeologicaland anthropological, toexamine the relationshipbetween the living and thedead. Iconography andterminology associated withthe deceased reveal indistinctdifferences between theblessedness and malevolence and that the potent spiritof the dead required constant propitiation in the formof worship and offerings. A range of evidence ispresented for mortuary cults that were in operationthroughout Egyptian history and for the various places,such as the house, shrines, chapels and tomb doorways,where the living could interact with the dead. Theprivate statue cult, where images of individuals werevenerated as intermediaries between people and theGods is also discussed. Collective gatherings and ritualfeasting accompanied the burial rites with separate,mortuary banquets serving to maintain ongoing ritualpractices focusing on the deceased. Something of acontradiction in attitudes is expressed in the evidencefor tomb robbery, the reuse of tombs and funeraryequipment and the ways in which communities dealtwith the death and burial of children and others onthe fringe of society. 208p, 75 colour & b/w illustrations,(Oxbow Books 2012) 9781842174937 Pb £38.00***Only £29.00 until publication***Current Research in Egyptology 2011:Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Symposium,Durham 2011edited by Heba Abd El Gawad, Nathalie Andrews,Maria Correas-Amador, Veronica Tamorri andJames TaylorThe twelfth annual Current Research in Egyptologysymposium aimed to highlight the multidisciplinarynature of the field of Egyptology. Papers in theseproceedings reflect this multidisciplinarity, withresearch based on Archaeology, Linguistics, CulturalAstronomy, Historiography, Botany, Religion and Law,amongst others. By means of one or several of thesedisciplines, contributors to this volume approach abroad range of subjects spanning from Prehistory tomodern Egypt, including: self-presentation, identity,provenance and museum studies, funerary art andpractices, domestic architecture, material culture,mythology, religion, commerce, economy, dreaminterpretation and the birth of Egyptology as adiscipline. 232pp, b/w illustrations (Current Research inEgyptology 12, Oxbow Books 2012) 9781842174982 Hb£48.00

20 EgyptThe History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desertedited by Hans Barnard and Kim DuistermaatThis collection demonstrates that despite a harshenvironment and scholarly neglect, the nativeinhabitants of Egypt’s Eastern Desert have their ownculture and history. The extensive range of topicsaddressed includes specific historical periods, naturalresources, nomadic survival strategies, ancient textualdata, the interaction between Christian hermits andtheir neighbours, and more. 538p b/w illus (CotsenInstitute 2012) 9781931745963 Hb £52.00,9781931745970 Pb £28.00 ***NYP***Desert RATS: Rock Art Topographical Surveyin Egypt’s Eastern Desertedited by Maggie Morrow, Mike Morrow, TonyJudd and Geoff PhillipsonOne of the biggest concentrations of Egypt’sPrehistoric rock art is found to the east of the Nile. Inthe space of just five months, between October 2000and February 2001, three teams of dedicatedvolunteers carried out a systematic survey of thisremarkable region. They succeeded in locating andrecording over 100 new sites of rock art, previouslyunknown to archaeology. The results, comprisingmany thousands of individual scenes, are presentedhere for the first time. 254p b/w illus (BAR 2166,Archaeopress 2010) 9781407307107 pb £46.00The Cemetery of Meir: Volume 1: The Tomb ofPepyankh-the Middleby Naguib KanawatiThe tomb of Pepyankh-theMiddle is completelypreserved, containingvaluable information onvarious aspects of theEgyptian provincialadministration and ondaily life in the SixthDynasty. Both burial shaftsof the tomb owner and hiswife end in beautifullydecorated and extremely well preserved burialchambers. This book presents a new record in linedrawings and coloured photographs of allarchitectural and artistic features of the entire chapeland burial apartments. 82p col and b/w illus (AustralianCentre for Egyptology 2011) 9780856688454 Pb £75.00Imaging Applied to Animal Mummification inAncient Egyptby Lidija Mary McKnightThis volume reports on the use of conventional X–ray and CT–scanning to investigate a sample of 127mummified animals in British museums. It presentsa methodology for this relatively new field of study,showing how radiographic technologies can be usedto identify species, the age and sex of the animal, bodycavity contents, pathology and cause of death, as wellas aspects of the mummification process. 135p b/w illus,CD–Rom (BAR 2175, Archaeopress 2010) 9781407307190pb £35.00The Shabti Collections 1: West Park MuseumMacclesfieldby Glenn JanesThis volume is the first in aseries which catalogues theshabti collections of museumsin the north west of England.It describes and illustrates infull colour 48 shabtis and ashabti box from the West ParkMuseum in Macclesfield. Theintroduction describes thediscovery of several of theshabtis at two sites in Thebes,illustrated with the watercolours of MarianneBrockelhurst who acquired them. 64p col illus (OlicarPublications 2010) 9780956627100 pb £35.00The Shabti Collections 2: Warrington Museumand Art Galleryby Glenn JanesDescribes and illustrates 72 shabtis, mostly of the thirdintermediate period, from the Warrington Museum andArt Gallery. An introduction details the donation of thecollection by the EEF, many of the examples comingfrom the 1886 excavations at Tell Nabasha, and 1899–1900 excavations at Abydos. 92p col illus (Olicar HousePublications 2011) 9780956627117 pb £35.00The Shabti Collections 3: Rochdale Arts andHeritage Serviceby Glenn JanesDescribes and illustrates 101 shabtis from the collectionof the Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service. Most are ofthe New Kingdom and Third Intermediate periods.Many of the New Kingdom shabtis are from Sedmentand Deir Rifeh, as well as Gurob. A number of the ThirdIntermediate Period examples are from the Ramasseumat Thebes. 98p col illus (Olicar House Publications 2011)9780956627124 pb £35.00Horus’ Eye and Osiris’ Efflux: The EgyptianCivilisation of Inundation c. 3000–2000 BCEby Terje OestigaardThe principal objective of this study is to develop asynthetic perspective for enhancing the understandingof the religious roles water had in the rise andconstitution of the Egyptian civilisation during the EarlyDynastic Period and the Old Kingdom. By comparingthe development of funerary monuments and practiceswith the emergence of the Osiris cult in relation toclimatic changes and fluctuations in the Niles yearlyinundation, Ancient Egyptian religion and the rise ofthe civilisation is analyzed according to a waterperspective. It is noted that the Blue Nile was not blue,but red–brownish during the flood. When the floodstarted, the White Nile was not white, but green. Theauthor argues that these fundamental characteristics ofthe Nile water formed the basis for the Osiris mythology.The red floodwaters in particular represented the bloodof the slain Osiris. 124p b/w illus (BAR 2228, Archaeopress2011) 9781407307909 pb £31.00

Egypt21The Heart of Wisdom: Studies on the HeartAmulet in Ancient Egyptby Rogerio SousaCross–referencing visual depictions with the moremeagre archaeological record, this study presents atypology of this significant artefact. It examines theritual uses of the amulet, and discusses its symbolicplace in Egyptian theology, drawing on the work ofJan Assman. 133p b/w illus (BAR 2211, Archaeopress 2011)9781407307695 pb £34.00Transporting the Deceased to Eternity: TheAncient Egyptian Term h3iby Kelly-Anne DiamondThis study takes a linguistic approach to AncientEgyptian funerary ritual, focusing on the definition ofthe word h3i and its performance. Whilst h3i has theconnotation of "ritually transport" with the expresspurpose of revivifying or rejuvenating the deceased, ithas been translated as emotionally connected both torejoicing and mourning. Diamond explores themythological and ritual contexts of the term, drawingtogether all the available sources, and tracingdevelopments from Old to New Kingdoms. 119p b/wfigs (BAR 2179, Archaeopress 2010) 9781407307299 Pb£31.00Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the13 th -17 th Centuries: Volume I, Fascicule I:Descriptionsby D. Franke, edited by M. MaréeThe scenes and inscriptionsof each of these forty-twostelae are described in detail,with full translations, textualnotes and explanatorydiagrams. Each catalogueentry includes a wideranginggeneral commentaryon phraseology, formulaeand titles, on the importanceof each stela in its historicaland social context, and onaspects of epigraphy andiconography. 288p b/w and col illus (British Museum Press2012) 9780714119878 Pb £60.00 ***NYP***The Decree of Saisby Anne-Sophie von Bomhardvon Bomhard presents an edition of a stela foundduring underwater excavations in the Abukir Bay, atthe site of ancient Thonis-Heracleion, and inscribedwith the Decree of Sais. The text is a parallel to thatinscribed on another stela found at Naucratis at theturn of last century. The author gives an introductionto the discovery of the two stelae, as well as adescription of the monuments, including the scenesand captions found in the lunette. von Bomhard goeson to discuss the arrangement of the texts and figuresdepicted on the decree, and the possible symbolismbehind them. The bulk of the text is occupied by acareful transliteration and translation of the text. 200pb/w illus (Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology 2012)9781905905232 Hb £45.00 ***NYP***The Oxford Handbook of Papyrologyedited by Roger S. BagnallThe Oxford Handbook of Papyrology provides anintroduction to the world of ancient documents andliterary texts, ranging from the raw materials of writingto the languages used, from the history of papyrologyto its future, and from practical help in reading papyrito frank opinions about the nature of the work ofpapyrologists. This volume, the first major referencework on papyrology written in English, takes accountof the important changes experienced by the disciplinewithin especially the last thirty years. 688p b/w illus(Oxford UP 2009, Pb 2012) 9780195178388 Hb £85.00,9780199843695 Pb £32.50Early Northwest Semitic Serpent Spells in thePyramid Textsby Richard C. SteinerIn this monograph, Richard C. Steiner deciphers a seriesof extremely early Semitic texts that have been “hidingin plain sight” among the Pyramid Texts of the OldKingdom. The Semitic and Egyptian passages in thesespells are mutually elucidating. The Egyptian contextcontains phrases that reveal the meaning ofcorresponding Semitic phrases as well as clues thatreveal the origin of the texts. The Semitic, in turn, helpsto clarify the Egyptian, bringing a degree ofcohesiveness and order to a group of spells thatpreviously seemed like a hodgepodge. 110p b/w pls(Eisenbrauns 2011) 9781575069371 Hb £30.00Receipts, Scribes and Collectors in EarlyPtolemaic Thebesby Brian P. MuhsPublishes 157 tax receipts and other texts from Thebesin Early Ptolemaic Egypt (332–200 BC), including 102Demotic texts and 55 Greek or bilingual texts.Additional chapters reconstruct the careers of taxofficials, and analyse the affairs of those taxpayers whoappear in several texts. 327, 56 b/w pls (Peeters 2011)9789042924314 Hb £90.00Culture in Pieces: Essays on Ancient Texts inHonour of Peter Parsonsedited by Dirk Obbink and Richard RutherfordReflecting Peter Parsons workwith the Oxyrhychus Papyri,essays straddle prose andverse, literary and subliterarytexts, addressing boththeoretical issues and specificpractical problems ofinterpretation whichcontribute to the difficultiesfaced in giving form andmeaning to the diverse andfragmentary evidence ofancient literary history.Broader topics considered include the methodology ofediting fragments, the problems of identifyingauthorship, the ambiguities of texts which may or maynot be read as ironic, and the development of the Greeknovel. 342p col pls (Oxford UP 2011) 9780199292011 Hb£80.00

22 Egypt and the Near EastForthcoming from OxbowCrown of Arsinoë II: The Creation of an Imageof Authorityby Maria NilssonThe Crown of Arsinoë II isa detailed study of aunique crown that wascreated for the PtolemaicEgyptian Queen Arsinoë IIwhich has importantconclusions for ancientEgyptian history. Based ondetailed examination ofreliefs, the aim is to identifyand understand thesymbolism that is embedded in each pictorial detailthat together form the crown, as well as all contextualaspects of the relief scenes, and how this reflects thewearers socio–political and religious positions. Theresults of this study suggest that the crown of Arsinoëwas created for the living queen and reflected threemain cultural positions: her royal position as King ofLower Egypt, her cultic role as high priestess, and herreligious aspect as thea Philadelphos. It indicates that shewas proclaimed female pharaoh during her lifetime andshould be included in the official pharaonic king listas Ptolemy IIs co–regent: her royal authority shouldbe considered equivalent to Hatshepsut, Tawosret andAmenirdis II, as one of the most important royal womenin Egyptian history. Arsinoë’s complex persona wereembedded in a very unique attribute her crown andthat this remained a symbol of authority throughoutthe last centuries of the ancient Egyptian period. 272p,b/w & colour illus (Oxbow Books, June 2012)9781842174920 Hb £55.00***Only £41.00 until publication***Egypt and the Limits of Hellenismby Ian S. MoyerIn a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancienthistory and modernhistoriography of relationsbetween Egypt and Greecefrom the fifth century BCE tothe early Roman empire.Beginning with Herodotus, heanalyzes key encountersbetween Greeks and Egyptianpriests, the bearers of Egypt’sancient traditions. Fourmoments unfold as rich micro–histories of cross–culturalinteraction: Herodotus’interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho’scomposition of an Egyptian history in Greek; thestruggles of Egyptian priests on Delos; and a Greekphysician’s quest for magic in Egypt. 347p (CambridgeUP 2011) 9780521765510 hb £65.00Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Routeby Steven E. SidebothamThe ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500miles south of today’s Suez Canal, was a significantport on the maritime trade routes reaching from theRed Sea across the Indian Ocean. In this book, StevenE. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavatedBerenike, uncovers the role the city played in theregional, local, and ‘global’ economies during the eightcenturies of its existence. Sidebotham analyzes manyof the artefacts, botanical and faunal remains, andhundreds of the texts he and his team found inexcavations, providing a profoundly intimate glimpseof the people who lived, worked, and died in thisemporium between the classical Mediterranean worldand Asia. 436p b/w illus (University of California Press2011) 9780520244306 Hb £34.95The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistusby Florian EbelingIn this scholarly yet accessible introduction to thehistory of Hermeticism and its mythical founder,Florian Ebeling provides a concise overview of theCorpus Hermeticum and other writings attributed toHermes. He traces the impact of Christian and Muslimversions of the figure in medieval Europe, the powerof Hermeticism and Paracelsian belief in Renaissancethought, the relationship to Pietism and toFreemasonry in early modern Europe, and therelationship to esotericism and semiotics in the modernworld. 158p b/w illus (Cornell UP 2007, Pb 2011)9780801445460 hb £22.95, 9780801477492 Pb £12.50The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples andPlaces of Ancient Western Asiaby Trevor BryceThis enormous referencebook takes the form of anencyclopaedia, with the 1500entries each focusing on aspecific site or civilization ofthe Ancient Near East. Entriescontains syntheses of thearchaeological work done onthe sites, and of theirappearances in historicalsources, describing theirprincipal features andimportance within the wider social, economic andcultural world of the Ancient Near East. “A magnificentand comprehensive volume. Truly an indispensableresource for scholars and students” – Stephanie Dalley.887p b/w illus, maps (Routledge 2009, Pb 2012)9780415394857 Hb £160.00, 9780415692618 Pb £49.99The Oriental Institute 2010–2011 Annual ReportEdited by Gil J. SteinThe Oriental Institute Annual Reports contain yearlysummaries of the activities of the Institutes faculty, staff,and research projects, as well as descriptions of specialevents and other Institute functions. The reports arecomplimentary to Members and Donors of the OrientalInstitute. 304p, 272 figures (Oriental Institute of theUniversity of Chicago 2011) 9781885923882 pb £16.95

Near East23The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Cultureedited by Kern Radner and Eleanor RobsonThe cuneiform script, thewriting system of ancientMesopotamia, was witness toone of the world’s oldestliterate cultures. For overthree millennia, it was thevehicle of communicationfrom (at its greatest extent)Iran to the Mediterranean,Anatolia to Egypt. TheOxford Handbook examinesthe Ancient Middle Eastthrough the lens of cuneiformwriting. The contributors, a mix of scholars from acrossthe disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent lookbeyond the boundaries of the written word, usingMesopotamia’s clay tablets and stone inscriptions notjust as ‘texts’ but also as material artefacts that offermuch additional information about their creators,readers, users and owners. 805p b/w illus (Oxford UP2011) 9780199557301 Hb £110.00A Dictionary of Ancient Near EasternArchitectureby Gwendolyn LeickThis Dictionary gives a survey of the whole range ofancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithicround huts in Palestine to the giant temples ofPtolemaic Egypt. It examines the development of theprincipal styles of ancient architecture, and describesfeatures of major sites such as Ur, Nineveh and Babylon.She also covers the variations of typical ancientarchitectural structures, details the building materialand techniques employed, and clarifies specialistterminology. 260pp, lots of illus (Routledge 1988, Pb 2011)9780415002400 Hb £135.00, 9780415513111 Pb £26.00A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythologyby Gwendolyn LeickThis dictionary covers sources from Mesopotamia,Syro-Palestine and Anatolia, from around 2800 to 300BC. It contains entries on gods and goddesses, givingevidence of their worship in temples, describing their'character', as documented by the texts, and definingtheir roles within the body of mythological narratives;synoptic entries on myths, giving the place of origin ofmain texts and a brief history of their transmissionthrough the ages; and entries explaining the use ofspecialist terminology, for such things as categories ofSumerian texts or types of mythological figures. 199p,b/w pls & illus (Routledge 1991, Pb 1998) 9780415007627HB £60.00, 9780415198110 PB £24.99Household and Family Religion in Antiquityedited by John Bodel and Saul M. OlyanThis volume adopts a comparative approach to thestudy of ancient domestic religion, with contributorslooking at civilizations from throughout theMediterranean and Middle East, includingMesopotamia, Syria, Philistia, Ugarit, Israel, Greece andRome. 324p b/w illus (Blackwell 2008, Pb 2012)9781405175791 Hb £65.00, 9781118255339 Pb £27.99Forthcoming from OxbowTextile Production and Consumption in theAncient Near East: archaeology, epigraphy,iconographyedited by Marie-Louise Nosch and HenrietteKoefoedThe thirteen intriguingchapters in TextileProduction andConsumption in the AncientNear East describe thedevelopments andchanges from householdto standardised, industrialisedand centralisedproductions which takeplace in the region. Theydiscuss the economic,social and cultural impact of textiles on ancient societythrough the application of textile tool studies,experimental testing, context studies and epigraphicalas well as iconographical sources. Together theydemonstrate that the textile industries, production,technology, consumption and innovations are crucialto, and therefore provide an in-depth view of ancientsocieties during this period. Geographically thecontributions cover Anatolia, the Levant, Syria, theAssyrian heartland, Sumer, and Egypt. 200p, 8 colour& 82 b/w illus (Oxbow 2012) 9781842174890 Hb £30.00***Only £22.50 until publication***The Later Prehistory of the Badia: Excavation andSurveys in Eastern Jordan, Volume 2by A. V. G. Betts, with D. Cropper, L. Martin andC. McCartneyThe Jordanian badia is an arid region that has beenlargely protected frommodern development by itsextreme climate and haspreserved a remarkably richrecord of its prehistoric past.This is the second of twovolumes to documentextensive surveys andexcavations in the region fromAl-Azraq to the Iraqi borderover the period 1979-1996.Broadly, it covers the LateNeolithic and Chalcolithic ofthe eastern badia, which witnessed a spread ofcampsites and short-term occupation, as well as thefirst appearance of sheep and goat as one element ofthe steppic economy alongside traditional practices ofhunting and foraging. 240p (Oxbow Books in associationwith the Council for British Research in the Levant, 2012)9781842174739 Hb £48.00***Only £38.95 until publication***

24 Near EastIconoclasm and Text Destruction in the AncientNear East and Beyondedited by Natalie N. MayDestruction of images and texts has a universalcharacter; it is inherent in various societies and periodsof human history. Together with the mutilation ofhuman beings, it was a widespread and highlysignificant phenomenon in the ancient Near East. Thisvolume explores iconoclasm and text destruction inancient Near Eastern antiquity through examinationof the anthropological, cultural, historical, and politicalaspects of these practices. Broad interdisciplinarycomparison with similar phenomena in other culturesand periods contribute to better understanding them.xii + 450p, 15 illus, 86 color plates (Oriental InstitutePublications 2012) 9781885923905 pb £19.95 ***NYP***Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imagining theAncient Middle Eastedited by Jack Green, Emily Teeter and John ALarsonThis fully illustrated catalogue of essays, descriptions,and commentary accompanies the Oriental Institutespecial exhibit Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imaginingthe Ancient Middle East. It presents paintings,architectural reconstructions, facsimiles, models,photographs, and computer–aided reconstructions thatshow how the architecture, sites, and artefacts of theancient Middle East have been documented. It alsoexamines how the publication of those images haveshaped our perception of the ancient world, and howsome of the more “imaginary” reconstructions haveobscured our real understanding of the past. 184p, 168illus (Oriental Institute Publications 2012) 9781885923899pb £19.95 ***NYP***Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient NearEastby Joy McCorristonIn this book, Joy McCorristonexamines the continuity oftraditions over millennia inthe Near East. Tracing thephenomenon of pilgrimage inpre–Islamic Arabia upthrough the development ofthe Hajj, she defines itsessential characteristics andemphasizes the critical rolethat pilgrimage plays inenabling and developingsocioeconomic transactions. Indeed, the socialidentities constructed through pilgrimage are key tounderstanding the long–term endurance of thephenomenon. In the second part of the book,McCorriston turns to the household, using cases ofancient households in Mesopotamian societies, bothin the private and public spheres. Her conclusions tietogether broader theoretical implications generated bythe study of the two phenomena, emphasisingcontinuity in the archaeological record. 291p b/w illus(Cambridge UP 2011) 9780521768511 Hb £60.00,9780521137607 Pb £19.99Brotherhood of Kings: How InternationalRelations Shaped the Ancient Near Eastby Amanda H. PodanyFocusing on the period from 2300 to 1300 BCE, Podanyreveals how Near Eastern leaders and theirambassadors devised a remarkably sophisticatedsystem of diplomacy and of trade that extended fromthe Aegean Sea to Afghanistan, and from the Baltic tocentral Africa. The allied kings referred to one anotheras “brothers,” kings with equal power and influencewho were tied to one another through peace treatiesand powerful obligations. These rulers had almostnever met one another in person, but they felt a strongconnection – a real brotherhood – which graduallymade wars between them less common. 398p b/w illus(Oxford UP 2010, Pb 2012) 9780195313987 Hb £22.50,9780199858682 Pb £15.99Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamiaby Gianni Marchesi and Nicolo MarchettiThe corpus of Early Dynastic figurative monumentsfrom ancient Mesopotamia is substantial. Havingestablished the chronological sequence through anexamination of the archaeological contexts of theexcavated pieces and the analysis of their inscriptions,the authors then consider the significance of thechanges, over time, in the subject matter of figurativearts, noting a gradual shift from a stage in which theentire officialdom of early polities was celebrated to astage in which the figure of the king alone becomesthe main and then almost the only object of celebration.374p b/w pls (Eisenbrauns 2011) 9781575061733 Hb £80.00Education in Early 2nd Millennium BCBabylonia: The Sumerian Epistolary Miscellanyby Alexandra KleinermanThis book publishes and examines a collection oftwenty–two literary letters and related compositionsstudied as part of the Old Babylonian Sumerian scribalcurriculum, in an attempt to better understand theeducation system at this time. The author includesdiscussion of the nature of the letters as scribalinventions, the pedagogical function of literary lettersand compilation tablets, as well as the creation,implementation and consistency of the advancedSumerian scribal curriculum. 392p (Brill 2011)9789004212428 Hb £125.00Aspects of the Economic History of Babyloniain the First Millennium BCby M. JursaThis huge book tackles the major questions relating toBabylonian economic history. The main focus lies onthe ‘long sixth–century’ between the fall of Assyria andthe Babylonian rebellions against Xerxes in 484 BC.Issues under discussion include the importance ofenvironmental factors, and the extent to which theeconomy can be considered as a unified whole; therole of the major cities in the economy; differingagricultural strategies and patterns of land–ownership;the relative place of private and institutional factors inthe economy; as well as levels of monetization and therole of the market. 898p (Ugarit–Verlag 2010)9783868350418 Hb £150.00

Near East25Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: ServileLabourers at Nippur in the 14th and 13thcenturies BCby Jonathan S. TenneyLife at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study ofthe population dynamics, family structure, and legalstatus of publicly–controlled servile workers in KassiteBabylonia. It compares some of the demographicaspects proper to this group with other intensivelystudied past populations, such as Roman Egypt,Medieval Tuscany, and American slave plantations. Itsuggests that families, especially those headed bysingle mothers, acted as a counter measure againstpopulation reduction (flight and death) and as a meansfor the state to control this labour force. 268p (Brill 2011)9789004206892 Hb £105.00Writing Science Before the Greeks: ANaturalistic Analysis of the BabylonianAstronomical Treatise MUL.APINby Rita Watson and Wayne HorowitzThe subject of this volume is the astronomical seriesMUL.APIN, which can be dated to the seventh centuryBCE and which represents the crowning achievementof traditional Mesopotamian observational astronomy.The book explores this early text from the perspectiveof modern cognitive science in an effort to articulatethe processes underlying its composition. The analysissuggests that writing itself, through the cumulativerecording of observations, played a significant role.242p (Brill 2011) 9789004202306 hb £97.00Elam and Persiaedited by Javier Alvarez–Mon and Mark B.GarrisonThe essays contained in this book are part of acontinuing reassessment of the nature and significanceof Elam in the early 1st Millennium BC, with a focuson the relationship between Elamite culture of theNeo–Elamite period and the emerging Persian culturein southwestern Iran in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.493p b/w illus (Eisenbrauns 2011) 9781575061665 Hb£70.00The Hymns of Zoroastertranslated, with an introduction and commentaryby M.L. WestA new translation of thefoundation texts of theZoroastrian religion, the Gathas(songs) composed by Zoroasterhimself, together with theLiturgy in seven chapterscomposed shortly after hisdeath some 2600 years ago.After a substantial introductionto Zoroaster’s religiousthought, West presents thetranslations with facing pageexplanations of the meaning of each verse. 182p (I.B.Tauris 2010) 9781848853478 Hb £52.50, 9781848855052Pb £14.99Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology inPost–Hellenistic and Late Antique Persiaby M. Rahim ShayeganThis book undertakes athorough investigation of thediverse range of written,numismatic, and archaeologicalsources in order toreassess Sasanian politicalideology and its sources andinfluences in the ideologies ofthe Achaemenid PersianEmpire, Babylonian scholarshipand prophecy, andHellenistic Greek thought. Itsheds fresh light on the political complexities of earlyArsacid and Sasanian history, especially the situationin Babylon and Elymais, and on the Roman propagandawhich penetrated, shaped, and determined Romanattitudes towards Sasanian Persia. 539p b/w illus(Cambridge UP 2011) 9780521766418 Hb £65.00Bactrian Documents from Northern AfghanistanI: Legal and Economic Documentsby Nicholas Sims-WilliamsDuring the last twenty years, more than 150 documentsin Bactrian, the language of pre-Islamic Afghanistan,have come to light, providing significant insights onthe history of the region in the 4th to 8th centuries C.E.,as well as revealing a Middle Iranian language whichwas hardly known before. The first volume of NicholasSims-Williams’ edition, which was published in 2001,contained all the legal and economic documents whichwere known up to that time. The present, substantiallyrevised edition includes a number of additionaldocuments as well as incorporating significantimprovements to the text and translation. 171p (AzimuthEditions 2012) 9781874780922 HB £35.00 ***NYP***Bactrian Documents from Northern AfghanistanIII: Platesby Nicholas Sims-WilliamsThis volume illustrates the corpus of Bactriandocuments published in vols I and II (also now availablefrom Oxbow). In addition to 230 pages of photographs,the volume contains a complete catalogue of thedocuments. 270p, 230 b/w illus (Azimuth Editions 2012)9781874780915 Hb £35.00 ***NYP***Death and Burial in Arabia and Beyond:Multidisciplinary Perspectivesedited by Lloyd WeeksThese papers, from a 2008 conference at the BritishMuseum, explore cultural traditions related to deathand burial across the Arabian Peninsula from prehistoryto modern times. Major themes include: specific localand regional burial traditions of ancient Arabia andadjacent regions; implications of burial data for aspectsof contemporaneous living societies; beliefssurrounding death and the transition to the afterlife;landscapes of death and burial; burial and pilgrimage;recent and contemporary ideas and practices relatingto death and burial. 372p b/w illus (BAR 2107,Archaeopress 2010) 9781407306483 pb £55.00

26 Near EastThe Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, 5000–323BCby Michael RiceAn overview of archaeology inthe region which nowcomprises Kuwait, easternSaudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,the United Emirates andnorthern Oman. Beginningwith an examination of theArabian Gulf in antiquity andthe progress of Gulfarchaeology, Rice then looks atthe climate and geography ofthe region and the establishment of the first cities.Subsequent chapters discuss the polity of the ancientGulf, the myths of Sumer and Dilmun, the island ofBahrain, the epic of Gilgamesh, and the merchants ofDilmun. 369p with figs & illus. (Routledge 1994, Pb 2011)9780415032681 HB £85.00, 9780415513197 Pb £26.00Water Management: the Use of Stars in Omanby Harriet NashAncient settlements in Oman are frequently foundwhere crops can be cultivated with groundwaterdistributed to fields by gravity flow. The allocation ofwater from irrigation using this method traditionallydepended on the use of the sun and stars to track thepassage of time, a method which in the modern age isfast disappearing, and which this study aims todocument. 122p b/w illus (BAR 2237, Archaeopress 2011)9781407307992 pb £32.00Protohistoire de l’oasis d’al–Ain, Travaux de laMission archeologique francaise a Abou Dhabi(Emirats arabes unis): Les sepultures de l’age duBronzeedited by S. Cleuziou, S. Mery and B. VogtThis report publishes for the first time the excavationof several early Bronze Age tombs in Abu Dhabibetween 1977 and 1984. Six are of the Hafit type, andtwo of the Umm an–Nar type. French text. 232p b/willus (BAR 2227, Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307893 pb£42.00Temple of the Sun–God Shamash and OtherOccupational Remains at Ed–Durby Ernie HaerinckExcavations at ed–Dur resulted in the discovery of theonly known temple in southeast Arabia for this period.The small single–roomed almost square structure waspreserved to a height of more than 2 meters, withoutside walls decorated with fine plasterwork ofmarginally drafted ashlar masonry. In the immediatevicinity of the sanctuary a well and several freestandingstructures related to the cult were excavated as well asa rectangular stone basin on top of a stone socle. Thispublication presents the full excavation report as wellas an analysis and interpretation of possible rituals thattook place in and around the temple. These rituals arereviewed against the very limited information we haveon pre–Islamic religion and practices in the region. 33p,130 b/w pls, 7 col pls (Peeters 2011) 9789042923980 Hb£100.00Daily Activities, Diet and Resource Use atNeolithic Catalhoyukby Lisa–Marie ShillitoThis research examines formation processes of middensand the associated activities at the site of Çatalhöyük,Turkey. In this research thin section micromorphologyis used, combined with phytolith analysis of individuallayers, to examine both the composition andassociations of finely stratified midden deposits in situ.Additional analyses of mineral components using FT–IR and SEM–EDX has been carried out, along withbiomolecular analysis of organic residues in coprolitesby GC–MS, to further characterise material that isdifficult to analyse by thin section alone. Thisintegrated analysis contributes to the understandingof midden formation processes and activities, as wellas environment, agriculture, plant resource use, dietand fuel use. 128p b/w and col figs (BAR 2232,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307947 pb £39.00SOMA 2009: Proceedings of the XIII Symposiumon Mediterranean Archaeologyedited by Hakan Oniz and Erdogan AslanA mixed bag of articles on archaeological topics,focussing in the main on Prehistoric to Classical Turkey.Prominent topics include settlement, agriculture andland use, material culture, and maritime archaeology.223p b/w illus (BAR 2200, Archaeopress 2011)9781407307565 pb £41.00A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the OldAssyrian Periodby Gojko BarjamovicThis book presents a revised model of the historicalgeography of Anatolia during the Old Assyrian ColonyPeriod (c. 1969–1715 BC) based on topographical,archaeological and written records. It challengestraditional views of Anatolian geography by usingarguments based on logistics, infrastructure and theorganisation of trade, and suggests a new interpretationfocussed on central markets, fluctuating prices andinterlocking regional systems of exchange. Thehistorical implications of this revised geography forOld Assyrian and early Hittite history and Bronze Agearchaeology are also extensively discussed. The bookcontains translations and discussions of passages fromhundreds of published and unpublished Old Assyriantexts and provides a comprehensive inventory ofAnatolian toponyms, accompanied by numerousphotographs and maps. 537p b/w illus (Carsten NiebuhrInstitute 2011) 9788763536455 Hb £142.99Insights into Hititte History and Archaeologyedited by Hermann Genz and Dirk Paul MielkeThis volume brings together contributions on keyissues in Hittite studies based on new developmentsand approaches from historical, philological andarchaeological points of view. The subjects discussedinclude history, state and society, the written legacy,the environment and economy, foreign contacts, cities,temples and sanctuaries, military and warfare, pottery,and metals and metallurgy. 340p b/w illus (Peeters 2011)9789042921368 £85.00

Near East27Syro–Hittite Monunmental Art and theArchaeology of Performanceby Alessandra GilibertThis volume explores how Syro–Hittite monumentalart was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritualevents, large public performances and civic spectaclesof great emotional impact. The first part of the volumefocuses on the sites of Carchemish and Zincirli, offeringa close reading of the relevant archaeological contexts.The second part discusses the embedment ofmonumental art in ritual performance and examineshow change in art relates to change in ceremonialbehaviour, and how the latter relates in turn to changein power structures and models of rulership. 223p b/willus (De Gruyter 2011) 9783110222265 Hb £110.00Gordion Wooden Objects, Volume 1: TheFurniture from Tumulus MMby Elizabeth SimpsonThis is a study of the furniture from the largest tombat Gordion, Turkey, excavated in 1957, and nowrecognised as among the most important and wellpreservedassemblage of wooden artefacts from theAncient Near East. The tomb dates to the eighth centuryBC and is thought to be the burial of the great Phrygianking Midas or his father. The objects, initiallymisunderstood, are now identified as nine tables, twoserving stands, two stools, a chair, and an open logcoffin. (Brill 2010) 9789004165397 Hb £250.00Lydian Architecture: Ashlar Masonry Structuresat Sardisby Christopher RattéFrom the sixth to the fourth century B.C., the westernAnatolian region of Lydia was home to a distinctivelocal tradition of ashlar masonry construction. Thisrichly illustrated volume examines the monuments ofSardis and environs in the context of contemporarydevelopments in Lydia and throughout the ancientMediterranean and Near East. It combines a catalogueof monuments with a text exploring buildingtechniques and materials and architecturaldevelopments. 292p b/w pls (Harvard UP 2011)9780674060609 Hb £62.95Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate,Environment and Society in the Jordan Valleyedited by Steven MithenA unique interdisciplinarystudy of the relationshipsbetween climate, hydrologyand human society from20,000 years ago to thepresent day within theJordan Valley. At the heart ofthe book is a series of casestudies that integrate climateand hydrological modellingwith palaeoenvironmentaland archaeological evidenceto generate new insights into the Neolithic, Bronze Ageand Classical periods. 490p b/w and col figs (CambridgeUP 2011) 9780521769570 Hb £80.00Ugaritic Economic Tabletsby Kevin M. McGeough, edited by Mark S. SmithProvides new translations of more than 800 Late BronzeAge economic texts written in the alphabetic script ofthe Syrian city of Ugarit. Each translation isaccompanied by transliteration as well as commentary,textual notes and up–to–date bibliography. Anextended introduction discusses some of thegrammatical and historical problems with interpretingthese texts. 651p (Peeters 2011) 9789042922716 £125.00Jebel Bishri in Focusby Minna Lonnqvist, Markus Torma, KennethLonnqvist and Milton NunezThis report presents the work of the Finnish Jebel Bishriproject, which surveys and maps the sites of visiblehuman activity in this mountainous region of easternSyria by remote sensing and field walking. The volumereconstructs the changing landscape and environment,as well as changing contours of human activity andsettlement over the last half a million years in a seriesof chronological chapters. The interaction of peoplebetween different environmental zones and the culturallongue durée emerge as themes of particularimportance. 434p col and b/w illus (BAR 2230,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307923 pb £75.00An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism:Excavations at the Camel Site, Negevby Steven A. RosenThis volume comprises acase study of excavations atan early (ca. 2800 B.C.)pastoral site in the Negev,providing detailedanalyses and a syntheticoverview of a seasonalencampment from thisearly period in theevolution of desert pastoralsocieties. Both thearchitectural and materialculture assemblages uncovered constitute the firstdetailed analysis of this early desert culture and includematerials previously unreported for the region andperiod. Historically, the Camel Site is placed in thelarger perspective of the beginnings of multiresourcenomadism in relation to the rise of complex societies.215p, over 100 photos, figures, illus. (Cotsen Institute ofArchaeology Press 2011) 9781931745833 Hb £45.00,9781931745840 Pb £26.00 ***NYP***From Nabataea to Roman Arabia: Acquistion orConquest?by Farhad Mutlaq Al–Otaibi‘This book tackles the problem of Nabataean identityand the specific question of whether there wasNabataean resistance to the Roman takeover in 106 CE.It brings to these questions an awareness of moderntheoretical approaches to identity and ethnicity and acritical view of the history within the context of post–colonial approaches to imperialism.’ – from theforeword by John Healey. 139p b/w illus (BAR 2212,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307701 pb £33.00

28 Near EastLaw and Religion Between Petra and Edessaby John HealeyThe thousands of surviving inscriptions in MiddleAramaic are an underused resource in the study of theNear East in the Roman period, especially in the studyof religion and law. The 23 papers collected here drawon them to discuss the continuation of “Ancient NearEastern” culture, the Aramaic legal tradition as well asthe development of both written and spoken forms ofSyriac and Nabatean. 318p (Ashgate Variorum 2011)9781409403678 Hb £80.00Excavating the City of David: Where Jerusalem'sHistory Beganby Ronny ReichSince the mid nineteenthcentury the southeastern hillof Jerusalem has beenrecognised as its mostancient part, and identifiedas the Biblical City of David.In this well illustrated bookRonny Reich narrates thehistory of excavations at thesite, making accessible to thegeneral reader 150 years ofresearch and controversy, as well as the spectacularfinds suc as the ancient water systems of the Siloamtunnel and Warren's shaft, and the Theodotus andSiloam inscriptions. The second half of the booksynthesises these findings into a chronological surveyof the development of the ancient city. 368p col illus t/out (Israel Exploration Society 2011) 9789652210821 Hb£60.00Household Archaeology in Ancient Israeledited by Assaf Yasur–Landau, Jennie R. Ebelingand Laura B. MazowThese essays reflect new methodological perspectivesin the growing area of household archaeology,concentrating on the Bronze and Iron Ages of thesouthern Levant and surrounding areas. Paperscombine artefactual and architectural data, alsodrawing on ethoarchaeological perspectives to discusstopics such as ethnicity, gender, public and privatespace, family structure, urbanisation and socialcomplexity. 452p b/w illus (Brill 2011) 9789004206250Hb £155.00The Excavations of Khirbet er–Rasm, Israel: TheChanging Faces of the Countrysideby Avraham Faust and Adi ErlichReport on the excavation of a small site, consisting ofa main building and other structural remains, as wellas terraces and caves. The site was first settled in theChalcolithic, although comparatively meagre findsdate from before the later Iron Age; the site’s mainperiod of occupation occurred during the Hellenisticera. Reports discuss architecture and stratigraphy,ceramics, coins and other small finds, and floral andfaunal remains. The volume concludes with a reviewof Hasmonean policy in the late second century in thelight of the excavations. 280p b/w illus (BAR 2187,Archaeopress 2011) 9781407307428 pb £57.00Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for theAuthenticity of the Wilderness Traditionby James K HoffmeierHoffmeier, known for his forthright defence of theBiblical account of the Israelite captivity in Egypt, nowturns his attention to the Biblical Wilderness narratives.As director of the North Sinai Archaeological Project,Hoffmeier has led several excavations that haveuncovered important new evidence supporting theWilderness narratives, including a major NewKingdom fort at Tell el–Borg that was occupied duringthe Israelite exodus. Hoffmeier employs thesearchaeological findings to shed new light on the routeof the exodus from Egypt. Building on new evidencefor the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, he also explores theEgyptian influence on the wilderness tradition. 338p,20 b/w illus (Oxford UP 2005, Pb 2011) 9780195155464Hb £28.99, 9780199731695 Pb £12.99The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrollsby Philip R Davies, George J Brooke and Phillip RCallawayDiscovered in 1947 in theJudaean Desert, the DeadSea Scrolls have stimulateda huge amount ofdiscussion and debateamong scholars concerningthe origins of Judaism andearly Christianity.Outlining the historical andreligious background of thescrolls, the authors addressthe major questions of theauthorship, origins, religious symbolism and meaningof this corpus of more than 800 documents. Clear, well–written and authoritative. 216p, 216 illus (84 in col)(Thames and Hudson 2002, Pb 2011) 9780500051115 Hb£24.95, 9780500283714 Pb £14.95Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology ofPast and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprusby Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias, andDerek B. CountsSince 1990, the Athienou Archaeological Project hasinvestigated the Malloura valley on the edge of thecentral Mesaoria plain near the modern town ofAthienou, Cyprus. Excavations have concentrated onthe Archaic–to–Roman sanctuary and the adjacentsettlement and cemeteries at the ancient site ofMalloura. Survey in the Malloura valley has revealedother sites ranging from Aceramic Neolithic throughCypro–Classical, Roman and Late Medieval up tohamlets abandoned only in the 20th century. Thisresearch has focused on how successive ruralpopulations in the Malloura valley have adapted tolocal environmental changes and shifting political tidesin the region, and how this adaptation is reflected inthe archaeological, historical, and ethnographic recordrecovered by the project and reported in this volume.400p, 170 illus (American Schools of Oriental Research 2012)9780897570862 hb £58.00 ***NYP***

Prehistoric Cyprus and the Aegean29Forthcoming from OxbowCyprus: an island culture. Society and SocialRelations from the Bronze Age to the VenetianPeriodedited by Artemis GeorgiouThis volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presentthe results of latest research byyoung scholars working onaspects of Cypriotarchaeology from the BronzeAge to the Venetian period. Itpresents a diversityexcavation, material culture,iconographic and linguisticevidence to explore thethemes of ancient landscape,settlement and society;religion, cult andiconography; and AncientCyprus and the Mediterranean. 256p, b/w illus (OxbowBooks, 2011) 9781842174401 hb £40.00***Only £29.95 until publication***Eastern Mediterranean Metallurgy in theSecond Millennium BCedited by Vasiliki Kassianidou and GeorgePapasavvasThis volume containspapers from aninternational conferenceorganised in honur ofJames D. Muhly by theUniversity of Cyprus.Several archaeologistsand archaeometallurgistsfrom around the worldwhose research focuseson the metallurgy of thisperiod in Cyprus andsurrounding regions were invited to participate inthe conference to compare and contrast the materialculture associated with metallurgical workshops andto discuss technological issues and their cultural andarchaeological contexts. Some papers are devotedto the metallurgy and metalwork of Cyprus,presenting material from various sites anddiscussing the production and use of copper in theeastern Mediterranean. Others are dedicated to theMinoan and Aegean metal industry and theconnections between Sardinia and Cyprus. Movingeastwards, from Anatolia through the Syropalestiniancoast and Jordan and south to Egypt,papers are presented that discuss Late Bronze Agemetallurgy in Alalakh, Ugarit, Faynan, Timna andQantir. The volume also includes papers on tin andiron. 304p, 154 b/w illus, 24 tables (Oxbow Books 2012)9781842174531 Hb 60.00***Only £45.00 until publication***The First Mediterranean Islanders: InitialOccupation and Survival Strategiesedited by Nellie Phoca–CosmetatouThe present volume providesa much needed contributionto island archaeology byexamining the characteristicsof the initial occupation of theMediterranean islands. Itenhances our understandingof the mechanisms, strategies,cultural contingencies andsocial alliances that enabledthe consolidation of apermanent human presencein these settings. Particularattention is given to small islands, which can presentincreased demands on people to adapt and survive dueto their more marginal environments, and on islandswhere recent research has led to a reassessment of thedate and character of initial occupation. The notion offluid group identities created through practice in the‘small worlds’ of the Neolithic highlights the necessityfor an emphasis on the process of occupation andconsolidation of island inhabitation. 176p, b/w illus(OUSA 2011)9781905905201 pb £35.00Hagia Photia Cemetery II: The Potteryby Costis Davaras and Philip P. BetancourtThe Early Minoan I tombs at Hagia Photia includedthe largest assemblage of vessels in Cycladic styleknown from Crete as well as vases from productionworkshops in Crete. The pottery is extremely importantfor several reasons, including the definition of the EMI ceramic styles that were being used as funeraryofferings in this part of Crete, the establishment of thechronological synchronisms between Crete and theCyclades, and information on the history of the Minoanpottery industry. When compared with other depositsfrom EM I Crete, the pottery helps to establish a betterunderstanding of the ceramic development within thefirst Minoan time period. 340p, 18 illus, 21 b/w figs, 69b/w plates (INSTAP Academic Press 2012) 9781931534635hb £52.00 ***NYP***House X at Kommos: A Minoan Mansion nearthe Sea. Part 1: Architecture, Stratigraphy, andSelected Findsedited by Maria C. Shaw and Joseph W. ShawHouse X is by far the largest and best appointed of theMinoan houses excavated at Kommos in south–centralCrete, a Minoan harbour and settlement that laterbecame the site of a Greek sanctuary. House X standson the southern edge of the Minoan town, separatedby a large slab–paved road from the monumental civicbuildings built and used between the Protopalatial andPostpalatial periods. The description of thestratigraphic excavation of this elite house is publishedwith numerous architectural plans along with thecatalogued small finds and tables of data on the floraland faunal materials. The excavated fresco fragmentsare also discussed and illustrated. 350p, 86 tables, 56 b/w figs, 29 b/w plates, 4 col pls (INSTAP Academic Press2012) 9781931534642 hb £52.00 ***NYP***

30 Mediterranean PrehistorySTEGA: The Archaeology of Houses andHouseholds in Ancient Creteedited by Kevin T. Glowacki and NataliaVogeikoff-BroganThe 38 papers presented here range chronologicallyfrom Neolithic to Rom an Crete. Key themes includeunderstanding the built environment in all of itsmanifestations, the variability of domestic organisation,the role of houses and households in mediating socialidentity within a community or region, householdcomposition and, of course, household activities of alltypes, ranging from basic subsistence needs toproduction and consumption at a supra-householdlevel. 535p, col and b/w pls (American School of ClassicalStudies Athens 2011) 9780876615447 Pb £50.00The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze AgeAegeanedited by Eric ClineDivided into four sections, this impressive handbookbegins with Background and Definitions, which containsarticles establishing the discipline in its historical,geographical, and chronological settings and in itsrelation to other disciplines. The second section,Chronology and geography provides a broad overviewof the subject by chronological period and geographicalregion. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics,examines topics including religion, state and society,trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, aswell as specific events, such as the eruption of Santoriniand the Trojan War. The fourth, Specific Sites and Areas,contains articles examining the most important regionsand sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, as well as adjacentareas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the westernMediterranean. 930p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2010, Pb 2012)9780195365504 Hb £100.00, 9780199873609 Pb £35.00An Archaeology of Interaction: NetworkPerspectives on Material Culture and Societyby Carl KnappettThis volume asserts that the interconnectedness ofobjects in networks instills in them power andassociations beyond the merely proximate, enablingthem to evoke distant times and places for bothindividuals and communities. Using archaeologicalcase studies from the Bronze Age of Greece throughout,Knappett develops a long–term, archaeological angleon the development of object networks in humansocieties. He explores the benefits such networks createfor human interaction across scales, and the challengesfaced by ancient societies in balancing these benefitsagainst their costs. 251p b/w figs (Oxford UP 2011)9780199215454 Hb £60.00Bronze Age Greek Warrior, 1600–1100 BCby Raffaele d’Amato and Andrea SalimbetiProfusely illustrated, this book offers a conciseintroduction to the world of Bronze Age warfare,covering mainland Greece and Crete. Thepredominantly archaeological nature of the evidenceensures that topics which are often prominent in Ospreybooks, such as recruitment and tactics, here take a backseat to a survey of military equipment, includingweaponry, body armour and chariots. 64p col and b/willus (Osprey 2011) 9781849081955 Pb £11.99New from OxbowChariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in ItalyBefore the Roman Empireby J. H. CrouwelThis study presentsevidence for transport bywheeled vehicle in Italybefore the Roman Imperialperiod, the beginning ofwhich is often thought to bemarked by Augustus’sconquest of Egypt in 30 BC.Three categories of wheeledvehicle documented for theperiod are studied: thechariot, two–wheeled cartsand four–wheeled wagons. A wide range of evidenceis drawn upon including visual evidence such asarchitectural terracottas, stone reliefs, vase– and wallpaintings; bronze and terracotta models and theremains of actual vehicles, in a few cases accompaniedby their harness teams recovered from tombs, primarilyfrom central and northern Italy of the eighth andseventh centuries BC onwards. The volume is lavishlyillustrated with over 170 plates and figures. 178p, over170 b/w figs and plates (Oxbow Books, 2012)9781842174678 pb £35.00Landscape, Ethnicity, Identity in the ArchaicMediterranean Areaedited by Gabriele Cifani and Simon StoddartThe main concern of this volume is the multi-layeredconcept of ethnicity.Contributors examine andcontextualise contrastingdefinitions of ethnicity andidentity as implicit in twoperspectives, one from theclassical tradition and anotherfrom the prehistoric andanthropological tradition.They look at the role of textualsources in reconstructingethnicity and introduce freshand innovative archaeologicaldata in reconstructing ethnicity, either from fieldworkor from new combinations of old data. Finally, incontrast to many traditional approaches to ethnicity,they examine the relative and interacting role ofnatural and cultural features in the landscape in theconstruction of ethnicity. Overall, the nineteen paperspresented here show that a modern interdisciplinaryand international archaeology that combines materialdata and textual evidence - critically - can provide apowerful lesson for the full understanding of theideologies of ancient and modern societies. 336p, 120illus (Oxbow Books, 2011) 9781842174333 Pb £35.00

Prehistoric Italy and the Classical World31Rome: Day Oneby Andrea CarandiniHistorians tell us that there is no more reason to believethat Rome was actually established by Romulus thanthere is to believe that he was suckled by a she–wolf.But Carandini, drawing on his own excavations as wellas historical and literary sources, argues that the coreof Rome’s founding myth is not purely mythical. Inthis illustrated account, he makes the case that a kingwhose name might have been Romulus founded Romeone April 21st in the mid–eighth century BC, mostlikely in a ceremony in which a white bull and cowpulled a plough to trace the position of a wall markingthe blessed soil of the new city, the Palatine Wall, nowrediscovered by Carandini. 172p b/w illus (Princeton UP2011) 9780691139227 Hb £16.95Early Roman Warrior: 753–321 BCby Nic FieldsIllustrated with plenty ofreconstructions alongsidepictures of archaeologicalfinds, this book attempts toreconstruct the armies ofRome in its infancy. NicField outlines the kind ofmilitary equipment used inIron Age Italy, and looks atsocial structure and itsinfluence on the military,and at such evidence as wehave for the raids and campaigns fought by these earlyRoman warriors. 64p b/w and col illus (Osprey 2011)9781849084994 Pb £11.99La Necropoli di Campovalano: TombeOrientalizzanti e Arcaiche, IIedited by Cristina Chiaramonte Trere, Vincenzod’Ercole and Cecilia ScottiThis volume, investigating the necropoles andsequences of 607 tombs, completes the publication ofthe site of Campovalano (predominately Late BA to5th BC) in the region of Teramo, the northernmostprovince of Abruzzo, Italy (see BAR 1177, 2003). Thefinds include important oriental style archaic material.Italian text. 272p, 154 b/w pls, CD–Rom (BAR 2174,Archaeopress 2010) 9781407307183 pb £66.00Etrusco Ritu: Case Studies in Etruscan RitualBehaviourby L.B. van der MeerThis book focuses on Etruscan private and public ritualbehaviour in the last millennium BC. After anintroduction to recent theories and definitions, firstprivate rituals are traced, rites de passage like marriage,birth, perinatal burial, transition to adulthood,immersion, healing, adoption, divination andconsecration. Mortuary rituals are dealt with separatelyin view of their private and public dimensions. Topicsunder discussion are context, form, origins, agency,dynamics (homeostasis or change), meaning, functionand the survival of rites in the Roman imperial andlater periods. 167p b/w illus (Peeters 2011) 9789042925380Hb £85.00Maritime Technology in the Ancient Economy:Ship–design and Navigationedited by W.V. Harris and K. IaraThese papers contribute to the investigation of acomplex question: “whether advances in either shipconstruction or navigation are likely to have loweredthe costs of maritime trade at any time during the longueduree of the Graeco–Roman Mediterranean”. They thusbring together experts on ancient maritime technologyand ancient economists, to examine aspects oftechnological advance and the contours of trade side–by–side. Eight papers in English, four in Italian, twoin French. 264p (Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement84, 2011) 9781887829847 hb £75.00Finds of Greek, Roman and Early ByzantineCoins in the Territory of the Czech Republic, IBohemia (Volume 1)by Jiri MilitkyThe three volumes of this catalogue document a totalof 5032 coins, arranged geographically by find–spot.The entries detail the precise find–spot, the date andmanner of discovery, the current location of the coinsand the archaeological context. The coins are thendescribed and where possible, illustrated. Althoughlisted separately, the volumes are in no sense stand–alone publications. 290p (Collection Moneta 107, 2010)9789077297759 Pb £60.00Finds of Greek, Roman and Early ByzantineCoins in the Territory of the Czech Republic, I.Bohemia (Volume 2)by Jiri Militky195p (Collection Moneta 108, 2010) 9789077297766 Pb£60.00Finds of Greek, Roman and Early ByzantineCoins in the Territory of the Czech Republic, I.Bohemia (Volume 3)by Jiri Militky119p, 22 maps, 61 b/w pls (Collection Moneta 109, 2010)9789077297773 Pb £60.00Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representationin Graeco–Roman Art, Literature and Religionby Verity PlattThis book explores divinemanifestations and theirrepresentations both in artand in literary, historical andepigraphic accounts. VerityPlatt argues that the enduringpotential for divineincursions into mortalexperience provides a reliablecognitive structure thatsupports both ancientreligion and mythology. Atthe same time, Graeco–Roman culture exhibits asophisticated awareness of the difficulties inapprehending deity and representing divine presence,and of the potential for the manmade sign to lead theworshipper back to an unmediated epiphanicencounter. 482p b/w illus (Cambridge UP 2011)9780521861717 Hb £75.00