‎Archaeology‎

‎Ivana Capeta Rakic, Giuseppe Capriotti (eds)‎

‎Images in the Borderlands. The Mediterranean between Christian and Muslim Worlds in the Early Modern Period‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 310 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:21 b/w, 58 col., 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503595085.‎

‎Summary This volume offers a unique exploration into the cultural history of the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Period by examining the region through the prism of Christian-Muslim encounters and conflicts and the way in which such relationships were represented in art works from the time. Taking images from the period as its starting point, this interdisciplinary work draws together contributors from fields as varied as cultural history, art history, archaeology, and the political sciences in order to reconstruct the history of a region that was often construed in the Early Modern period as a 'borderland' between religions. From discussions of borders as both physical construction and mental construct in the Mediterranean to case studies exploring the Battle of Lepanto, and from analyses of art work produced from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries to a consideration of the influence of the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean Basin, the chapters gathered together in this insightful volume provide a new approach to our understanding of Early Modern Mediterranean history. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction. Images in the Borderlands: The Mediterranean between Christian and Muslim Worlds in the Early Modern Period Ivana ?apeta Raki? and Giuseppe Capriotti Part 1: Borderland. The Mediterranean Basin between the Two Worlds Rival Legacies: Islamic Art in Early Modern Europe Peter Burke Zadvarje (Duare): The Fate of a Fortress at the Border of Two Worlds Ivan Alduk The Bastions of the Ottoman Capital: The Fortresses of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus Seen by French Military Engineers, Diplomats, and Travellers in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Ferenc T th The Image of Elite Corps, from Al-Andalus to Lepanto Ana Echevarria Part 2: Lepanto. The Image and the Reflection of the Battle in the Mediterranean Basin and Beyond Between Liguria and Southern Piedmont: Images of Lepanto in Religious Contexts Laura Stagno Heroic Comparisons in Images of Christian Political and Military Leaders Engaged in the Wars against the Turks: Some Observations Starting from the Battle of Lepanto (1571) Chiara Giulia Morandi Johannes Sambucus's Arcvs aliqvot trivmphal (Antwerp, 1572): Visual and Written Propaganda for the Victor at Lepanto Juan Chiva and V ctor M nguez On the Other Hand: The Battle of Lepanto in Ottoman Sources Naz Defne Kut Part 3: Circulation. From Ancient to Modern, across Imagined and Secret Battles Reflected in Images The Rhetorical Index in the Portraits of Mehmed II: Some Episodes between Words and Images, from the West Shore of the Mediterranean Angelo Maria Monaco Representing Africa in the Exequies for King Philip II Cristelle Baskins and Borja Franco Llopis Old and New Enemies in Ancient and Modern Battles: Anachronisms in Three Works by Mattia Preti in Malta Maria Luisa Ricci 'Macometto in Una Nugola Nera' (Muhammad in a Black Cloud): The Imaginary War of Giovanni da San Giovanni (and Ferdinando II de' Medici) at Palazzo Pitti Francesco Sorce 'At his Feet': The Image of the Eastern Prisoner in Late Baroque Iberian Public Sculptures Iv n Rega Castro Index‎

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‎Ivana Popovi?, Miloje Vasi?, Jean Guyon, Dominic Moreau (eds)‎

‎basilique Saint-Ir n e de Sirmium et sa n cropole‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, 239 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:91 b/w, 101 col., 58 tables b/w., 1 maps color, Language: French. ISBN 9782503595504.‎

‎Summary Les fouilles franco-yougoslaves dirig es conjointement par No l Duval (1929-2018) et Vladislav Popovic (1930-1999), d'abord Sirmium de 1973 1978, puis Cari?in Grad de 1978 1991, demeurent encore aujourd'hui un mod le de collaboration arch ologique internationale. Du fait de leur impressionnant bilan, les deux missions particip rent pleinement la mise en valeur du patrimoine romain sur le territoire de l'actuelle Serbie, de m me qu' la d monstration de l'int r t de la p riode que l'on qualifie aujourd'hui d'Antiquit tardive. D di la m moire des deux grandes figures susmentionn es, le pr sent ouvrage unit les d couvertes rest es in dites de l'exploration franco-yougoslave de la basilique Saint-Ir n e de Sirmium, men e entre 1976 et 1977, avec celles faites plus r cemment, soit en 2002 et en 2016, l'occasion des travaux conduits sur le site de la n cropole environnante de cette glise pal ochr tienne, par l' quipe de l'Institut arch ologique de Belgrade. Les r sultats obtenus par de v ritables p res fondateurs se retrouvent donc ici associ s ceux de g n rations qui ont t form es dans la suite directe des importantes avanc es scientiques, non seulement en termes de donn es, mais aussi de m thodologie, dont ils furent l'origine. TABLE OF CONTENTS Liste des illustrations Foreword Avant-propos Dominic Moreau Pr face Ivana Popovi? et Miloje Vasi? Sirmium chr tienne Ivana Popovi? et Dominic Moreau La n cropole orientale de Sirmium Petar Milo?evi?, Jean Guyon et Miloje Vasi? A. Les fouilles franco-yougoslaves de 1976-1977 I - Les fouilles Miloje Vasi? II - Les tombes de la basilique Saint-Ir n e et de sa n cropole Jean Guyon et Miroslav Jeremi? III - L'architecture de la basilique - aper u des vestiges Bojan Popovi? IV - Les briques Radomir Prica et Jean Guyon V - La plastique d corative architectonique Bojan Popovi? VI - Les inscriptions - Catalogue Jean Guyon et Sne?ana Ferjan?i? VII - Les mensae fun raire Ivana Popovi? VIII - Les monnaies Miloje Vasi? IX - Les fresques et les mosaiques Ivana Popovi? X - La c ramique Jasmina Davidovi? XI - Le mat riel ost ologique humain Nata?a Miladinovi?-Radmilovi? B. Les fouilles de sauvetage de 2002 et de 2016 XII - La tombe de la rue Mike Anti?a Ivana Popovi? XIII - Les r sultats de l'analyse anthropologique, rue Mike Anti?a Nata?a Miladinovi?-Radmilovi? XIV - Les tombes de la rue Palanka Miroslav B. Vujovi? et Biljana Lu?i? XV - Les r sultats de l'analyse anthropologique, rue Palanka Nata?a Miladinovi?-Radmilovi? Conclusion Ivana Popovi? et Miloje Vasi? English Abstract Dominic Moreau Bibliographie Errata (https://doi.org/10.1484/M.ROMA-EB.5.136320)‎

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‎Brenders, Francis [edit.] Cuyt, Guido [edit.] De Boe, Guy‎

‎Van beschaving tot opgraving : 25 jaar archeologisch onderzoek rond Antwerpen‎

‎Antwerpen , A.V.R.A., 1988 Softcover, 102 pagina's, 29.5 x 21 cm, illustraties in kleur en zwart/wit.‎

‎Van beschaving tot opgraving : 25 jaar archeologisch onderzoek rond Antwerpen‎

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‎Sheila Bonde, Clark Maines (eds)‎

‎Other Monasticisms. Studies in the History and Architecture of Religious Communities Outside the Canon, 11th - 15th Centuries‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, iv + 370 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:20 b/w, 76 col., 8 tables b/w., 10 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503587844.‎

‎Summary Monasteries contributed to every aspect of life during the middle ages, from the structures monks built, to land management, craft production to the intellectual and spiritual life of the medieval world. There were more than 300 orders or congregations in existence during the middle ages, yet scholarship considers only a small number of them (notably Cistercians and Cluniacs), and privileges selected sites, such as Mont Saint-Michel, San Francesco in Assisi or Christ Church in Canterbury. This volume considers the history and architecture of other congregations that are essential to a more complete understanding of monasticism in the European middle ages: Augustinians, lesser known Benedictines, Carthusians, Celestines, Clarissans, and Tironensians in France, as well as the Camaldolese and Vallombrosans in Italy. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: Other Monasticisms and the Question of Representivity Sheila Bonde (Brown University) and Clark Maines (Wesleyan University) 2. The French Celestine "network" (ca. 1350-1450): cross-order and lay collaboration in late medieval monastic reform. Robert Shaw (Independent Scholar) 3. Sainte-Croix-sous-Off mont:?An archaeological and architectural perspective on the Celestine order. Arthur Panier (University of Paris I and Free University of Brussels) 4. The abbey of Tiron in the later middle ages: some observations Kathleen Thompson (University of Sheffield) 5. La Sainte-Trinit de Tiron in the Context of Eremitism in Western France Sheila Bonde (Brown University) and Clark Maines (Wesleyan University) 6. The Illumination of the Eye, and the Rhetoric of Sanctity and Contemplative Prayer in the Early to Central Middle Ages. Susan Wade (Keene State University) 7. The Archdiocese of Reims: Tradition, and Benedictine Reform in the Twelfth Century. Kyle Killian (Florida State University) 8. Overlapping Space and Temporal Access in the Chartreuse de Champmol. Laura Chilson-Parks (Brown University) 9. Reconstructing an Order: The Architecture of Isabelle of France's Abbey at Longchamp. Erica Kinias (Brown University) 10. Vallombrosan and Camaldolese: Architecture and Identity in Two Italian Reform Orders. Erik Gustafson, (Washington and Lee University) 11. Augustinian Architecture in France: Aesthetic Restraint within a Regional Frame. Sheila Bonde (Brown University) and Clark Maines (Wesleyan University)‎

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‎Daniel S vborg (ed)‎

‎Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries in Studies of the Viking Age‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 365 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, 10 col., 1 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503592961.‎

‎Summary What happens when scholars cross outside the perceived 'boundaries' of their discipline? What problems arise when a scholar trained in one field employs materials or methodologies from an adjacent subject area, engaging with new sources, research methodologies, and traditions, and how can such issues be resolved? Taking as its starting point the increasing shift towards interdisciplinarity seen within Viking-age studies, this collection of essays aims to explore the benefits and pitfalls that can arise from crossing disciplinary borders in this area, and to gain new knowledge about how to address issues that have occurred in previous examples of interdisciplinary combinations. The volume draws together contributions from authors in different disciplines, among them philology, history, archaeology, literary studies, folklore studies and history of religion, in order to hold a constructive and multi-perspective discussion on the benefits and issues arising from interdisciplinary research in studies of the Viking Age. Together, these chapters aim to bridge the gap that often exists between scholars from adjacent fields of research, and in doing so, to stimulate the trend in interdisciplinary approaches to research that can improve our understanding of the past. TABLE OF CONTENTS Interdisciplinarity in Viking Age Studies. An Introduction Daniel S vborg Interdisciplinary ? Multidisciplinary ? Transdisciplinary. Navigating the Wandering Rocks of Trending Terminology on Changeable Tides of Discipline Ideology Frog The Legend of the Invitation of Varangian Princes in the Light of Interdisciplinarity Elena Melnikova Saga Studies and Slavic-Finnish Archaeology: 'Bilateral Cooperation' Tatjana N. Jackson Crossing Borders between Literature and Toponymy. The Narrative Landscape of Hvolsv llur and its Implications Matthias Egeler Women and Swords in the Viking Age. An Interdisciplinary Study of an Archaeological and Textual Motif Leszek Gardela 'Many big ships and excellently well fitted?'. A Case Study of Norse Vessels in H konar saga H konarsonar c. 1204-1263 William Pidzamecky Interdisciplinary Research in the Study of Human Sacrifices in Late Iron Age Scandinavia Klas Wikstr m af Edholm The Royal Erfi-Feast, Inauguration at the High-Seat, and Genealogical Knowledge in Viking Age Scandinavia. An Interdisciplinary Approach Olof Sundqvist Some Thoughts on the Category of Religion in Research of Viking Age Scandinavia Andreas Nordberg Molding Myth and Memory. The Plasticity of Old Norse/Icelandic Traditional Tales Annette Lassen Old Norse Religion and the Troublesome Quest for an Interdisciplinary Approach Henrik Janson‎

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‎David A. Jenkins, Simon Timberlake, Andrew Davidson, Kalla Mal, Peter Marshall, Tim Mighall, Charlotte O?Brien, David N. Smith, Helen Chittock, Robert Masefield, Enid Allison, Anne Crone, Derek Hamilton, Suzi Richer, Jackaline Robertson, Alex Wood, Stephen Davis, Knut Rassmann, Aaron Watson, Richard Bradley, Guillaume Robin,Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Mark Haughton, Marie Louise Stig S rensen, Lise Bender J rgensen, Florian Soula, Pascal Tramoni, Laura Manca, Kirsty Lilley, Danny Rosenberg,Bob Davis, Phil Harding, Matt Leivers, Rivka Chasa, Alejandro Garc a-Moreno, Miriam Cubas, Iain Davidson, Diego Garate, In s L pez-D riga, Ana B. Mar n-Arroyo, Miguel ngel Mateo Saura, Jos E. Ortiz, Ana Polo-D az, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Aixa San Emeterio, Trinidad de Torres, Rachel Wood, Chris Fowler, Rachel J. Crellin, Michelle Gamble, n, Sergio Ripoll, Vicente Bayarri, Francisco J. Mu oz, Ricardo Ortega, Elena Castillo, Jos Latova, Jes s Herrera, David Moreno-Salinas, Ignacio Mart n, Lionel Sims,‎

‎Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 87‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021 Softcover, 291 pages, 26 x 20.5 cm. ISBN 0079497x.‎

‎?The Dead are Watching Us?: A Landscape Study of Prehistoric Rock-cut Tomb Cemeteries in Ossi, Sardinia, Italy Guillaume Robin, Florian Soula, Pascal Tramoni, Laura Manca, Kirsty Lilley Article Select Between Novelty and Variability: Natufian Hunter-Gatherers (c. 15?11.7 kyr) Proto-Agrotechnology and the Question of Morphometric Variations of the Earliest Sickles Between Novelty and Variability: Natufian Hunter-Gatherers (c. 15?11.7 kyr) Proto-Agrotechnology and the Question of Morphometric Variations of the Earliest Sickles Article Select Hands Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain). An Interdisciplinary Study Hands Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain). An Interdisciplinary Study Article Select El Ni o Cave (A na, Albacete, Spain): Late Middle Palaeolithic, Rock Art, and Neolithic Occupations from Inland Iberia El Ni o Cave (A na, Albacete, Spain): Late Middle Palaeolithic, Rock Art, and Neolithic Occupations from Inland Iberia Article Select Change and Diversity in Neolithic Mortuary Practices on the Isle of Man Change and Diversity in Neolithic Mortuary Practices on the Isle of Man Select Returning from the Underworld: The West Kennet Palisades in the Avebury Monument Complex Returning from the Underworld: The West Kennet Palisades in the Avebury Monument Complex Article Select Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Investigation of Engraved Chalk Plaques from the Stonehenge Region Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Investigation of Engraved Chalk Plaques from the Stonehenge Region Article Select The Pre-Pottery Neolithic Water-well at Tell Seker al-Aheimar, Upper Mesopotamia: The Social Contexts of its Construction and Management The Pre-Pottery Neolithic Water-well at Tell Seker al-Aheimar, Upper Mesopotamia: The Social Contexts of its Construction and Management Article Select Bronze Age Woollen Textile Production in England: A Consideration of Evidence and Potentials Bronze Age Woollen Textile Production in England: A Consideration of Evidence and Potentials Article Select Beyond Newgrange: Br na B inne in the later Neolithic Beyond Newgrange: Br na B inne in the later Neolithic Article Select A New Study of the Decorated Cists in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland A New Study of the Decorated Cists in Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland Article Select Hot Stone Technology at Bucklers Park, Crowthorne, Berkshire: The Use and Re-use of a Persistent Place During the Bronze and Iron Ages Hot Stone Technology at Bucklers Park, Crowthorne, Berkshire: The Use and Re-use of a Persistent Place During the Bronze and Iron Ages Article Select Copper Mining in the Bronze Age at Mynydd Parys, Anglesey, Wales Copper Mining in the Bronze Age at Mynydd Parys, Anglesey, Wales‎

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‎Bianchi Bandinelli, Ranuccio‎

‎Rome: La fin de l'art antique‎

‎Paris, Ed. Gallimard, 1970 Reliure sous jaquette de l' diteur, 462 pages, 28 x 22 cm.‎

‎Rome: La fin de l'art antique‎

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‎Borja Antela-Bern rdez, Marc Mendoza (eds)‎

‎Elite Women in Hellenistic History, Historiography, and Reception‎

‎, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 172 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 2 col., 1 tables b/w., 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503611068.‎

‎Summary The Hellenistic world, with its many new cultural trends and traditions, has often proved a challenging period for scholars. In the wake of changing political, religious, cultural, economic, and social conceptions and practices, gender roles and notions also underwent significant change, leading to the emergence of strong female figures. Up to now, however, no major encompassing research work on elite Hellenistic women has been published. This volume aims to fill this historiographical gap by gathering together contributions covering a wide range of geographical, chronological, and cultural backgrounds. While mostly focused on royal women, the chapters included here also seek to provide readers with an accurate and diverse description of the female experience in the Hellenistic period. The contributors to this book, both renowned scholars and new voices in the discipline, together advocate for a fresh approach that goes beyond the often problematic approaches of earlier historiography and provides a new understanding of elite women in the period. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Power of Names, Women, and the Aeacid Dynastic Image Elizabeth D. Carney 2. Oh, Heaven is a Place on Earth. Imperial Paradigm and Local (Female) Agency in Late Achaemenid and Early Hellenistic Bactria: A Model of Paradise Politics Marco Ferrario 3. The Wives of Lisymachus. A Study of Dynastic Relations Branko F. van Oppen de Ruitter 4. Polygamy and Queenship under Antiochus II. The King's Wife Laodice I and the basilissa Title (or the Lack Thereof) Altay Co?kun 5. Queenship in Pergamon. Public Agency and Dynastic Image Mar a Dolores Mir n 6. The Dream of Queen M?y? in Gandh?ran Art Ashwini Lakshminarayanan Index of Names and Places‎

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‎Sophia Kalopissi-Verti, Vicky Foskolou (eds)‎

‎Intercultural Encounters in Medieval Greece after 1204. The Evidence of Art and Material Culture‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, 572 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:220 b/w, 35 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503598505.‎

‎Summary Based on the evidence of artistic production and material culture this collective volume aims at exploring cross-cultural relations and interaction between Greeks and Latins in late medieval Greece in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. Fourteen essays discuss mostly new and unpublished archaeological and artistic material, including architecture, sculpture, wall-paintings and icons, pottery and other small finds, but also the evidence of music and poetry. Through the surviving material of these artistic activities this volume explores the way Byzantines and Latins lived side by side on the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and traces the mechanisms that led to the emergence of the new, composite world of the Latin East. Issues of identity, patronage, papal policy, the missionary activities of the Latin religious orders and the reactions and responses of the Byzantines are also re-considered, offering fresh insights into and a better understanding of the various manifestations of the interrelationship between the two ethnicities, confessions and cultures. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations PART I: TRACING THE LATIN IDENTITIES AND THE ROLE OF THE MENDICANTS Michalis Olympios, Architecture, Use of Space, and Ornament in the Mendicant Churches of Latin Greece: An Overview Vicky Foskolou, Reflections of Mendicant Spirituality in the Monumental Painting of Crete in the Late Medieval Period (13th-15th centuries) Nickiphoros I. Tsougarakis, Art, Identity, and the Franciscans in Crete Ioanna Bitha and Anna-Maria Kasdagli, Saint George 'of the English': Byzantine and Western Encounters in a Chapel of the Fortifications of Rhodes Dimitris Kountouras, Western Music and Poetry at the Kingdom of Thessalonica: Music and Historiography of the Fourth Crusade PART II: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND MUTUAL APPROACHES: THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL CULTURE Olga Gratziou, Imported Projects, Local Skills, and the Emergence of a 'Cretan Gothic' Anastasia Vassiliou, Glazed Pottery in Late Medieval Morea (13th-15th Centuries): Cross-Cultural Tableware with Multiple Connotations Maria Michailidou, Pottery Finds in the Medieval Town of Rhodes (1204?1522): Insights on a Multicultural, Cosmopolitan Society Eleni Barmparitsa, Dress Accessories and Sartorial Trends in the Principality of Achaia (1205-1428): Evidence from the Frankish Castles of Chlemoutsi and Glarentza PART III: CULTURAL INTERACTIONS AND BYZANTINE RESPONSES: THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHITECTURE, MURALS, AND ICON PAINTING Michalis Kappas, Cultural Interactions between East and West: The Testimony of Three Orthodox Monasteries in Thirteenth-Century Frankish Messenia Aspasia Louvi-Kizi, Politics of Equilibrium: Gothic Architectural Features at Mystras (1361-71), Cypriot Models, and the Role of Isabelle de Lusignan Nikolaos Mastrochristos and Angeliki Katsioti, Reconstructing the Artistic Landscape of Rhodes in the Fifteenth Century: The Evidence of Painting from Lindos Konstantia Kefala, Permeable Boundaries of Artistic Identity: The Origin of a Fifteenth-Century Annunciation Sophia Kalopissi-Verti, Preaching, the Role of the Apostles, and the Evidence of Iconography in East and West: Byzantine Responses to the 'Challenges' from the Latin Church after 1204 Notes on Contributors Index‎

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‎Stephanie Aulsebrook, Katarzyna ?ebrowska, Agata Ulanowska, Kazimierz Lewartowski (eds)‎

‎Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology 3‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, 223 pages, Size:210 x 297 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 46 col., 6 tables b/w., 2 tables col., 1 maps b/w, 6 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503599915.‎

‎Summary Sympozjum Egejskie: Papers in Aegean Archaeology is a peer-reviewed sub-series of Warsaw Studies in Archaeology. It has been designed to fulfil the role of a platform for presenting and introducing a wide range of new research approaches and themes within the broad area of Aegean Archaeology. This is primarily achieved through showcasing the work of newcomers to the discipline, in other words those scholars who are currently at the beginning of their research career in the field of Aegean Archaeology, as well as scholars working outside the traditional university structure such as independent scholars, professional field archaeologists, museum curators, and conservators. It is our hope that this series will serve as a concise guide to the most recent research undertaken by early career scholars and the diverse and inspiring new trends in the archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean, as well as shining a light on the future direction of the discipline. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by the editors Stephanie Aulsebrook, Katarzyna ?ebrowska, Agata Ulanowska, Kazimierz Lewartowski; University of Warsaw 1. Epidemic, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Prehistoric Greece (Tom ? Alu? k; Charles University) 2. Perforated Furnace Mettalurgy in the Final Neolithic Aegean. New Archaeological Evidence from the Acropolis of Athens and Preliminary Observations from other Contemporary Sites (Vasiliki Eleni Dimitriou; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) 3. The ?Emblems" on the Jugs in the Late Prepalatial Ayia Triada Necropolis and the Iconography of Seals: A Comparison (Chiara De Gregorio; Heidelberg University) 4. Birdcage Vases (Vasi a Gabbietta) from Protopalatial Phaistos (Crete) in Context. A Note on an Enigmatic Vase (Valeria Taglieri; Ca' Foscari University of Venice) 5. At the Roots of Production. The Kouris Valley (Cyprus) as a Bronze Age 'Textile Environment' (C. 2200-1400 BCE) (Giulia Muti, Giulia Albertazzi; Independent Researcher; Universit degli Studi di Venezia, Udine, e Trieste) 6. Building a Minoan Larnax: Techniques, Gestures and Craftsmanship. Preliminary Results (Sarah Georgel-Debedde; Universit de Paris 1 Panth on-Sorbonne) 7. Problematising Peak Sanctuaries. Should Differences Make a Difference? (Jan Sienkiewicz; University of Cambridge) 8. Forcing Ahead or Foiled Again? The Application of Cross-Craft Analysis to Late Bronze Age Metal Working in the Aegean (Stephanie Aulsebrook; University of Warsaw) 9. Pictorial Style and Mycenaean Wall Paintings: Two Distinct Art Forms (Sofia Antonello; Ca' Foscari University of Venice) 10. Practices for Adverting Evil and the Notion of Ritual Protection in Mycenaean Cult Performance (Christina Aamodt; Independent Researcher) 11. Reassessing a Peripheral Geopolitical Vacuum: The Case for a Mycenaean Palace-State in the Spercheios Valley Region (Christofilis Maggidis, Efi Karantzali, Adrianos Psychas; Mycenaean Foundation; Ephorate of Antiquities of Phthiotida & Eurytania; University of Athens) 12. All's Well that Ends Well: An In-Depth Look at how Objects Entered Aegean Late Bronze Age Wells (Stephanie Aulsebrook; University of Warsaw) 13. Investigating the 'Peripheral' Mycenaean Community: Preliminary Results of the Bioarchaeological Study of the Late Helladic III Kallithea-Rampantania Cemetery, Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece (Maria Katsimicha, Ioanna Moutafi, Tina Jakob; The University of Manchester; Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Durham University 14. Funerary Places in East Crete: The Case of the LM III Cemetery of Mysini-Aspopilia, Siteia (Maria Psallida; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) 15. Changes in Religious Ritual in Mycenaean Greece. Communicative Memory and the Postpalatial Period (Ulrike Berndt; Independent Researcher) 16. Between Heritage Preservation and Public Appreciation: Re-evaluating Reburial Strategies (Th r se Claeys; UCLouvain)‎

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‎Gianluigi Baldo, Luca Beltramini (eds)‎

‎Livius noster. Tito Livio e la sua eredit‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Paperback, 904 pages, Size:155 x 240 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 11 col., 26 tables b/w., Language(s):Italian, English, French. ISBN 9782503592985.‎

‎Summary This book stems from a conference on Livy held at the University of Padua, on the occasion of the bimillenary of the historian's death (6-10 November 2017). The aim of the volume is to shed new light on lesser-known aspects of Livy's historiography, by approaching his work from a broad and interdisciplinary perspective. The papers, written by established scholars as well as by younger researchers, span from classical philology to ancient history and archaeology, also incorporating an in-depth investigation of Livy's reception through the centuries (from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era) and different fields of the humanities (philosophy, political thought, figurative arts). TABLE OF CONTENTS Premessa. Livius noster: le celebrazioni del bimillenario liviano (17 d.C. - 2017) (Maria Veronese) Introduzione. Livio e i 'liviani': un orizzonte per la ricerca degli anni futuri / Introduction. Livy and His Heritage: A Horizon for Research in the Years to Come (Gianluigi Baldo) Parte I. Il testo di Livio tra filologia e critica letteraria Editing Livy, 1469-2016 (John Briscoe) diter la troisi me d cade de Tite-Live: bilan et perspectives (Marielle de Franchis) Antigrafo manoscritto / apografo a stampa. La princeps della quarta decade fra Bussi, Sweynheym e Pannartz (Marco Palma) Livius apud Livium. propos du carmen de 207 (Liv. 27,37,7) (Charles Guittard) Livio e Polibio sull'assedio di Nova Carthago (Luca Beltramini) L'assedio di Locri nel libro 29 di Livio (Vincenzo Casapulla) Lucio Quinzio Flaminino e Catone nella narrazione liviana fra tradizione e censura (39,42 - 43) (Tommaso Ricchieri) Id quidem cavendum semper Romanis ducibus erit. Il caso dei fratelli Scipioni (Giovanna Todaro) Structure dialectique et structure architecturale dans l'Ab urbe condita de Tite-Live (Bernard Mineo) Histoire et v rit chez Tite-Live. Manifestations auctoriales et n?uds narratifs dans l'Ab urbe condita (Marine Miquel) La guerra nel Foro. Analisi e implicazioni di un ricorrente tema liviano (Virginia Fabrizi) Le virt dei nemici di Roma nelle ultime decadi liviane. L'esempio della clemenza (Elisa Della Calce) Parte II. Livio come fonte storica e storiografica Il ruolo delle donne nella narrazione liviana: alcuni esempi (Francesca Cenerini) Livio, Dionigi, e Machiavelli, sul conflitto patrizio-plebeo (Paolo Desideri) A proposito della battaglia di Azio. Tradizione augustea e tradizione liviana (Arnaldo Marcone) Gneo Pompeo 'Magno' nelle Periochae (Luca Fezzi) Storiografia e leges publicae. Il caso di Livio, AUC 21-30 (Francesca Cavaggioni) Attivit legislativa e ritratti di re in AUC 1 (Marco Rocco) Livy and the Third Illyrian War - An Analytical Approach (Fe?a Milivojevi?) De Zama Cynosc phales. tude compar e des strat gies rh toriques de Tite-Live et Polybe (Beno t Sans) Parte III. Livio e l'archeologia Una nuova pagina di Livio. L'archeologia della prima Roma (Paolo Carafa) Elementi iconografici della disfatta: il modello della Canne liviana (Monica Salvadori & Luca Scalco) La villa nell'opera di Tito Livio. Tra fonte letteraria e dato archeologico (Maria Stella Busana & Claudia Forin) Costruzione e manutenzione dei condotti fognari delle citt romane. Il contributo dell'opera di Livio all'interpretazione dei dati archeologici (Guido Furlan) Parte IV. Lettori di Livio dal Tardoantico all'Et Moderna Additamenta storico-narrativi alla Periocha 49 di Livio (Antonio Pistellato) La ricezione dei prodigia liviani in Giulio Ossequente, tra persistenze ideologiche e novit narrative (Mariella Tixi) Velut Hannibalis verba sunt. Letture antiche di Livio (Concetta Longobardi) Una persistenza liviana a Cartagine (Maria Nicole Iulietto) Livio e Orosio in al-Andalus (Cordova, X secolo d.C.) (Marco Di Branco) Livy's Preface and Petrarch, Fam. 1,1: Method and Meaning in Petrarchan imitatio (Ann Vasaly) Nicola Trevet introduce alla lettura di Tito Livio. Proemio dell'expositio e expositio del proemio (Giuliana Crevatin) Discorsi sopra la 'terza' decade. Machiavelli di fronte alla seconda guerra punica (Andrea Salvo Rossi) Discorsi mancati. Machiavelli e gli Homini illustri di Pietro Ragnoni (Lucio Biasiori) I Discorsi su Livio da Niccol Machiavelli a Pietro Giannone (Paul Van Heck) Livio fra traduzioni e teoria della storia. Machiavelli, Patrizi, Speroni (Franco Biasutti) Parte V. Livio nelle arti figurative I manoscritti medievali illustrati degli Ab urbe condita libri di Tito Livio. Il caso del codice Arch. Cap. S. Pietro C 132 (Giulia Simeoni) Il recupero di un mito liviano. 'Il Ratto delle Sabine' (Maria Federica Petraccia) Indici Indice dei nomi, dei luoghi e delle cose notevoli Indice dei passi citati Indice dei manoscritti Abstracts‎

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‎Helena Kirchner, Flocel Sabat (eds)‎

‎Agricultural Landscapes of Al-Andalus, and the Aftermath of the Feudal Conquest‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 277 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, 8 tables b/w., 40 maps b/w, 4 maps color, 40 maps (36 b&w, 4 colour), Language: English. ISBN 9782503593975.‎

‎Summary This volume presents recent archaeological research on the agriculture and society of al-Andalus during the Middle Ages, especially from the perspective of 'hydraulic archaeology' ? an avenue of research developed by Spanish researchers which focuses on the analysis of irrigation systems created by Islamic colonists from the eighth century onwards. More recently, this research perspective has incorporated the analysis of other agricultural systems, such as dryland agriculture and pasturelands. All of these agricultural regimes are complementary in peasant-led subsistence agricultural systems. From a methodological perspective, this archaeological approach is highly innovative, and uses a wide range of techniques (aerial photography, cartographical analysis, field survey, archival research, and archaeological excavation) in order to outline the size and boundaries of cultivation and grazing areas, to define specific plots of land and the related road networks, and to identify other associated facilities, such as watermills. In connection with these topics, several issues are discussed: the earmarking of rural or urban farming areas for irrigation, draining, or dryland agriculture; the process of construction and the subsequent evolution of these farming areas; the transformations undergone by these areas after the feudal conquest; and, finally, the identification of pasturelands and the analysis of the evidence concerning their management. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. Research on Irrigation, Drainage, Dry Agriculture and Pastures in Al-Andalus ? HELENA KIRCHNER Peasant Irrigation Systems Agrarian Spaces and the Network of Andalusi Settlements of Manacor (Mallorca) ? EUG NIA SITJES Watermills in Ibiza (Balearic Islands): A Documentary and Archaeological Case Study in Santa Eul lia des Riu ? ANTONI FERRER, HELENA KIRCHNER Morphology of Irrigated Spaces in Late Medieval Mudejar Settlements: The Canal of Lorca (Riba-roja de Turia, Valencia) ? ENRIC GUINOT Urban Irrigated Areas Searching for the Origin: A New Interpretation for the Horta of Valencia in Times of Al-Andalus ? FERRAN ESQUILACHE Drainage and Irrigation Systems in Mad?na ?ur???a (Tortosa, Spain) (8th-12th Centuries) ? HELENA KIRCHNER, ARNALD PUY, ANTONI VIRGILI Dry Farming and Pasturelands On Dry Farming in al-Andalus ? F LIX RETAMERO On the Problem of Andalusi Dry Farming: Aialt (Castell de Castells), a Qarya with no Irrigation System in the Mountains of Valencia ? JOSEP TORR Deciphering Islamic Landscape in the Eastern Ebro Valley: Almunias and Livestock ? JES S BRUFAL Irrigated Pasturelands in Mountain Ranges in the South-East Of the Iberian Peninsula ? ANTONIO MALPICA, SONIA VILLAR, GUILLERMO GARC A-CONTRERAS‎

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‎Tuna Sare Agt rk‎

‎Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia. Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian's Forgotten Capital‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xx + 200 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, 255 col., 1 tables b/w., Language(s):English, Turkish. *new ISBN 9782503594781.‎

‎Summary This ground-breaking volume offers the first publication of a major new monument of Roman power in Asia Minor: sixty-six painted marble frieze panels from the city of Nicomedia with an excellent archaeological and architectural context from the Tetrarchic period. During the rule of Diocletian, Nicomedia was the centre of the Late Roman Empire in the east, and the reliefs of the frieze, which decorate an imperial complex built at this time, represent an astonishing combination of imperial, mythological, and agonistic scenes. The reliefs found in Nicomedia fill an important gap in our knowledge between the Severan and Constantinian periods, and provide the East Roman Empire with a defining monument that can be set beside ? and in striking counterpoint to ? the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Published here in full colour and fully documented, the Nicomedia Frieze is, in this hugely important scholarly monograph, brought to the public for the very first time. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Nicomedia, Archaeology, and History Chapter 2. Technique, Style, and Colour Chapter 3. Iconography and Interpretation I: Imperial Depictions: Emperors in War and Triumph Chapter 4. Iconography and Interpretation II: Mythological Depictions: Eponymous Heroes of Nicomedia Chapter 5. Iconography and Interpretation III: Agonistic Depictions: Games and Festivals of the 'New' Imperial Capital Chapter 6. Conclusion and Turkish Summary (T rk e zet) Chapter 7. The Reliefs: A Catalogue Appendix I: Catalogue of the Smaller Relief Fragments Appendix II: Concordance of Catalogue and Inventory Numbers Bibliography Index‎

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‎Artur Obluski, Henryk Paner, Miroslaw Masojc (eds)‎

‎Bayuda and its Neighbours‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 200 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:75 b/w, 49 col., 5 tables b/w., 12 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503599069.‎

‎Summary The Bayuda, although an arid desert located in modern-day Sudan, has nonetheless been inhabited, farmed, worshipped in, and fought over by humans from the Palaeolithic onwards. Yet despite the longevity of its human occupation, the region has only in recent years become the focus of more intensive scholarly research. This volume, the first in a series dedicated to exploring the archaeology and history of Northeast Africa, aims to build on this trend by drawing together the very latest archaeological research and data, and shedding light on how the Bayuda Desert and its environs were transformed into a cultural landscape. The contributions gathered here introduce, examine, and (re)assess a number of important issues, many of which are new in the archaeology of Nubia, as well as considering them against a broader comparative background. From climate change over the past millennia - and its far-reaching consequences in the present - through to an examination of the cultural influences of the Kingdom of Kerma, and from analysis of funeral rites through to interpretations of rock art, forgotten trade routes, and the commerce in cattle and slaves, this insightful volume offers a wealth of new information into the history of ancient Nubia. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - ARTUR OBLUSKI, HENRYK PANER, AND MIROSLAW MASOJC Considerations on Terminologies: Based on Data from the Wadi Abu Dom - TIM KARBERG AND ANGELIKA LOHWASSER Archaeological Heritage of the Bayuda Desert: An Attempt at Evaluating the Project. Introductory Remarks - HENRYK PANER The Kingdom of Kerma between Egypt and Central Africa - CHARLES BONNET Cattle in the Nile Fourth Cataract Rock Art: El-Gamamiya 67 Site as an Example - PAWEL L. POLKOWSKI Anthropological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from the Old Kush-New Kingdom Cemetery (BP164) in the Bayuda Desert, Sudan - ALEKSANDRA PUDLO Meroe and the Moving Nile - M. D. S. MALLINSON AND L. M. V. SMITH The Natural and Cultural Landscape of the Meroe Region - PAWEL WOLF The Archaeology of the Sabaloka Region - FAWZI HASSAN BAKHIET Makuria Deserta. Some Observations on the Changing Pattern of Desert Trails in the Western Bayuda Desert and its Impact on the History of the Region - BOGDAN T. ZURAWSKI‎

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‎Magdalena E. Naum, Jette Linaa, Sergio Escribano-Ruiz (eds)‎

‎Material Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Archaeological Perspectives‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 264 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:26 b/w, 17 col., 2 tables b/w., 15 maps b/w, Language: English. *NEW ISBN 9782503593999.‎

‎Summary The study of the movement of 'things' - the exchange of objects as gifts or through trade, the itineraries that they followed when on the move, and their changing importance from location to location - can offer unique insights into our understanding of past societies; and archaeology plays a vital role in allowing such movements to be traced. Nonetheless the circulation of objects across time, and between peoples and places, has long been neglected as a field of research in its own right. This volume aims to address this gap in scholarship by drawing on recent archaeological research to provide a detailed study of the moment of objects across Europe in the late medieval and early modern period. The contributions gathered here trace the interactions between peoples, ideas, and objects in order to explore the impact of movement both on the material things themselves, and on the people who manufactured, exchanged, or used such goods. The volume draws on a wide range of archaeological evidence to explore subjects as varied as production and transport, modes of trade, the connections between trade and religion, and the emotional connections between things and people. Together, they offer a pioneering approach to our understanding of objects and their movement in the past. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction - SERGIO ESCRIBANO-RUIZ, MAGDALENA E. NAUM, JETTE LINAA The Same, but Different: Reflections on Some Medieval Stoneware Vessels Found in Norway - VOLKER DEMUTH On How to Keep the Monopoly of Diversity: Itineraries of Foreign Pottery in the Basque Country, AD 1300-1700 - SERGIO ESCRIBANO-RUIZ Memorable, Modern or Mundane? Investigating the Place of Porcelain and Majolica in the Homes and the Hearts in Early Modern Denmark - JETTE LINAA A Mandatory Stop: The Trade of Imported Pottery in Asturias (NW Iberian Peninsula) during the Early Modern Period - MIGUEL BUSTO ZAPICO Pilgrim Badges and the Magical Middle Ages: Aspects of the Cult of Saints, Magical Thinking, and Religious Identity - RACHEL FACIUS ANDERSEN Producers, Intermediaries, and Consumers: The Role of Adriatic Ports in the Venetian Glass Trade - SAMANTHA GARWOOD Clothing Cultures in the Seventeenth-Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: The Male Footwear from Elblag as an Example of Western-Type Fashion - ALEKSANDRA KULESZ Kilian Stob us and his Fossil Collections: Science, Aesthetics, and Emotions - MAGDALENA E. NAUM, CAJSA SJ BERG, H KAN H KANSSON, ANDERS LINDSKOG, MATS E. ERIKSSON AND PER AHLBERG‎

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‎Branko Fredde van Oppen de Ruiter, Ronald Wallenfels (eds)‎

‎Hellenistic Sealings & Archives. Proceedings of The Edfu Connection, an international conference‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xxxvi + 260 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:367 b/w, 8 col., 9 tables b/w., 8 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503591278.‎

‎Summary Ancient seal impressions that were once employed to seal a variety of objects, in particular different kinds of documents, can offer a wealth of information not only about iconography, but also about the dissemination of ideas and beliefs. Their usage provides evidence about the continuation, transformation, and mutual influences that impacted upon local traditions, as well as shed light on administrative and bureaucratic practices. Drawing together in-depth contributions by specialists in the field, this timely volume - the first of its kind in twenty-five years - offers new insights into seals and their importance during the relatively understudied Hellenistic period (c. 325-25 BCE), as well as contextualizing this subject through a focus on related fields such as glyptics and numismatics. The twelve chapters included here explore the importance of hoards, among them those from Delos, Doliche, Edfu, Kedesh, Pistiros, Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, Selinunte, and Uruk, and examine themes that range from the persistence of pharaonic imagery on Ptolemaic sealings and Greek influence on Sicilian seals, to the survival of Mesopotamian traditions on Parthian clay tablets and the use of Hellenistic iconography on Bactrian finger rings. Through this multifaceted approach, this volume is able to elucidate the daily realities of social, public, and private archival practices that went beyond the political and elite levels of life, and to illuminate aspects of Hellenistic history that have long remained obscure or inaccessible. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Organiser's Acknowledgements Colour plates Topographical List Hellenistic Sealings and Archives - BRANKO F. VAN OPPEN DE RUITER Pharaonic-Themed Sealings in the Edfu Hoard - ROBERT S. BIANCHI Coins and Sealings: The Portraiture of Ptolemy VI-XII - CATHARINE C. LORBER Hellenistic Motifs in the Edfu Hoard - BRANKO F. VAN OPPEN DE RUITER Sealing the Deal: Representing Heracles in Selinunte - JANE L. AINSWORTH A Review of Clay Sealings from an early Hellenistic Deposit at the Emporium of Pistiros - ZOSIA H. ARCHIBALD Searching for the Archive of Doliche: A Preliminary Report on the Archive Repertoire -TORBEN SCHREIBER Snowflakes and Quicksand: A Survey of Hellenistic Sealing Practices - SHARON C. HERBERT Hellenistic Sealings in Context: The City Archive of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris - VITO MESSINA Patterns of Use of Royal Portraits in Hellenistic Archives - LAURE MAREST Archival Practices of the Chreophylakes at Dura-Europos - GA LLE COQUEUGNIOT Arsacid-period Seal Impressions from Uruk - RONALD WALLENFELS Business as Usual? Seals and Sealings in the Hellenistic Far East - GUNNAR R. DUMKE Bibliography Index‎

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‎Sandra Heinsch, Walter Kuntner, Robert Rollinger (eds)‎

‎Befund und Historisierung. Dokumentation und ihre Interpretationsspielr ume‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xvi + 304 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:161 b/w, 73 col., 8 tables b/w., Language(s):German, English. ISBN 9782503591476.‎

‎Summary Archaeological periodization schemes of material culture development in Northern Mesopotamia from 7th to 5th centuries BCE traditionally refer to the sequence of dynasties. In particular, they highlight historical events related to distinguished members of the royal houses of the Sargonids, Urartians, Medes, Teispids, and Achaemenids. However, whereas the repercussions these Iron Age empires had on the history of the Near East are undeniable, the impact they had on the material culture and its development is not always equally tangible in the archaeological findings. The latter are not infrequently characterized by continuity rather than by incisive changes, as recent studies and re-evaluations of key sites in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Armenia show. This publication uses case studies to address problems that arises when the archaeological (relative concept) and historical (absolute concept) methodology use different intrinsic values of time to reconstruct history and to understand cultural material development. Arch ologische Periodisierungsschemata der materiellen Kulturentwicklung Nordmesopotamiens in der Zeit vom 7. bis 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. orientieren sich traditionell an historische Z suren, die mit der Abfolge von Herrschaftsdynastien wie den Sargoniden, Urart ern, Medern, Teispiden und Ach meniden verbunden sind. Gleichwohl die Bedeutung dieser eisenzeitlichen Herrscherh user auf die politische Geschichte Vorderasiens unbestreitbar ist, ist ihr Einfluss auf die materielle Kulturentwicklung nicht im gleichen Ma e bestimmbar. Letztere ist n mlich fter durch Kontinuit t als durch einschneidende Ver nderungen gepr gt, wie rezente Untersuchungen und Neubewertungen wichtiger arch ologischer Befunde in Syrien, Irak, Iran und Armenien aufgezeigt haben. Der vorliegende Band weist anhand von Fallbeispielen auf die Problematik hin, die bei abweichenden Bedeutungszuweisungen der Dimension Zeit in arch ologischen (relatives Konzept) und historischen (absolutes Konzept) Betrachtungsweisen f r die Rekonstruktion der Geschichte und der Entwicklung der materiellen Kultur auftreten k nnen. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbildungsverzeichnis Vorwort Arch ologischer Befund und historische Epochen im Wechselspiel - eine Einleitung - SANDRA HEINSCH, WALTER KUNTNER & ROBERT ROLLINGER 1. Assyrien im Untergang - Das Jahr 614 v. Chr. und der arch ologische Befund - PETER A. MIGLUS 2. Die Biographie des Roten Hauses von Tall ??? ?amad/D?r-Katlimmu (Nordostsyrien) und die historische Entwicklung der altorientalischen Reiche in der ersten H lfte des ersten Jahrtausends v. Chr.: Koinzidenzen und Inkoinzidenzen - FLORIAN JANOSCHA KREPPNER 3. Iron Age Ceramics in Assyria and the Fall of the Assyrian Empire - ARNULF HAUSLEITER 4. Some General Considerations on Assyria and North Western Iran from a Historical Perspective - GIOVANNI-BATTISTA LANFRANCHI & ROBERT ROLLINGER 5. Hasanlu VI?IV: Overview and Recent Revisions - MICHAEL D. DANTI 6. Hasanlu III und die stratigraphische Evidenz der Triangle Ware - STEPHAN KROLL 7. Die eisenzeitliche Keramikentwicklung in Iranisch Aserbaidschan: Der Befund vom Zend?n-e Soleim?n - JUDITH THOMALSKY 8. Urar?u und der Raum zwischen Kaukasus, Urmia-See und Kaspischem Meer aus historischer Sicht - MIRJO SALVINI 9. Lchashen-Metsamor V?VI: The Impact of Local and Urartian Ceramics in Iron Age Armenia - HAYK AVETISYAN, PAVEL AVETISYAN, KNARIK NAVASARDYAN? & ARSEN BOBOKHYAN 10. Der Untergang Urartus aus Sicht der ?Festung von Aramus" - WALTER KUNTNER & SANDRA HEINSCH 11. Results and Prospects of the New Researches for the Erebuni Monument - FELIX TER-MARTIROSOV? 12. Transkaukasien nach dem Fall Urartus - FLORIAN S. KNAUSS 13. Fortleben und R ckgriff in der Kunst nach dem Untergang des urart ischen Reichs - das Beispiel der Blechvotive - URSULA SEIDL Tafeln/Plates Index‎

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‎Harald Ingholt, Rubina Raja (ed), Jean-Baptiste Yon (ed), Julia Steding (ed)‎

‎Excavating Palmyra. Harald Ingholt's Excavation Diaries: A Transcript, Translation, and Commentary‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 2 vols, 1846 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, 1027 col., 2 maps color, Language: English . ISBN 9782503595313.‎

‎Summary When the Danish archaeologist Harald Ingholt conducted his ground-breaking excavations of Palmyra in the 1920s and 1930s, during which time he investigated several grave monuments and carried out the first observations of Palmyra's famous funerary portraits, he kept detailed diaries of his work. For a long time, these have been stored at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen together with the extensive Ingholt Archive, while further photographs and notes on Palmyrene sculpture have been kept with Ingholt's family in the United States. Now this material and Ingholt's diaries, written primarily in Danish, have for the first time been transcribed and translated into English with a full commentary written by Professor Rubina Raja, Dr Julia Steding, and Dr Jean-Baptiste Yon, in order to make these unique texts available to a wider public. The diaries contain a wealth of information on Palmyrene sculpture, grave complexes, and inscriptions from the city, as well as offering previously unpublished details into Ingholt's excavations, and his time in the field that will provide essential new insights for scholars working on Palmyra. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I Introduction Reading the Ingholt Excavation Diaries and Acknowledgements -RUBINA RAJA 'Den smukkeste Kvindebuste, jeg endnu har set': The Palmyra Excavation Diaries of Harald Ingholt, 1924-1928 - RUBINA RAJA Figures: Life in Syria and a Trip to Palmyra Diary 1 - 1924 Figures: Monuments in Palmyra Appendix - 1924 Figures: At Work in Palmyra Diary 2 - 1925-1928 Figures: Uncovered Objects Diary 3 - 1925 Figures: The Tombs of Palmyra VOLUME II Diary 4 - 1928 Figures: To Those at Home Diary 5 - Tombs Figures: The Near East and Hama Supplementary Material Map of graves Map of graves - degrees (locations) List of All Tombs Mentioned in the Diaries of Harald Ingholt A List of Tombs from Diary 3 Concordance of Published Inscription in the Diaries Concordances of Inscriptions from the Diaries Prosopography of the Unpublished Inscriptions in the Diaries Bibliography, Diaries Selected Bibliography of Harald Ingholt Palmyra Portrait Project - List of Publications Index‎

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‎Achim Lichtenberger, Rubina Raja (eds)‎

‎Glass, Lamps, and Jerash Bowls. Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project III‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xii + 248 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:102 b/w, 77 col., 3 tables b/w., 10 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503589374.‎

‎Summary The Decapolis city of Jerash has long attracted attention from travellers and scholars, due both to the longevity of the site and the remarkable finds uncovered during successive phases of excavation that have taken place from 1902 onwards. Between 2011 and 2016, a Danish-German team, led by the universities of Aarhus and M nster, focused their attention on the Northwest Quarter of Jerash - the highest point within the walled city - and this volume is the third in a series of books presenting the team's final results. The contributions gathered together in this volume provide an in-depth analysis of the glass finds, the lamps, and the iconography of the Jerash bowls discovered in the Northwest Quarter during the excavations. Together, these chapters provide both general overviews and more detailed insights into these important groups of material evidence, and also examine their stratigraphic contextualization and chronological spread across the centuries. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Glass, Lamps, and Jerash Bowls: The Finds from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project's Excavation Campaigns 2012-2016 - ACHIM LICHTENBERGER AND RUBINA RAJA Part I: Glass The Glass Finds from the Northwest Quarter of Jerash - RUTH E. JACKSON-TAL Part II: Lamps Pottery Oil Lamps from the Northwest Quarter of Jerash - ALEXANDRA USCATESCU Part III: Jerash Bowls Some Notes on the Iconography of the Jerash Bowls from the Northwest Quarter of Jerash - PAMELA BONNEKOH About the Authors‎

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‎Eileen Rubery, Giulia Bordi, John Osborne (eds)‎

‎Santa Maria Antiqua: The Sistine Chapel of the Early Middle Ages‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2021 Hardback, iv + 502 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:50 b/w, 125 col., 30 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9781909400535.‎

‎Summary The Santa Maria Antiqua Complex in the Forum in Rome was probably established at the foot of the Palatine Hill in the 6th century. Over the following 600 years it was decorated with a unique series of frescoes bearing evidence of imperial, papal and monastic influences. Abandoned in the 9th century, limited use probably continued up to the 11th century. By the 17th century the complex was completely buried under the rising floor of the Forum. Excavations in 1900 exposed a largely intact complex containing hundreds of 6th - 11th century frescoes, in some places over four layers deep and a unique Chapel of Medical Saints which suggests this was also an incubation site. The English Press hailed the site as the 'Sistine Chapel of the Ninth century'. Lavish illustrations of these frescoes, following recent restoration, make this book an indispensible resource, not only for those working on the church but also for those interested in contemporaneous material in medieval sites especially in Rome, Europe and Byzantium. This monograph contains the proceedings of an International Conference held at the British School at Rome on 4-6 December, 2013. It reports results of the major project of preservation and research led by the Soprintendenza and carried out over the last 12 years on the fabric of the church, its frescoes, floor, wall and ceiling mosaics, its drainage and infrastructure. Much of the restoration was funded by the World Monuments Fund. The conference also marked the 75th anniversary of the death of Gordon Rushforth, the first Director of the British School at Rome and the author of one of the earliest key papers on the S. Maria Antiqua site. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION by Eileen Rubery, Giulia Bordi, John Osborne TIMELINE TOPOGRAPHIC REFERENCES LIST OF COLOUR PLATES COLOUR PLATES HISTORIOGRAPHY Oscar Mei 1702: The discovery of Santa Maria Antiqua T.P. Wiseman Gordon McNeil Rushforth and Santa Maria Antiqua Andrea Paribeni 'With Boni in the Forum'. The relationship between Gordon McNeil Rushforth and Giacomo Boni according to archival documentation Ernesto Monaco Measuring Santa Maria Antiqua: from Petrignani to the present Giovanni Gasbarri 'Ce monument est avant tout un t moin': Wladimir de Gr neisen and the multicultural context of Santa Maria Antiqua John Osborne Per Jonas Nordhagen, Santa Maria Antiqua, and the study of early medieval painting in Rome TOPOGRAPHY Henry Hurst The early church of Santa Maria Antiqua David Knipp Richard Delbr ck and the reconstruction of a 'ceremonial route' in Domitian's palace vestibule Robert Coates-Stephens The 'Oratory of the Forty Martyrs' CONSERVATION Giuseppe Morganti "Per meglio provvedere alla conservazione dei dipinti ?". 1984-2014: Santa Maria Antiqua 30 Years Later Werner Schmid Diary of a long conservation campaign The palimpsests of Santa Maria Antiqua Maria Andaloro The Project Giulia Bordi The three Christological cycles in the sanctuary of Santa Maria Antiqua Paola Pogliani, Claudia Pelosi, Giorgia Agresti Palimpsests and pictorial phases in the light of studies of the techniques of execution and the materials employed ICONOGRAPHY Per Olav Folger Expression of Dogma: Text and imagery in the triumphal arch decoration Manuela Gianandrea The fresco with the Three Mothers and the paintings of the right aisle in the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua Maria Grafova The decorations in the left aisle of Santa Maria Antiqua within the context of the political history of the Iconoclastic era Marios Costambeys Pope Hadrian I and Santa Maria Antiqua: Liturgy and patronage in the late eighth century RE-READING THE DECORATIVE PROGRAMME Giulia Bordi The apse wall of Santa Maria Antiqua (IV-IX centuries) Eileen Rubery Monks, Miracles and Healing. Doctrinal Belief and Miraculous Interventions: Saints Abbacyrus and John at Santa Maria Antiqua and related Roman Churches between the sixth and the twelfth centuries Richard Price The frescoes in Santa Maria Antiqua, the Lateran Synod of 649, and pope Vitalian Beat Brenk A new chronology of the worship of images in Santa Maria Antiqua AFTERWORD Maria Andaloro The icon of Santa Maria Nova after Santa Maria Antiqua‎

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‎Fikri Kulakoglu, Guido Kryszat, C cile Michel (eds)‎

‎Cultural Exchange and Current Research in K ltepe and its Surroundings. K ltepe, 1-4 August 2019‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, xvi + 336 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:117 b/w, 24 col., 17 tables b/w., 1 tables col., 1 maps b/w, 1 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503591520.‎

‎Summary This fourth volume in a collection based on the biennial interdisciplinary meetings held in K ltepe, ancient Kane?, draws together sixteen contributions that explore the archaeology and history of this site, with the ongoing aim of taking a holistic approach to revitalizing this important early Anatolian cultural centre. The papers gathered here present both current research and recent important results derived from research in K ltepe and its wider surroundings through four key thematic strands: cultural exchanges between this site and its environs; material culture; sealings, writings, and history; comparisons with other sites across Central Anatolia. Through this approach, this volume is able to explore not only the historical importance of K ltepe, but also to highlight the settlement's future importance as a pilot site for interdisciplinary studies, thanks to its unique textual and archaeological data. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - FIKRI KULAKO?LU, GUIDO KRYSZAT & C CILE MICHEL I - Cultural Exchanges Cultural Exchanges in Cappadocia during the Chalcolithic Period: Recent Results of the Archaeological Survey in the South-western Cappadocia (2017-2019 Seasons) - ABDULLAH HACAR When Different Worlds Meet: Exchange Networks in Anatolia and Northern Levant during the 3rd Millennium BC - LUCA PEYRONEL & AGNESE VACCA Canaanean Blades from K ltepe, Central Anatolia - SUDO HIROSHI Assyrian-Anatolian Relations Observed Through Ethnic Designation - JASCHA DE RIDDER II - K ltepe Material Culture 'I will fix a pin on your breast'. Interdisciplinary Study on Pins during the Old Assyrian Period - C CILE MICHEL & FIKRI KULAKO?LU Petrographic and Mineralogical Analysis of Stone Objects Excavated at K ltepe - EVREN YAZGAN, FIRKI KULAKO?LU, NIHAL EVIK & CIHAN AY Lead Ingots and Rings in Central Anatolia in the Assyrian Trade Colony Period - YILMAZ RIDVANO?ULLARI & FIKRI KULAKO?LU Preliminary Assessments of the Black-Glazed Attic Pottery Found in K ltepe - BURCU T YS Z? III - Sealings, Writing and History An Overview of Sealing Practices at K ltepe - N H MIE STRUPLER How Did they Learn Writing? A Palaeographic Case Study - WIEBKE BEYER Scribal Education in Assur and Kanesh: The Practical Vocabularies - JAN GERRIT DERCKSEN Gods, Names and the Question of Western Elements in Early Assyrian Religion - GUIDO KRYSZAT A City Shrouded in Myth: Kane? in Hittite Texts - AMIR GILAN IV - Anatolia The Early Bronze Age at of K?n?k H y k-Ni?de: A Preliminary Analysis - NANCY HIGHCOCK & ALVISE MATESSI New Evidence on Cultural Relationship between Inner Northwest Anatolia and Northern Syria-Mesopotamia during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages: Exceptional finds from Seyit mer H y k - NEJAT BILGEN, ZEYNEP BILGEN, M. HAMDI OKATAN & BAYRAM UYGUN The Connection of Cappadocia with the Mediterranean Coast through the Cilicia Plain in First Millennium BC - MUSTAFA H. SAYAR‎

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‎Southeastern Registrars Association; Deborah Rose Van Horn; Corinne Midgett and Heather Culligan‎

‎Basic Condition Reporting: A Handbook, 5th Edition‎

‎, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 Original publishers paper-covered boards, 220 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm. English. ISBN 9781538150603.‎

‎Whether you call yourself a Registrar, Curator, Curator of Collections, Collections Manager or any number of other titles you are most likely doing condition reports. A good condition report is an accurate and informative account of an object?s state of preservation at a particular moment in time. Condition reports can have multiple functions such as recording the state of an object prior to an exhibition or loan, after exhibition or loan, to assist in collections planning, or as a tool for the treatment of an object. Most of these functions can be conducted by a registrar, curator, collections manager, or volunteer.‎

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‎Alessandro Sebastiani, Carolina Megale (eds)‎

‎Archaeological Landscapes of Roman Etruria. Research and Field Papers‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 296 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:95 b/w, 21 col., 3 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503591391.‎

‎Summary This volume, the first in a new series dedicated to the archaeological and historical landscapes of central Mediterranean Italy, aims to offer a fresh and dynamic new approach to our understanding of central-southern maritime Tuscany during the Roman period. Drawing on research that was initially presented at the first International Mediterranean Tuscan Conference (MediTo) held in Paganico (Grosseto, Italy) in June 2018, and supported by invited papers from other experts in the field, this collection of essays offers the most up-to-date research into Roman and Late Antique landscapes within Tuscany and its broader Mediterranean context, as well as the political, economic, and social networks that developed in this area during the Classical Period. Ultimately, what emerges from this in-depth study of river valleys, urban centres, and coastal settlements is an understanding of a dynamic Roman territory of cities and villages, villas and sanctuaries, minor sites, and manufacturing districts in which the local population fought to establish and maintain connections with the wider Mediterranean. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Introduction - ALESSANDRO SEBASTIANI AND CAROLINA MEGALE The Tuscan Coast in the Classical Period: Research Prospects - FRANCO CAMBI Nunc Villae Grandes, Oppida Parva Prius: Private Agency and Public Utility in the Tuscan Maremma - ELIZABETH FENTRESS Santa Marta: A Roman Nodal Point in the Middle Ombrone Valley (Southern Tuscany, Italy) - STEFANO CAMPANA AND EMANUELE VACCARO Between Topography, Archaeology, and History: Considerations for a Diachronic Synthesis on the Villa at Aiano (San Gimignano) between the Fourth and the Seventh Centuries ad - MARCO CAVALIERI Rusellae and its Territory: From the Etruscan to the Roman City - MARIA GRAZIA CELUZZA, MATTEO MILLETTI, AND ANDREA ZIFFERERO The Etruscan Harbours of Vetulonia and the Extent of the Prile Lagoon: First Results of a New Research Project - CAMILLA COLOMBI The Northern Etrurian Coast: The Vada Volaterrana during the Roman Period: New Data to Reconstruct the Ancient Landscape - STEFANO GENOVESI Archaeological Excavations in Vignale (LI): A Lens for Framing the Landscape in Roman Times - ELISABETTA GIORGI Etruscan-Roman Populonia: Recent Research on the Sacred Area of the Acropolis - CYNTHIA MASCIONE The Fortress of Poggio del Molino and Piracy: A Contribution to the Definition of the Late Republican Landscape of Populonia - CAROLINA MEGALE Luna: The Area of Porta Marina between the Republican and the Imperial Periods - SIMONETTA MENCHELLI, PAOLO SANGRISO, ALBERTO CAFARO, STEFANO GENOVESI, SILVIA MARINI, AND ROCCO MARCHESCHI New Excavations in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vetulonia: The Domus dei Dolia - SIMONA RAFANELLI The Universit di Firenze at Cosa (2016-2018) - ILARIA ROMEO AND DARIO PANARITI Cosa Excavations: New Interpretative Frameworks - RUSSELL T. SCOTT, ANDREA U. DE GIORGI, RICHARD POSAMENTIR, AND CHRISTINA CHA The Late Etruscan and Republican Settlement at Podere Cannicci: (Civitella Paganico - Grosseto) - ALESSANDRO SEBASTIANI The Missing link: A Nucleated Rural Centre at Podere Marzuolo (Cinigiano - Grosseto) - ASTRID VAN OYEN, GIJS W. TOL, AND RHODORA G. VENNARUCCI Beyond Religion? Placing the Gods in the Reconstruction of the Landscape and Economies of Southern Tuscany - EDOARDO VANNI Rural Settlements and Natural Resources in Early Medieval Southern Tuscany: Past and Future Research Prospects - GIOVANNA BIANCHI‎

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‎Romedio Schmitz-Esser‎

‎Corpse in the Middle Ages: Embalming, Cremating, and the Cultural Construction of the Dead Body‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2021 Hardback, vi + 780 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Language(s):English, Latin. ISBN 9781909400870.‎

‎Summary To what extent are the dead truly dead? In medieval society, corpses were assigned special functions and meanings in several different ways. They were still present in the daily life of the family of the deceased, and could even play active roles in the life of the community. Taking the materiality of death as a point of departure, this book comprehensively examines the conservation, burial and destruction of the corpse in its specific historical context. A complex and ambivalent treatment of the dead body emerges, one which necessarily confronts established modern perspectives on death. New scientific methods have enabled archaeologists to understand the remains of the dead as valuable source material. This book contextualizes the resulting insights for the first time in an interdisciplinary framework, considering their place in the broader picture drawn by the written sources of this period, ranging from canon law and hagiography to medieval literature and historiography. It soon becomes obvious that the dead body is more than a physical object, since its existence only becomes relevant in the cultural setting it is perceived in. In analogy to the findings for the living body in gender studies, the corpse too, can best be understood as constructed. Ultimately, the dead body is shaped by society, i.e. the living. This book examines the mechanisms by which this cultural construction of the body took place in medieval Europe. The result is a fascinating story that leads deep into medieval theories and social practices, into the discourses of the time and the daily life experiences during this epoch. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION FOREWORD INTRODUCTION The Constructed Corpse: Methodology, Structure, and Goals Burial between Norm and Practice St Augustine and the "Constructed" Sanctity The Staged Corpse No Fear of the Dead Body Parts and the Gaze Upon the Dead Body A Topic between Popular Hype and Historical Lack of Interest: The State of Research CHAPTER I: THE BURIED CORPSE The Corpse and the Resurrection The Soul, the Corpse, and the Beyond The Eternal and the Eternally Disturbed Grave Drowning and the Element of Baptism Cremating the Dead: Between Concern and Banning The Proper Burial in the Middle Ages The Quest for the Phantom: The "Standard" Burial in the Christian Middle Ages Symbolism of Light and the Position of the Dead in the Grave Solitary Burial and Group Affiliation of the Corpse The Corpse is Coming to the Living: The Cult of the Martyrs and the Burial with Saints The Development of the Church Graveyard Interment in the Time of Crisis War Dead and Their Graves Death as a Result of Epidemics, the Black Death, and Burial The Corpse Portrayed Summary CHAPTER II: THE HOLY CORPSE Real Presence and the Cult of Relics The Holy Corpse as a Self-Determined Being Transfer of Relics and Fragmenting of the Corpse Desired Relics, Corpse Desecration, and the Dead as a Valuable Treasure The Corpse as Proof of Sanctity "Corpus Incorruptum," Mumification, and Created Sanctity The Aromatically Smelling Corpse Innocent Liquids: The Leichen l Medieval Complementary Logic: The Corpses of the "Valde Boni" and the "Valde Mali" Summary CHAPTER III: EMBALMING AND THE PRESERVATION OF CORPSES Ancient Embalming in the Middle Ages Ancient Mummies and the Christian Occident "Aromatibus conditum"-The Biblical Model and Early Christian Embalming Embalming in the Time of the Merovingians Sanctity and (Repeated) Embalming Change of the Embalming Technique in the Time of the Carolingians Rotting and the Ideal of a Fast Burial Ritual of Burial and the Transport of the Corpse A New Method: Opening of the Corpse to Remove the Entrails and the Badly Smelling Corpse of Charles the Bald Embalming in the High Middle Ages Transfer of Corpses since the High Middle Ages Embalming in the Tenth Century Embalming in the Time of the Salian and the Hohenstaufen Dynasties Robert Guiscard, Sven Gabelbart, and Embalming in the Kingdom of England Embalming in the Kingdom of France The Desert and the King of Jerusalem Popes and Saints Roland, Henry the Lion, and the Deer Hide: Embalming Practice in the Literary Discourse Corpse Transport and Social Prestige: Changes in the Process of Embalming in the Course of the High Middle Ages Kitchen, Cooking, and the Treatment of the Corpse Cooking the Corpse-a "mos Teutonicus"? Boiling of Corpses in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries The Bull "Detestandae feritatis" by Pope Boniface VIII from 1299 and the End of Boiling Corpses The White Bone: The Sanctity of the Boiled Body Individuals Charged with Taking Care of the Corpse and Corpse Washing Dissection of the Corpse and the Professionalization of Embalming Ar-Razi and Medicine in the High Middle Ages Henry of Mondeville, Guy de Chauliac, and the Process of Embalming in Late Medieval and Early Modern Medicine Innovations in High and Late Medieval Embalming Processes and the Anthropological and Archeological Data Opening of the Three Corporal Cavities The Application of Mercury Wax and Linen Galen and the Cold, Humid Corpse: Drying of the Corpse as a Technique in Embalming Aerial Drying of the Corpse Hygiene or the Preservation of the Corpse: Gypsum, Lime, and Hops Booming of Embalming: From the Eighteenth Century to Today Embalming, Preservation of the Body, and the Cult of Relics Summary CHAPTER IV: AUTHORITY AND THE CORPSE Visiting a Corpse-the Visit by a Corpse The Ruler's Corpse as a Sign of Victory The Specialists of Death and Their Ruler Clientele: The Location of the Grave and the Row of Corpses as a Means for Legitimization Conversion, Legitimacy, and the Beloved Bones of the Ancestors Summary CHAPTER V: THE COMMUNITY OF THE DEAD AND THE CORPSE IN THE "ORDO" Hierarchy of the Funeral Sites The Unclean Corpse and the Church as a Burial Site Old Age, Gender, and Kinship: The Hierarchy of the Burial Sites in Medieval Cemeteries Grave Donations Between Here and the Afterlife Clothing Provides Status to the Dead: Insignia of Social Class and the Identification of Corpses Pedum, Paten, Chalice, and Ring: The Burial of Priests and Bishops Crown, Scepter, Orb, and Royal Vestments: The Burial of Emperors and Kings Does God Forget the Names of the Dead? Tables with Inscriptions as Burial Objects and Inscriptions on the Sarcophagus Monastic Habit and Valuable Thread: Monks, Noblemen, Simple People, and Their Clothing for the Beyond Objects Useful for the Corpse Relics, Torture Instruments, and Hosts: Supporters for the Dead Written Documents, Indulgence Letters, and Seals as Documents of Faith Dead Pilgrims Plants and Herbs, Holy Water, Incense, and Coal: Funerary Objects Between Practice and Symbolism Shoes for the Day of Judgment Summary CHAPTER VI: THE CORPSE AND THE LAW The Corpse as the Interim Occupant of an Office The Corpse as Both Subject and Object of the Law The Corpse at Court Strikes with the Sword, Bleeding Corpses, and the Beginning of Forensics in the Middle Ages The Cemetery as a Place of Trial Marking Borders, Church Authority, and the Value of the Corpse The Funeral of the Corpse as an Economic Factor The Corpse and Marking of Borders Summary CHAPTER VII: THE LIVING CORPSE The Sleeping Dead and Its Physically Continued Life Signs of Life: Speaking, Bleeding, and Continued Growth of Nails and Hair Funeral Ritual to Prevent the Appearance of Revenants Placing Weights on the Corpse and the Separation and Breaking of the Legs Decapitation Impalement, Nailing Down, and Interment at a Crossroad Vampires in the Middle Ages? The Cremation of Revenants Obol and Payment of the Dead: Funerary Objects as a One-Way Ticket to the Afterlife? The Corpse Besieged by Demons The Active Corpse Summary CHAPTER VIII: THE DESTRUCTION AND DESECRATION OF CORPSES Deviation from the Funerary Ritual as Punishment and Exclusion Denial of Burial in Sacred Ground On Children Under the Church's Eaves and Pilgrimage Sites: The Unbaptized Dead and Children According to Archaeological Data Suicide and the Corpses of Suicide Victims Excommunicated Corpses and Death Under the Interdict The Example of Emperor Henry IV A Few Years of Eternity, or Was There a Permanent Exclusion of Those Who Had Been Excommunicated The Last of the Hohenstaufen and Their Excommunication: Conrad IV, Manfred of Sicily, and Conradin the Younger The High Medieval Debate on the Punishment of Corpses Exhumation as a Weapon in the Fight Against the Cathars The Growing Concern with the Moral Integrity of the Dead: Individuals Responsible for Church Desecration, Those Who Rejected Confession, and Those Dead Who Had Died without Their Guilt Having Been Forgiven and Atoned In the Case of Doubt Against the Dead: The Liturgists' Fear of the Unknown and the Foreign Death with the Lance in Hand: The Burial of Those Who Had Died in a Tournament The Burial of the Executed Being a Warrior and a Christian: The Exclusion from Burial in Light of Discourse Theory Corpse Desecration The Case of Pope Formosus Corpse Desecration as a Punishment The Ruler's Corpse and the Use of Scalps: Corpse Desecration as a Sign of Physical Superiority Burning and Physical Annihilation The Symbolism of Fire Death by Fire in the Early Middle Ages: Arsonists, Sodomites, Poisoners, Magicians, and Unusual Women The Burning of Heretics and Witches in the High and Late Middle Ages The Destruction of Corpses in the Early Modern Time The Humble Corpse Burial in Simple Clothing The Corpse Placed on Ash Paradise and the Naked Earth: The Burial Site as a Sign of Christian Humility The Penitent Approaching the Day of Judgment: Pippin the Short and Prone Burial Humility of the Medieval Corpse Summary CHAPTER IX: THE CORPSE AS MEDICINE AND MIRACLE CURE The Corpse as Royal Blessing? The Corpse as a Medium to Create Miracles and Magic Charges Against Heretics, Witches, and Jews: Ritual Murder and Mirroring the Eucharist The Corpses of Executed People as Medicine "Mumia vera"-Mummies as a Medical Drug Building Sacrifice and the Corpse as a Weapon Summary CHAPTER X: HEART, HEAD, AND HAND-THE BODY PARTS OF CORPSES FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL PERSPECTIVE The Practice of Multiple Burials in the High and Late Middle Ages Heart Head Hand Summary EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY List of Abbreviations Sources Research Literature INDICES Index of Bible passages Index of Names Index of Places‎

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‎Anastasia Drandaki‎

‎Late Antique Metalware. The Production of Copper-Alloy Vessels between the 4th and 8th Centuries. The Benaki Museum Collection and Related Material‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 410 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:250 col., 5 tables b/w., Languages: English, Greek, French. ISBN 9782503569413.‎

‎Summary The book examines the fourth- to eighth-century copper alloy wares in the Benaki Museum, using them as the basis on which a wider debate about the production, circulation and use of copper vessels in Late Antiquity can be built. It is an attempt at a holistic approach to this rich but as yet little studied material. Apart from the necessary typology and dating, the study also includes systematic discussion of questions regarding the alloys used in the manufacture of the copperwares and the techniques employed in their production and decoration. The study of primary sources provided evidence about the late Roman and Medieval Greek terminology associated with each group of objects, as well as interesting information about the distribution of various types of vessels, the context in which they were used and the value their owners placed on them, while also containing useful references to the coppersmiths themselves. Most of the Benaki copperwares were acquired on the Egyptian market and can be connected with the rich local production in the Late Roman and Early Islamic period. Yet the study of these artefacts showed that they have striking similarities with a wide range of archaeological material discovered over an extremely large geographical area, from the Eastern Mediterranean to Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK. The geographical spread of copper alloy wares that follow a parallel development in different parts of the empire and also appear almost contemporaneously in Western European burials reignites the debate on the production centres and subsequent modes of distribution of these artefacts. In turn these issues touch on the long-standing debate on the so-called 'Coptic bronzes' and the actual role of Egypt in the overall production of and trade in these articles in Late Antiquity. TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Forewords Introduction Part ?. Types of vessels 1. Small bowls 2. Three-footed bowls 3. Footed bowls 4. Bowls with horizontal handles 5. Bowls with long spouts 6. Bowls with moveable handles 7. Bottles and Ewers 8. Ladles 9. Spoons - forks - strainers 10. Buckets 11. Amphoriskoi 12. Flasks 13. Lighting devices 14. Censers Part ?. 15. Technical results 16. Workshops 17. Forms and decoration Conclusions Sommaire Appendix: Catalogue of the copper alloy vessels in the Benaki Museum Byzantine Collection Map Abbreviations - Bibliography Index‎

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