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urn:uuid:bd1899da-7dd8-4e73-820b-54d7995871cc 03 01 01 urn:uuid:bd1899da-7dd8-4e73-820b-54d7995871cc 15 9798888571712 06 10.2307/jj.36075897 DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:bd1899da-7dd8-4e73-820b-54d7995871cc 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.36075897.pdf 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9798888571163/cladh-hallan-roundhouses-and-the-dead-in-the-hebridean-bronze-age-and-iron-age/ 1 A01 Mike Parker Pearson 01 ORCID 0000-0002-7341-121X 2 A01 Jacqui Mulville 3 A01 Helen Smith 4 A01 Peter Marshall 01 eng 00 576 03 20 Bronze Age 10 SOC003000 10 HIS015000 20 Iron Age 10 HIS002000 10 1.1.2.0.0.0.0 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>This second of two volumes presents archaeological and scientific studies of a wide range of materials from the unusually long-occupied Bronze Age and Iron Age site of Cladh Hallan on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. These include metalworking debris, copper-alloy, gold and iron artefacts, bone and antler tools and ornaments, flint and quartz tools, coarse stone tools, pumice, shale ornaments and fuel ash slag. The metalworking assemblage, from casting weapons, tools and ornaments, is exceptional in its size and in its being stratified within a domestic context of production. Metal tools and ornaments, some placed as special deposits on house floors, include a gold-plated penannular ring and an iron object stratified within an 11th-century BC house floor, among the earliest finds of iron artefacts in Britain.</p><p>The enormous and well-preserved environmental assemblage includes faunal remains of land mammals, whales, fish, birds and marine and terrestrial molluscs. Sheep were the most numerous domestic species within an assemblage of over 150,000 land mammalian remains, and Cladh Hallan has the largest collection of canine remains for any settlement in British later prehistory. Carbonized plant remains derive principally from cultivation of barley and associated weeds of cultivation. </p><p>The site’s assemblage provides extensive material for chemical analysis of food residues, isotopic analysis of animal and human remains, osteological analysis of human remains, histological analysis of their processes of diagenesis, and genetic analysis of ancient DNA from animal and human remains. These analyses include full investigation of the human remains from two composite inhumations that had formerly been mummified, the first discovery of this mortuary practice in prehistoric Britain. </p><p>The book concludes with a synthesis of results presented in the two volumes, presenting the rich insights provided by research on Cladh Hallan into life and death in the 2nd and early 1st millennia BC.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.36075897_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20251031 2025 02 WORLD 13 15 9798888571163 06 15 9798888571712 06 15 9798888571170 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:f1000f8b-9393-44a0-9caf-4e523256048a 03 01 01 urn:uuid:f1000f8b-9393-44a0-9caf-4e523256048a 15 9798888570913 06 10.2307/jj.36075894 DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:f1000f8b-9393-44a0-9caf-4e523256048a 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.36075894.pdf 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.casemateacademic.com/9781789251920/dariali-the-caspian-gates-in-the-caucasus-from-antiquity-to-the-age-of-the-huns-and-the-middle-ages/ 1 A01 Eberhard Sauer 01 ORCID 0000-0002-1727-453X 01 eng 00 1088 03 93 NK 10 SOC003000 10 HIS002000 93 NHC 10 1.6.0.0.0.0 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>The Huns, invading through Dariali Gorge on the modern-day border between Russia and Georgia in AD 395 and 515, spread terror across the late antique world. Was this the prelude to the apocalypse? Prophecies foresaw a future Hunnic onslaught, via the same mountain pass, bringing about the end of the world. Humanity’s fate depended on a gated barrier deep in Europe’s highest and most forbidding mountain chain.</p><p>Centuries before the emergence of such apocalyptic beliefs, the gorge had reached world fame. It was the target of a planned military expedition by the Emperor Nero. Chained to the dramatic sheer cliffs, framing the narrow passage, the mythical fire-thief Prometheus suffered severe punishment, his liver devoured by an eagle. It was known under multiple names, most commonly the Caspian or Alan Gates.</p><p>Featuring in the works of literary giants, no other mountain pass in the ancient and medieval world matches Dariali’s fame. Yet little was known about the materiality of this mythical place. A team of archaeologists has now shed much new light on the major gorge-blocking fort and a barrier wall on a steep rocky ridge further north. The walls still standing today were built around the time of the first major Hunnic invasion in the late fourth century – when the Caucasus defences feature increasingly prominently in negotiations between the Great Powers of Persia and Rome. In its endeavour to strongly fortify the strategic mountain pass through the Central Caucasus, the workforce erased most traces of earlier occupation. The Persian-built bastion saw heavy occupation for 600 years. Its multi-faith medieval garrison controlled Trans-Caucasian traffic. Everyday objects and human remains reveal harsh living conditions and close connections to the Muslim South, as well as the steppe world of the north. The Caspian Gates explains how a highly strategic rock has played a pivotal role in world history from Classical Antiquity into the twentieth century.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.36075894_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20250420 2025 02 WORLD 13 15 9781789251920 06 15 9798888570913 06 15 9781789251937 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:dd8e8cf0-6909-478d-b026-354372514852 03 01 01 urn:uuid:dd8e8cf0-6909-478d-b026-354372514852 15 9798888571798 06 10.2307/jj.22361592 DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:dd8e8cf0-6909-478d-b026-354372514852 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9798888571774/exploring-ancient-sounds-and-places/ 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.22361592.pdf 1 B01 Margarita Díaz-Andreu 01 ORCID 0000-0003-1043-2336 2 B01 Neemias Santos da Rosa 01 ORCID 0000-0001-8800-146X 01 eng 00 312 03 20 Archaeoacoustics 10 SOC002000 10 SOC003000 20 Sound 20 Archaeology 10 ART015050 10 MUS020000 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>Exploring Ancient Sounds and Places: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Archaeoacoustics brings together scholars from diverse academic fields – including archaeology, anthropology, architecture, classics, history, art history and sound engineering – to shed light on the role of sound and acoustics in the cultural practices of past societies from various chronologies and locations around the world. This innovative volume covers a broad spectrum of topics, such as the genesis of archaeological investigations into sound, the emergence of speech and song in early humans, the cognitive effects of music in ritualistic contexts, the acoustic dimensions of rock art sites, and the emotional responses elicited by sonorous activities experienced in these decorated spaces. Additionally, the book delves into the study of prehistoric musical instruments, the use of ethnohistorical sources in archaeoacoustic research, the analysis of sound imagery in medieval frescoes, and explores historical approaches to the study of specific acoustic parameters and the sonic properties of urban environments. Each chapter not only aggregates a wealth of academic perspectives but also bridges the gap between theoretical concepts and the most advanced methods used in this field of research. Case studies from all over the world illustrate the different ways in which ancient communities perceived and engaged with sound and the acoustics of the landscapes in which they were immersed. Exploring Ancient Sounds and Places is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in archaeoacoustics and how sound has shaped the cognitive, cultural and spiritual facets of human societies across time and space.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.22361592.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20251115 2025 02 WORLD 13 15 9798888571774 06 15 9798888571798 06 15 9798888571781 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:abdd689b-0995-4d01-bdfe-adffa89c164c 03 01 01 urn:uuid:abdd689b-0995-4d01-bdfe-adffa89c164c 15 9798888571385 06 10.2307/jj.22361593 DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:abdd689b-0995-4d01-bdfe-adffa89c164c 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9798888571149/forsaken-relics/ 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.22361593.pdf 1 B01 Alessandro Buono 01 ORCID 0000-0002-5963-728X 2 B01 Gianluca Miniaci 01 ORCID 0000-0003-0877-4409 3 B01 Anna Anguissola 01 ORCID 0000-0002-5245-9054 01 eng 00 240 03 20 ritualistic appropriation 10 SOC003000 20 abandoned assets 10 HIS002020 20 abandoned artifacts 10 HIS039000 10 HIS002000 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>Forsaken Relics is the result of an interdisciplinary dialogue between history, archaeology, and ethnography on the topic of the appropriation of disputed goods and places. Scholars with diverse backgrounds convened to address this common challenge: how different societies in time and space managed to claim and re-appropriate alleged ‘abandoned’ or ‘ownerless’ goods or things ‘in ruin’.</p><p>The volume includes a diverse range of case studies – from Neolithic sites in Eastern Europe to ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean, encompassing early modern and present-day Europe – reflecting on the ways in which actions can be used to legitimise appropriation, with a particular focus on ritual actions and practices.</p><p>The objective of this book is to stimulate comparative analysis of this topic in both ancient and modern societies, by identifying the actors of appropriation, examining the definition of abandonment, and exploring the ritual aspects intrinsic in actions such as inventorying, dedication and communication to ancestors, and prayers to gods. Ritual actions, in the last instance, were designed to legitimise the reappropriation and resignification of places and goods classified as abandoned or in a state of ruin, and to recreate locality, kinship, and communities.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.22361593_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20251031 2025 02 WORLD 13 15 9798888571149 06 15 9798888571385 06 15 9798888571156 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:11d89b6c-838a-4e90-bd53-216e4ff81231 03 01 01 urn:uuid:11d89b6c-838a-4e90-bd53-216e4ff81231 15 9798888572283 06 10.2307/j.ctv138wsfh DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:11d89b6c-838a-4e90-bd53-216e4ff81231 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/j.ctv138wsfh.pdf 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9781789252620/gilded-flesh/ 1 A01 Rogério Sousa 01 ORCID 0000-0002-8253-1707 01 eng 00 208 03 20 Ancient Egypt & Egyptology 93 NK 10 SOC003000 10 HIS002030 93 NHC 93 NHG 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>Egyptian coffins stand out in museums’ collections for their lively and radiant appearance. As an involucre of the mummy, coffins played a key-role by protecting the body and at the same time, integrating the deceased in the afterlife. The paramount importance of these objects and their purpose is detected in the ways they changed through time. For more than three thousand years, coffins and tombs had been designed to assure in the most efficient way possible a successful outcome for the difficult transition to the afterlife.</p><p>This book examines twelve non-royal tombs found relatively intact, from the plains of Saqqara to the sacred hills of Thebes. These almost undisturbed burial sites managed to escape ancient looters and became adventurous events of the Egyptian archaeology. These discoveries are described from the Mariette’s exploration of the Mastaba of Ti in Saqqara to Schiaparelli’s discovery of the Tomb of Kha and Merit in Deir el-Medina.</p><p>Each one of these sites unveil before our eyes a time capsule, where coffins and tombs were designed together as part of a social, political, and religious order. From the Pre-dynastic times to the decline of the New Kingdom, this book explores each site revealing the interconnection between mummification practices, coffin decoration, burial equipment, tomb decoration and ritual landscapes. Through this analysis, the author aims to point out how the design of coffins changed through time in order to empower the deceased with different visions of immortality. By doing so, the study of coffins reveal a silent revolution which managed to open to the common men and women horizons of divinity previously reserved to the royal sphere. Coffins thus show us how identity was forged to create an immortal and divine self.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/j.ctv138wsfh_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20191031 2019 02 WORLD 13 15 9781789252620 06 15 9798888572283 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:ad89c218-c60e-44f8-bcfd-8300f2235793 03 01 01 urn:uuid:ad89c218-c60e-44f8-bcfd-8300f2235793 15 9798888570685 06 10.2307/jj.18255589 DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:ad89c218-c60e-44f8-bcfd-8300f2235793 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.18255589.pdf 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.oxbowbooks.com/9798888570678/tutankhamun-and-carter/ 1 B01 Rogério Sousa 01 ORCID 0000-0002-8253-1707 2 B01 Gabriele Pieke Gabriele Pieke 3 B01 Tine Bagh 01 ORCID 0000-0001-9923-7224 01 eng 00 200 03 93 NK 10 SOC003000 10 HIS002030 93 NHC 93 NHG 10 SOC022000 10 3.1.3.0.0.0.0 93 JBCC1 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>One hundred years after its discovery, this book revisits Tutankhamun’s tomb with a view to reassess the circumstances in which it was excavated by Carter and to estimate how it has impacted both scientific and popular representations of Egypt at large. In short, this book examines the find of Tutankhamun as a multidimension cultural phenomenon involving aspects concerning the historical circumstances of the find, how it was studied over the years, how it impacted our knowledge on Tutankhamun’s reign and our own perception of Egyptian civilization. The studies are presented along four sections, addressing different, yet complementary aspects of Tutankhamun’s 'phenomenon'.</p><p>The first section addresses the historical circumstances of the find with updated research resulting from the critical examination of different types of archival sources. These studies contradict long standing biased views on this process and systematize the archaeological and conservation paradigms involved in the discovery. Section 2 revolves around categories of objects that have been almost completely overlooked by Egyptological studies, providing a fresh input and new insights not only on the material culture of Ancient Egypt, but also on the circumstances of the find itself. Section 3 examines the impact of Tutankhamun’s tomb on media, literature, and design and how it shaped contemporary representations of Egypt, as well as the phenomenon of 'Tut-mania' in popular culture.</p><p>The fourth section addresses the reign of Tutankhamun itself. Different types of documentary sources univocally suggest the importance of this reign in shaping the cultural landscape of Egypt throughout the Ramesside period which clearly challenges the longstanding view of this reign as a minor and insignificant episode of Egyptian history. These studies show the many lacunae that still prevent us from understanding the historical processes involved before and after Tutankhamun’s reign.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/jj.18255589_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20240815 2024 02 WORLD 13 15 9798888570678 06 15 9798888570685 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD urn:uuid:2d06d674-c212-4bba-9d9c-9077bac3a0fb 03 01 01 urn:uuid:2d06d674-c212-4bba-9d9c-9077bac3a0fb 15 9781789250954 06 10.2307/j.ctv2mm1xnh DG 002 01 Thoth WorkID urn:uuid:2d06d674-c212-4bba-9d9c-9077bac3a0fb 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.casemateacademic.com/9781789250923/understanding-relations-between-scripts-ii/ 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/j.ctv2mm1xnh.pdf 1 B01 Philippa M. Steele 01 ORCID 0000-0003-3109-265X 2 B01 Philip J. Boyes 01 ORCID 0000-0002-3453-7987 01 eng 00 272 03 20 Ancient writing systems 93 DS 10 LAN001000 10 LAN009010 20 Levant 93 NHC 10 LAN009050 20 Mediterranean 01 06 47 Open access - no commercial use 46 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 03 03 <p><p>Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 677758), and based in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.</p><p>Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets is the first volume in this series, bringing together ten experts on ancient writing, languages and archaeology to present a set of diverse studies on the early development of alphabetic writing systems and their spread across the Levant and Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BC. By taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it sheds new light on alphabetic writing not just as a tool for recording language but also as an element of culture.</p></p> 04 01 https://openaccess.casemateacademic.com/10.2307/j.ctv2mm1xnh_frontcover.jpg Oxbow Books 01 Casemate Academic https://www.casemateacademic.com/ Oxford, UK. 04 20191010 2019 02 WORLD 13 15 9781789250923 06 15 9781789250954 06 15 9781789250930 Casemate Academic 09 99 R Open access 01 0.01 USD