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November 2016

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NEW & FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

We are very pleased to list below brief details of our new titles for November 2016. Full descriptions and contents listings can be found on our website www.archaeopress.com. Outlook and mobile users may find images do not appear automatically, please right-click and select show/download images.
 

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NEW TITLES

 

We are delighted to announce that the Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material Culture (JHP) Volume 1 2016 is now available to view online in Open Access and to purchase in print (print copies despatching at the end of November).

"Hardly any other field in archaeology has witnessed over the last decades a comparable intensification of research as that of Hellenistic material culture. Second to none is the interest in the ceramics of that period, an interest adequate to the enormous amount of table and utility wares, transport amphoras and lamps retrieved throughout the Mediterranean and beyond. More and more the simple artifacts of daily use are perceived as providing information on many spheres of social life, and thus should be made available for further research as fast as can be. The backlog for data on the material remains of the Hellenistic period in particular is vast due to long-term disregard. Consequently, the actual demand for scholarly exchange is continuously rising. Primarily, the exchange of information takes place during international conferences, the results of which, unfortunately, are published with considerable delay several years after these meetings.

Thus, in order to create fast and non-bureaucratic opportunities for the publication of variegated scientific studies in the Hellenistic field, the JHP was established. In this way a medium of publication is available through which current advancements in research are released promptly and by which scientific communication is inspired."

– from the introduction by Patricia Kögler, Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom and Wolf Rudolph, Heads of the JHP Editorial Board Print Subscriptions (ISSN 2399-1844) For private subscriptions for personal use please click here (price as follows): £30.00 (plus standard shipping rates) For institutional subscriptions please click here (price as follows): £50.00 (plus standard shipping rates) Open Access e-Journal (ISSN 2399-1852) The complete journal in PDF format is available as a free download in our Open Access section. Please click here for Open Access version

Our core peer-reviewed imprint currently publishes 6-12 new titles every month covering all archaeological topics, all geographic locations and all time periods with dedicated series for specialist fields of study. Publications are available across a range of formats including paperback, eBook and Open Access. Click here for information regarding publishing in Archaeopress Archaeology.
 

	An Urban Geography of the Roman World, 100 BC to AD 300 by J. W. Hanson. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 18, 2016. ISBN 9781784914721. £65.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914738, from £15.83+VAT if applicable) vii+818 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This book provides a new account of the urbanism of the Roman world between 100 BC and AD 300. To do so, it draws on a combination of textual sources and archaeological material to provide a new catalogue of cities, calculates new estimates of their areas and uses a range of population densities to estimate their populations, and brings together available information about their monumentality and civic status for the first time.
	Archaeological Excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. Clare Insights into Bronze Age and post-medieval life in the west of Ireland by Marion Dowd. ISBN 9781784914547. £28.00. ISBN 9781784914554, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+98 pages; illustrated throughout with 39 colour plates. In 2011, cavers exploring a little-known cave on Moneen Mountain in County Clare in the west of Ireland discovered part of a human skull, pottery and an antler implement. An archaeological excavation followed, leading to the discovery of large quantities of Bronze Age pottery, butchered animal bones and oyster shells.
	The Small Finds and Vessel Glass from Insula VI.1 Pompeii: Excavations 1995-2006 by H.E.M. Cool. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 17, 2016. ISBN 9781784914523. £50.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914530, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xii+304 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This report presents the vessel glass and small finds found during the excavations between 1995 and 2006 that took place in Insula VI.1, Pompeii (henceforth VI.1). More than 5,000 items are discussed, and the size of the assemblage has meant that the publication is in two parts.
	Robert Adam’s London by Frances Sands. 2016. ISBN ISBN 9781784914622. £20.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914639. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xviii+142 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. The iconic eighteenth-century architect Robert Adam was based in London for more than half of his life and made more designs for this one city than anywhere else in the world. This book reviews a wide variety of his designs for London, highlighting lesser-known buildings as well as familiar ones.
	Forensic Archaeology The Application of Comparative Excavation Methods and Recording Systems by Laura Evis. ISBN 9781784914844. £38.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914851, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) viii+240 pages; illustrated in black & white throughout. This book evaluates current archaeological excavation methods and recording systems in relation to their use in providing forensic evidence, and their ability to satisfy the admissibility tests introduced by the Law Commission, and other internationally recognised bodies.
	Le décor architectural artuqide en pierre de Mardin placé dans son contexte regional: contribution à l’histoire du décor géométrique et végétal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe siècles by Deniz Beyazit. 2016. ISBN 9781784911225. £80.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784911232, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xx+552 pages; illustrated throughout with 302 colour plates. French text. This volume studies the architecture of the city of Mardin in South-east Anatolia produced under the patronage of the Artuqids, whose influence held sway from c. 1101-1409.
	Studies on the Vignettes from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead I: The Image of mc.w BdSt in Ancient Egyptian Mythology by Mykola Tarasenko. Archaeopress Egyptology 16, 2016. ISBN 9781784914509. £30.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914516, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) viii+151 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Among the numerous deities in the ancient Egyptian mythology, whose nature and function are still vague and obscure, are mś.w Bdšt – ‘Children of Weakness’. This book is a comprehensive study of the ‘Children of Weakness’ myth and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the head of the serpent under the branches of the išd-tree found on the number of Book of the Dead chapter 17 vignettes.
	Managing Archaeological Collections in Middle Eastern Countries A Good Practice Guide by Dianne Fitzpatrick. ISBN 9781784914882. £26.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914899, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+115 pages; black & white throughout. In this guide, archaeologist Dianne Fitzpatrick sees archaeological collections management as a means of integrating achievable good-practice strategies into research designs and site management plans from the outset.
	The Maritime Traditions of the Fishermen of Socotra, Yemen by Julian Jansen van Rensburg. ISBN ISBN 9781784914820. £33.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914837, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+186 pages; illustrated in black & white throughout. This research analyses the Socotri maritime traditions and addressing the question as to how social, environmental and technological influences have shaped the maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra (205 nautical miles south of Yemen).

Access Archaeology is designed to make archaeological research accessible to all and to present a low-cost (or no-cost) publishing solution for academics from all over the world. Material will range from theses, conference proceedings, catalogues of archaeological material, excavation reports and beyond. Click here for detailed information regarding publishing in Access Archaeology.
 

Disponibilidad y explotación de materias primas líticas en la costa de Norpatagonia (Argentina) Un enfoque regional by Jimena Alberti. ISBN 9781784914806. £40.00. Also available to download in Open Access, ISBN 9781784914813. xxii+196 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Spanish text. The present book aims to study the use of lithic raw materials on the coast of the San Matías gulf (Río Negro, Argentina) during the middle and late Holocene. Open Access eBook available now, print edition due early December 2016

Our new digital subscription service includes over 200 titles available immediately and approx. 6-14 new titles appearing at your desktop every month. Contact info@archaeopress.com to enquire about a no-cost 30-day trial. Please forward this to your librarian if you think this would be a useful resource for your institution.
 

Out Now: Journal of Greek Archaeology Volume 1 2016
ISSN: 2059-4674 (print); 2059-4682 (online)
In addition to this month's launch of JHP we are pleased to again highlight our other new journal, Journal of Greek Archaeology (JGA). Volume 1 2016 published in October and is available in print and e-format now. Special offers are available for subscriptions to Volume 1 & 2 (2016-2017), offer ends 31/12/2016. Early bird rates for Volume 2 2017 are available until 30/11/2016. Click here for more information on special offers.

The scope of this journal is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. The editorial board is headed by Prof. John Bintliff (Edinburgh University, U.K. and Leiden University, The Netherlands). Email: johnlbintliff@gmail.com

Subscribe to the Journal of Greek Archaeology via our website: For private subscriptions for personal use please click here (prices as follows): Print: £65 including free shipping in UK & Europe (£10 ROW). Includes free digital copy. Special price for digital only subscribers: £25 (+VAT where applicable). For institutional subscriptions please click here (prices as follows): Print: £85 including free shipping in UK & Europe (£10 ROW). Print & Online access: £95 (+ VAT where applicable) including free shipping in UK & Europe (£10 ROW). Online access only: £90 (+ VAT where applicable). Subscribe via downloadable order form, return by post or fax (includes special offers when subscribing to Volumes 1 & 2 2016-2017)

Out Now: Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material Culture For the Hellenistic Period ceramics and other commodities of daily life represent probably the most neglected objects in archaeological research. Yet, apart from monographs, the publication of conference proceedings, which usually follow several years after the event, have remained the principal method of disseminating research results. Still lacking is a publication appearing regularly and at short intervals, that focusses research on Hellenistic pottery and is easily accessible. The Journal of Hellenistic Pottery – JHP – wants to close this gap.

Out Now: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 46, 2016 Papers from the forty-seventh meeting of the  Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 24 to 26 July 2015 edited by  Janet Starkey and Orhan Elmaz. 2016. ISBN 9781784913632. £69.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784913649. £57.60 incl. UK VAT) xiv+302 pages; illustrated throughout with 42 colour plates. ISSN 0308-8421.

Visit the Open Access platform to see all our Open Access content, available to read online or download to your preferred device for free. Visit our website to learn more about publishing in our various imprints and highly affordable Open Access rates. How to Download: Navigate to the book/paper of interest and click "Download (pdf)" to open in your browser or right-click on "Download (pdf)" and select "Save Link As..." to download a local copy for offline use. Ensure the file is fully downloaded before opening, otherwise it may appear corrupted. Please note the website is best optimised for use with Chrome or Firefox browsers.

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	Disponibilidad y explotación de materias primas líticas en la costa de Norpatagonia (Argentina) Un enfoque regional by Jimena Alberti. ISBN 9781784914813. Free to download PDF. Also available in print ISBN 9781784914806, £40.00. xxii+196 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Spanish text. The present book aims to study the use of lithic raw materials on the coast of the San Matías gulf (Río Negro, Argentina) during the middle and late Holocene. Open Access eBook available now, print edition due early December 2016
	Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material Culture Volume 1 2016 ISSN 2399-1852 (online) edited by Dr Patricia Kögler, Dr Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom and Prof. Dr Wolf Rudolph (Heads of Editorial Board). xiv+212 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Click here for full contents listing
	Journal of Greek Archaeology Volume 1 2016: Open Access Sampler A new international journal launching in October 2016 with an editorial board headed by Prof. John Bintliff (Edinburgh University, U.K. and Leiden University, The Netherlands). The scope of this journal is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. This free 70+ page sampler is designed to act as an introduction and taster to the scope and style of this new journal. It includes one complete paper and two review articles.

Below is a selection of recently published titles from across all our ranges.
 

	Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney Process, Temporality and Context by Antonia Thomas. University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute Research Series 1, 2016. ISBN 9781784914332. £45.00. (eBook ISBN  9781784914349. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xvi+258 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This book offers a groundbreaking analysis of Neolithic art and architecture in Orkney, focussing upon the incredible collection of hundreds of decorated stones being revealed by the current excavations at the Ness of Brodgar.
	Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools by Martin Odler. Archaeopress Egyptology 14, 2016. ISBN 9781784914424. £45.00. (eBook ISBN  9781784914431. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xvi+292 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. The Old Kingdom of Egypt is famous as a period of the builders of the largest Egyptian pyramids. It is generally accepted that the evidence on the use of copper alloy tools from this era is meagre. Martin Odler gathers the textual, iconographic and palaeographic evidence and examines Old Kingdom artefacts in order to revise this view on the use of copper alloy tools and model tools.
	Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara and Abusir Toward an Economic Decline during the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom by Leo Roeten. Archaeopress Egyptology 15, 2016. ISBN 9781784914608. £30.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914615, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xiv+144 pages; illustrated throughout in black & white. This study suggests, through investigations of the tombs in the necropolis of Giza, that economic decline attributed to the collapse of the Old Kingdom had already started in the early dynastic period.
	Lusitanian Amphorae: Production and Distribution edited by Inês Vaz Pinto, Rui Roberto de Almeida and Archer Martin. Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 10, 2016. ISBN 9781784914271. £65.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914388, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) viii+464 pages; illustrated in black & white throughout with 7 colour plates. More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania.
	Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt Arenas for Ritual Activity by Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed. 2016. ISBN 9781784914370. £25.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914387. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) viii+104; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This book examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco- Roman Egypt. It draws on the rich archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature or papyrological references to both urban and rural housing.
	Siruthavoor:  An Iron Age-Early Historical burial Site, Tamil Nadu, South India by Smriti Haricharan. ISBN 9781784914356. £22.00. (eBook ISBN 97817849144363. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+92 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This study aims at using and understanding man-land relationships in order to better comprehend the megalithic burials of Tamil Nadu. This site specific study helps us better understand some aspects such as spatial distribution, chronology and post depositional changes of the burials at Siruthavoor.
	Rock Art of the Vindhyas: An Archaeological Survey Documentation and Analysis of the Rock Art Of Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh by Ajay Pratap. ISBN 9781784912451. £45.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784912468. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xiv+172; highly illustrated throughout with 68 colour plates. Rock paintings and petroglyphs are a record of human memories. No doubt, this function defines in essence all archaeological objects.
	An Illustrated Companion to Japanese Archaeology edited by Werner Steinhaus and Simon Kaner. Comparative and Global Perspectives on Japanese Archaeology 1, 2016. ISBN 9781784914257. £35.00. v+344 pages; highly illustrated in full colour throughout This volume provides for the first time a comprehensive visual introduction to a wide range of sites and finds from the earliest occupation of the Japanese archipelago to the early historical periods and the establishment of the Chinese-style capital at Heijō, modern-day Nara, in the 8th century AD.
	Archival Theory, Chronology and Interpretation of Rock Art in the Western Cape, South Africa by Siyakha Mguni. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 93, 2016. ISBN 9781784914462. £40.00. Also available to download in Open Access, ISBN 9781784914479. vi+156 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This book advocates the archival capacity of rock art and uses archival perspectives to analyse the chronology of paintings in order to formulate a framework for their historicised interpretations.
	Archeologia dell’acqua a Gortina di Creta in età protobizantina by Elisabetta Giorgi. Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556) 5, 2016. ISBN 9781784914448. £40.00. Also available to download in Open Access, ISBN 9781784914455. x+288 pages; illustrated throughout in black & white. Italian text with English abstracts for each chapter. A study of the early Byzantine aqueduct of Gortyn (Crete).
	Enfoques metodológicos en el estudio de los asentamientos fortificados de la edad del hierro Aproximación teórica a la metodología de estudio sobre la defensa del territorio en la Prehistoria Final Europea by Óscar Rodríguez Monterrubio. 2016. ISBN 9781784914486. £30.00. Also available to download in Open Access, ISBN 9781784914493. 145 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Spanish text with English Abstract. This volume focuses on the main methodological perspectives currently existing in studies on Iron Age fortified settlements.

Below is a selection of forthcoming titles from across all our ranges. Pre-order any forthcoming title and save 20%, simply contact our office by email at info@archaeopress.com with your contact details and the book of your choice. When the book is published we will contact you to take payment details.
 

	The White Lady and Atlantis: Ophir and Great Zimbabwe Investigation of an archaeological myth by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec. ISBN 9781784914707. £TBC x+320 pages; highly illustrated in colour throughout and black & white. This meticulous investigation, based around a famous rock image, the ‘White Lady’, makes it possible to take stock of the mythical presuppositions that infuse a great deal of scientific research, especially in the case of rock art studies.
	Myths about Rock Art by Robert G. Bednarik. 2016. ISBN 9781784914745. £30.00. (eBook ISBN ISBN 9781784914752. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) ii+218 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Rather than considering the myths supposedly depicted in the world’s rock art, this book examines the myths archaeologists and others have created about the meanings and significance of rock art. This vast body of opinions dominates our concepts of the principal surviving cultural manifestations of early worldviews. Here these constructs are subjected to detailed analysis and are found to consist largely of misinterpretations.
	Castles, Siegeworks and Settlements Surveying the Archaeology of the Twelfth Century edited by Duncan W. Wright and Oliver H. Creighton. £45.00. ISBN 9781784914769. (eBook ISBN 9781784914776, free to download in Archaeopress Open Access) xii+180 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. This volume comprises thirteen reports detailing fieldwork undertaken by a research project which sought to assess the archaeological evidence of the period of conflict that took place in mid-twelfth-century England popularly known as ‘the Anarchy’.
	Stone Carving of the Hospitaller Period in Rhodes: Displaced pieces and fragments by Anna-Maria Kasdagli. ISBN 9781784914783. £35.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914790, from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) ii+212 pages; illustrated through in black & white with 1 colour plate. The work presents 230 stone carvings of the Hospitaller period in Rhodes (1309-1522), which for various reasons are no longer in their original setting. Most of them are cut in local stone or reused antique marble and belong to three broad groups: decorative architectural elements, funerary slabs and markers, and heraldry from secular and religious buildings and fortifications.
	Brochs and the Empire The impact of Rome on Iron Age Scotland as seen in the Leckie broch excavations by Euan W. MacKie. 2016. ISBN 9781784914400. £30.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914417. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+122 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Excavations of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reflect the expansion of the Roman Empire into southern Scotland in the late first century AD.
	Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge by Dan Garner et al. 2016. ISBN 9781784914660. £45.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784914677. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) xx+263 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. The Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge Landscape Partnership Project was focussed on six of Cheshire hillforts and their surrounding habitats and landscapes. It aimed to develop understanding of the chronology and role of the hillforts, raise awareness of these special assets, improve their condition and encourage local interest and involvement in their maintenance.
	Ceramiche vicinorientali della Collezione Popolani by Stefano Anastasio and Lucia Botarelli. La Collezione Orientale del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze 3, 2016. ISBN 9781784914646. £34.00. (eBook ISBN ISBN 9781784914653. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) vi+200 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Italian text with English summary. This volume illustrates the Popolani Collection, that was donated to the Archaeological Museum of Florence by Carlo Popolani. The collection consists of ancient pottery vessels, terracotta oil-lamps, glazed Islamic tiles, Romano-Byzantine glassware, as well as various objects from the Damascene antique market.
	Cedar Forests, Cedar Ships Allure, Lore, and Metaphor in the Mediterranean Near East by Sara A. Rich. 2016. ISBN 9781784913656. £36.00. (eBook ISBN 9781784913663. from £15.83 + VAT if applicable) x+280 pages; highly illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Drawing from object-oriented ontologies and other ‘new materialisms,’ this book constructs a hylocentric anti-narrative spreading from the Cretaceous to the contemporary. With a dual focus on the woods and the watercraft, and on the historical overlap between them, the book takes another step in the direction of challenging the conceptual binaries of nature/culture and subject/object, while providing an up-to-date synthesis of the relevant archaeological and historical data.

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