Classical Archaeology

A Handbook for the Application of Economic Theory to the Ancient Mediterranean World: Preface, Outlines, & Introduction

by Donald Jones

K. Konuk (ed.), STEPHANÈPHOROS. De l’économie antique à l’Asie Mineure. Hommages à Raymond Descat (Bordeaux, 2012).

by Koray Konuk

Two research themes are particularly representative of Raymond Descat’s scholarly career : the ancient economy and... more Two research themes are particularly representative of Raymond Descat’s scholarly career : the ancient economy and Asia Minor.
It is around these two themes, which he contributed widely to enlighten, that thirty-five colleagues, friends and former students from twelve countries have gathered to honour him on the occasion of his retirement by offering twenty-nine studies.
This volume celebrates a scientific career of international standing whose variety of approaches is mirrored by these essays which discuss ancient, social and economic history, historiography, archaeology, epigraphy, metrology and numismatics.

Bintliff, J. L. (2012). The Complete Archaeology of Greece, from Hunter-Gatherers to the Twentieth Century AD. Oxford-New York, Blackwell-Wiley.

by John Bintliff

Landscape, Ethnicity and Identity in the pre-roman Mediterranean, Oxford [Oxbow] 2012.

by Gabriele Cifani

Co-edited with Simon Stoddart

The main concern of this volume is the multi-layered concept of ethnicity.
Contributors examine and... more The main concern of this volume is the multi-layered concept of ethnicity.
Contributors examine and contextualise contrasting definitions of ethnicity and identity as implicit in two perspectives, one from the classical tradition and another from the prehistoric and anthropological tradition.

They look at the role of textual sources in reconstructing ethnicity and introduce fresh and innovative archaeological data in reconstructing ethnicity, either from fieldwork or from new combinations of old data.
Finally, in contrast to many traditional approaches to ethnicity, they examine the relative and interacting role of natural and cultural features in the landscape in the construction of ethnicity.

The volume is headed by the contribution of Andrea Carandini whose work challenges the conceptions of many in the combination of text and archaeology. He begins by examining the mythology surrounding the founding of Rome, taking into consideration the recent archaeological evidence from the Palatine and the Forum. Here primacy is given to construction of place and mythological descent. Anthony Snodgrass, Robin Osborne, Tim Cornell and Christopher Smith offer replies to his arguments.

Overall, the nineteen papers presented here show that a modern interdisciplinary and international archaeology that combines material data and textual evidence - critically - can provide a powerful lesson for the full understanding of the ideologies of ancient and modern societies. 336p, 120 illus (Oxbow Books, 2011).


Table of Contents
1. Introduction: contextualising ethnicity (Gabriele Cifani and Simon Stoddart)
2. Urban landscapes and ethnic identity of Early Rome (Andrea Carandini)
Comments (T. Cornell, C. Smith, A. Snodgrass and R. Osborne)
3. Landscape, ethnicity, and the Greek polis (Robin Osborne)
4. The discovery of Carian Melia and the archaic Panionion in the Mycale (Hans Lohmann)
5. Multi-ethnicity and population movement in Ancient Greece (John Bintliff)
6. Hybrid forms of identity (Greek/native Italic) on the border between Taranto and the Messapians (Gert-Jan Burgers)
7. Before the Samnites: Molise in the eighth and sixth century BC (Alessandro Naso)
8. Ethnicity, identity and state formation in the Latin Landscape. Problems and Approaches (Francesca Fulminante)
9. Ethnicity and identity of the Latins. Evidence from the sanctuaries between the sixth and the fourth centuries BC (Letizia Ceccarelli)
10. Political landscapes and local identities in Archaic central Italy – Interpreting the material from Nepi (VT, Lazio) and Cisterna Grande (Crustumerium, RM, Lazio) (Ulla Rajala)
11. Landscapes and ethnic frontiers in the middle Tiber valley (Gabriele Cifani)
12. The Grotte di Castro project: defining a boundary of identity (Gabriele Cifani, Letizia Ceccarelli and Simon Stoddart)
13. Between text, body and context: expressing Umbrian identity in the landscape (Simon Stoddart)
14. Space, boundaries and the representation of identity in the ancient Veneto (Kathryn Lomas)
15. Identities, Frontiers and Landscapes in the Guadalquivir Valley (Eighth century BC- fourth century BC) (Arturo Ruiz and Manuel Molinos)
16. Landscape and Ethnic Identities in the Iberian Early States: The example of the Eastern Iberian Peninsula (Ignacio Grau Mira)
17. The politics of identity: ethnicity and the economy of power in Iron Age northern Iberia (Alfredo González-ruibal)
18. Changing identities in a changing landscape: social dynamics from a colonial situation in early Iron Age Iberia (Jaime Vives-ferrándiz)
19. Endnote: Situating Ethnicity (Simon Stoddart and Skylar Neil)

Enfermedad, Muerte y Cultura en las Sociedades del Pasado. Actas del VIII Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología (Ed.)

by Javier JIMÉNEZ ÁVILA

With Javier BARCA DURÁN
Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste, Cáceres 2007.
ISBN vol. I: 978-84-611-8504-7
ISBN vol. II: 978-84-611-8505-4

Proceedings of the scientific meeting VIII Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología-I Encuentro hispano-luso de... more Proceedings of the scientific meeting VIII Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología-I Encuentro hispano-luso de Paleopatología, celebrated in Cáceres (Spain) in november 2005 around the subject: the importance of the archaeological context in paleopathological studies. Papers on Iberian and American paleopathology from the Stone Age to the Spanish Civil War.
Pdf file just includes list of contents for the two volumes than have been edited.

Technetos Esoterikos Photismos Sten Hellada Apo Ton 12 Hos Ton 8. Aiona P. Ch

by Dorina Moullou

Technetos Photismos stin Archaia Ellada

by Dorina Moullou

Goedereede-Oude Oostdijk. Een havenplaats uit de Romeinse tijd

by Sidestone Press

by Jasper de Bruin, Guus Besuijen, Hans Siemons & Jeroen van Zoolingen (2012)

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Even ten noorden van Goedereede, in de Oude Oostdijkpolder, bevond zich in de Romeinse tijd een nederzettingsterrein.... more Even ten noorden van Goedereede, in de Oude Oostdijkpolder, bevond zich in de Romeinse tijd een nederzettingsterrein. Hier vonden in de jaren ’50 en ’80 van de twintigste eeuw opgravingen plaats. Middelen voor de uitwerking van de resultaten van het onderzoek ontbraken echter, waardoor jarenlang onduidelijk was wat de omvang en het karakter van de nederzetting was. In 2010-2011 is de vindplaats in het kader van het onderzoeksprogramma Odyssee ontsloten. Hierbij zijn de destijds opgegraven grondsporen en een deel van het vondstmateriaal geanalyseerd.

Het nederzettingsterrein was gelegen aan een bevaarbare kreek, waarlangs de toenmalige bewoners beschoeiingen en kadewerken hebben aangelegd. Andere opvallende elementen zijn de planmatige uitleg van de nederzetting, het voorkomen van pakhuizen en grote hoeveelheden geïmporteerd aardewerk. Op basis van deze gegevens kan gesproken worden van een havenplaats, die functioneerde tussen 85 en 225 na Christus. De nederzetting heeft waarschijnlijk een belangrijke functie gehad in de overslag en distributie van diverse goederen, waaronder keramiek en voedingsgewassen. Tevens gaat het om een van de grotere plaatsen uit de Romeinse tijd in het westen van Nederland. De gegevens van het onderzoek in Goedereede tonen aan dat de grootschalige overslag en distributie van goederen, die heden ten dage het economisch leven in de West-Nederlandse delta domineert, al in de Romeinse tijd een aanvang heeft genomen.

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Via Appia. Cinque secoli di immagini. Un racconto da Porta San Sebastiano al IX miglio, Roma 2009

by Andrea Zocchi

Vivre au-delà du fleuve de l’Oubli

by António José Marques da Silva

BAR S2342 2012: Vivre au-delà du fleuve de l’Oubli: Portrait de la communauté villageoise du Castro de Vieito au moment de l’intégration du Nord-Ouest de la péninsule ibérique dans l’orbis Romanum (estuaire du Rio Lima, NO du Portugal) by António José Marques da Silva. ISBN 9781407309255. £57.00. 434 pages; illustrated throughout; in French with English abstract. Archaeopress.

Review of the book by Gérard Chouquer: http://www.archeogeographie.org/index.php/arpentage/americain/kmz/index.php?rub=presentation/infos/livres/1203

Castro do Vieito is a settlement of a modest size, situated on the left bank of the Lima river estuary in the north... more Castro do Vieito is a settlement of a modest size, situated on the left bank of the Lima river estuary in the north west of Portugal. It was the target of a large scale archaeological rescue operation from 2004 to 2005, one coordinated by the present author. The enormous source of data, completely unpublished until today, that was provided by this unparalleled intervention, is explored here in such a way as to offer the reader a portrait of a village community which lived through the initial phase of the region’s integration within the Roman empire. Castro do Vieito’s setting on a nautical stopping point, close to one of the region’s largest mineral seams, makes it possible to understand the involvement of this settlement in the supply network of the drafted military that controlled the auriferous explorations situated upstream on the river Lima. This privileged relationship with the military occupation force means that this settlement is distinct in many aspects from the others that surrounded it and makes it important in terms of understanding the different dynamics involved in the interaction of the local populations with the Imperial Army. After a first chapter explaining the methodological problems connected with an intervention of this nature and size and spread, as well as the solutions developed to surpass the problems, the following four chapters portray different aspects of the daily life of this community.

Vasi attici figurati. Vasi sicelioti

by Giuseppe Maimone Editore

Sebastiano Barresi e Salvatore Valastro
cm 23x24, pagg. 196,292 ill.
http://www.maimone.it/schedadinam1.asp?CodLib=200011

Il catalogo presenta nel dettaglio un cospicuo numero di vasi attici e sicelioti che hanno costituito uno degli assi... more Il catalogo presenta nel dettaglio un cospicuo numero di vasi attici e sicelioti che hanno costituito uno degli assi portanti delle settecentesche collezioni Biscari e Benedettini, confluite a formare il Museo Civico catanese inaugurato nel 1934. Il raffinato e capillare apparato fotografico e le schede puntuali che lo compongono dà a chiunque la possibilità di accostarsi allo studio e alla comprensione di questi materiali.

SOMMARIO

Presentazioni

Introduzione
Anna Lucia D’Agata

Vasi attici a figure nere
Salvatore Valastro

Schede
Salvatore Valastro

Vasi attici a figure rosse
Sebastiano Barresi

Schede
Sebastiano Barresi

Vasi sicelioti
Sebastiano Barresi

Schede
Sebastiano Barresi

Tavole delle concordanze

Bibliografia

ALYZIA. The Region of Kandela from Prehistory up to the End of Ancient Times. Technical and Defensive Works, Kandela 2011 / ΑΛΥΖΙΑ. Η περιοχή της Κανδήλας από την προϊστορία έως το τέλος των αρχαίων χρόνων. Τα τεχνικά και οχυρωματικά έργα, Κανδήλα 2011.

by Ioannis Moschos

Co-authored with A.K. Portelanos
Συνδημοσίευση με τον Α.Κ. Πορτελάνο

Domus Picta. Le Decorazioni di Casa Bellezza sull'Aventino

by Francesca Boldrighini

Milano, 2003

Arcata.Archeologia e Catalogazione 1. Proposte di terminologia per la catalogazione dei reperti archeologici mobili del Lazio. Elementi architettonici e di rivestimento

by Francesca Boldrighini

Co-autored with: Marilda de Nuccio, Maria Luisa Frandina, Riccardo Fusco, Marina Milella, Paola Pascucci, Stefania Pergola, Stefania Trevisan, Lucrezia Ungaro.

LATE ROMAN HELMET FROM JARAK / KASNOANTIČKI ŠLEM IZ JARKA

by Miroslav Vujovic

Velika Dautova-Ruševljan, Miroslav Vujović, Kasnoantički šlem iz Jarka / Late Roman Helmet from Jarak, Novi Sad 2011.
Appendix I (Physical-Chemical Analysis): Velibor Antić, Milica Stojanović
Appendix II (Conservation and Restoration): Milan Čolović
Publised by: Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad 2011
Serbian (Latinic) / full English translation

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The monograph is devoted to the latest find of the Roman helmet type Berkasovo discovered near Sremska Mitrovica... more The monograph is devoted to the latest find of the Roman helmet type Berkasovo discovered near Sremska Mitrovica (Sirmium) in Serbia. In separate chapters the authors consider in detail the issues of reconstruction, ornamentaal analysis and inscriptions from helmet's gilded silver plating. Physical and chemical analysis of metal sheeting and helmet restoration process are discussed in Appendices.

Διδάσκοντας για το Παρ(ελθ)όν (Teaching about the Past/Present: Archaeology in Schools))

by Kosmas Touloumis

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLANIMETRY OF TARRACO ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE STUDY Chapters 1, 2 and 3

by Josep M. Macias Solé - ICAC

Mythological Images and their Interpretation. Iconology, Semiotics and Image Studies in Ancient Art History.

by Katharina Lorenz

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (under contract).

Colossae in Space and Time. Linking to an Ancient City. Alan H. Cadwallader (Hg.) Michael Trainor (Hg.)

by Bahadır Duman

Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus/ Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 94. ISBN 978-3-525-53397-0

RODANUM. A Study of the Roman Settlement at Aardenburg and its Metal Finds

by Sidestone Press

by Guus Besuijen (2008)

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Beneath the surface of Aardenburg, a small town in the south-western part of the Netherlands, lie the remains of a... more Beneath the surface of Aardenburg, a small town in the south-western part of the Netherlands, lie the remains of a Roman settlement that is presumed to have been named Rodanum. Extensive archaeological excavations from the late 1950’s to the late 1980’s revealed that the Roman settlement was similar in size or even larger than the modern community at this location. Its centre was formed by a large castellum-type fortification wall that enclosed several large stone buildings. The settlement was connected to the sea by a natural watercourse that defined its economic and logistical importance in the region. Rodanum’s military function was to secure the regional coast against attacks by Germanic tribes via the North Sea, which occurred around AD 175. It continued to be inhabited until the late third century or the beginning of the fourth century, after which the settlement was deserted until the early Middle Ages.

The first part of this study provides an overview of Aardenburg during the Roman period, in which its economic and military functions within the region are explored. In particular, the military and civilian character of the town is discussed. The second part contains a study of the metal objects and aims to present significant additional information. This part concludes with a critical review of the current state of research at this site.

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