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First synthesis of the archaeology of the historic periods in the Bannu region. E
THE LOST DARK AGE KINGDOM OF RHEGED: THE DISCOVERY OF A ROYAL STRONGHOLD AT TRUSTY’S HILL, GALLOWAY RONAN TOOLIS November, hb, £22.50, 9781785703119
Presents new archaeological evidence for the presence of a royal stronghold in Rheged kingdom. E
DEATH AS A PROCESS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN FUNERAL J PEARCE November, pb, £28.50, 9781785703232
Presents new archaeological evidence of ritual sequence in death and burial in the Roman world. E
ARCHAEOLOGIES OF WASTE: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNWANTED DANIEL SOSNA December, pb, £27, 9781785703270 Major new multi-disciplinary exploration of the relationship between waste and human societies. E
THE TOMB OF SENNEFERI, PHARAOH’S CHANCELLOR, AT THEBES (TT99) NIGEL STRUDWICK July, hb, £52.50, 9781785703317 Fascinating account of the life, career and tomb of Senneferi, Chancellor to Thutmose III. E
CARE IN THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES LINDSAY POWELL December, pb, £28.50, 9781785703355
Presents new research into the provision of care in past societies. E
EXCAVATIONS AT MILLA SKERRA, SANDWICK: RYTHMNS OF LIFE ON IRON AGE UNST OLIVIA LELONG December, hb, £18.75, 9781785703430 Reveals the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of successive Iron Age communities. E
NEOLITHIC STEPPING STONES: EXCAVATION AND SURVEY WITHIN THE WESTERN SEAWAYS OF BRITAIN, 2008-2014 DUNCAN GARROW
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December, pb, £28.50, 9781785703478
Exploration of key themes concerning the Mesolithic– Neolithic transition in Britain’s western seaway region. E
UNDERGROUND ARCHAEOLOGY: STUDIES ON HUMAN BONES AND ARTEFACTS FROM IRELAND’S CAVES MARION DOWD October, hb, £36, 9781785703515
Presents new perspectives on the use and perception of caves in the past. E
LIFE AND DEATH IN ASIA MINOR IN HELLENISTIC, ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TIMES: STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY J RASMUS BRANDT September, hb, £48.75, 9781785703591
A sophisticated picture of life and death in 200 BC–AD 1300 Asia Minor. E
THE VIKING WAY: RELIGION AND WAR IN THE LATER IRON AGE OF SCANDINAVIA NEIL PRICE October, hb, £22.50, 9781842172605 This book examines the evidence for Old Norse sorcery, looking at its meaning. E
OXFORD CENTRE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY
THE STATUETTES AND AMULETTES OF THONIS- HERACLEION SANDA S HEINZ September, hb, £45, 9781905905355 A catalogue and analysis of 329 Late and Ptolemaic period votive statuettes and amulets. E
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1777: TIPPING POINT AT SARATOGA DEAN R SNOW November, hb, £22.99, 9780190618759 Tipping Point at Saratoga provides a detailed narrative of the Saratoga campaign. E
PINDAR PRESS
DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CELTIC METALWORK
NIAMH WHITFIELD December, hb, £150, 9781904597339
Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. E
REAKTION BOOKS
LOST CIVILIZATIONS SERIES THE PERSIANS: LOST CIVILIZATIONS GEOFFREY PARKER; BRENDA PARKER November, hb, £15, 9781780236506
Explores the rise and fall of the great civilisations and peoples of the ancient world. E
THAMES & HUDSON
THE TALE OF THE AXE: HOW THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION TRANSFORMED BRITAIN DAVID MILES August, hb, £19.95, 9780500051863 An accessible account of Britain’s Neolithic Revolution by the former chief archaeologist of English Heritage.
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE PAPYRUS OF SOBEKMOSE P F O’ROURKE August, hb, £24.95, 9780500051887
The first-ever translation of this important ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.
GIZA AND THE PYRAMIDS: THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE BY THE WORLD’S LEADING EXPERTS ZAHI A HAWASS; MARK LEHNER September, hb, £75, 9780500051894 Giza and the Pyramids is the definitive account of the world’s greatest archaeological monument by the site’s leading authorities.
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO
BAISC K’ICHEE’ GRAMMAR: THIRTY-EIGHT LESSONS, REVISED EDITION JAMES L MONDLOCH October, hb, £52, 9781607323891 An extensive and accurate survey of the principle grammatical structures of K’ichee’ languages. E
STONES, BONES, AND PROFILES: EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT, EARLY AMERICAN HUNTER- GATHERERS, AND BISON MARCEL KORNFELD; BRUCE HUCKELL September, hb, £68, 9781607324522
Addresses key and cutting- edge research of the three pillars of hunter-gatherer archaeology. E
GENDERED LABOR IN SPECIALIZED ECONOMIES: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEMALE AND MALE WORK SOPHIA E KELLY; TRACI ARDREN EDS November, hb, £62, 9781607324829 Reassesses the connection between craft specialisation and the work that men and women performed. E
CHOL (MAYAN) FOLKTALES: A COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE MODERN MAYA OF SOUTHERN MEXICO NICHOLAS A HOPKINS; J KATHRYN JOSSERAND; AUSENCIO CRUZ GUZMÁN September, pb, £20, 9781607324874 Chol (Mayan) Folktales deftly combines high-quality and thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation. E
ARCHAEOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND INTERPRETATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ALAN P SULLIVAN III; DEBORAH IRENE OLSZEWSKI December, hb, £54, 9781607324935 Iillustrates various
approaches for understanding the origins of a wide range of archaeological phenomena. E
HOW HUMANS COOPERATE: CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION RICHARD E BLANTON; LANE F FARGHER December, hb, £61, 9781607325130 Investigates human co- operation developed from the vantage point of an “anthropological imagination”. E
GENDERED LABOR IN SPECIALIZED ECONOMIES:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEMALE AND MALE WORK SOPHIA E KELLY; TRACI ARDREN EDS November, pb, £25, 9781607325208 Reassesses the connection between craft specialisation and the work that men and women performed. E
BAISC K’ICHEE’ GRAMMAR: THIRTY-EIGHT LESSONS, REVISED EDITION JAMES L MONDLOCH October, pb, £21, 9781607325307 An extensive and accurate survey of the principle grammatical structures of K’ichee’ languages. E
WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY
BETWEEN AND BEYOND THE MONUMENTS: PREHISTORIC ACTIVITY ON THE DOWNLANDS SOUTH-EAST OF AMESBURY. ANDREW POWELL November, hb, £30, 9781874350903 Describes all features of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age date. E
QUEEN MARY’S HOSPITAL, CHARSHALTON ANDREW POWELL August, pb, £15, 9781874350941 Excavations just outside a large Late Bronze Age ringwork at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton. E
AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETRY AT COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS, WILTSHIRE KIRSTEN EGGING DINWIDDY July, pb, £25, 9781911137009
Reveals almost the full extent of a late 5th–7th century cemetery. E
ALONG PREHISTORIC LINES: NEOLITHIC, IRON AGE AND ROMANO- BRITISH ACTIVITY AT THE FORMER MOD HEADQUARTERS, DURRINGTON, WILTSHIRE STEVE THOMPSON; ANDREW POWELL September, pb, £15, 9781911137047 Along Prehistoric Lines reveals the discoveries made during the excavation in Durrington, Wiltshire. E
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