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Strategies of Remembering in Greece under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD)
Edited by Tamara M. Dijkstra, Inger N.I. Kuin, Muriel Moser & David Weidgenannt | 2017
At the beginning of the first century BC Athens was an independent city bound to Rome through a friendship alliance. By the end of the first century AD the city had been incorporated into the Roman province of Achaea. Along...Engraved Gems
From antiquity to the present
Edited by Ben van den Bercken & Vivian Baan | 2017
Many are no larger than a fingertip. They are engraved with symbols, magic spells and images of gods, animals and emperors. These stones were used...APL 47 - EXCERPTA ARCHAEOLOGICA LEIDENSIA II
Edited by Hans Kamermans & Corrie Bakels | 2017
This is second volume called Exerpta Archaeologica Leidensia and again it is a collection of papers written by staff members of the Faculty of Archaeology. It gives a good overview in time and space of the kind of research the...The Canino Connections
The history and restoration of ancient Greek vases from the excavations of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino (1775-1840)
Edited by Ruurd Binnert Halbertsma | 2017
Starting in the year 1828, Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, unearthed more than 2000 Greek vases on his estate near the ancient Etruscan town of...Nineveh, the Great City
Symbol of Beauty and Power
Edited by Lucas P. Petit, & Daniele Morandi Bonacossi | 2017
‘Well, as for Nineveh, skipper, it was wiped out long ago. There’s not a trace of it left, and one can’t even guess where it...European Archaeology: Identities & Migrations
Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations
Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger, Anick Coudart | 2017
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society....The Roman Villa at Maasbracht
The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands)
Edited by W.K. Vos, Corrie Bakels & T.A. Goossens | 2017
In the Dutch archaeological community, the Roman Villa of Maasbracht has become famous for the beautiful remains of murals that have survived to this day....Au fil de l’os
Économie et société chez les Rèmes et les Suessions par le prisme de l’archéozoologie
Pierre-Emmanuel Paris | 2016
Dans les Commentaires de la guerre des Gaules de César, le terme d’”oppidum” – qui désigne dans ces écrits toute forme d’agglomération fortifiée – est...Rome aan de Noordzee
Burgers en barbaren te Velsen
Arjen V.A.J. Bosman | 2016
2000 jaar geleden waren het roerige tijden in Nederland. De zuidelijke Nederlanden waren nog maar enkele tientallen jaren geleden veroverd door de Romeinen toen ze...Fernweh
Crossing borders and connecting people in archaeological heritage management. Essays in honour of prof. Willem J.H. Willems
Edited by Monique H. van den Dries, Sjoerd J. van der Linde & Amy Strecker | 2015
‘Fernweh’ is a collection of essays on archaeological heritage management issues dedicated to Professor dr. Willem J.H. Willems.
Willem Willems (1950-2014) was one of...Carthage. Fact and Myth
Edited by Roald Docter, Ridha Boussoffara & Pieter ter Keurs | 2015
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean....Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 45
Edited by Corrie Bakels & Hans Kamermans | 2015
This volume is a collection of papers written by staff members of the Faculty of Archaeology and presents a good overview in time and space of the kind of research the Institute in Leiden is doing. The time periods vary...Tying the Threads of Eurasia
Trans-regional Routes and Material Flows in Transcaucasia, eastern Anatolia and western Central Asia, c.3000-1500BC
Toby C. Wilkinson | 2014
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating...Ritual Failure
Archaeological Perspectives
Edited by Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri & Jeff Sanders | 2013
‘Ritual Failure’ is a new concept in archaeology adopted from the discipline of anthropology. Resilient religious systems disappearing, strict believers and faithful practitioners not performing...Domus Augustana
Investigating the ‘Sunken Peristyle’ on the Palatine Hill / Neue Forschungen zum ‘Versenkten Peristyl’ auf dem Palatin
Natascha Sojc | 2013
Neue Forschungen zum ‘Versenkten Peristyl’ auf dem Palatin
Von 2005 bis 2010 untersuchte ein internationales Forscherteam einen zentralen Bereich der römischen Kaiserpaläste auf dem...Het handgevormde aardewerk uit de ijzertijd en de Romeinse tijd van Oss-Ussen
Studies naar typochronologie, technologie en herkomst
Peter van den Broeke | 2012
De vaak honderden aardewerkfragmenten die in Oss-Ussen werden aangetroffen in waterputten, kuilen, greppels en huisplattegronden vormden het aangrijpingspunt voor een studie naar het aardewerk uit...The End Of Our Fifth Decade
Edited by Corrie Bakels & Hans Kamermans | 2012
In 2012 it was 50 years ago that the initial independent core of the Faculty of Archaeology was founded. On the occasion of this 50th anniversary the Board of the Faculty of Archaeology has asked the editors of the Analecta...Goedereede-Oude Oostdijk
Een havenplaats uit de Romeinse tijd
Jasper de Bruin, Guus Besuijen, Hans Siemons & Jeroen van Zoolingen | 2012
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...Cadastres, Misconceptions & Northern Gaul
A case study from the Belgian Hesbaye region
Rick Bonnie | 2009
A Roman cadastre is a particular form of land allotment which looks like a chequerboard. It was implemented by the Romans in regions throughout the...RODANUM
A Study of the Roman Settlement at Aardenburg and its Metal Finds
Guus Besuijen | 2008
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...Native Neighbours
Local settlement system and social structure in the roman period at Oss (the Netherlands)
Dieke A. Wesseling | 2000
Since the Bronze Age, and possibly even before that, people occupied the area around Oss. They built timber farmhouses, worked fields, herded cattle, and buried...Wetland Farming in the area to the south of the Meuse estuary during the Iron age and Roman period
An environmental and palaeo-economic reconstruction
Otto Brinkkemper | 1991
This volume presents a reconstruction of the habitation and rural economy in an area south of the Meuse estuary during the Pre-Roman Iron Age and...Debating Religious Space and Place in the Early Medieval World (c. AD 300-1000)
Edited by Chantal Bielmann and Brittany Thomas | Forthcoming
Religious spaces are often some of the most debated, contested, or otherwise scrutinized in the early medieval world. That space and place were important to people in the past is evident in their architecture, artwork, literature, and in their cemeteries...Seafaring and Seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
A. Bernard Knapp | Forthcoming
Seafaring is a mode of travel, a way to traverse maritime space that enables not only the transport of goods and materials but also of people and ideas — communicating and sharing knowledge across the sea and between different lands....
