ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration

Edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl | 2025

The Iranian highlands are characterized by very special resource conditions: although being dominated in large parts by aridity, the presence of ecological niches and specific weather phenomena, along with rich deposits of minerals and raw…



Silver Beyond Empire

The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe

Edited by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Andreas Rau & Martin Goldberg | 2025

Power and prestige in Europe during the first millennium AD were predominantly expressed in two portable materials: silver and gold. These precious metals underpinned the emergence of early Medieval kingdoms in Europe by providing the…



Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula

Inhabited – Abandoned – Re(dis)covered

Edited by Stephanie Döpper, Birgit Mershen, Josephine Kanditt, Irini Biezeveld & Thomas Schmidt-Lux | 2025

Caught between the poles of remembering and forgetting, glorification and neglect, the abandoned mudbrick settlements (ḥārāt) of Oman are a vital object of conflicting processes of interpretation and negotiation. Adopting a diachronic perspective, the multi-disciplinary…



The Schliemann Eastern Odyssey in 19th-Century China and Japan

A Complete Transcription and Translation

Edited by Meilin Lyu & Yun Shi | 2025

Heinrich Schliemann, a successful trader and amateur archaeologist who excavated Troy and Mycenae, kept multilingual diaries during his many travels around the world. In 1864, he set aside his trading business and embarked upon a…



Archaeology Of Coastal Settlements / Archéologie des peuplements littoraux

HOMER 2021 Conference

Edited by Catherine Dupont, Anna Baudry & Marie-Yvane Daire | 2025

This volume presents the proceedings of the HOMER 2021 international conference, held in September/October 2021 on the Island of Oléron, France. The conference focused on recent advances in coastal and island archaeology across a wide…



An Archaeological Portrait of Life in a Bronze Age Cypriot Village

Scientific Explorations at Politiko-Troullia

Steven E. Falconer and Patricia L. Fall | 2025

Archaeological research conducted at Politko-Troullia, Cyprus offers a portrait of life in a prehistoric Cypriot village during the formative centuries preceding the first cities on the island. We tell the story of an international team…



Heligoland Flint in Prehistoric Europe

Characteristics, Typology, Distribution, Symbolism and Provenance

Jaap Beuker, Erik Drenth, Klaus Hirsch, Moritz Mennenga & Martin Segschneider | 2025

During a considerable part of prehistory stone tools were indispensable. Flint in particular had properties that made it very suitable for making razor-sharp implements and could often, but not always, be collected locally. Hunters, gatherers…



ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration

Edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl | 2025

The Iranian highlands are characterized by very special resource conditions: although being dominated in large parts by aridity, the presence of ecological niches and specific weather phenomena, along with rich deposits of minerals and raw…



Silver Beyond Empire

The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe

Edited by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Andreas Rau & Martin Goldberg | 2025

Power and prestige in Europe during the first millennium AD were predominantly expressed in two portable materials: silver and gold. These precious metals underpinned the emergence of early Medieval kingdoms in Europe by providing the…



Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula

Inhabited – Abandoned – Re(dis)covered

Edited by Stephanie Döpper, Birgit Mershen, Josephine Kanditt, Irini Biezeveld & Thomas Schmidt-Lux | 2025

Caught between the poles of remembering and forgetting, glorification and neglect, the abandoned mudbrick settlements (ḥārāt) of Oman are a vital object of conflicting processes of interpretation and negotiation. Adopting a diachronic perspective, the multi-disciplinary…



The Schliemann Eastern Odyssey in 19th-Century China and Japan

A Complete Transcription and Translation

Edited by Meilin Lyu & Yun Shi | 2025

Heinrich Schliemann, a successful trader and amateur archaeologist who excavated Troy and Mycenae, kept multilingual diaries during his many travels around the world. In 1864, he set aside his trading business and embarked upon a…



Archaeology Of Coastal Settlements / Archéologie des peuplements littoraux

HOMER 2021 Conference

Edited by Catherine Dupont, Anna Baudry & Marie-Yvane Daire | 2025

This volume presents the proceedings of the HOMER 2021 international conference, held in September/October 2021 on the Island of Oléron, France. The conference focused on recent advances in coastal and island archaeology across a wide…



An Archaeological Portrait of Life in a Bronze Age Cypriot Village

Scientific Explorations at Politiko-Troullia

Steven E. Falconer and Patricia L. Fall | 2025

Archaeological research conducted at Politko-Troullia, Cyprus offers a portrait of life in a prehistoric Cypriot village during the formative centuries preceding the first cities on the island. We tell the story of an international team…



Heligoland Flint in Prehistoric Europe

Characteristics, Typology, Distribution, Symbolism and Provenance

Jaap Beuker, Erik Drenth, Klaus Hirsch, Moritz Mennenga & Martin Segschneider | 2025

During a considerable part of prehistory stone tools were indispensable. Flint in particular had properties that made it very suitable for making razor-sharp implements and could often, but not always, be collected locally. Hunters, gatherers…






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