Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Claudia Glatz, Daniel Calderbank, Francesca Chelazzi, Salah Mohammed Sameen (et al.) | 2024
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until…

Appropriating Height
Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
Edited by Sepideh Maziar & Barbara Helwing | 2024
The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, examining the interplay between human communities and highland landscapes from the Paleolithic era to the…

The Archaeology of the ‘Margins’
Studies on Ancient West Asia in Honour of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Jo-Hannah Plug | 2024
This book is a tribute to the remarkable achievements of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans in the archaeology of West Asia. A focus on previously overlooked periods and regions has been the hallmark of his work. Instead…

Let a cow-skin be brought
Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun’s Tomb
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2024
One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the…

Supplying the Roman Empire (LIMES XXV volume 4)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 4
Edited by Harry van Enckevort, Mark Driessen, Erik Graafstal, Tom Hazenberg, Tatiana Ivleva and Carol van Driel-Murray | 2024
This publication – Supplying the Roman Empire – is the fourth volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with various aspects of the supply and provisioning of the Roman empire, and the role…

Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontier (LIMES XXV volume 2)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 2
Edited by Harry van Enckevort, Mark Driessen, Erik Graafstal, Tom Hazenberg, Tatiana Ivleva and Carol van Driel-Murray (eds) | 2024
This publication – Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontiers – is the second volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with the following themes: Roman military activities during the Republic; the early…

Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | 2024
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…

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Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Claudia Glatz, Daniel Calderbank, Francesca Chelazzi, Salah Mohammed Sameen (et al.) | 2024
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until…

Appropriating Height
Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
Edited by Sepideh Maziar & Barbara Helwing | 2024
The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, examining the interplay between human communities and highland landscapes from the Paleolithic era to the…

The Archaeology of the ‘Margins’
Studies on Ancient West Asia in Honour of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Jo-Hannah Plug | 2024
This book is a tribute to the remarkable achievements of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans in the archaeology of West Asia. A focus on previously overlooked periods and regions has been the hallmark of his work. Instead…

Let a cow-skin be brought
Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun’s Tomb
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2024
One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the…

Supplying the Roman Empire (LIMES XXV volume 4)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 4
Edited by Harry van Enckevort, Mark Driessen, Erik Graafstal, Tom Hazenberg, Tatiana Ivleva and Carol van Driel-Murray | 2024
This publication – Supplying the Roman Empire – is the fourth volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with various aspects of the supply and provisioning of the Roman empire, and the role…

Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontier (LIMES XXV volume 2)
Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 2
Edited by Harry van Enckevort, Mark Driessen, Erik Graafstal, Tom Hazenberg, Tatiana Ivleva and Carol van Driel-Murray (eds) | 2024
This publication – Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontiers – is the second volume of the LIMES XXV’s congress proceedings and deals with the following themes: Roman military activities during the Republic; the early…

Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | 2024
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…

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