Princeton University Press, 1992. — 528 p. This is an anthropological study of the role of hieroglyphic writing in the prehispanic Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Maya states. First, Joyce Marcus compares the four systems with regard to eight major themes: calendrics, the naming of nobles, the naming of places, royal marriages, accession to the throne, divine ancestors, warfare,...
Edition Topoi, 2020. — 436 p. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 61). This volume explores the versatility of the concept of pneuma in philosophical and medical theories in the wake of Aristotle’s physics. It offers fourteen separate studies of how the concept of pneuma was used in a range of physical, physiological, psychological, cosmological and ethical inquiries. The...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 384 p. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 64). Archaeometric ceramic analysis has a long tradition. The work presented here by a research group of the Excellence Cluster Topoi focuses on the relation ships between project design, methods utilized, and achieved results in focus. The concepts of the described projects were developed together in the...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 287 p. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 67). Glas ist das erste von Menschen hergestellte Material, das nicht in der Natur vorkommt. Als Endprodukt eines komplexen Herstellungsprozesses hat Glas auch keine Ähnlichkeit mit den Ausgangsmaterialien. Glas wird in der Bronzezeit im östlichen Mittelmeerraum erfunden und als künstlicher Edelstein u.a. für...
Archaeopress, 2024. — 180 p. Across many regions, the materiality of rural settlements, particularly their domestic context, tends to be poorly studied and represented. Furthermore, between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (4th to 12th centuries), the countryside was greatly transformed: changing settlement patterns, trade routes and connections all contributed to the...
Archaeopress, 2024. — 108 p. On the Paths of Prehistory presents research on the settlements of the area of Milena in central-southern Sicily (Italy), home to settlements dating from the Neolithic period to the Middle Ages. The author’s archaeological investigations employ integrated remote sensing methodologies to correlate settlement strategies within the particular...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 260 p. Este volumen presenta una reflexión crítica sobre el concepto de patrimonio cultural y su asociación con la práctica arqueológica en México durante el siglo XIX. La pregunta central que aborda es: ¿cuáles fueron condiciones históricas que posibilitaron el desarrollo de un conjunto de relaciones particulares entre las comprensiones emergentes de la...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 180 p. The rebellion of Hermenegild and his conversion form one of the most controversial and darkest episodes in the history of Spain. Even at the time, this event was the subject of widely differing interpretations which influenced subsequent versions. Today, there is still no consensus among researchers on the real reasons for the crisis that finally...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 176 p. This book examines the figure of Duke Theudemir, one of the last great nobles of the Kingdom of Toledo, and the impact of his career on the transfer of power between the Visigothic nobility and the Arab conquerors. In the historical record, Theudemir appears as the archetypal ambitious aristocrat involved in the complex political intrigues that led...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 418 p. — (Historical Archaeologies Series). Archaeology of Public Estates draws on the results of research conducted in the last few years in Tuscany’s Maremma region as part of an ERC-Advanced project, nEU-Med, at the same time as reinterpreting previous findings from the last few decades, with the aim of identifying the material 'markers' of royal...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 194 p. Proceedings of the Workshop Held in Oxford, 21-22 March 2023 Throughout the centuries of classical, Graeco-Roman history, India had strong connections with the world of the Mediterranean and Western Asia, sometimes by land or as a result of direct conquest, at other times through the maritime links of the Indian Ocean. In the Hellenistic and Roman...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 368 p. Iron and the Iron Age presents a comprehensive account of the adoption of ironworking in Europe and Western Asia. The study is mainly based on archaeological evidence, but the early introduction of iron in the Near East also takes account of the written sources. After the fundamental innovation of iron production by smelting iron ores, iron use...
Archaeopress, 2025. — 304 S. Im 6. Jhd. v.u.Z. etabliert sich mit dem Zusammenbruch des Neuassyrischen Reiches an vielen Stellen in Nordmesopotamien und dem angrenzenden Zagros-Gebirge eine neue Form des Zusammenlebens: Squattersiedlungen. Einst monumentale Strukturen scheinen ihre Bedeutung als elitäre Orte zu verlieren und nun für häusliche Zwecke genutzt zu werden. In dieser...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2022. — 510 p. Katharina Schmidt with contributions by H. Blitte, H.-M. Jakubik, B. Jansen, A. Lichtenberger, B. Meller, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, K. Schmidt, F. Schöpf, B. Schröder, S. Shammas, B. Springer-Ferazin and E. Strothenke-Koch The settlement mound of Tall Zirā’a, located in Wādī al-‘Arab in Jordan, was continuously inhabited for at least 5,000...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2021. — 1016 p. Katja Soennecken and Patrick Leiverkus with contributions by Benjamin Schröder, Stefanie Hoss, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Avi Shmida, Sabine Kraushaar and Marwan Al-Raggad The settlement mound of Tall Zirā’a, located in Wādī al-‘Arab in Jordan, was continuously inhabited for at least 5,000 years and provides unique insights into the lives...
De Gruyter, 2025. — 96 S. — (Hans-Lietzmann-Vorlesungen 22). Jerusalem gehört zu den am besten ausgegrabenen Städten der Erde. Dennoch (und vielleicht auch gerade deswegen) sind zahlreiche Fragen offen und bedürfen einer Lösung durch archäologische Ausgrabungen. Im Südwesten der Heiligen Stadt erhebt sich einer der geschichtsträchtigsten Hügel Jerusalems – der Zionsberg. Mit...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2022. — 804 p. Katja Soennecken with contributions by Dieter Vieweger, Hans-Martin Jakubik, Benjamin Schröder, Andrea Schwermer, Jutta Häser, Reinhard Jung, Hans Mommsen, Luisa Goldammer, Jane Gaastra, Jeremy Beller, Haskel Greenfield The settlement mound of Tall Zirā’a, located in Wādī al-‘Arab in Jordan, was continuously inhabited for at least 5,000...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2020. — 452 p. Frauke Henkel and Stefanie Hoss The settlement mound of Tall Zirā’a, located in Wādī al-‘Arab in Jordan, was continuously inhabited for at least 5,000 years and provides unique insights into the lives of the people of this region. An artesian spring at its center has created optimal settlement conditions for millennia, making the site of...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2019. — 598 p. Dieter Vieweger, with contributions by Andrea Schwermer The second volume of the excavation report presents finds from Strata 25-17 of Tall Zirā'a, which document the settlement of the tell between the Early Bronze Age II/III and the Middle Bronze Age IIB. A landslide destroyed the western part of the settlement during Stratum 16 (before...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2017. — 292 p. Edited by: Dieter Vieweger and Jutta Häser The settlement mound of Tall Zirā’a, located in Wādī al-‘Arab in Jordan, was continuously inhabited for at least 5,000 years and provides unique insights into the lives of the people of this region. An artesian spring at its center has created optimal settlement conditions for millennia, making...
Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2012. — 602 S. Dieter Viewegers Einleitung in die Archäologie Palästinas vermittelt in 12 Kapiteln grundlegende Informationen über archäologische Methoden und Entdeckungen. Grafiken, Landkarten, zahlreiche Abbildungen, Literaturhinweise, eine umfassende Zeittafel und ein deutsch-arabisch-hebräisches Vokabular für Ausgrabungen erschließen den Stoff...
Archaeopress, 2016. — 323 p. A Collection of Essays from a Workshop on the Church of the Redeemer and its Vicinity held on 8th/9th September 2014 in Jerusalem The Muristan is situated in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem and was a prime property in medieval times with numerous churches, a hospice, and a large hospital complex. This monograph contains fifteen chapters...
De Gruyter, 2024. — 95 S. — (Hans-Lietzmann-Vorlesungen 22). Jerusalem gehört zu den am besten ausgegrabenen Städten der Erde. Dennoch (und vielleicht auch gerade deswegen) sind zahlreiche Fragen offen und bedürfen einer Lösung durch archäologische Ausgrabungen. Im Südwesten der Heiligen Stadt erhebt sich einer der geschichtsträchtigsten Hügel Jerusalems – der Zionsberg. Mit...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 334 p. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 75). The aim of the second workshop on the use of portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) organized by the Cluster of Excellence TOPOI was to exchange experiences and discuss the basic requirements for the use of pXRF as a tool for chemical analysis of archaeological ceramics. During two days, 49...
De Gruyter, 2025. — 304 p. — (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes 181). The objective of this edited volume is to bring together contributions from the fields of Ancient Greek and Latin Philology that apply the cognitive linguistic framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) to ancient texts and other source material. The individual chapters are unified by this shared...
MDPI, 2025. — 248 p. This volume brings together cutting-edge research on the syntax-discourse interface, featuring eleven studies by prominent scholars that address the widely debated issue of the relationship between syntax and pragmatics. The focus is on which pragmatic features and categories should be projected in syntax in order to provide formal explanations for...
Brill, 2025. — 114 p. — (Brill Research Perspectives in Linguistics 8). Cognitive semantics is a relatively new field whose central concern is how language structures conceptual content. This book aims to approach the field comprehensively and outline its main contours. It both summarizes previous research and presents novel analyses. The main issues it covers range from...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2025. — 1076 p. — (Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics 7). This volume is the first full-fledged handbook of Japanese dialects in English. The study of Japanese dialects has a long tradition, and significant contributions have been made in many subfields of linguistics such as geolinguistics, sociolinguistics, philology, phonology, accentology,...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2025. — 928 p. — (The World of Linguistics 12). The handbook provides a thorough survey of the languages pertaining to the Mesoamerican culture region, including a wealth of new research on synchronic structures and historical linguistics of lesser known languages, also including sign languages. The volume moreover features overviews of recent research on...
De Gruyter, 2023. — 332 p. — (Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics 2). The studies presented in this volume deal with numerous and often undervalued aspects of multilingualism in Ancient Europe and the Mediterranean. Primarily, but not exclusively, they explore the impact of the great transnational languages, Greek and Latin, on numerous indigenous languages: the...
De Gruyter, 2023. — 710 p. — (Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics 1). There is a long-standing debate over the relation of historical linguistics and classical philology, especially within the purview of the renewed interest in it during the last decades and the recent trends that characterize philological and linguistic studies. Ever since its appearance in the...
De Gruyter, 2024. — 329 p. — (Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics 4). The present volume collects contributions given at the First Postclassical Greek Conference Cologne (March 24–26, 2021), dealing with different topics related to the Greek language of the Postclassical period. In particular, it addresses the following issues: diachrony of the Greek language (e.g....
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 220 p. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 74). The relationship between humans, their landscapes, and the natural environment is complex and underlies mutual non-material and material fluxes. Especially challenging is the attempt to reconstruct this relationship in order to understand the role and relevance of Space and Knowledge of Ancient...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 297 S. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 76.1). Bei Griechen und Römern war es üblich, die Stunden, die den Zeitraum von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang unterteilten, an Sonnenuhren abzulesen. Es waren Messinstrumente, die von griechischen Wissenschaftlern ersonnen wurden. Sie offenbaren eine intensive Auseinandersetzung mit astronomischen...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 380 S. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 76.2). Bei Griechen und Römern war es üblich, die Stunden, die den Zeitraum von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang unterteilten, an Sonnenuhren abzulesen. Es waren Messinstrumente, die von griechischen Wissenschaftlern ersonnen wurden. Sie offenbaren eine intensive Auseinandersetzung mit astronomischen...
Edition Topoi, 2019. — 316 S. — (Topoi: Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 71). Zahlreiche schriftquellen des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit zeugen von der Auseinandersetzung mit dem antiken Stadtraum Roms, seinen Monumenten, Statuen, Inschriften und Denkmälern. Die vorliegende Studie legt den Fokus auf die periegetische Erfassung Roms in nachantiker Zeit, denn mit dem...
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024. — 358 p. — (Studies in Language Companion Series 235). This book discusses patterns of predication and their grammatical and semantic implications in a variety of African languages. It covers several prominent topics about predication in the languages, including locative predication, expressions of tense, aspect, and mood in relation to...
Schweizerischer Burgenverein, 2003. — 588 S. — (Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters 28). Die Burg Zug hat in ihrer mehr als achthundertjährigen Geschichte ein wechselvolles Schicksal erlebt. Ein grosser Teil des heute noch erhaltenen Gebäudekomplexes wurde ab dem 12. Jh. als Herrschaftssitz erbaut, entwickelte sich seit dem Spätmittelalter...
Walter-Verlag, 1989. — 185 S. — (Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters 16). Die von 1973 bis 1977 dauernden Ausgrabungen bildeten den dritten Anlauf zur archäologischen Erforschung der Frohburg. Werner Meyer legt in diesem Band den Verlauf und die Ergebnisse dieser Grabungen dar. Nach dem Aufzeigen der Forschungsgeschichte werden die...
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2024. — 682 S. — (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 31). 16. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentagvom 5. bis 7. Oktober 2023 in Halle (Saale) 16th Archaeological Conference of Central German October 5–7, 2023 in Halle (Saale) Welchen Wert hatten Beile und Äxte in prähistorischen Gesellschaften – waren sie...
Walter-Verlag, 1984. — 196 S. — (Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters 11). Dieser Band enthält Berichte über die Ausgrabungen und Bauuntersuchungen mehrerer Burgen in der «Urschweiz». Es werden sechs Orte vorgestellt: Burgruine Attinghausen, Burgruine Seedorf, Zwing Uri, Gesslerburg, Schwanau und Landenberg ob Sarnen. Im Abschlusskapitel...
Walter-Verlag, 1981. — 177 S. — (Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters 8). Mit Beitragen von Heinz Buhler, Adolf Layer, Roger Sablonier, Alfred Haberle, Werner Meyer, Karl Keller, Ferdinand Elsener, Dietrich Schwarz, Hans Klaui und Jakob Obrecht Anlässlich des 800-Jahr-Jubiläums der Ersterwähnung von Winterthur von 1180 veranstaltete der...
Propylaeum, 2025. — 239 S. Mit dem 7. Band der Tübinger SNG (Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Deutschland) Reihe werden die römischen Provinzmünzen aus Ägypten in der Tübinger Sammlung des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie veröffentlicht. Der Katalog umfasst 1170 Münzen – Prägungen von Augustus bis Diokletian aus Alexandria sowie Gaumünzen –, welche nach neuesten...
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2023. — 346 p. — (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 28). 15. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 6. bis 8. Oktober 2022 in Halle (Saale) 15th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany October 6–8, 2022 in Halle (Saale) Relationships between people have always been the basis of social coexistence....
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 1989. — 555 p. — (Studies in African Archaeology 2). Albert J. Ammerman - The use of Landsat imagery for reconnaissance work in the Sahara Hugh Doggett - A suggested history of the crops common to Ethiopia and India Willem van Neer - Fishing along the prehistoric Nile Kimball Morgan Banks - The appearance and spread of cattle-keeping in Saharan...
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 1992. — 260 s. — (Studies in African Archaeology 3). Wczesnoneolityczne stanowisko Kadero 1 Kwestia gospodarki w późnym paleolicie (około 40000 - 8000 p.n.e.) Okres rozwiniętej gospodarki przyswajalnej (około 8000 - 4900 p.n.e.) Początki gospodarki wytwórczej (około 4900 - 3800 p.n.e.) Przemiany gospodarcze w czwartym tysiącleciu przed naszą erą...
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 1993. — 504 p. — (Studies in African Archaeology 4). Graeme Barker - The UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey: environmental change and human settlement in Tripolitania Krystyna Wasylikowa - Plant macrofossils from the archaeological sites of Uan Muhuggiag and Ti-n-Torha, Southwestern Libya Mieczysław F. Pazdur - Evaluation of radiocarbon dates of organic...
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 1996. — 500 p. — (Studies in African Archaeology 5). Andrea Manzo - Social complexity and cultural contacts in Northeastern Africa between 3000 and 1000 B.C.: a provisional model Andrew B. Smith - The Near Eastern connection II: cultural contacts with the Nile Delta and the Sahara Barbara E. Barich, Barbaro Cecilia Conati, Carlo Giraudi - The...
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 2020. — 430 s. — (Studies in African Archaeology 6). Ogólna charakterystyka materiałów źródłowych Analiza technologiczno–typologiczna ceramiki Analiza chronologiczna materiałów ceramicznych Klasyfikacja typologiczna ceramiki Geneza i rozwój neolitycznej wytwórczości garncarskiej w środkowym Sudanie Miejsce ceramiki środkowego Sudanu w wytwórczości...
Poznan Archaeological Museum, 2000. — 280 p. — (Studies in African Archaeology 7). Barbara E. Barich, Fekri A. Hassan - A stratified sequence from Wadi el-Obeiyd, Farafra new data on subsistence and chronology of the Egyptian Western Desert Heiko Riemer - Regenfeld 96/1: Great Sand Sea and the question of human settlement on whaleback dunes Louis Chaix, Martine Faure, Claude...