Larger than Life
The Ommerschans hoard and the role of giant swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC)
Edited by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz & David Fontijn | 2024
In 1896 a remarkable hoard was discovered near Ommerschans in the eastern Netherlands that included a spectacular object: a giant bronze sword. It was obtained by the landowner and kept by a forester, until it…
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…
Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie
Der linienbandkeramische Fundplatz Lietzow 10 im Havelland, Brandenburg
Edited by Wiebke Kirleis, Andrea Hahn-Weishaupt, Mara Weinelt & Susanne Jahns | 2024
Bei einer Ausgrabung im havelländischen Lietzow in Brandenburg wurden jungsteinzeitliche Siedlungsbefunde entdeckt. Sie gehören zu zwei Hofstellen der jüngeren Linienbandkeramik, die um 5100-5000 v. u. Z. datiert. Die in der äußersten Peripherie des damaligen bäuerlichen…
Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond
Papers in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn
Edited by A. Verbaas, G. Langejans, A. Little and B. Chan | 2024
This volume has been written in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn in order to celebrate her distinguished career as an archaeologist and, above all, as an expert in the study of material culture. Annelou…
Community, Technology and Tradition
A Social Prehistory of the Great Orme Mine
Emma C. Wager | 2024
In the second millennium BC, mining for copper ore on the Great Orme, Wales, created one of Europe’s largest surviving prehistoric copper mines. The ore from the mine was smelted into metal that was cast…
Decoding the Jewels
Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
Edited by Anna Groundwater | 2024
“The book is beautifully illustrated—almost excessively so … this is a brilliant addition to the literature on Renaissance jewellery, and a good demonstration of what a team of experts can create. […] It is a…
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Ryan Espersen | 2024
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and…
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Larger than Life
The Ommerschans hoard and the role of giant swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC)
Edited by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz & David Fontijn | 2024
In 1896 a remarkable hoard was discovered near Ommerschans in the eastern Netherlands that included a spectacular object: a giant bronze sword. It was obtained by the landowner and kept by a forester, until it…
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…
Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie
Der linienbandkeramische Fundplatz Lietzow 10 im Havelland, Brandenburg
Edited by Wiebke Kirleis, Andrea Hahn-Weishaupt, Mara Weinelt & Susanne Jahns | 2024
Bei einer Ausgrabung im havelländischen Lietzow in Brandenburg wurden jungsteinzeitliche Siedlungsbefunde entdeckt. Sie gehören zu zwei Hofstellen der jüngeren Linienbandkeramik, die um 5100-5000 v. u. Z. datiert. Die in der äußersten Peripherie des damaligen bäuerlichen…
Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond
Papers in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn
Edited by A. Verbaas, G. Langejans, A. Little and B. Chan | 2024
This volume has been written in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn in order to celebrate her distinguished career as an archaeologist and, above all, as an expert in the study of material culture. Annelou…
Community, Technology and Tradition
A Social Prehistory of the Great Orme Mine
Emma C. Wager | 2024
In the second millennium BC, mining for copper ore on the Great Orme, Wales, created one of Europe’s largest surviving prehistoric copper mines. The ore from the mine was smelted into metal that was cast…
Decoding the Jewels
Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
Edited by Anna Groundwater | 2024
“The book is beautifully illustrated—almost excessively so … this is a brilliant addition to the literature on Renaissance jewellery, and a good demonstration of what a team of experts can create. […] It is a…
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Ryan Espersen | 2024
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and…
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