Heligoland Flint in Prehistoric Europe
Characteristics, Typology, Distribution, Symbolism and Provenance
Jaap Beuker, Erik Drenth, Klaus Hirsch, Moritz Mennenga & Martin Segschneider | Forthcoming
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…
Silver Beyond Empire
The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe
Edited by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Andreas Rau & Martin Goldberg | Forthcoming
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 | Forthcoming
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…
Creative Spirits
Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea
Ross Bowden | Forthcoming
The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject…
Mapping Medieval Merv
An Exploration into the Application of Cartographic Analysis and Urban Morphological Theory to an Urban Archaeological Site
Loren V. Cowin | Forthcoming
Situated within the vast Karakum desert of western Central Asia, the Merv oasis exhibits a trove of archaeological sites, owing to its rich ancient and medieval history. Likely due to its strategic location along the…
Discourses on Modernity
Edited by V. P. J. Arponen, Artur Ribeiro, Konrad Ott | Forthcoming
This collection provides interdisciplinary discussions of the impact of the heritage of modernity in archaeology and related disciplines from a theoretical and philosophical point of view. The ways the philosophical and scientific heritage of modernity…
The Winthir Collection
A documented osteological collection from Central Europe
Edited by Michaela Harbeck & Christof Paulus | Forthcoming
The Winthir Collection is one of the few identified skeletal collections from the 19th century, offering a rare insight into the lives of 245 individuals recovered from a long-forgotten section of Winthir Cemetery in Munich,…
Heligoland Flint in Prehistoric Europe
Characteristics, Typology, Distribution, Symbolism and Provenance
Jaap Beuker, Erik Drenth, Klaus Hirsch, Moritz Mennenga & Martin Segschneider | Forthcoming
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…
Silver Beyond Empire
The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe
Edited by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Andreas Rau & Martin Goldberg | Forthcoming
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 | Forthcoming
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…
Creative Spirits
Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea
Ross Bowden | Forthcoming
The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject…
Mapping Medieval Merv
An Exploration into the Application of Cartographic Analysis and Urban Morphological Theory to an Urban Archaeological Site
Loren V. Cowin | Forthcoming
Situated within the vast Karakum desert of western Central Asia, the Merv oasis exhibits a trove of archaeological sites, owing to its rich ancient and medieval history. Likely due to its strategic location along the…
Discourses on Modernity
Edited by V. P. J. Arponen, Artur Ribeiro, Konrad Ott | Forthcoming
This collection provides interdisciplinary discussions of the impact of the heritage of modernity in archaeology and related disciplines from a theoretical and philosophical point of view. The ways the philosophical and scientific heritage of modernity…
The Winthir Collection
A documented osteological collection from Central Europe
Edited by Michaela Harbeck & Christof Paulus | Forthcoming
The Winthir Collection is one of the few identified skeletal collections from the 19th century, offering a rare insight into the lives of 245 individuals recovered from a long-forgotten section of Winthir Cemetery in Munich,…
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