Bir umm fawakhir, volume 2

Bir Umm Fawakhir is a fifth-sixth century AD Coptic/Byzantine gold-mining town in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. This is the final report on the 1996 and 1997 excavation seasons, completing the detailed map of the main settlement, continuing the investigation of the outlying clusters of rui...

Applied zooarchaeology

Zooarchaeologists increasingly focus onconservation biology.  This book uses a series of case studies explore the types of interdisciplinary challenges that zooarchaeologists face when crossing into the world of environmental management and animal conservation.

Catalog of demotic texts in the brooklyn museum

This catalogue is intended to be only a checklist of the Brooklyn Museum's collection of 212 Demotic Egyptian texts. The catalogue provides both the Museum and Demoticists generally with a list of all the pieces plus only such information as would make the list useful. Includes with key word, nam...

Catastrophe! the looting and destruction of iraq's past

Describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, this book commemorates the fifth anniversary of the lo...

The fleury playbook

Each essay covers a unique topic in the study of the Playbook, utilizing a diverse set of methodological tools and interdisciplinary approaches for subjects which have not heretofore received adequate scholarly attention. The topics at hand are each of significant interest to the field at large.

Of knyghthode and bataile

Composed for King Henry VI in the middle of the Wars of the Roses, Of Knyghthode and Bataile adapts the most widely used military manual in the Middle Ages into English verse. This edition of the poem also provides a contextualizing introduction and copious notes and glosses to assist the modern ...

He diasose

A new study of the persecution and rescue of Greek Jews in the Third Reich, this book overturns stereotypes and myths. Reveals the attitude and actions of the local Jewish leaders raising questions about what was done and by whom. Cites Greek and international sources, incl. documents, testimonie...

Guy of saint-denis, tractatus de tonis

The Tractatus de tonis of Guy of Saint-Denis (written ca. 1300-10) differs from other treatises on plainchant in the depth of its analysis of the various tones into which chant was traditionally classified.

Anthony munday: the honourable, pleasant and rare conceited historie of palmendos

Anthony Munday (1560?-1633) published this English translation of a Spanish heroic romance in 1589; it follows the adventures of Palmendos on his journey to Constantinople. This is an original-spelling edition producing a reliable text, as close as possible to the author's original manuscript.

The easter sepulchre in england

In addition to a catalogue of Easter sepulchres in England, Professor Sheingorn has produced a superb study of the ceremonies, rites and dramas associated with this structure.

Pseira vii

The results of the cemetery excavations on the small island off the northeast coast of Crete are published in two volumes: Pseira VII presents the results from the excavation and cleaning of the 19 tombs that still exist at the Pseira cemetery.

The metal objects, 1952-1989

Objects made from bronze, iron, copper, gold, silver and lead, recovered from the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia, are published in this volume. Many of the pieces were recovered from the debris of the Archaic Temple of Poseidon and belong to the formative phase of the sanctuary during the 7th a...

Assyrian dictionary of the oriental institute of the university of chicago, volume 4, e

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, often with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and in...

The athenian walk and the historic site of athens (english language edition)

This book is a chronicle of visits made to the Acropolis by Greeks and foreigners in the 19th and 20th centuries, and looks at questions such as how successive generations of visitors experience the shrine of the Acropolis, and how was the new "Athenian Walk" created. English language edition. 21...

The combat of the thirty

In this volume Steven Muhlberger translates the historical accounts of the Combat of the Thirty and then examines both what contemporaries thought, and how the battle has been remembered through the centuries, giving readers a window into late medieval chivalric culture.

Ceramics of postclassic cholula, mexico

Cholula played a prominent role in shaping events of central Mexico's Postclassic period. This book provides an innovative new classification of Cholula ceramics, based on artifact assemblages recovered from excavations. A detailed and well-illustrated description of ceramic types is provided to ...

Divine honors for mortal men in greek cities

First translation of Christian Habicht's 1970 German Gottmenschentum und Griechische Städte on ruler cults in the Hellenistic period of Greek history. Updated case studies take account of inscriptional discoveries since the original and additional supplemental material, including detailed subject...

Graffiti as devotion along the nile and beyond

The historical context for a group of ancient and medieval figural graffiti found in 2015 at El-Kurru in northern Sudan, a royal pyramid burial ground of kings and queens of Kush from about 850 to 650 BCE. Written to engage non-specialist readers, the book will be of interest to archaeologists an...

The floure and the leafe, the assembly of ladies, the isle of ladies

An asset to any study of gender in medieval England; three poems that complement each other in their treatments of relations between the sexes. Incl. contextualizing introductions and helpful glosses; also an extensive glossary for the entire volume. Useful to not only beginning students of Middl...

The smyrna quay

Original research using new techniques shows the buildings of the legendary Ottoman port-city (modern-day Izmir) as a continuous architectural and historical ensemble. Includes architectural plans and reconstructions as well as photographs and photomosaics. 620 illus. 140 drawings 2-vol paperback...

Hebrew union college annual volume 29

Pioneers to the past

Catalogue of the Oriental Institute special exhibit of the same name, highlights the interconnected stories of an important figure in intellectual history - James Henry Breasted - and the beginnings of American scientific archaeology in the Near East at a crucial turning point in world history at...

A letter that has not been read

Shaul Bar explores the etymology of key terms for dreams in the Hebrew Bible, presents dozens of examples of biblical dreams and visions, and categorizes them as prophetic, symbolic, or incubation. He studies biblical dreams and visions in the context of similar phenomena in the literature of nei...

Ayla

Featured are thirty-seven illustrations that highlight the magnificence that was the great Islamic port of Ayla on the Gulf of Aqaba. The site is located in modern Aqaba, Jordan and has been excavated by the Oriental Institute under the directorship of Donald Whitcomb since 1986.

Assyrian dictionary of the oriental institute of the university of chicago, volume 19, t [tet}

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, often with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and in...

Shakespeare, antony and cleopatra, and the nature of fame

Characterological study offering new perspectives on Antony and Cleopatra, the most ambiguous of Shakespeare's plays. Wide-ranging in its concerns, this monograph promises to make an essential difference in the way scholars view characterizations, fame, Shakespeare's reputation, and the eminence ...

Settlement pattern studies in the americas

Seventeen distinguished scholars recount the history of settlement pattern archaeology and detail case studies ranging from Alaska to Oaxaca to Peru. The chapters grow out of papers prepared for a symposium at the 61st annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in New Orleans in...

The archaeology of the ostraca house at israelite samaria

The Caesarea Mithraeum (sanctuary or temple of the god Mithras) is only one of two excavated from eastern half of the Empire. Includes new photographs, plans and section drawings; catalogues the small finds from the vault, and technical details about the recovery of information about frescoes and...

Gates to paradise

Europe's largest complex of medieval monumental bronze objects is made up of around 30 doors cast from various copper alloys. These doors, most of which are located in Italy, date from the 11th-12th centuries and are the epitome of medieval metal craftsmanship. This is the first book in English o...

Improving biosafety testing of plant protection products (ppps) and bioprotectants

This chapter presents an update of trends on insecticide resistance in Northwest Europe. It addresses the current status and future estimations of the insecticide market in Europe, specifically in context of evolving agricultural practices and environmental challenges. The chapter then explores i...

Exploring clonostachys rosea: a versatile fungal biocontrol agent for effective plant disease management

Clonostachys rosea is a fungal biocontrol agent able to control a range of impactful plant diseases, such as damping-off, root rot, botrytis blight, fusarium head blight, and others. The use of C. rosea can subsequently replace or reduce the use of chemical pesticides. However, biocontrol efficac...

Harnessing actinobacteria for crop protection: current advances and future perspectives

Recent efforts in bioprospection have uncovered new Actinobacteria bioactivities ranging from antibiotics, fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides, and have renewed interest in the development of Actinobacteria-based inoculants, mainly composed of microbial cells and cell-free microbial cultured...

Techniques for understanding and modifying microbial activity in the phytobiome to suppress disease/promote plant disease resistance

This chapter provides an overview of techniques for understanding and modifying phytobiome microbial activity toward plant disease control. It reviews traditional and advanced techniques for analyzing microbial communities, including molecular, culture-based and microscopic approaches, and it exp...

Effective biocontrol of grape diseases: assessing and improving efficacy

This chapter reviews the current literature to gather efficacy data on biocontrol in planta for the main diseases and analyzes them quantitatively. A meta-analysis of these data was carried out in selected cases (powdery mildew, trunk diseases, and certain species of Aspergillus producing ochrato...

The use of pythium oligandrum as a biocontrol agent

The oomycete Pythium oligandrum is a soil-inhabiting mycoparasite of both fungi and oomycetes, and colonizes the root ecosystems of diverse plants to induce defense responses against pathogens. Based on the multiple advantages of P. oligandrum in plant disease control, which is non-toxic and envi...

Advances in bioherbicides/biological control of weeds

Weed control plays a critical role in crop production, but the overuse of synthetic herbicides has led to various problems such as chemical residue accumulation, herbicide resistance in weed species, and environmental concerns. To address these challenges, sustainable weed management strategies a...

Advances in the use of biocontrol agents to control diseases in potatoes

Potato production faces significant challenges from a wide range of diseases, which have traditionally been managed using synthetic fungicides. However, increasing concerns over environmental impacts, the development of pathogen resistance, and public health risks have led to the exploration of b...

Disease management in cereals using biocontrol agents

Cereals are challenged by many fungal and bacterial diseases, some of which can be most destructive, threatening food security and, when considering mycotoxin accumulation, also food safety. The application of antifungal and antibacterial chemicals, the development of resistant varieties and cult...

Developing a global regulatory regime for bioprotectants

This chapter reviews the piecemeal development of pesticide regulation and the challenges of developing a more harmonised and global approach to approving new crop protection products. Such as approach needs to meet the needs of farmers, companies and regulators in balancing criteria such as effi...

Vernacular theatre

A practical description of six intergenerational projects developed during a ten-year period. Over the course of the book the author develops his argument for a form of civic drama that is accessible to all but rigorous in process. Based on work made with citizens of London and Hiroshima. 8 b&...

Djing in new york

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) has proliferated in popularity, yet little is known about how DJs learn or progress as professionals. DJing in New York details a social process of music learning while following DJs in New York for a portion of their career as they develop musically, grow through net...

Still moving

Adds to growing literature of overcoming ageism in dance. Highlights the achievements of remarkable senior professional dancers and through conversations with them provides an inspiring account of human potential and resilience. Has the potential to reach an anti-ageing reader as well as a dance ...