The temple of apollo bassitas iv

The definitive publication of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai, in the northwest Peloponnese, this is one of four volumes. Volume IV contains maps, plans, and drawings in oversize format illustrating volumes I and II.

Krinoi kai limenes

A collection of papers presented at the Gold Medal Colloquium held in honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw during the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with additional articles written for this volume. Many of the articles pertain to different aspects of Aegean Bronze Age ...

The american expedition to idalion, cyprus 1973-1980

Report on excavations at the urban site of Idalion and the Neolithic site of Shali-Agridhi in Cyprus. Stratigraphic analyses of both sites as well as multidisciplinary studies of mining and metallurgy, fauna, human remains, pottery, coins and sculpture.

Prehistoric sitagroi

Presents the concluding research on Sitagroi, a prehistoric settlement mound in northeastern Greece, excavated between 1968 and 1970. Sitagroi now becomes one of the most comprehensively published sites from prehistoric Europe and will be indispensable for all those concerned with European prehis...

The archaeology and geography of ancient transcaucasian societies, volume i

Report on the ongoing studies of Project ArAGATS, (Joint American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies) details the general context of contemporary archaeological research in the South Caucasus as well as the specific context of regional investiga...

The oriental institute 2008-2009 annual report

The Oriental Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report contains yearly summaries of the activities of the Institute's faculty, staff, and research projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions.

The archaeology and historical ecology of late holocene san miguel island

Focusing on the five sites dated to the last 3,000 years, this book examines the archaeology and historical ecology of San Miguel Island, the westernmost and most isolated of California's northern Channel Islands. Topics include coastal adaptation, emergent cultural complexity, historical ecology...

The victory monument of augustus at nicopolis volumes i and ii (2-volume set)

This work is the first two volumes of a three-volume presentation of the Augustus Victory Monument. The monument was erected by the ruler of the Roman Empire, Octavian Augustus, in commemoration of his victory in the naval battle of Actium, in 31 BC, over the united forces of Mark Antony and Cleo...

The amuq valley regional projects, volume 1

The results of the Amuq Valley Regional Projects (AVRP) presented in this volume are the outcome of eight seasons of intensive fieldwork (1995-2002) representing the first phase of a long-range, broadly-based archaeological investigation in the Hatay region of southern Turkey.

The shaft graves and other late helladic i and ii remains

This volume presents funerary and domestic remains from the Late Helladic (LH) period at the settlement of Lerna, an important prehistoric site on the Gulf of Argos excavated by the ASCSA in the 1950s.

Views from phlamoudhi, cyprus

Fieldwork in the village of Phlamoudhi, Cyprus from 1970-1973 by the Columbia University Expedition to Phlamoudhi recorded the only systematically excavated evidence for Middle to Late Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement north of the Kyrenia Mountains. This book's chapters cover the two main excav...

Khirbat iskandar

This volume is the first in a planned series of final reports on the Archaeological Expedition to Khirbat Iskandar and its Environs, Jordan, begun in 1981 by Principal Investigator, Suzanne Richard of Gannon University.

Beyond hunting

This volume critically examines the evolution and impact of the "Man the Hunter" paradigm in Pleistocene archaeology. It explores various aspects of early human behavior, from hunting and butchery practices to fire use and gender roles, highlighting the complex interplay between biological and cu...

Mediterranean archaeological landscapes

Examines archaeological issues within the Mediterranean landscape, spanning from southern Spain to Jordan. Examining diverse landscapes and time periods, it assesses the theoretical and methodological advancements in the field over the past 25 years, exploring various interpretative themes and me...

Texts from the late old babylonian period

This volume publishes and discusses 186 cuneiform documents from the Late Old Babylonian period (1683-1595 B.C.), including 95 hand copies, mostly from Sippar texts in British Museum collections.   The Late O.B. epoch marks the last of five centuries of uninterrupted textual production in lower M...

Ayia paraskevi figurines in the university of pennsylvania museum

Sotira kaminoudhia

The excavations at Sotira Kaminoudhia in southern Cyprus revealed the remains of tombs and an Early Bronze Age settlement. This volume provides a final report on the excavations and includes specialist studies on various artifact groups, including: ceramics, chipped and ground stone, metals and t...

The marble statuettes of the roman period

This volume presents, for the first time, the marble statuettes and statuette fragments, carved between the 1st century BCE and the 4th century CE, that have been excavated from the Athenian Agora since 1931.

Tangatatau rockshelter

Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in Eastern Polynesia. More than 70 radiocarbon dates provide a tight chronology from AD 1000 to European contact in about 1800.

The molyvoti, thrace, archaeological project 1

Hesperia Supplement vol. 54 This volume is the first in a four-part series presenting the final results of the Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP), a Greek-American synergasia project in northern Greece. The project is centered on a site often referred to as "Ancient Stryme," which an...

Sinop landscapes

This book explores the historical connectedness of Sinop, Turkey, investigating economic, infrastructural, and political institutions over 5,000 years. From precolonial Greek settlements to Roman, Russian, and Ottoman periods, the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project sheds light on the region's ...

City and cemetery volume 1

The Amathous Gate Cemetery played a key role in the spatial and social organisation of Kourion on the south coast of Cyprus, and in its transformations between the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods. This first volume presents the chamber tombs and cist tombs, quarrying evidence and deposition act...

The excavation of the prehistoric burial tumulus at lofkend, albania

The burial tumulus of Lofkend lies in one of the richest archaeological areas of Albania. In addition to artifacts, the recovery of surviving plant remains, bones, and other organic material contribute insights into the environmental and ecological history of the region.

Rethinking cultural resource management in southeast asia

‘Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia’ explores the challenges facing efforts to protect the cultural assets of Southeast Asia from the ravages of tourism and economic development.

Archaeology outside the box

Archaeology Outside the Box makes contemporary archaeology germane to the general public as well as to researchers in other disciplines. Thirty-one richly illustrated chapters provide an examination of archaeology from some surprising and unexpected points of view by anthropologists, archaeologis...

Archaeological institute of america 117th annual meeting abstracts, volume 39

Abstracts of the 117th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 6-9, 2016 in San Francisco, California. 

The history of the peoples of the eastern desert

Provides an outline of the history and sociology of the Eastern Desert unparalleled in any language for its comprehensiveness. As such, it will be the essential starting point for future research on the Eastern Desert. Includes a CD of eleven audio files with music of the Ababda Nomads, and six s...

Archaeological institute of america 118th annual meeting abstracts, volume 40

Abstracts of the 118th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, held January 5-8, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario.

Icon, cult, and context

Honors UCLA professor emerita Susan Downey and her meticulous scholarship on religious architecture and imagery in the Roman/Hellenistic world. The broad temporal and geographic parameters of the volume are expansive, and the juxtaposition of images and analyses leads to surprising new conclusions.

The archaeology of mobility

There have been books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage provided in this volume. Its strength and importance lies in the fact that it brings together a worldwide co...

Behavioral archeology

Originally published by Academic Press in 1976, this book has become a foundational statement in archaeological methodology and has had a lasting impact on the discipline. As Michael Schiffer writes in his new prologue, the work “played a vital role in establishing as fundamental the behavioral p...

The archaeology of grotta scaloria

Grotta Scaloria, in Apulia, first discovered in 1931, excavated briefly in 1967, extensively from 1978-1980 by a joint UCLA-University of Genoa team, but not fully published until now. The project is important as historiography, showing changing trajectory of research across three generations of ...

A methodology for the identification of archaeological eggshells

The author discusses the information that can be obtained, particularly concerning past economy and ecology, from the study of archaeological bird remains. This handbook is useful for identification of eggshell from a variety of wild and domestic birds.

Organic contents of ancient vessels

The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the importance of investigating organic residues to elucidate crucial aspects of ancient life such as agriculture, trade, ritual practice. Much of the information presented here could only have been derived using scientific techniques of analysis.

Vilcabamba and the archaeology of inca resistance

Vilcabamba was the final stronghold of the Inca empire. This has long been a topic of interest for the public; the results of the first large-scale scientific research conducted in the region will be illuminating for scholars as well as for general readers who are enthusiasts of this period of hi...

Exploratory multivariate analysis in archaeology

This volume presents four techniques of multivariate analysis commonly used by archaeologists. Employing 'ordinary language' and real data sets, and including extensive literature reviews, the book illustrates how these statistical techniques can be applied to specific archaeological questions.

In the field

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology has a long and impressive history of archaeological fieldwork activity. Over the past 80 years, the Museum has helped sponsor nearly two dozen projects in the Mediterranean. In the Field presents a well-illustrated summary account with accompanying bibliographies ...

An archaic mexican shellmound and its entombed floors

Tlacuachero is the site of a shellmound insouthwest Mexico. Presents investigations of several floors within the site's shell deposits formed over a 600-800 year interval during the Archaic period (ca. 8000-2000 BCE), a crucial timespan in Mesoamerican prehistory when people were transitioning to...

Regional settlement demography in archaeology

Archaeological field survey methods developed over half a century combine with powerful new quantitative tools for spatial analysis to unleash new potential for identifying and studying ancient local communities and regional polities. This volume details these changes.    

The symbolic role of animals in archaeology

The papers in this volume represent a range of approaches to the study of the symbolic roles of animals in human cultures. The theme that unites these papers is their use of a variety of different kinds of evidenceincluding archaeological, faunal, historical, ethnographic, artistic, and folkloric...

A bronze age landscape in the russian steppes

First English-language monograph to describe seasonal and permanent Late Bronze Age settlements in the Russian steppes; the final report of the Samara Valley Project. Explores the changing organization and subsistence resources of pastoral steppe economies from the Eneolithic (4500 BC) through La...

The dead tell tales

Honoring Jane Buikstra's pioneering work in the development of bioarchaeological research, the essays in this volume stem from a symposium held at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Multiple generations of Buikstra's former doctoral students and other colleagues gathered ...

The archaeology of ritual

A wide range of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline.

The archaeology of regions

In this volume, originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1990, the editors present eight thorough case studies on a wide range of environments and cultural contexts to argue the advantages of full-coverage survey-the systematic coverage of a whole study area.

Of things and stories

From the gold of the shaft graves of Mycenae to an undecorated Late Roman lekythos and facade statuary in Roman Ephesus, this volume presents a distinct insight into the always shifting meanings, values, and relational connections of things, exploring a diversity of concepts, contexts, and materi...

Building a new rome

The essays in this volume bring to bear the latest scholarly and technological trends in archaeological research to shed light on the site of Pisidian Antioch in central Turkey. Drawing on 3-D virtual reality technology and archival material from a 1924 expedition, the authors propose new reconst...

Mycenae (greek language edition)

Mycenae, in the plain of Argos in Greece became the preeminent centre of the advanced culture that dominated mainland Greece from the C16th to the C12th BC. This new book will accompany the visitor to the archaeological site and museum, providing at the same time an overview of the Mycenaean worl...

The athenian agora site guide

This definitive guide to the archaeological remains in the civic and commercial centre of ancient Athens is an essential companion to the interested visitor, as well as to students of the topography of the classical city. It is intended for visitors touring the site, and is arranged topographical...

Mycenae (english language edition)

Mycenae, in the plain of Argos in Greece became the preeminent centre of the advanced culture that dominated mainland Greece from the C16th to the C12th BC. This new book will accompany the visitor to the archaeological site and museum, providing at the same time an overview of the Mycenaean worl...

A corpus of greek graffiti from dalmatia

This volume is a corpus of seven hundred Greek graffiti on ceramic artefacts from sixteen sites in Dalmatia, ranging in date from the late sixth to the first century BC. Most notably, the catalogue contains a substantial number of pieces from recent excavations at the two sanctuaries of Diomedes,...

Weapons, tools and technology

The former lakeshore site Schöningen, dating back to c. 300,000 years ago, is an outstanding environmental archive of the Middle Pleistocene and provides unique insights into past hunter-gatherer life. This volume provides an overview of the wooden assemblage from the Spear Horizon at Schöningen,...

Archaeological sites of the nile delta of egypt

Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta of Egypt is intended to be a directory, providing an overview and a direction to original sources, without seeking to republish all the known information about each site. It makes available the data on all 783 of the sites in the Egypt Exploration Society’s ...

Statuary from royal buildings at amarna (2-volume set)

Two-volume set in slipcase Over more than a century and a quarter of excavations the royal and administrative buildings in the city of Amarna have yielded the remains of many hundreds of statues that had been part of Akhenaten’s visionary plan. But fragmentation and dispersal have up until now ma...

Critical archaeology in the digital age

This volume suggests a critical approach to archaeology in a digital world, proposing a purposeful and systematic application of digital tools in archaeological practice. This is a call to pay attention to your digital tools, to be explicit about how you are using them, and to understand how they...

Ethics in archaeological practice

This book explores urgent topics and issues in archaeology as currently practised in the classroom, the field, the museum and the public sphere. Addressed primarily to archaeologists working in western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, the volume raises ethical issues relevant to ...

Anaskafis egolpion

Archaeological writing is faced with an impasse: it has become repetitive and remote from the reading public. No large-scale excavations are taking place, theories are rapidly overturned and archaeological methods are trapped in the technocracy of Archaeometry. These texts envisage the renewal of...

New directions in the skeletal biology of greece

In addition to including stimulating case studies, ranging in date from the Palaeolithic to modern periods, the 17 chapters in this book provide an overview of bioarchaeological research across Greece and Cyprus.

Through time, across continents

The oxyrhynchus papyri vol. lxxxiii

Volume LXXXIII features biblical texts including a second witness to Philemon, early Mark and Luke fragments, and excerpts from Ezekiel's Exagoge. It includes legal and economic documents, plus art like drawings of animals, comparing to earlier Greek art discussions.

Cure and cult in ancient corinth

As well as providing a helpful guide to the site of the Aklepieion, on the hillside north of ancient Corinth, this fascinating booklet also offers a unique insight into the work of physicians in the Greek world, and the types of diseases they had to contend with.

The pottery of lerna iv

The author presents the Early Helladic III pottery from Lerna in all its aspects, cataloguing, describing, and classifying over 1,400 vessels.

The sanctuary of demeter and kore

Situated on the slopes of Acrocorinth, which rises to the south of the main part of the ancient city, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore was the focus of excavations from 1961 through 1973. This is the first volume of final publication and presents pottery used in the sanctuary from the Protocorin...

Samothrace (text in modern greek)

The island of Samothrace in the north Aegean was home to one of the most famous panhellenic sanctuaries in the ancient world, the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. This official guide to the site was revised and updated by its longtime excavation director, and is copiously illustrated and includes fou...

Hellenistic relief molds from the athenian agora

Over 100 clay molds found between 1931 and 1977 in the fills within the three great Hellenistic stoas that once lined the Agora (the Middle Stoa, the Stoa of Attalos, and the South Stoa) are published in this book.

The fauna

The descriptive sections of this book provide surprising insights into the lives of the inhabitants of Bronze Age Lerna, perched on the edge of the Gulf of Argos.

The birth of democracy

This is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Archives in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the beginnings of democracy in Athens, interpreted as the implementation of Cleisthenes' governmental reforms.

Demeter and persephone in ancient corinth

When the Roman tourist Pausanias visited Corinth around A.D. 160, he saw many shrines and buildings high up to the south of the city, on the slopes of Acrocorinth. This booklet describes excavations at one of these, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (Kore).

Hellenistic pottery: the plain wares

This is the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora.

Fragmentary decrees from the athenian agora

This is the editiones principes of the most fragmentary inscriptions found during excavations in the Athenian Agora between 1931 and 1967. These comprise parts of 100 decrees of the Athenian state and other political bodies. The inscriptions are illustrated and described, with a transcription of ...

Lerna in the argolid

Situated on the shores of the Argolic Gulf, only a few miles away from the much later prehistoric sites of Mycenae, Tiryns, and Midea, Lerna is one of the key building blocks in our understanding of Greek archaeology. This guide to Lerna is illustrated with many plans and black and white photos.

Kallias of sphettos and the revolt of athens in 286 b.c.

The long honorary decree for Kallias of Sphettos, found in the excavations of the Athenian Agora in 1971, is here published for the first time, illustrated with general and detailed photographs, with a translation and line-by-line commentary.

Corinth, the centenary

Twenty-five papers presented at a 1996 symposium on the excavations at ancient Corinth. The papers are intended to illustrate the range in subject matter of research currently being undertaken by scholars of ancient Corinth.

The greek tile works at corinth

A series of kilns at ancient Corinth known as the Tile Works are given final publication in this awaited book, based on excavations conducted in 1939 and 1940. The book describes the kilns and their products, with a discussion of fabrics and techniques of manufacture, moving on to typology and da...

The neolithic pottery from lerna

Beneath the famous remains of the House of the Tiles and the other Bronze Age remains found at Lerna, a large amount of Neolithic pottery was found during 1950s excavations. This book, by placing the ceramic material in archaeological context, makes a number of important new claims about Lerna's ...

Ostraka

The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. This book is a complete catalogue and discussion of these sherds.

The hexamilion and the fortress

This fifth volume in the Isthmia series examines earlier attempts to fortify the Isthmus of Corinth and presents the most important testimonia for historical interpretation. The archaeological remains of the Hexamilion are traced from the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf, with topographical ma...

Lamps from the athenian agora

At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragments of these distinctive objects have been found. This booklet presents the development of different styles of lamps and includes a very useful identification guide.

Excavations at pylos in elis

When the site of Elean Pylos was threatened by the construction of a dam in 1968, a team from the University of Colorado moved in to salvage as much information as possible about the ancient town before it was submerged. This report is divided chronologically: Middle Helladic, Geometric, Archaic,...

The symposium in context

This book presents the first well-preserved set of sympotic pottery which served a Late Archaic house in the Athenian Agora. The deposit contains household and fine-ware pottery, nearly all the figured pieces of which are forms associated with communal drinking.

Histories of peirene

The author deftly describes the evolution of the Fountain of Peirene framed against the underlying landscape and its ancient, medieval, and modern settlement, viewed from the perspective of Corinthian culture and spheres of interaction.

Sandy pylos

This book traces the archaeological history of Pylos and surrounding regions in Messenia from the Palaeolithic to the present. Designed as much for general readers and travellers interested in ancient Greece as for scholars.

A guide to the palace of nestor, mycenaean sites in its environs, and the chora museum

This beautifully illustrated colour guide surveys the Mycenaean buildings known as the Palace of Nestor, discovered in 1939 above the modern town of Pylos in southwest Greece. It reconstructs life in the citadel and its associated tombs, and also describes the surrounding landscape.

The athenian citizen

A concise introduction to the workings of ancient democracy, The Athenian Citizen has been a bestseller since it was first published almost 60 years ago. Illustrated entirely in colour, with updates and revisions by the current director of excavations at the Agora, this new edition will continue ...

The athenian citizen (text in modern greek)

A concise introduction to the workings of ancient democracy, The Athenian Citizen has been a bestseller since it was first published almost 60 years ago. Illustrated entirely in colour, with updates and revisions by the current director of excavations at the Agora, this new edition will continue ...

Archaeologies of cult

Intended as a tribute to a pioneer in the field of Cretan cult study, 28 of Geraldine Gesell's former students and colleagues present aspects of ritual and religion on Crete.

Greek and roman coins in the athenian agora

Over 75,000 coins have been found during excavations at the Agora, many minted in the city but others brought from Athens's far-flung commercial contacts. In addition to the mostly bronze and copper coins themselves, a building that may have served as the Athenian mint is described in this booklet.

The athenian agora (greek language edition)

In a newly revised version of this popular site guide, the current director of excavations in the Athenian Agora gives a brief account of the history of the ancient centre of Athens. The text has been updated and expanded to cover the most recent archaeological discoveries, and the guide now feat...

Kephala

This is the first volume in the final publication of the University of Cincinnati's investigations on the island of Keos. It describes the excavation of a small site on the headland of Kephala, about one kilometer north of the Bronze Age site of Ayia Irini.

The athenian agora a short guide to the excavations

In a newly revised version of this popular site guide, the current director of excavations in the Athenian Agora gives a brief account of the history of the ancient centre of Athens. The text has been updated and expanded to cover the most recent archaeological discoveries, and the guide now feat...

An ancient shopping center

Primarily a political centre, the Agora was also the focus of a varied commercial life. This booklet illustrates the evidence for such diverse trades as shoe-making, fish mongering, weaving and the manufacture of perfumes. Vivid illustrations and useful resources, such as a table of prices and co...

The late bronze age settlement and early iron age sanctuary

The final report on the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age evidence at Isthmia (pottery, metalwork, terracottas, architecture and other constructions) from excavations conducted by the University of Chicago at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia between 1952 and 1989.