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Oxbow Books Egypt, the Near East, Islam & the Middle East Publications and Distributed Titles in Archaeology, History, Literature, Art and Architecture from Oxbow Books www.oxbowbooks.com Welcome This is the first of a new range of catalogues from Oxbow Books designed to focus on key subject areas in our publishing and distributed list. As well as highlighting new and forthcoming titles it also contains a significant amount of the existing backlist, still in-print and available. The books contained within are by no means our entire list - each publisher has a dedicated section on our website (www. oxbowbooks.com) with full listings of all titles currently available. Contents (Arranged by Publisher, Grouped by Subject) Oxbow Books (Egypt/Near East) Page 1 British Museum Press (Egypt/Near East/Islam) Page 4 Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago (Near East/Egypt) Page 5 Sidestone Press (Egypt/Near East/Islam) Page 7 Egypt American Society of Papyrologists Page 8 Ancient Egypt Research Associates Page 8 Australian Centre for Egyptology Page 9 Czech Institute of Egyptology Page 10 Griffith Institute Page 12 Journal of Jurisitc Papyrology Page 13 Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology Page 14 Classical Press of Wales and other distributed titles in Egyptology Page 14 The Near East American Numismatic Society Page 16 British Institute for the Study of Iraq Page 16 British Institute at Ankara Page 17 British Institute of Persian Studies Page 17 Council for British Research in the Levant Page 18 Maney Publishing / Palestine Exploration Fund Page 18 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and other distributed titles in the Near East Page 19 Islam & the Middle East Arabian Publishing Page 20 Gibb Memorial Trust Page 21 Khalili Collections Page 22 Pindar Press Page 23 More distributed titles in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies Page 24 See back page for full ordering information Oxbow Books is one of the world’s foremost publishers in archaeology publishing over 70 titles a year written by leading academics and individual researchers from around Oxbow Books the world. Radiocarbon and the Chronologies Living with the Dead of Ancient Egypt Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Edited by Andrew J. Shortland & C. Bronk Ramsey Egypt by Nicola Harrington This volume presents the findings of a major international project on the Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology. using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Cranfield in the UK, along examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and with a team from France, Austria and Israel, radiocarbon dated more than 200 terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between Egyptian objects made from plant material from museum collections from all the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead over the world. The results comprise an accurate scientifically based chronology required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of the kings of ancient Egypt obtained by the radiocarbon analysis of short-lived of evidence is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout plant remains. Egyptian history and for the various places, such as the house, shrines, chapels and tomb doorways, where the living could interact with the dead. The private The research sheds light on one of the most important periods of Egyptian history statue cult, where images of individuals were venerated as intermediaries documenting the various rulers of Egypt’s Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. between people and the Gods is also discussed. Collective gatherings and ritual Despite Egypt’s historical significance, in the past the dating of events has been feasting accompanied the burial rites with separate, mortuary banquets serving a contentious undertaking with Egyptologists relying on various chronologies to maintain ongoing ritual practices focusing on the deceased. Something of a made up from archaeological and historical records. The radiocarbon dates nail contradiction in attitudes is expressed in the evidence for tomb robbery, the down a chronology that is broadly in line with previous estimates. However, reuse of tombs and funerary equipment and the ways in which communities they do rule out some chronologies that have been put forward particularly in dealt with the death and burial of children and others on the fringe of society. the Old Kingdom, which is shown to be older than some scholars thought. Studies in Funerary Archaeology 6 The research has implications for the whole region because the Egyptian PB, 208p, 75 col & b/w illus, 9781842174937, £38, 2012 chronology anchors the timing of historical events in neighbouring areas tied to the reign of particular Egyptian kings. The results will allow for more historical comparisons to be made in countries like Libya and Sudan, which have conducted radiocarbon dating techniques on places of archaeological interest in the past. PB, 192p, 80 b/w & col illus, 9781842175224, £48, 2013 Current Research in The Oasis Papers 6 Crown of Arsinoë II Egyptology 2012 Proceedings of the Sixth The Creation of an Image of Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of Authority Annual Symposium the Dakhleh Oasis Project by Maria Nilsson Edited by Luke McGarrity et al. Edited by C. A. Hope, R. S. Bagnall & P. Davoli 12 papers include work on gender studies, analysis The Dakhleh Oasis Project is a long-term holistic The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a of Egyptian festivals, revisiting of chronological investigation of the evolution of human populations unique crown that was created for the Ptolemaic models, archaeological reanalysis of ancient in the changing environmental conditions of this Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important landscapes, as well as social, historical and linguistic isolated region in the Western Desert of Egypt. conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. studies allowing a new appraisal of many aspects of Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 15 PB, 272p, b/w & col illus, 9781842174920, £55, Egyptian culture and history. HB, 512p, 9781842175248, £90, 2013 2012 PB, 9781782971566, £38, 2013 See the website for more volumes in this series See the website for more volumes in this series Stories from Ancient Egypt Discussions in Egyptology 65 Old Kingdom, New by Joyce A. Tyldesley with Edited by Maria Cannata Perspectives illustrations by Julian Heath Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750–2150 BC Edited by Nigel Strudwick & Helen Strudwick Some of the most interesting and entertaining Issue 65 contains a range of articles on current Recent research on all aspects of the Old Kingdom in myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given Egyptology issues as well as several book reviews. Egypt is presented in this volume, ranging through a lively re-telling for children by Joyce Tyldesley. Papers consider the Obsidian King’s Origins; aspects the Pyramid Texts, tomb architecture, ceramics, These include stories about the gods, such as The of the office of Temple Gardner in Ancient Egypt; a scene choice and layout, field reports, cemetery Creation of the World, Hathor and the Red Beer, reconsideration of the recently published stela TN. layout, tomb and temple statuary. and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. 20.3.25.3 and more. HB, 344p, b/w & col illus, 9781842174302, £60, PB, 112p, b/w illus, 9781842175057, £8.95, 2012 Discussions in Egyptology 65, PB, 9781842174913, 2011 £25, 2012 View full details including contents listings on our website Libraries and Institute customers can order online – visitwww.oxbowbooks.com 01 Oxbow Books is one of the world’s foremost publishers in archaeology publishing over 70 titles a year written by leading academics and individual researchers from around Oxbow Books the world. Central Zagros Archaeological Project: The Ancient Iran and Its Neighbours Earliest Neolithic of Iran Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis 2008 Excavations at Sheikh-E Abad and Jani Edited by C. A. Petrie Edited by Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews & Yaghoub Mohammadifar The fourth millennium BC was a critical period of socio-economic and political transformation in the Iranian Plateau, witnessing the appearance of the world’s earliest urban centres, hierarchical administrative structures, and writing systems. Over a period of several millennia, from the Late Pleistocene to the Early 20 papers illustrate forcefully how the re-evaluation of old excavation results, Holocene (c. 13,000-7000 BC), communities in south-west Asia developed from combined with much new research, has dramatically expanded our knowledge hunter-foragers to villager-farmers, bringing fundamental changes in all aspects and understanding of local developments on the Iranian Plateau and of long- of life. These Neolithic developments took place over vast chronological and range interactions during the critical period of the fourth millennium BC. geographical scales, with considerable regional variability in specific trajectories The British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monographs Series III of change. Two vital and consistent aspects of change were a shift from mobile HB, 400p, b/w and col. illus, 9781782972273, £65, NYP – due 2013 to sedentary lifestyles and increasingly intensive human management of animal and plant resources, leading to full