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Winter Catalogue 2018 Archaeopress Publishers of Academic Archaeology Winter Catalogue 2018 www.archaeopress.com Welcome | Contents Welcome to the Winter 2018 edition of the Archaeopress catalogue. Archaeopress is an Oxford-based publisher founded and run since 1997 by archaeologists Dr David Davison and Dr Rajka Makjanic. Across our list of imprints and journals you’ll find a range of new titles and recent highlights in print and e-formats covering all archaeological topics, all geographic locations and all time periods. Whatever your specialism we sincerely hope you’ll find something here to interest you. As well as our own publications we are pleased to represent a selection of other archaeological publishers, selling their books in the UK, Europe and beyond. Publishers include Potingair Press (Mediterranean archaeology and earth sciences), Cornucopia Books (Ancient and Roman Near East), and JAS Arqueología S.L.U. (archaeological heritage and theory). Keep up-to-date with all our latest publications throughout the year. Sign-up to receive our free monthly e-newsletter, the Archaeopress Alert, and get a free PDF eBook copy of Don Brothwell’s autobiography A Faith in Archaeological Science: Reflections on a Life: tinyurl.com/archaeopress-alerts TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 JOURNALS 2 eBOOKS / EBOOK SUBSCRIPTION package 3 THEORY AND METHOD A note on multi-Period voluMeS: 4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL LIVES/BIOGRAPHIES 5 BRITISH PREHISTORY Books that cover a wide temporal range (eg. prehistory to modern) are generally placed 6 PALAEOLITHIC/MESOLITHIC EUROPE in the earliest period they cover unless the 7 NEOLITHIC/ChalcolITHIC EUROPE overwhelming body of content deals with a particular period (eg. medieval). 8 BRONZE AGE/IRON AGE EUROPE 9 ROCK ART Cover Image: 9 ANCIENT EGYPT Stained glass window showing blacksmiths 10 ANCIENT NEAR EAST at work, at the Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne in 12 GREEK Archaeology: ArchaIC to HELLENISTIC Dijon (Burgundy). Photograph by Paul Belford, 13 GREECE AND ROME taken from his book Blood, Faith and Iron (2018). See page 19. 14 ROMAN 18 Late ANTIQUITY/BYZANTINE PRICING: 18 Anglo-SAxon and MedievAl BritAin & IrelAnd All prices quoted are in £GBP and match 19 Early MEDIeval/MEDIeval EUROPE those available via our company website and 19 PoSt-MedievAl UK distributor Marston Book Services. Other supplier’s prices may vary. 20 AFRICA 21 ARABIA Prices listed are accurate at time of printing but may be subject to change without notice. 21 SOUTHERN ASIA 22 FAr East & South-eASt ASiA FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS: 22 australIA, oceaNIA AND THE pacIFIC Though every effort has been made to ensure 22 THE AMERICAS details listed are as accurate as possible 23 stay INFORMED for volumes still in production, final cover 24 ORDERING INFORMATION illustration, page extents and prices may vary upon final publication. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Summertown Pavilion, 18-24 Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK Journals Journal of Greek Archaeology Proceedings of the Seminar for ISSN: 2059-4674 (print); 2059-4682 Arabian Studies (online) ISSN 0308-8421 JOhn BintliFF (GenerAl eDitOr) 1 issue published annually in June/July EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, U.K. AND LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the only international forum which meets annually for 1 issue published annually in October the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula (including archaeology, Successfully launched in Autumn 2016, the scope of this journal epigraphy, numismatics, ethnography, language, history, art, is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the architecture, etc.) from the earliest times to the present day. wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. EX NOVO: Journal of Archaeology Download a free sampler of JGA Volume 3 2018 via the link below: ISSN: 2531-8810 tinyurl.com/JGA3-Sampler MAJA GORI et Al. (eDS) 1 Volume published annually in winter Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material Culture Ex Novo is a peer-reviewed international journal that promotes interdisciplinary ISSN 2399-1844 (Print); 2399-1852 research focusing on the multiple relations (online) between archaeology and society. PAtriCiA KöGler et Al. (eDS) NEW IN 2018 1 issue published annually in Autumn For the hellenistic Period ceramics and other KOINON: The International Journal commodities of daily life represent probably the most neglected of Classical Numismatic Studies objects in archaeological research. research has intensified Volume 1, 2018 during the last twenty years, but still lacking is a publication ISSN 2631-5874 (Print); 2631-5882 appearing regularly and at short intervals that focusses on Hellenistic pottery and is easily accessible. Journal of Hellenistic (online) Pottery and Material Culture (JHP) wants to close this gap. PAtriCiA KöGler et Al. (eDS) Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the 1 issue published annually in Autumn Ancient Near East As the name indicates, KOINON is a journal that encourages Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies contributions to the study of classical numismatics from a ISSN: 2513-8529 (print); 2514-1732 wide variety of perspectives. the journal will include papers (online) concerning iconography, die studies, provenance research, forgery analysis, translations of excerpts from antiquarian lAUrA BAttini (GenerAl eDitOr) works, specialized bibliographies, corpora of rare varieties and Paris, UMr 7192-Collège de FranCe types, ethical questions on laws and collecting, book reviews, and more. The editorial advisory board is made up of members 1 Volume published across 2 issues each year in Spring and Autumn from all over the world, with a broad range of expertise covering Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the virtually all the major categories of classical numismatics from archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East. archaic Greek coinage to late Medieval coinage. Download a free sampler of KOINON 1 2018 via the link below: ARAMAZD tinyurl.com/KOINON1-Sampler Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies ISSN 1829-1376 1 volume in 1-2 issues published each year Aramazd (est. 2006) is the yearly publication of the Association for near eastern and Caucasian Studies of Armenia. Articles in English and German; Armenian summaries. All journals are published in print and online. Special reductions available for private customers. 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