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The villas of the eastern Adriatic and Ionian coastlands (2018)
Book Chapter
Bowden, W. (2018). The villas of the eastern Adriatic and Ionian coastlands. In A. Marzano, & G. Metraux (Eds.), Roman villas in the Mediterranean Basin: late Republic to late antiquity (317-327). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316687147

This paper examines the Roman villas of the coastal regions of the Ionian and eastern Adriatic seas, covering their development from the early Imperial period until late antiquity.

The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence (2018)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J. (2018). The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence. Mammal Review, 48(4), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12127

1. The brown bear, Ursus arctos, was Holocene Britain’s largest carnivoran and has appeared in recent rewilding discussions.
2. Despite widespread interest, we know very little about the species in Holocene Britain as few studies have been undertake... Read More about The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence.

Co-opetition and urban worlds, c. AD 1050-1150: archaeological and textual case studies from northwestern Europe (2018)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (2018). Co-opetition and urban worlds, c. AD 1050-1150: archaeological and textual case studies from northwestern Europe. In R. Le Jan, G. Bührer-Thierry, & S. Gasparri (Eds.), Rivaliser, cooperer: vivre en competition dans les societes du haut Moyen Age. Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.HAMA-EB.5.114228

This article explores the complex combinations of collaborative and competitive social relations that catalyzed the development of towns and urban societies in northwestern Europe, during the century between c. AD 1050 and 1150. It aims to evaluate t... Read More about Co-opetition and urban worlds, c. AD 1050-1150: archaeological and textual case studies from northwestern Europe.

A multidisciplinary analysis of non-literary Latin texts from Roman Britain (2018)
Journal Article
Cotugno, F. (2018). A multidisciplinary analysis of non-literary Latin texts from Roman Britain. Graeco-Latina Brunensia, 23(1), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.5817/glb2018-1-3

The present paper is focussed on the major corpora of non-literary documents written on tablets in Roman Britain. This encompasses the stylus tablets from Londinium-Bloomberg, the ink-written tablets from Carlisle and Vindolanda, and the curse tablet... Read More about A multidisciplinary analysis of non-literary Latin texts from Roman Britain.

Behavioural economics and economic behaviour in classical Athens (2018)
Book Chapter
Lewis, D. (2018). Behavioural economics and economic behaviour in classical Athens. In M. Canevaro, B. Gray, A. Erskine, & J. Ober (Eds.), Ancient Greek history and contemporary social science. Edinburgh University Press

This article addresses the formalist-substantivist controversy in ancient economic history by bringing two new approaches to bear on it. On the one hand, it critiques the formalist approach (which relies on assumptions about economically rational beh... Read More about Behavioural economics and economic behaviour in classical Athens.

Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records (2018)
Journal Article
Beglane, F., Baker, K., Carden, R., Hoelzel, A. R., Lamb, A. L., Fhionnghaile, R. M., Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (2018). Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records. Proceedings- Royal Irish Academy Section C Archaeology Celtic Studies History Linguistics and Literature, 118C, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2018.118.01

The Anglo-Normans first introduced fallow deer (Dama dama) to Ireland in the thirteenth century, however no biomolecular research has previously been undertaken to examine the timing, circumstances and impact of the arrival of this species. This stud... Read More about Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records.