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Private lives and public power: Norwich merchants' houses between the 14th and 16th centuries (2015)
Book Chapter
King, C. (2015). Private lives and public power: Norwich merchants' houses between the 14th and 16th centuries. In Norwich: medieval and early modern art, architecture and archaeology. Maney Publishing

This chapter discusses the surviving examples of large merchants’ houses in the city of Norwich dating between the 14th and 16th centuries. These were the residences of families who dominated the economic and political life of the medieval and early... Read More about Private lives and public power: Norwich merchants' houses between the 14th and 16th centuries.

Envy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Classical Athens (2015)
Book
Eidinow, E. (2015). Envy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Classical Athens. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199562602.001.0001

At the heart of this book are some trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE. In each case, the charges involved a combination of supernatural activities, including potion-brewing and cult activity; the defendants were all women. Because o... Read More about Envy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Classical Athens.

Greek hymnic spaces (2015)
Book Chapter
Thomas, O. (2015). Greek hymnic spaces. In E. Barker, S. Bouzarovski, C. Pelling, & L. Isaksen (Eds.), New Worlds from Old Texts: Revisiting Ancient Space and Place. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199664139.001.0001

This chapter surveys how space is presented in a range of ancient Greek hymns, both literary and cultic. It proposes as a framework for analysis a distinction between the space of the god addressed, that of the human performers and audience, and that... Read More about Greek hymnic spaces.

Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya (2015)
Journal Article
Lahr, M., Rivera, F., Power, R., Foley, R., Mounier, A., Copsey, B., …Wilshaw, A. (2016). Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya. Nature, 529, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16477

The nature of inter-group relations among prehistoric hunter-gatherers remains disputed, with arguments in favour and against the existence of warfare before the development of sedentary societies. Here we report on a case of inter-group violence tow... Read More about Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya.

The ancient Greek economy: markets, households, and city-states (2015)
Book
Lewis, D. (2015). D. Lewis, E. Harris, & M. Woolmer (Eds.), The ancient Greek economy: markets, households, and city-states. Cambridge University Press

This volume draws together contributions by historians, economists, and archaeologists on the question of the role of markets in the economy of the Greek city-states during the classical and hellenistic periods.