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Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066 (2016)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (2016). Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066. In A. Molinari, R. Santangeli Valenzani, L. Spera, & C. Palombi (Eds.), L'archeologia della produzione a Roma (secoli V-XV): atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, 27-29 marzo 2014. Ecole francaise de Rome

This contribution explores the many questions that need to be asked in regard to how specialist craft-working was organised in early medieval Britain, and how specialist artisans and traders exercised initiative as social actors. A particular emphasi... Read More about Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066.

Remigius and the 'Important News' of Clovis rewritten (2016)
Journal Article
Barrett, G., & Woudhuysen, G. (2016). Remigius and the 'Important News' of Clovis rewritten. Antiquité tardive, 24, 471-500. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.at.5.112639

Cet article est un nouvel examen de la Lettre austrasienne n° 2, adressée par Rémi, évêque de Reims, à Clovis, roi des Francs. Nous proposons une nouvelle transcription du texte, accompagnée d’une traduction et suivie d’une étude des interprétations... Read More about Remigius and the 'Important News' of Clovis rewritten.

Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited (2016)
Book Chapter
Lewis, D. (2016). Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited. In J. Bodel, & W. Scheidel (Eds.), On human bondage: after slavery and social death. Wiley-Blackwell

This essay provides a critique of Orlando Patterson's analysis of property and slavery. Traditionally, the notion that the slave was the property of his or her owner was seen as the distinguishing characteristic of slavery. Patterson criticised this... Read More about Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited.

Homeric and/or hymns: some fifteenth-century approaches (2016)
Book Chapter
Thomas, O. (2016). Homeric and/or hymns: some fifteenth-century approaches. In A. Faulkner, A. Vergados, & A. Schwab (Eds.), The reception of the Homeric hymns (277-300). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198728788.001.0001

Discusses the manuscripts of the Homeric Hymns as evidence for how they were read in the fifteenth century, and particular allusions made to them in the works of Francesco Filelfo and Michael Marullus.

Mirazón Lahr et al. reply (2016)
Journal Article
Lahr, M., Rivera, F., Power, R., Mounier, A., Copsey, B., Crivellaro, F., …Foley, R. (2016). Mirazón Lahr et al. reply. Nature, 539, Article E10-E11. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19779

Replying to C. M. Stojanowski et al. Nature 539, 10.1038/nature19778 (2016) "Contesting the massacre at Nataruk".

Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology? (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, R., Miller, H., & Sykes, N. (2016). Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology?. Archaeological Dialogues, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203816000210

This paper asks whether archaeologists might profitably re-engage with the pre-Enlightenment doctrines of elemental philosophy and humoral theory as paradigms more relevant for archaeological interpretation in certain contexts than much of current th... Read More about Is it time for an elemental and humoral (re)turn in archaeology?.

The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria (2016)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2016). The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 29, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104775940007210X

The sculpture of Roman Syria is a mighty tree with roots so deep and branches so far-flung that they have defied all attempts at systematic and comprehensive study. This article deals with one of these branches of artistic traditions, a series of unu... Read More about The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria.

The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis (2016)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J., Lamb, A. L., & Wilkinson, D. M. (2016). The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.09.009

Fungi are a common part of modern human diets, but are rarely discussed in an archaeological context. Power et al. (2015) published data on bolete spores in human tooth calculus, suggesting that Upper Palaeolithic peoples ate mushrooms. Here we brief... Read More about The missing mushrooms: searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis.

How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields? (2016)
Journal Article
Preece, C., Livarda, A., Christin, P., Wallace, M., Martin, G., Charles, M., …Osborne, C. P. (2017). How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?. Functional Ecology, 31(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12760

The origins of agriculture, 10 000 years ago, led to profound changes in the biology of plants exploited as grain crops, through the process of domestication. This special case of evolution under cultivation led to domesticated cereals and pulses req... Read More about How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?.

Die Mosaikkuppel von Centcelles: Bilderzählung im Raum (2016)
Book Chapter
Lorenz, K. (2016). Die Mosaikkuppel von Centcelles: Bilderzählung im Raum. In D. Korol, & A. Arbeiter (Eds.), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles: neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang: Internationale Tagung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts im Goethe-Institut Madrid (22.-24.11.2010). Wasmuth