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Southern Laconia in the Middle and Earlier Late Bronze Age. Pottery from Pavlopetri and other sites (2022)
Book Chapter
Gallou, C., Cavanagh, W., Spondylis, I., & Henderson, J. (2022). Southern Laconia in the Middle and Earlier Late Bronze Age. Pottery from Pavlopetri and other sites. In C. Wiersma, & M. P. TSouli (Eds.), Middle and Late Helladic Laconia: competing principalities? (33-45). Sidestone Press

The underwater site of Pavlopetri has most recently been investigated by the joint project of the Ephoreia for Underwater Archaeology and the British School at Athens which conducted field seasons in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In addition to a survey of th... Read More about Southern Laconia in the Middle and Earlier Late Bronze Age. Pottery from Pavlopetri and other sites.

The Return of the King? Tacitus on the Principate of Augustus (2022)
Journal Article
Malloch, S. (2022). The Return of the King? Tacitus on the Principate of Augustus. Hermes, 150(1), 82-100. https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2022-0005

Tacitus opens the Annals with a succinct sketch of the constitutional history of Rome from the kings to Augustus (1.1.1). The common interpretation holds that Tacitus adopts a cyclical view of this history which identifies the supremacy of Augustus w... Read More about The Return of the King? Tacitus on the Principate of Augustus.

Voices of Roman Britain (2022)
Journal Article
MULLEN, A. (2022). Voices of Roman Britain. Omnibus (London), 83, 30-32

Roman Britain is often seen as a backwater. It offers us few standing remains to rival the likes of the Colosseum or the Pont standing remains to rival the likes of the Colosseum or the Pont du Gard; few of its protagonists get big billing in Roman h... Read More about Voices of Roman Britain.

Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls (2022)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2022). Materializing epigraphy: archaeological and sociolinguistic approaches to Roman inscribed spindle whorls. In E. H. Cousins (Ed.), Dynamic Epigraphy: New Approaches to Inscriptions. Oxbow

Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022)
Book
JIM, T. S. F. (2022). Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece. Oxford University Press

From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira (‘Saviour’). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power... Read More about Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece.

Historiarum libri quinque: Hegesippus between Josephus and Sallust (2022)
Journal Article
Woudhuysen, G., & Stover, J. (2022). Historiarum libri quinque: Hegesippus between Josephus and Sallust. Histos, 16, 1-27

This article examines the influence of Sallust on Hegesippus, the fourth-century historian and adaptor of Josephus (commonly referred to as pseudo-Hegesippus). Analysis of the structure of his work reveals that Hegesippus strove to write in five book... Read More about Historiarum libri quinque: Hegesippus between Josephus and Sallust.

Thoughts about erasing writing on Roman wax tablets (2022)
Journal Article
Willi, A., & Colombo, A. (2022). Thoughts about erasing writing on Roman wax tablets. Instrumentum, Bulletin no. 54(December 2021), 41–44

The Roman road network of north Sardinia and other topographical puzzles (2021)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2021). The Roman road network of north Sardinia and other topographical puzzles. Orbis Terrarum, 19, 115-42

Kingdoms and Principalities (2021)
Book Chapter
Kropp, A. (2022). Kingdoms and Principalities. In T. Kaizer (Ed.), A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East (365-377). Wiley

'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West (2021)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2021). 'Socio-literacy': an interdisciplinary approach to understanding literacy in the Roman North-West. In Aprender la escritura, olvidar la escritura: nuevas perspectivas sobre la historia de la escritura en el Occidente romano (357-380). Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

'A Faraway Land of Which We Know Little'? Britain in the Politics of the Fourth-Century Empire (2021)
Book Chapter
Woudhuysen, G. (2021). 'A Faraway Land of Which We Know Little'? Britain in the Politics of the Fourth-Century Empire. In B. Ward-Perkins, R. Miles, & M. Hessérus (Eds.), Roman Britain in the Roman Empire (63-73). Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation

The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos (2021)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2021). The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos. Numismatic Chronicle, 181, 115-127

This article discusses new attributions for three types of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla, each depicting a different kind of altar as a mint-mark. Generally attributed to Byblos, an obverse die link now suggests that they were made at the... Read More about The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos.

Broken G in Beneventan script: a case study based on the second Medicean of Tacitus (Florence, Bibliotheca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 68.2) (2021)
Journal Article
Malloch, S. (2021). Broken G in Beneventan script: a case study based on the second Medicean of Tacitus (Florence, Bibliotheca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 68.2). Scriptorium, 75, 123-131

The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Pearce, M., Merkel, S., Hauptmann, A., & Nicolis, F. (2022). The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01475-1

This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third millennium cal BC (late Copper Age / early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, northeastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa and the Riparo di Monte Terlago. We review... Read More about The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy.

Biographies of Situla Art objects recycled as ex-votos between the Adige and Inn valleys (NE Italy and west Austria) (2021)
Book Chapter
Saccoccio, F. (2021). Biographies of Situla Art objects recycled as ex-votos between the Adige and Inn valleys (NE Italy and west Austria). In A. Weidinger, & J. Leskovar (Eds.), Interpretierte Eisenzeiten Fallstudien, Methoden, Theorie: Tagungsbeiträge der 9. Linzer Gespräche zur interpretativen Eisenzeitarchäologie (53-74). OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH

This paper discusses the biographies of Situla Art objects recycled as ex-votos found at four Iron Age sanctuaries – Este-Baratella and Caldevigo (Veneto, NE Italy), Mechel (Cles, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, NE Italy) and Pillerhöhe (Fließ, Tirol,... Read More about Biographies of Situla Art objects recycled as ex-votos between the Adige and Inn valleys (NE Italy and west Austria).

Radiocarbon approaches for mapping technological change: The spread of the potter’s wheel in the Iberian Peninsula, 1000–0 BCE (2021)
Journal Article
de Groot, B., & Bloxam, A. (2022). Radiocarbon approaches for mapping technological change: The spread of the potter’s wheel in the Iberian Peninsula, 1000–0 BCE. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 41, Article 103288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103288

This paper discusses a quantitative methodology based on the summed probability of radiocarbon dates to reveal complexities and asymmetries in the adoption of technological innovations. By focusing on the spread of the potter’s wheel in the Iberian P... Read More about Radiocarbon approaches for mapping technological change: The spread of the potter’s wheel in the Iberian Peninsula, 1000–0 BCE.

Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts (2021)
Book
Mullen, A., & Bowman, A. (2021). Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts. LatinNow ePubs

Volume 1 describes the kinds of documents that are written in Latin cursive script and tabulates the main published collections and individual items of texts in cursive script from across the Roman world, ranging in provenance from northern England t... Read More about Manual of Roman Everyday Writing. Volume 1, Scripts and Texts.

Writing with trees: Pliny's topiary epigraphy (2021)
Journal Article
WILLI, A. (2021). Writing with trees: Pliny's topiary epigraphy. Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents Newsletter, Autumn(26), 18–19

I Campi Fossili Di Gricignano D'Aversa U.S. Navy: Sfruttamento E Impatto Umano In Pianura Campana Nel Bronzo Antico (2021)
Book Chapter
Saccoccio, F., Marzocchella, A., & Vanzetti, A. (2021). I Campi Fossili Di Gricignano D'Aversa U.S. Navy: Sfruttamento E Impatto Umano In Pianura Campana Nel Bronzo Antico. In I. Damiani, A. Cazzella, & V. Copat (Eds.), Preistoria del cibo: L'alimentazione nella preistoria e nella protostoria (241-252). Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria

L’Osteria del Termine: nota in margine a un confine di lunga durata (2021)
Book Chapter
PEARCE, M. (2021). L’Osteria del Termine: nota in margine a un confine di lunga durata. In L. Magnini, C. Bettineschi, & L. Burigana (Eds.), Traces of Complexity: Studi in Onore di Armando De Guio/ Studies in Honour of Armando De Guio (155-158). SAP Società Archeologica s.r.l

This short paper explores various aspects of Armando De Guio’s work through the lens of his discovery of an extraordinarily persistent border on the Luserna plateau, which seems to have conditioned human behaviour from at least the later Bronze Age,... Read More about L’Osteria del Termine: nota in margine a un confine di lunga durata.