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La miniera di Monte Loreto dal Neolitico all’alto Medioevo (2023)
Journal Article
Campana, N., Maggi, R., & Pearce, M. (2023). La miniera di Monte Loreto dal Neolitico all’alto Medioevo. Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, 73(Special no. S3), 509-524

This paper discusses prehistoric copper mining at Monte Loreto. Work between 1996 and 2004 by the then Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria and Dept of Archaeology, University of Nottingham (UK), had two main aims: 1) in collaboration with the... Read More about La miniera di Monte Loreto dal Neolitico all’alto Medioevo.

A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda (2023)
Journal Article
Meyer, A., Mullen, A., & Vanhala, J. (2023). A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda. Britannia, 54, 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X2300020X

The Secundinus stone, with its combination of carved phallus and text, was found in 2022 in excavations within the stone fort at Vindolanda. We consider comparanda for the imagery from Vindolanda, Britannia and further afield, and textual parallels p... Read More about A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda.

Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s) (2023)
Book Chapter
O'Regan, H. (2023). Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s). In O. Grimm (Ed.), Bear and Human Facets of a Multi-Layered Relationship from Past to Recent Times, with Emphasis on Northern Europe. Volume 1 (187-208). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TANE-EB.5.134334

The brown bear, Ursus arctos, was a native British mammal, but is now extinct. This chapter briefly explores the history of the native brown bear before turning to the anthropogenic evidence for bears in prehistoric and later Britain. There are two m... Read More about Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s).

Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (in press). Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience. In M. Mass, & F. Yarnborough (Eds.), lndigeneity and Empire: Comparing the Roman and American Experiences. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press

The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor (2023)
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Stover, J., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

This book rediscovers a lost history of the Roman Empire, written by Sextus Aurelius Victor (ca. 320-390) and demonstrates for the first time both the contemporary and lasting influence of his historical work. Though little regarded today, Victor is... Read More about The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor.

‘Why so high?’ Examining discrepancies between the Sr biosphere map and archaeological tooth data from the Peak District, England (2023)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J., Wilkinson, D. M., Wagner, D., & Evans, J. (2023). ‘Why so high?’ Examining discrepancies between the Sr biosphere map and archaeological tooth data from the Peak District, England. Journal of Archaeological Science, 157, Article 105826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105826

The analysis of 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios in human and nonhuman tooth enamel is used worldwide for archaeological and forensic purposes to establish if an individual is likely to have grown up in the area from which their remains were excavated. The E... Read More about ‘Why so high?’ Examining discrepancies between the Sr biosphere map and archaeological tooth data from the Peak District, England.

The Circulation of the Scholia Vallicelliana to Isidore (2023)
Journal Article
Woudhuysen, G., & Stover, J. (2023). The Circulation of the Scholia Vallicelliana to Isidore. Revue d'histoire des textes, 18, 409-416. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.rht.5.133022

This study brings together the evidence for the circulation of an important monument of early medieval scholarship, the Scholia Vallicelliana to Isidore, which Claudia Villa brilliantly attributed to Paul the Deacon in 1984. Starting from the Vallice... Read More about The Circulation of the Scholia Vallicelliana to Isidore.

The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories (2023)
Journal Article
Lennon, J., & Wilshere, N. (in press). The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 78,

Throughout Agathias’s Histories, he makes frequent use of religious pollution. This has often gone unnoticed in discussions of his work, as scholars have typically approached the debate in terms of his attitudes to sin. This article aims to correct t... Read More about The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories.

Sparta in Plutarch's Lives (2023)
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Davies, P., & Mossman, J. (Eds.). (2023). Sparta in Plutarch's Lives. Classical Press of Wales. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.5053549

Plutarch (born before AD 50, died after AD 120) is the ancient author who has arguably contributed more than any other to the popular conception of Sparta. Writing under the Roman Empire, at a time when the glory days of ancient Sparta were already l... Read More about Sparta in Plutarch's Lives.

Equal contributors? Agesilaus and Lysander within Plutarch’s ‘ Spartan Cycle’ (2023)
Book Chapter
Davies, P. (2023). Equal contributors? Agesilaus and Lysander within Plutarch’s ‘ Spartan Cycle’. In P. Davies, & J. Mossman (Eds.), Sparta in Plutarch's Lives (93-112). The Classical Press of Wales. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.5053549.8

Out of the Land of Ice and Fire: Icelandic Immigrants in the Midlands During the Fifteenth Century (2023)
Journal Article
Lomax, S. C. (2023). Out of the Land of Ice and Fire: Icelandic Immigrants in the Midlands During the Fifteenth Century. Midland History, 48(2), 158-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729x.2023.2217231

Three Passages of Ancient Prolegomena to Aratus (2023)
Journal Article
Thomas, O. (2023). Three Passages of Ancient Prolegomena to Aratus. Classical Quarterly, 73(1), 419-435. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838823000435

An eighth-century Latin version of a Greek edition of Aratus preserves valuable ancient scholarship on the Phaenomena, including material not preserved in Greek. Examination of over thirteen thousand Latin–Greek correspondences enables one to interpr... Read More about Three Passages of Ancient Prolegomena to Aratus.

Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Language shift, attitudes and management in the Roman West. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), Multilingualism and History. Cambridge University Press

Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse. In M. Coltelloni-Trannoy, & N. Moncunill Marti (Eds.), La culture de l'écrit en Méditerranée occidentale à travers les pratiques épigraphiques (Gaule, Ibérie, Afrique du Nord). Peeters

The rise of Rome brought with it the creation and spread of a culture of writing across Gaul. Another major transformation of the Roman period was the advent of mass production. These two developments coincided in the large potteries to produce local... Read More about Transformations de la Gaule sous l’Empire romain : une culture de l’écrit au service de la production de masse.

Situla Art: An Iron Age Artisanal Tradition Found Between the Apennines and the Eastern Alps and Its Identity Valencies (2023)
Journal Article
Saccoccio, F. (2023). Situla Art: An Iron Age Artisanal Tradition Found Between the Apennines and the Eastern Alps and Its Identity Valencies. Journal of World Prehistory, 36(1), 49-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-023-09174-6

Situla Art is an Iron Age artisanal tradition dated to c. 660/650–275 BC, corresponding to the Hallstatt C2 to the La Tène B2 phases. It is characterised by striking sheet-bronze objects with embossed and/or incised decoration in Orientalising taste... Read More about Situla Art: An Iron Age Artisanal Tradition Found Between the Apennines and the Eastern Alps and Its Identity Valencies.

Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators (2023)
Book Chapter
Louys, J., & O'Regan, H. (2023). Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators. In A. Mark Pollard, R. Ann Armitage, & C. A. Makarewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (211-226). (Second Edition). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch11

Perceiving Mining Landscapes: Metallurgical Origins and the Perception of Resources in the Landscape (2023)
Book Chapter
Pearce, M., & Maggi, R. (2023). Perceiving Mining Landscapes: Metallurgical Origins and the Perception of Resources in the Landscape. In Settlement Structures and Metallurgy: The Relations between Italy and the Iberian Peninsula in the Early Chalcolithic. Papers of an International Conference Held in Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano – Palazzo Massimo, 6–7 October 2011 (77-86). Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut - Abteilung Rom. https://doi.org/10.34780/t263-e0t2

In Liguria, in north-west Italy, copper mining starts soon after a transformation in the Neolithic economy – the opening up of upland pastures for summer grazing – and seems to be contemporary with the exploitation of other mineral resources, such as... Read More about Perceiving Mining Landscapes: Metallurgical Origins and the Perception of Resources in the Landscape.

The Mocking Homer of the Exegetical Scholia to the Iliad (2022)
Journal Article
THOMAS, O. (2022). The Mocking Homer of the Exegetical Scholia to the Iliad. Seminari Romani di Cultura Greca, 2022(XI), 317-337. https://doi.org/10.48235/1026

Epilogue: A critical appraisal of ethnic studies in the Iron Age Mediterranean (2022)
Book Chapter
Saccoccio, F. (2022). Epilogue: A critical appraisal of ethnic studies in the Iron Age Mediterranean. In F. Saccoccio, & E. Vecchi (Eds.), Who do you think you are? : Ethnicity in the Iron Age Mediterranean. Accordia Research Institute

Nonnus’ Phaethon, Ovid, and Flavian Intertextuality (2022)
Book Chapter
LOVATT, H. (2022). Nonnus’ Phaethon, Ovid, and Flavian Intertextuality. In K. Carvounis, S. Papaioannou, & G. Scafoglio (Eds.), Later Greek Epic and the Latin Literary Tradition (179-206). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110791907-009

This chapter explores the methodological case for reading Greek Imperial epic alongside and in conjunction with Latin epic, by revisiting one of the best-known examples, the case of the story of Phaethon in Ovid and Nonnus. Since Knox’s article, the... Read More about Nonnus’ Phaethon, Ovid, and Flavian Intertextuality.