A. C. Johnston, The sons of Remus: identity in Roman Gaul and Spain. Cambridge, MA/London: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. ix + 420. ISBN 9780674660106. £39.95
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Mullen, A. (2018). A. C. Johnston, The sons of Remus: identity in Roman Gaul and Spain. Cambridge, MA/London: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. ix + 420. ISBN 9780674660106. £39.95. Journal of Roman Studies, 108, 241-242. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075435818000758
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Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c.800-146 BC (2018)
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Lewis, D. (2018). Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c.800-146 BC. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198769941.001.0001
The villas of the eastern Adriatic and Ionian coastlands (2018)
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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: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316687147This 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.
Uncovering Constans’ image (2018)
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WOUDHUYSEN, G. (2018). Uncovering Constans’ image. In D. P. Burgersdijk, & A. J. Ross (Eds.), Imagining emperors in the later Roman empire (158-182). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004370920_009
The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence (2018)
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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.121271. 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)
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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.5.114228This 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.
Gibbon among the Barbarians (2018)
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Woudhuysen, G. (2018). Gibbon among the Barbarians. In K. O'Brien, & B. Young (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon (93-109). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139547291.007
A multidisciplinary analysis of non-literary Latin texts from Roman Britain (2018)
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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/glb2018-1-3The 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)
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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 PressThis 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.
Don Taylor, the 'old-fashioned populist'? The Theban Plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): production choices and audience responses (2018)
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Fotheringham, L. (2018). Don Taylor, the 'old-fashioned populist'? The Theban Plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): production choices and audience responses. In F. Hobden, & A. Wrigley (Eds.), Ancient Greece on British Television (123-146). Edinburgh University Press
The role of historical context in understanding past climate, pollution and health data in trans-disciplinary studies: reply to comments on More et al. 2017 (2018)
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More, A. F., Spauding, N. E., Bohleber, P., Handley, M. J., Hoffmann, H., Korotkikh, E. V., …Mayewski, P. A. (2018). The role of historical context in understanding past climate, pollution and health data in trans-disciplinary studies: reply to comments on More et al. 2017. GeoHealth, 2(5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GH000121Understanding the context from which evidence emerges is of paramount importance in reaching robust conclusions in scientific inquiries. This is as true of the present as it is of the past. In a trans‐disciplinary study such as More et al. (2017, htt... Read More about The role of historical context in understanding past climate, pollution and health data in trans-disciplinary studies: reply to comments on More et al. 2017.
Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records (2018)
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Beglane, F., Baker, K., Carden, R., Hoelzel, A. R., Lamb, A. L., Fhionnghaile, R. M., …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.2018.118.01The 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.
The ‘island of silver veins’: an overview of the earliest metal and metalworking in Sardinia (2018)
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Pearce, M. (2018). The ‘island of silver veins’: an overview of the earliest metal and metalworking in Sardinia. Metalla, 23(2), 91-111This paper presents a review of our knowledge of the earliest phases of metal use and working in Sardinia, based where possible on radiocarbon chronology. It covers the cultural periods from the late Neolithic Ozieri to the Copper Age Monte Claro pha... Read More about The ‘island of silver veins’: an overview of the earliest metal and metalworking in Sardinia.
"Fraudulent ingenuity": Charles W. King and 19th-century collections of antique gems (2018)
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D'Angelo, T., & Muratov, M. (2018). "Fraudulent ingenuity": Charles W. King and 19th-century collections of antique gems. In A. Carpino, T. D'Angelo, M. Muratov, & D. Saunders (Eds.), Collecting and collectors from antiquity to modernityArchaeological Institute of America
Collecting and Collectors from Antiquity to Modernity (2018)
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(2018). Collecting and Collectors from Antiquity to Modernity
People and plant entanglements at the dawn of agricultural practice in Greece: an analysis of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic archaeobotanical remains (2018)
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Kotzamani, G., & Livarda, A. (2018). People and plant entanglements at the dawn of agricultural practice in Greece: an analysis of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic archaeobotanical remains. Quaternary International, 496, 80-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.04.044Investigation of the incipience of agriculture in Greece employing archaeobotanical remains is a challenging field of inquiry, aiming at gaining insights into the complex socio-economic transformations that gradually shaped the way of Neolithic life.... Read More about People and plant entanglements at the dawn of agricultural practice in Greece: an analysis of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic archaeobotanical remains.
The effects of the Avellino Pumice eruption on the population of the Early Bronze age Campanian plain (Southern Italy) (2018)
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Albore Livadie, C., Pearce, M., Delle Donne, M., & Pizzano, N. (2019). The effects of the Avellino Pumice eruption on the population of the Early Bronze age Campanian plain (Southern Italy). Quaternary International, 499(B), 205-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.035Palma Campania, the type-site of the Early Bronze Age Palma Campania culture, was covered by the products of the Avellino Pumice eruption, and was thus preserved in a similar way to the Roman sites in Campania covered by the AD 79 eruption. The devas... Read More about The effects of the Avellino Pumice eruption on the population of the Early Bronze age Campanian plain (Southern Italy).
Music in Euripides' Medea (2018)
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Thomas, O. (2018). Music in Euripides' Medea. In T. Phillips, & A. D'Angour (Eds.), Music, text and culture in Ancient Greece. Oxford University PressArgues for the plausibility of Athenaeus' evidence that Euripides' Medea contained an innovative treatment of melody, and discusses how this may have interacted with what the characters within the play say about musical innovations.
Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR (2018)
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Bradford, H., Ryder, A., Henderson, J., & Titman, J. J. (2018). Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(29), 7474-7479. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.20180048329Si magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy is applied for the first time to the structural analysis of ancient glass samples obtained from archaeological excavations. The results show that it is possible to establish the distribution of Si envi... Read More about Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR.
Hermetically unsealed: lyric genres in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes (2018)
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Thomas, O. (2018). Hermetically unsealed: lyric genres in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. In F. Budelmann, & T. Phillips (Eds.), Textual events: performance and the lyric in early Greece. Oxford University PressThe Hymn to Hermes offers a late archaic or early classical viewpoint on genre in lyric poetry. It compares hymns and theogonies to bantering songs at symposia, apparently in a paradox grounded in Hermes’ ability to control transfers across firm boun... Read More about Hermetically unsealed: lyric genres in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes.