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‘Kalos kagathos’ and Scholarly Perceptions of Spartan Society (2013)
Journal Article
Davies, P. (2013). ‘Kalos kagathos’ and Scholarly Perceptions of Spartan Society. Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 62(3), 259-279. https://doi.org/10.25162/historia-2013-0013

In the course of his exhaustive study regarding the development of the term kalos kagathos, Félix Bourriot has proposed a specifically Spartan usage of the term, with a narrow military meaning. Here, I critically examine his arguments for this Sparta... Read More about ‘Kalos kagathos’ and Scholarly Perceptions of Spartan Society.

Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150: a comparative archaeology (2013)
Book
Loveluck, C. (2013). Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150: a comparative archaeology. Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/CBO9781139794725

Christopher Loveluck's study explores the transformation of Northwest Europe (primarily Britain, France and Belgium) from the era of the first post-Roman 'European Union' under the Carolingian Frankish kings to the so-called 'feudal' age, between c.A... Read More about Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150: a comparative archaeology.

The origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on Flores: biogeographical and ecological perspectives (2013)
Journal Article
Dennell, R. W., Louys, J. L., O'Regan, H. J., & Wilkinson, D. M. (2014). The origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on Flores: biogeographical and ecological perspectives. Quaternary Science Reviews, 96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.031

The finding of archaeological evidence predating 1 Ma and a small hominin species (Homo floresiensis) on Flores, Indonesia, has stimulated much research on its origins and ancestry. Here we take a different approach and examine two key questions – 1)... Read More about The origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on Flores: biogeographical and ecological perspectives.

Fallow deer (Dama dama dama) management in Roman South-East Britain (2013)
Journal Article
Madgwick, R., Sykes, N., Miller, H., Symmons, R., Morris, J., & Lamb, A. L. (2013). Fallow deer (Dama dama dama) management in Roman South-East Britain. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-013-0120-0

This paper presents new carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope data for European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain and discusses results in light of evidence from classical texts, landscape archaeology, zooarchaeology and the limited availa... Read More about Fallow deer (Dama dama dama) management in Roman South-East Britain.

The spirit of the sword and spear (2013)
Journal Article
Pearce, M. (2013). The spirit of the sword and spear. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774313000048

From the Norse sagas or the Arthurian cycles, we are used to the concept that the warrior’s weapon has an identity, a name. In this article I shall ask whether some prehistoric weapons also had an identity. Using case studies of La Tène swords, early... Read More about The spirit of the sword and spear.

Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual (2013)
Book Chapter
Eidinow, E. (2013). Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual. In V. Rosenberger (Ed.), Divination in the Ancient World: Religious Options and the Individual. Franz Steiner Verlag

This chapter examines the significance of the conception of the self for our understanding of the ritual practice of oracular consultation in ancient Greece, focusing primarily on the evidence of the question tablets from the sanctuary at Dodona, aug... Read More about Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual.

Thucydides and Hesiod (2013)
Journal Article
Finglass, P. (2013). Thucydides and Hesiod. Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica, https://doi.org/10.1400/222506

The puzzling reference by Thucydides, during his account of Demosthenes’ Aetolian campaign in 426, to the death of Hesiod, can be explained as an instance of foreshadowing through myth: Hesiod’s tragic end prepares the reader for the tragic consequen... Read More about Thucydides and Hesiod.

Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge (2013)
Journal Article
Orengo, H. A., & Miró i Alaix, C. (2013). Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge. Water History, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-013-0090-2

This paper presents the results of the ‘Roman Barcino Water Network’ Project. This study employed a series of methodologies aiming at joining and interpreting all data available on water supply, distribution, management, use and discharge in the Roma... Read More about Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge.

Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy? (2013)
Journal Article
Orengo, H. A., Palet Martínez, J. M., Ejarque, A., Miras, Y., & Riera-Mora, S. (2013). Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?. Antiquity, 87(337),

The authors’ research project in the Pyrenees mountains has located and excavated Roman kilns for producing pitch from pine resin. Their investigations reveal a whole sustainable industry, integrated into the local environmental cycle, supplying pitc... Read More about Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?.