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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

The aesthetics of story-telling as a technology of the plausible (2016)
Journal Article
Eidinow, E., & Ramirez, R. (in press). The aesthetics of story-telling as a technology of the plausible. Futures, 84(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2016.09.005

In this paper we argue that that which philosophers consider as being included in the domain of the aesthetic is a crucial aspect determining the plausibility of a narrative; that plausibility actually plays a more significant role than probability i... Read More about The aesthetics of story-telling as a technology of the plausible.

Domestic buildings: understanding houses and society (2016)
Book Chapter
King, C. (2016). Domestic buildings: understanding houses and society. The Routledge handbook of material culture in Early Modern Europe (111-125). London: Routledge

This chapter argues that understanding consumption must involve contextualising objects; the built environment has often been treated as a passive backdrop or container for new goods in the early modern world, rather than a socially, economically and... Read More about Domestic buildings: understanding houses and society.

Hard cheese: upland pastoralism in the Italian Bronze and Iron Ages (2016)
Book Chapter
Pearce, M. (2016). Hard cheese: upland pastoralism in the Italian Bronze and Iron Ages. In J. R. Collis, M. Pearce, & F. Nicolis (Eds.), Summer farms: seasonal exploitation of the uplands from prehistory to the present (47-56). JR Collis Publications

By moving livestock to summer farms, fodder at the home base is saved but the milk and other animal products produced during the animals’ absence are no longer immediately available to those left at the home base. In this paper I shall explore the ec... Read More about Hard cheese: upland pastoralism in the Italian Bronze and Iron Ages.

Ancient mythological images and their interpretation: an introduction to iconology, semiotics and image studies in classical art history (2016)
Book
Lorenz, K. (2016). Ancient mythological images and their interpretation: an introduction to iconology, semiotics and image studies in classical art history. Cambridge University Press

When we try to make sense of pictures, what do we gain when we use a particular method - and what might we be missing or even losing? Empirical experimentation on three types of mythological imagery - a Classical Greek pot, a frieze from Hellenistic... Read More about Ancient mythological images and their interpretation: an introduction to iconology, semiotics and image studies in classical art history.

Hominin home ranges and habitat variability: exploring modern African analogues using remote sensing (2016)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J., Wilkinson, D. M., & Marston, C. G. (2016). Hominin home ranges and habitat variability: exploring modern African analogues using remote sensing. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.043

The palaeoanthropological literature contains numerous examples of putative home range sizes associated with various hominin species. However, the resolution of the palaeoenvironmental record seldom allows the quantitative analysis of the effects of... Read More about Hominin home ranges and habitat variability: exploring modern African analogues using remote sensing.

Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca (2016)
Journal Article
Lamb, A., Valenzuela, A., Baker, K., Carden, R. F., Evans, J., Higham, T., …Sykes, N. (2016). Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 9, 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.038

The archaeological record concerning the distribution and timing of fallow deer translocation across the Mediterranean has been growing in the last years. This knowledge has provided important insights into the movement, trade patterns and ideology o... Read More about Both introduced and extinct: The fallow deer of Roman Mallorca.

Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD) (2016)
Journal Article
Sykes, N., Ayton, G., Bowen, F., Baker, K., Baker, P., Carden, R. F., …Worley, F. (2016). Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD). Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 2(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2016.1208027

This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape. It brings together data from traditional zooarchaeo... Read More about Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c.11th-16th century AD).

High-resolution underwater robotic vision-based mapping and three-dimensional reconstruction for archaeology (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson-Roberson, M., Bryson, M., Friedman, A., Pizarro, O., Troni, G., Ozog, P., & Henderson, J. C. (in press). High-resolution underwater robotic vision-based mapping and three-dimensional reconstruction for archaeology. Journal of Field Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21658

Documenting underwater archaeological sites is an extremely challenging problem. Sites covering large areas are particularly daunting for traditional techniques. In this paper, we present a novel approach to this problem using both an autonomous unde... Read More about High-resolution underwater robotic vision-based mapping and three-dimensional reconstruction for archaeology.