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Silent attendants: terracotta statues and death rituals in Canosa (2017)
Book Chapter
D'Angelo, T., & Muratov, M. (2017). Silent attendants: terracotta statues and death rituals in Canosa. In M. Dillon, E. Eidinow, & L. Maurizio (Eds.), Women's ritual competence in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean (65-93). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In the Classical world, death rituals were a means of healing for both the family of the deceased and the community that suffered the loss of one of their members, and therefore their correct performance was vital to guarantee private as well as pub... Read More about Silent attendants: terracotta statues and death rituals in Canosa.

Out of the Archives: Oxford, the SPSL, and Literae Humaniores Refugee Scholars (2017)
Book Chapter
Davies, P. (2017). Out of the Archives: Oxford, the SPSL, and Literae Humaniores Refugee Scholars. In S. Crawford, K. Ulmschneider, & J. Elsner (Eds.), Ark of Civilization: Refugee Scholars and Oxford University, 1930-1945 (77-95). Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199687558.003.0005

This chapter provides a broader analysis of the reception of refugee scholars by Oxford’s academic community. Drawing heavily upon the SPSL’s archive and Oxford University’s own archives, Davies considers the cases of around a dozen refugee scholars... Read More about Out of the Archives: Oxford, the SPSL, and Literae Humaniores Refugee Scholars.

Un nuevo cálato inscrito de Ca n’Oliver (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona) (2017)
Journal Article
Moncunill Martí, N., & Francès, J. (2017). Un nuevo cálato inscrito de Ca n’Oliver (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona). SAGVNTVM. Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia, 49, https://doi.org/10.7203/SAGVNTVM.49.10534

Este artículo presenta la edición de una nueva inscripción ibérica hallada en el yacimiento de Turó de Ca n’Oliver (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona). El nuevo texto documenta una nueva variante de la fórmula de la autoría en ibérico, que se caracter... Read More about Un nuevo cálato inscrito de Ca n’Oliver (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona).

Storia delle ricerche paletnologiche nel territorio di Varese (2017)
Book Chapter
Pearce, M. (2017). Storia delle ricerche paletnologiche nel territorio di Varese. In M. Harari (Ed.), Storia di Varese: Il territorio di Varese in età preistorica e protostorica. Nomos Edizioni

A history of prehistoric studies in the north Italian province of Varese. The province of Varese saw some of the pioneering work in prehistory in Italy in the 19th century, and many key figures in the history of the discipline have done work in the p... Read More about Storia delle ricerche paletnologiche nel territorio di Varese.

Iberian: language, writing, epigraphy (2017)
Book
Moncunill Martí, N., & Velaza Frías, J. (2017). Iberian: language, writing, epigraphy. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza

La lengua ibérica está documentada fundamentalmente por más de 2.000 inscripciones datables entre los siglos V a.E. y I d.E. en un territorio de la franja mediterránea que va desde el río Hérault en el Rosellón francés hasta Almería. Se trata, hoy po... Read More about Iberian: language, writing, epigraphy.

The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry (2017)
Book Chapter
Lovatt, H. (2017). The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry. In F. Bessone, & M. Fucecchi (Eds.), The literary genres in the Flavian Age: canons, transformations, reception. De Gruyter

At Statius Thebaid 8.342-427 the second day of fighting begins, after Amphiaraus is swallowed up by the earth. Although this is far from being the beginning of the poem, not even the beginning of the fighting, Statius in this passage creates an image... Read More about The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry.

Indigenous naming practices in the Western Mediterranean: the case of Iberian (2017)
Journal Article
Moncunill Martí, N. (2017). Indigenous naming practices in the Western Mediterranean: the case of Iberian

The Iberian language is directly attested by ca. 2,250 inscriptions spanning the period from the 5th century BC to the 1st century AD, distributed between Eastern Andalusia and Languedoc. Although it must be considered a non-deciphered language, a la... Read More about Indigenous naming practices in the Western Mediterranean: the case of Iberian.

Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community (2017)
Book Chapter
Davies, P. (2017). Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community. In A. Powell (Ed.), A Companion to Sparta (480-499). Malden, MA: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119072379.ch18

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. Spartan society possessed a number of idiosyncratic institutions and practices, elements of which were described using specifically Spartan vocabulary. This chapter considers the extent to which th... Read More about Equality and Distinction within the Spartiate Community.

Giovanni de Matociis and the Codex Oratorianus of the De uiris illustribus urbis Romae (2017)
Journal Article
Stover, J., & Woudhuysen, G. (2017). Giovanni de Matociis and the Codex Oratorianus of the De uiris illustribus urbis Romae. Exemplaria Classica, 21, 125-148

One of the most curious manuscripts of the De uiris illustribus is Biblioteca dei Girolamini, XL pil. VI, no. XIII. This manuscript has been thought either to go back to the early Veronese humanist Giovanni de Matociis, or to contain authentic ancien... Read More about Giovanni de Matociis and the Codex Oratorianus of the De uiris illustribus urbis Romae.

Sacrifice and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 112-41 (2017)
Book Chapter
Thomas, O. (2017). Sacrifice and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 112-41. In S. Hitch, & I. Rutherford (Eds.), Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (181-199). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139017886.008

Examines the methodology by which one can connect this passage to historical sacrificial practices. In particular, I critique the previous approaches of Kahn, Clay and Burkert, and argue that the passage can be taken as aetiological with special refe... Read More about Sacrifice and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 112-41.

Using Sector-Scan Sonar for the Survey and Management of Submerged Archaeological Sites (2017)
Journal Article
Henderson, J., & Abbott, B. (2017). Using Sector-Scan Sonar for the Survey and Management of Submerged Archaeological Sites. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 46(2), 330-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12240

© 2017 The Authors. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology © 2017 The Nautical Archaeology Society. This article reports the results of using a sector-scan sonar to record diverse submerged archaeological sites in shallow and deep water. The K... Read More about Using Sector-Scan Sonar for the Survey and Management of Submerged Archaeological Sites.

Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change (2017)
Book Chapter
Livarda, A. (2017). Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change. In K. Rudolph (Ed.), Taste and the ancient senses. Routledge

Taste is a complicated matter. Give a plate of Brussels sprouts to a heterogeneous group of people and you will receive a range of responses, from disgusting to delicious. What determines food preferences is subject to much scholarly research, which... Read More about Tastes in the Roman provinces: an archaeobotanical approach to socio-cultural change.

From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda (2017)
Journal Article
Perdikaris, S., Bain, A., Baker, K., Grouard, S., Gonzalez, E., Hoelzel, A. R., …Sykes, N. (in press). From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda. Environmental Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2017.1349027

Barbuda and Antigua's national animal is the fallow deer, Dama dama dama, a species native to the eastern Mediterranean that has been transported around the world by people during the last 8,000 years. The timing and circumstances by which fallow dee... Read More about From icon of empire to national emblem: new evidence for the fallow deer of Barbuda.

Ancient Greco-Roman magic and the agency of victimhood (2017)
Journal Article
Eidinow, E. (2017). Ancient Greco-Roman magic and the agency of victimhood. Numen, 64(4), https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341472

Scholarship on ancient Greco-Roman “magic,” over time and place, has largely focused on the role and identity of ritual practitioners, investigating the nature and source of their perceived expertise and often locating it in their linguistic skills.... Read More about Ancient Greco-Roman magic and the agency of victimhood.

Felidae from Cooper’s Cave, South Africa (Mammalia:Carnivora) (2017)
Journal Article
O'Regan, H. J., & Steininger, C. M. (2017). Felidae from Cooper’s Cave, South Africa (Mammalia:Carnivora). Geodiversitas, 39(2), https://doi.org/10.5252/g2017n2a8

The Cooper’s Cave System has produced a diverse fossil assemblage including the remains of Paranthropus robustus Broom, 1938, and early Homo. The majority of the faunal remains come from Cooper’s D, which dates to ~1.5 – 1.4 Ma. Here we describe 158... Read More about Felidae from Cooper’s Cave, South Africa (Mammalia:Carnivora).