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The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment (2018)
Journal Article
Miller, H., Baird, D., Pearson, J., Lamb, A., Grove, M., Martin, L., & Garrard, A. (2018). The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment. Levant, 50(3), 281-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2019.1651560

The circumstances in which domestic animals were first introduced to the arid regions of the Southern Levant and the origins of nomadic pastoralism, have been the subject of considerable debate. Nomadic pastoralism was a novel herd management practic... Read More about The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment.

Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta (2018)
Journal Article
Edmund, S. (2018). Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta. Classical Quarterly, 68(2), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838819000016

This paper aims to reassess one piece of evidence for the performance of music and poetry in classical Sparta: an elegy by the Chian poet Ion (fr. 27 West). It is argued here that this poem evokes the atmosphere of a Spartan festival and, specificall... Read More about Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta.

Plutarch, Lysander, and a Disappearing Heraclid Reform (2018)
Journal Article
Davies, P. (2018). Plutarch, Lysander, and a Disappearing Heraclid Reform. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 58(4), 523-541

A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses (2018)
Journal Article
Shen, J. Y., Henderson, J., Evans, J., Chenery, S., & Zhao, F. Y. (2019). A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses. Archaeometry, 61(2), 358-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12436

© 2018 The Authors Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford This study discusses the elemental compositions and lead isotope ratios of Tang sancai glazes unearthed from the Huangpu kiln, Huangye kiln and two... Read More about A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses.

Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia (2018)
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Michael, W., Glynis, J., Michael, C., Emily, F., Eleanor, S., Vincent, B., …Catherine, P. (2019). Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 28(4), 449–463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0702-y

Archaeobotanical evidence from southwest Asia is often interpreted as showing that the spectrum of wild plant foods narrowed during the origins of agriculture, but it has long been acknowledged that the recognition of wild plants as foods is problema... Read More about Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia.

Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 (2018)
Journal Article
Loveluck, C. P., McCormick, M., Spaulding, N. E., Clifford, H., Handley, M. J., Hartman, L., …Mayewski, P. A. (2018). Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670. Antiquity, 92(366), 1571-1585. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110

© Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2018. The seventh-century AD switch from gold to silver currencies transformed the socio-economic landscape of North-west Europe. The source of silver, however, has proven elusive. Recent research, integrating ice-core d... Read More about Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670.

The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel (2018)
Journal Article
Miller, H., Chenery, C., Lamb, A. L., Sloane, H., Carden, R. F., Atici, L., & Sykes, N. (2019). The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8324

Rationale The species‐specific relationship between phosphate (δ18OP values) and structural carbonate (δ18OC values) oxygen isotope ratios has been established for several modern and fossil animal species but until now it has not been investigated... Read More about The relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractionation of fallow deer bioapatite in tooth enamel.

The tradition about the mons Caelius (2018)
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Malloch, S. (2018). The tradition about the mons Caelius. Hermes, 146(4), 454-469. https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2018-0039

This essay offers three arguments concerning the ancient tradition about the mons Caelius. (1) Tacitus’ digression on the name of the mons Caelius at Annals 4.65 provides a useful framework for interpreting the complexity of the tradition: Caeles Vib... Read More about The tradition about the mons Caelius.

Gaulish. Language, Writing, Epigraphy (2018)
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Mullen, A., & Ruiz Darasse, C. (2018). Gaulish. Language, Writing, Epigraphy

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 (2018)
Journal Article
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

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)
Book Chapter
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/10.1017/9781316687147

This 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)
Book Chapter
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)
Journal Article
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.12127

1. 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)
Book Chapter
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.5.114228

This 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)
Book Chapter
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/glb2018-1-3

The 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)
Book Chapter
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 Press

This 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.

Ireland’s fallow deer: their historical, archaeological and biomolecular records (2018)
Journal Article
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.2018.118.01

The 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 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/10.1029/2017GH000121

Understanding 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.