Keyword: Adornment

The Oasis Papers 10: The Land Where the Sun Goes Down. The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert

ed. Colin A. Hope et al.

This volume presents 19 papers from the Tenth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, offering new research on Egypt’s Western Desert from prehistory to Late Antiquity. Topics include archaeology, rock art, settlements, temples, Christianity, heritage management, and environmental change across Dakhleh and Kharga. READ MORE

Paperback: £75.00 | eBook: £16.00

Die Bestattungsgruben in Bat

Conrad Schmidt et al.

A comprehensive study of two Umm an-Nar (2700-2000 BC) burial pits from the UNESCO World Heritage site Bat in the Sultanate of Oman, excavated 2010-2012. Each burial pit represents one of the largest closed finds of the Early Bronze Age in the region, including beads and other items of personal adornment, as well as pottery and human bones. READ MORE

Hardback: £75.00 | Open Access

Barbaric Splendour: The Use of Image Before and After Rome

ed. Toby F. Martin et al.

This book comprises a collection of essays comparing late Iron Age and Early Medieval art. Fundamentally, the book asks what making images meant on the fringe of the expanding or contracting Roman empire, particularly as the art from both periods drew heavily from – but radically transformed – imperial imagery. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00

Practices of Personal Adornment in Neolithic Greece

Fotis Ifantidis

The objective of this book is the reconsideration of the practices of personal adornment during the Neolithic period in Greece, through the assemblage, extensive bibliographic documentation, and critical evaluation of all the available data deriving from more than a hundred sites in the mainland and the Aegean islands. READ MORE

Paperback: £80.00 | Free Download | eBook Institution: £10.00