Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities in the Archaeology of Southwest Asia
Papers in Honour of Roger Matthews
Edited by Claudia Glatz, Mónica Palmero Fernández, Amy Richardson & Michael Seymour | 2025
This book features a collection of papers produced in honour of Roger Matthews, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Reading. Roger previously taught at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology (2001–2010), before which he…
Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History
Approaches and Case Studies
Edited by Katherine Kanne, Helene Benkert, and Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui | 2025
The human past is unimaginable without the horse. From our ancestors hunting and painting horses in the Upper Palaeolithic, to the earliest riders, the rise of equestrian empires, and the critical role of horses in…
Empire and excavation
Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960
Edited by Thomas Kiely, Anna Reeve & Lindy Crewe | 2025
The modern discipline of archaeology developed in tandem with the expansion of European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cyprus, ruled by Britain between 1878 and 1960, is a fascinating example of how archaeology…
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Claudia Glatz, Daniel Calderbank, Francesca Chelazzi, Salah Mohammed Sameen (et al.) | 2024
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until…
Appropriating Height
Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
Edited by Sepideh Maziar & Barbara Helwing | 2024
The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, examining the interplay between human communities and highland landscapes from the Paleolithic era to the…
The Archaeology of the ‘Margins’
Studies on Ancient West Asia in Honour of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Jo-Hannah Plug | 2024
This book is a tribute to the remarkable achievements of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans in the archaeology of West Asia. A focus on previously overlooked periods and regions has been the hallmark of his work. Instead…
Let a cow-skin be brought
Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun’s Tomb
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2024
One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the…
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Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities in the Archaeology of Southwest Asia
Papers in Honour of Roger Matthews
Edited by Claudia Glatz, Mónica Palmero Fernández, Amy Richardson & Michael Seymour | 2025
This book features a collection of papers produced in honour of Roger Matthews, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Reading. Roger previously taught at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology (2001–2010), before which he…
Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History
Approaches and Case Studies
Edited by Katherine Kanne, Helene Benkert, and Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui | 2025
The human past is unimaginable without the horse. From our ancestors hunting and painting horses in the Upper Palaeolithic, to the earliest riders, the rise of equestrian empires, and the critical role of horses in…
Empire and excavation
Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960
Edited by Thomas Kiely, Anna Reeve & Lindy Crewe | 2025
The modern discipline of archaeology developed in tandem with the expansion of European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cyprus, ruled by Britain between 1878 and 1960, is a fascinating example of how archaeology…
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities
The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
Claudia Glatz, Daniel Calderbank, Francesca Chelazzi, Salah Mohammed Sameen (et al.) | 2024
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until…
Appropriating Height
Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia
Edited by Sepideh Maziar & Barbara Helwing | 2024
The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia, examining the interplay between human communities and highland landscapes from the Paleolithic era to the…
The Archaeology of the ‘Margins’
Studies on Ancient West Asia in Honour of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Jo-Hannah Plug | 2024
This book is a tribute to the remarkable achievements of Peter M.M.G. Akkermans in the archaeology of West Asia. A focus on previously overlooked periods and regions has been the hallmark of his work. Instead…
Let a cow-skin be brought
Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun’s Tomb
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram | 2024
One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the…
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