Books: 'Archaeological significance'

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The significance of trees: An archaeological perspective. Archaeopress, 2012.

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R, Chavez Michael, Acuña Laura I, Miller Kevin A. 1966-, and Texas Antiquities Committee., eds. Significance testing of site 41KM225, Kimble County, Texas. SWCA Environmental Consultants, 2007.

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Wauchope, Robert. Modern Maya houses: A study of their archaeological significance. Martino Pub., 2006.

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Bonine, Mindy L. Significance testing of site 41SS164, San Saba County, Texas. SWCA Environmental Consultants, 2008.

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Nagorsen, David W. Vancouver Island marmot bones from subalpine caves: Archaeological and biological significance. BC Parks, 1996.

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O'Connor, Rory. An investigation into the Aboriginal significance of wetlands and rivers in the Busselton-Walpole region. Water Authority of Western Australia, 1995.

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Munoz, Cynthia Moore. Archeological significance testing at 41BX17/271, the Granberg site: A multi-component site along the Salado Creek in Bexar County, Texas. Texas Department of Transportation, Environment Affairs Division, 2011.

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Hardesty, Donald L. Assessing site significance: A guide for archaeologists and historians. AltaMira Press, 2000.

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J, Little Barbara, ed. Assessing site significance: A guide for archaeologists and historians. 2nd ed. Altamira Press, 2009.

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Dinner at Dan: Biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance. Brill, 2013.

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Stryd, Arnoud H. Sacred cedar: The cultural and archaeological significance of culturally modified trees : a report of the pacific salmon forests project. David Suzuki Foundation, 1998.

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Brenan, Jane. Hanging bowls and their contexts: An archaeological survey of their socio-economic significance from the fifth to seventh centuries A.D. Tempus Reparatum, 1991.

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Brickstock, R. J. Copies of the fel temp reparatio coinage in Britain: A study of their chronology and archaeological significance including gazetteers of hoards and site finds. B.A.R, 1987.

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Directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the state of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the national park system as part of Biscayne National Park, and four [sic] other purposes: Report (to accompany S. 111) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). U.S. G.P.O., 2003.

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Menghini, Silvio, ed. SYMPOSION – La cultura del vino nei valori della conoscenza storica e nelle strategie di mercato | The Culture of Wine within the Values of Historical Knowledge and the Marketing Strategies. Firenze University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-122-5.

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The "Symposion" project was launched in 2008 through collaboration between the Centre for the Strategic Development of the Italian Wine Sector (U niCeSV) of the University of Florence, within the framework of the activities of the Culture and Territory Observatory, and the Tuscan Archaeological Commission (National Archaeological Museum of Florence). The project involves the promotion of seminars and conferences, both in Italy and abroad, accompanied by exhibitions and specific publications offering insight into issues related to the presence of the vine and wine among the peoples of the Mediterranean area, from prehistoric times up to the present, and analysis of the significance of the close relationship between product, land and culture.

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Conference, Society of Museum Archaeologists. Significant others: [museums and units : museums and community]. The Society, 2000.

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Jasink, Anna Margherita, and Luca Bombardieri, eds. Le collezioni egee del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Firenze University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-8453-923-6.

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The collection of Aegean exhibits in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence is of the greatest significance in terms of its richness and variety. The richness is illustrated by the quantity and value of the objects conserved, and the variety by a provenance and chronology of the artefacts that embrace pre-classical Aegean history practically in its entirety. This complete edition is organised on the basis of four main areas of provenance and production of the materials (Crete, Continental Greece, the Cyclades and Rhodes). The formation of the Florentine Aegean collections dates largely to the early twentieth century, and was the felicitous result of a combination of different circumstances. The most important of these was the commitment of Luigi Adriano Milani, Director of the nascent Royal Museum, to whom we owe the initial stimulus for a museum collection that could assume exemplary importance and respond to educational requirements. On line Database: www.fupress.net/collezioniegee

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Society of Museum Archaeologists. Conference. Significant others: Society of Museum Archaeologists, the Museum Archaeologist vol. 25 : conference proceedings, Southampton 1998. Society of Museum Archaeologists, 2000.

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Schriek, Max. Archaeological Approaches to and Heritage Perspectives on Modern Conflict. Amsterdam University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463729857.

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From a wider disciplinary perspective, modern conflict archaeology is now a thoroughly established and mature sub-discipline. However, a significant problem conflict archaeologists in the Netherlands face is that modern eras, including both World Wars, have so far not received serious attention. Although both World Wars appeal strongly to the popular imagination, until recently Dutch researchers had not approached modern conflict from an academic archaeological perspective to any great extent. This is partly the result of problematic legislation on archaeological activity in the Netherlands. When applied and interpreted appropriately, archaeology can play an important role in the preservation, contemporary experience and historical reconstruction of recent conflicts. However, as this book argues, research methods other than excavations will be needed in order to conduct conflict archaeology in the Netherlands effectively. This study aims to develop a Dutch approach to conflict archaeology, integrating archaeology, heritage research and history at a landscape scale.

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An evolutionary study of some archaeologically significant avian taxa in the quaternary of the Western Palaearctic. Archaeopress, 2007.

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Egberts, Linde, and Meindert Schroor, eds. Waddenland Outstanding. Amsterdam University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462986602.

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The Wadden Sea Region is comprised of the embanked coastal marshes and islands in the Wadden Sea near Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. This area retains an exceptional common history in all its aspects: archaeologically, economically, socially, and culturally. Its settlement history of more than two thousand years is unrivalled and still mirrored in the landscape. Even though it has never constituted a political unity, it still shares a landscape and cultural heritage. For example, the approaches to water management and associated societal organization developed in the region during the last millennium have set significant world standards. This book offers an overview of current research on history, landscape and cultural heritage of the Wadden Sea region.

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Wauchope, Robert. Modern Maya Houses: A Study of Their Archaeological Significance. Martino Pub, 2007.

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1967-, Jones Andrew, MacGregor Gavin 1969-, and European Archaeological Association Conference, eds. Colouring the past: The significance of colour in archaeological research. Berg, 2002.

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(Editor), Andrew Jones, and Gavin MacGregor (Editor), eds. Colouring the Past: The Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research. Berg Publishers, 2002.

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(Editor), Andrew Jones, and Gavin MacGregor (Editor), eds. Colouring the Past: The Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research. Berg Publishers, 2002.

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Clay, Mathers, Darvill Timothy, and Little Barbara J, eds. Heritage of value, archaeology of renown: Reshaping archaeological assessment and significance. University Press of Florida, 2005.

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James, Van, and Van E. James. Ancient Sites of Hawai'i : Archaeological Places of Interest on the Big Island. HoÊ»omanaÊ»o Arts, 1995.

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Heritage, English, ed. Military aircraft crash sites: Archaeological guidance on their significance and future management. English Heritage, 2002.

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Eeckhout, Peter, ed. Archaeological Interpretations. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813066448.001.0001.

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Presenting studies in Andean archaeology and iconography by leading specialists in the field, this volume tackles the question of how researchers can come to understand the intangible, intellectual worlds of ancient peoples. Archaeological Interpretations is a fascinating ontological journey through Andean cultures from the fourth millennium BC to the sixteenth century AD. Through evidence-based case studies, theoretical models, and methodological reflections, contributors discuss the various interpretations that can be derived from the traces of ritual activity that remain in the material record. They discuss how to accurately comprehend the social significance of artifacts beyond their practical use and how to decode the symbolism of sacred images. Addressing topics including the earliest evidence of shamanism in Ecuador, the meaning of masks among the Mochicas in Peru, the value of metal in the Recuay culture, and ceremonies of voluntary abandonment among the Incas, contributors propose original and innovative ways of interpreting the rich Andean archaeological heritage.

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Hazarika, Manjil. The Archaeological Record. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199474660.003.0005.

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This chapter elaborates the data and results of the explorations conducted in the Garbhanga Reserve Forest. The area has been intensively surveyed for the location of potential archaeological sites and the collection of ethnographic data in order to draw direct historical analogies. An ‘area-approach’ study has been conducted in order to formulate a general model for archaeological site structure, locations, geomorphic situations, and site formation processes that can be used for archaeological study in the hilly landscape of Northeast India. Present-day agricultural implements have been analysed and compared with Neolithic implements in order to reconstruct ancient farming culture by way of undertaking systematic study of modern peasant ways of life in the study area. The ideological significance of stone artefacts as ‘thunderstone’ in Northeast India and among the Karbis has also been discussed.

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(Editor), Clay Mathers, Timothy Darvill (Editor), and Barbara J. Little (Editor), eds. Heritage Of Value, Archaeology Of Renown: Reshaping Archaeological Assessment And Significance (Cultural Heritage Studies). University Press of Florida, 2005.

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Ritual Significance of Personal Ornament in Roman Britain (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British S.). Archaeopress, 2002.

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Gearhart, Robert. Archaeological Interpretation of Marine Magnetic Data. Edited by Ben Ford, Donny L. Hamilton, and Alexis Catsambis. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199336005.013.0004.

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Interpreting remote sensing data is one of the most important tasks of archaeologists working in submerged environments. Researchers rely on remote-sensing technologies to aid their search for historic shipwrecks of interest. Magnetometers are essential for detection of buried shipwrecks. The main goal of magnetic interpretation has been to distinguish shipwrecks from debris, usually resulting in an archaeological assessment of each anomaly concerning its potential for historic significance. The past two decades have seen improvement in archaeologists' abilities to detect shipwreck anomalies. This article provides a basic, nonmathematical summary of magnetism relevant to archaeological interpretation and the evolving perceptions of shipwreck anomalies. The basis for assessing magnetic anomaly significance must be firmly rooted in empiricism in order to improve the objectivity of data interpretation.

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J, Austin Robert, Hoffman Kathleen S, Ballo George R, and Florida Archaeological Council Inc, eds. Thinking about significance: Papers and proceedings, Florida Archaeological Council, Inc. professional development workshop, St. Augustine, Florida. Florida Archaeological Council, Inc., 2002.

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Tim, Taylor, and MICK ASTON. Atlas of Archaeology: The Definitive Guide to the Location, History and Significance of the World's Most Important Archaeological Sites & Finds. DK ADULT, 1998.

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Dillian, Carolyn. Current Questions and New Directions in Archaeological Obsidian Studies. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935413.013.2.

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This article discusses the current status of archaeological obsidian studies, including techniques used in characterization and sourcing studies, obsidian hydration, and regional syntheses. It begins with an overview of obsidian and the unique formation processes that create it before turning to a discussion of the significance of characterization and sourcing techniques for understanding prehistoric obsidian trade and exchange. It then considers the problematic aspects of the term “sourcing,” despite its ubiquitous use in archaeology and archaeometry, along with the use of X-ray fluorescence in the chemical characterization of obsidian. It also explores obsidian hydration dating methods and equations, factors that can affect the date assignments for hydration specimens, and the various uses of obsidian in prehistoric times. Finally, it addresses some important questions relating to obsidian research and suggests new directions in the field.

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Carroll, Maureen. Archaeological and Epigraphic Evidence for Infancy in the Roman World. Edited by Sally Crawford, Dawn M. Hadley, and Gillian Shepherd. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199670697.013.8.

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The Roman family has become a vibrant and challenging field of study, and the growing interest in children in Roman culture can be seen as a development within this trend. Nevertheless, studies of children tend to focus on the later phases of childhood, with few investigations of the role and significance of infants. While the Roman life-course and the social construction of ageing are occasional themes in childhood, discussions the distinct life stages of development and socialization apparent already in the first year of life hardly feature in current discourses. In view of this imbalance in childhood studies, this chapter explores some key aspects of Roman infancy and earliest childhood, using archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence to gain insight into the attitudes towards the very young, and particularly those under the age of one year, in both life and death, and, sometimes, even before birth.

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Armed Batavians: Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450) (Amsterdam University Press - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies). Amsterdam University Press, 2008.

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Fant, Clyde E., and Mitchell G. Reddish. A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey. Oxford University Press, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195139174.001.0001.

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Nearly two-thirds of the New Testament--including all of the letters of Paul, most of the book of Acts, and the book of Revelation--is set outside of Israel, in either Turkey or Greece. Although biblically-oriented tours of the areas that were once ancient Greece and Asia Minor have become increasingly popular, up until now there has been no definitive guidebook through these important sites. In A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey, two well-known, well-traveled biblical scholars offer a fascinating historical and archaeological guide to these sites. The authors reveal countless new insights into the biblical text while reliably guiding the traveler through every significant location mentioned in the Bible. The book completely traces the journeys of the Apostle Paul across Turkey (ancient Asia Minor), Greece, Cyprus, and the islands of the Mediterranean. A description of the location and history of each site is given, followed by an intriguing discussion of its biblical significance. Clearly written and in non-technical language, the work links the latest in biblical research with recent archaeological findings. A visit to the site is described, complete with easy-to-follow walking directions, indicating the major items of archaeological interest. Detailed site maps, historical charts, and maps of the regions are integrated into the text, and a glossary of terms is provided. Easy to use and abundantly illustrated, this unique guide will help visitors to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus appreciate the rich history, significance, and great wonder of the ancient world of the Bible.

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Mattern, Shannon. Deep Time of Media Infrastructure. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039362.003.0004.

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This chapter discusses the significance of historical media infrastructures that precede the digital era. Adopting a media archaeological approach, it studies how historical networks layered in urban space shape contemporary media systems. These networks extend back far beyond nineteenth-century telegraph wires to include much earlier Greek-inspired aural, inscriptive, and architectural forms. Suggesting that research on early media infrastructures can usefully inform studies of the media city, which typically begin with modern media and rarely include discussions of infrastructure, the chapter delineates a number of potential interdisciplinary engagements for media infrastructure studies, ranging from geology to architectural history. It then looks at what media studies can gain from further engagement with archaeological and infrastructural research.

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Shaner, Katherine. Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275068.001.0001.

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Slaves were ubiquitous in the first- and second-century CE Roman Empire, and early Christian texts reflect this fact. This book argues that enslaved persons engaged in leadership roles in civic and religious activities. Such roles created tension within religious groups, including second-century communities connected with Paul’s legacy. Archaeological materials, epigraphy, and literature from Ephesos and environs illustrate these power struggles with clarity. Enslaved persons were religious specialists, priests, and leaders in cultic groups, including early Christian groups. Thus, the book paints a complex picture of enslaved life in Asia Minor to illustrate how enslaved persons enacted roles of religious and civic significance that potentially upended social hierarchies which privileged wealthy, slaveholding men. Yet even as the enslaved engaged in such authoritative roles, Roman slavery was not a benign institution nor were early Christians kinder and more egalitarian toward slaves. Both early Christian texts (such as Philemon, 1 Timothy, and Ignatius’s letters) and archaeological finds from Ephesos defend, construct, and clarify the hierarchies that kept enslaved persons under the control of their masters. This book brings together archaeological materials and literary texts using feminist rhetorical criticism. In doing so, it shows how archaeological materials attempt to persuade viewers, readers, and inhabitants of the city. Early Christian texts similarly attempt to persuade readers that slaves should not hold leadership positions. Thus the book illustrates a historical world in which control of slaves must continually be asserted. It demonstrates that master-slave hierarchies were unclear, disjointed, and even subverted in everyday religious activities.

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Pioske, Daniel. A Past No Longer Remembered. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190649852.003.0005.

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Chapter 4 examines the phenomenon of absence in the Hebrew Bible, or why certain early Iron Age locations do not appear in the stories told about this time period in the biblical writings. This study focuses on six locations from the early Iron Age that were of substantial significance during this era, but which are nevertheless not referred to in the Hebrew Bible. After surveying the archaeological evidence from these sites, it is maintained that the absence of these places from the biblical narrative was likely the outcome of Hebrew scribes not having access to information about these settlements, rather than an intentional act of suppressing what knowledge they had. This manner of forgetting was occasioned, it is argued here, because these particular locations had lost their cultural and political significance by the time in which past memories were being textualized by Hebrew scribes into stories of narrative prose.

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Mileson, Stephen. Royal and Aristocratic Landscapes of Pleasure. Edited by Christopher Gerrard and Alejandra Gutiérrez. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198744719.013.48.

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This chapter summarizes the current state of research on royal and aristocratic landscapes of pleasure, including forests, parks, warrens, gardens, and tournament grounds. It is shown that archaeological evidence has made a strong contribution to knowledge about the function, extent, and significance of these landscapes across Britain. Nevertheless, much fieldwork remains to be done, especially in Wales and Scotland. The most fruitful approach to individual case studies and regional analysis is to combine documents, maps, and place-names with material remains. Future advances in understanding will require close engagement with wider debates about changes in the distribution of power during the Middle Ages.

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Herb, Dallas, and Breschini Gary S, eds. Archaeological investigations of some significant sites on the Central Coast of California. Coyote Press, 1992.

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Klokler, Daniela. Zooarchaeology of Brazilian shell-mounds. Edited by Umberto Albarella, Mauro Rizzetto, Hannah Russ, Kim Vickers, and Sarah Viner-Daniels. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199686476.013.44.

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Brazilian zooarchaeology originated and primarily developed through the study of coastal sites. Shell-mounds were among the first archaeological sites to be identified in Brazil due to their visibility, aided by their size, prominent locations, and proximity to the coast. Since the seventeenth century, religious missionaries, travellers, naturalists, and researchers proposed explanations for the origins and significance of these shell concentrations. This chapter reviews theoretical and methodological changes in perspective regarding shell-mounds and presents recent developments focusing on the ritual aspect of these sites in Brazil. Site formation analysis based upon faunal remains has proven to be advantageous to discussions on shell-mound construction, function, and performance of feasts.

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Blom, Deborah. Child Sacrifice in the Ancient Andes. Edited by Sally Crawford, Dawn M. Hadley, and Gillian Shepherd. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199670697.013.31.

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While reports of child sacrifice in the ancient Andes are often sensationalized to captivate popular audiences, the study of the practice provides archaeologists with an important means of investigating power and sociopolitical dynamics in antiquity. This chapter discusses the significance of the terms ‘child’ and ‘sacrifice’ in the Andes and examines the evidence of child sacrifice from ancient contexts in Andean regions of modern-day Peru and Bolivia. It considers data on sacrificial practices from dives sources, such as descriptions in ethnohistorical documents, representations in architectural design and portable art, and direct evidence found in the archaeological record. Finally, various approaches to the study of these sacrifices and possible avenues for future analyses are outlined.

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Carroll, Maureen. Infancy and Earliest Childhood in the Roman World. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199687633.001.0001.

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The book is a comprehensive study of infancy and earliest childhood in a cultural overview encompassing the entirety of the Roman Empire. It brings together some of the most recent discoveries and presents a fresh perspective on archaeological, historical, and social debates. Despite the developing emphasis in current scholarship on children in Roman culture, there has been little research on the role and significance of the youngest children in the family and society. Because of the very particular historical circumstances that affected the beginning of the life cycle of a Roman child, the book isolates the age group of the under one-year-olds to explore their lives as well as Roman attitudes towards the young and the perception of personhood. It integrates social and cultural history with archaeological evidence, funerary remains, material culture, and the iconography of infancy, an approach for which this subject matter is especially well suited. An examination of the many and varied strands of evidence enables us to contextualize the rhetoric about earliest childhood in Roman texts. The volume refutes the notion that high infant mortality conditioned Roman parents not to engage in the early life of their children or to view them, or their deaths, with indifference, and it concludes that even within the first weeks and months of life Roman children were invested with social and gendered identities.

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O'Keefe, Roger. Protection of Cultural Property. Edited by Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199559695.003.0020.

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International law protects cultural property in armed conflict from damage and destruction and from all forms of misappropriation against belligerents who have always looked to raze or plunder the enemy’s cultural heritage. ‘Cultural property’ may include buildings and other monuments of historic, artistic or architectural significance, as well as artworks, antiquities, manuscripts, books, archaeological sites, and archives. This chapter focuses on the relevant bodies of international law and international humanitarian law designed to protect cultural property during armed conflict, including multilateral treaties such as the Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (also known as the Roerich Pact) and the Hague Convention of 1954 and its two Protocols. It also examines international human rights law, international cultural heritage law, and international criminal law under the respective rubrics of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Gensheimer, Maryl B. Decoration and Display in Rome's Imperial Thermae. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190614782.001.0001.

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Across the Roman Empire, ubiquitous archaeological, art historical, and literary evidence attests to the significance of bathing for Romans’ daily routines. Given the importance of bathing to the Roman style of living, imperial patrons enhanced their popular and political stature by endowing eight magnificent baths (the so-called imperial thermae) in the city of Rome between 25 B.C.E. and 315 C.E. This book presents a detailed analysis of the decoration of the best preserved of these bathing complexes, the Baths of Caracalla (inaugurated 216 C.E.). An interdisciplinary approach to the archaeological data, to the textual and visual sources, and to anthropological theories facilitates new understandings of the visual experience of the Baths of Caracalla for a diverse Roman audience and simultaneously elucidates the decoration’s critical role in advancing imperial agendas. This reassessment of one of the most sophisticated examples of architectural patronage in Classical antiquity examines the specific mechanisms through which an imperial patron could use architectural decoration to emphasize his sociopolitical position relative to the thousands of people who enjoyed his benefaction. The case studies addressed herein, ranging from architectural to freestanding sculpture and mosaic, demonstrate that sponsoring monumental baths was hardly an act of altruism. Rather, even while they provided recreation for elite and sub-altern Romans alike, such buildings were concerned primarily with dynastic legitimacy and imperial largess. The unified decorative program—and the messages of imperial power therein—adroitly articulated these themes.

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Wallace, Lacey. The Early Roman Horizon. Edited by Martin Millett, Louise Revell, and Alison Moore. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.006.

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In this chapter, the significance and complexity of the archaeological characteristics of the early Roman period in south-eastern Britain are explored. The biases and assumptions that have dominated interpretations of this period are questioned, as are hypotheses and paradigms derived from ancient authors and focusing on military and administrative control of social change. Aspects of settlement change are contrasted to problematize the idea of a uniform ‘early Roman horizon’ in Britain through an exploration of St Albans, Colchester, and London, using examples from public buildings and new forms of material culture. The urban characteristics of these early centres are compared and the motivations of their populations suggested. Continuity across the LPRIA and early Roman period in power structures and settlement through the example of Colchester is presented, as is a suggestion to further the exploration of the early Roman period through grey literature and comparison of well-dated sites.

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