short description: A comprehensive study of translations of the Bible into English. Bruce traces the story from its beginnings to the publication of contemporary versions, and shows the impact of some
Aegean prehistory as a discipline has been around for a while now although concern over its growing marginalisation from other disciplines and a tendency to move away from its core interests and aims,
In this third volume of his series on traditional African weaponry, the author examines a group of unusual edged weapons showing analogies to agricultural implements. These weapons are characterized b
This work focuses on the research findings from a collection survey of post-Byzantine ecclesiastical garments, known as sakkoi, from the Holy Mountain of Athos. The survey examines fifty two sakkoi fr
In 2007 the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) marked its tenth anniversary by holding a conference at which speakers, both from within the Scheme and outside gave a series of papers that demonstrat
20 papers from a conference called in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Abraham Darby's successful attempt to smelt iron ore using coke in 1709, which focus on processes of industrialization.
This study takes a linguistic approach to Ancient Egyptian funerary ritual, focusing on the definition of the word h3i and its performance. Whilst h3i has the connotation of "ritually transport" with
Archaeology literally feeds on the residues and discarded remains of our ancestors' meals. Such material has spawned a vast field of research and scientific techniques looking at prehistoric diet and
The Neolithic Studies Group held a conference at the British Museum, London in November 2005 in conjunction with the Lithic Studies Society to share findings and insights regarding the study of stone
Molller-Wiering (textile research, U. of Copenhagen) reports the findings of the Textiles for War research project. She focuses on the four bog sites in Germany and Denmark that are well known for con
The 15 papers are from the 2006 conference Archaeology in the Community hosted by the archaeology department at University College London. A few common threads weave through everyone's definitions of
Papers from a March 2007 seminar in Cambridge have been eked out with invited essays to provide a geographical and regional balance to the volume. Drawing from both the classical and the prehistoric a
Archaeologists Sim (U. of Reading, UK) and Kaminski (U. of Brighton, UK) have both studied Roman armor extensively, and here examine the manufacturing processes of metal armor and its metal components
Most of the 10 papers look at the use of mollusk shells as ornamentation, but one describes purple-dye industry waste recycling in the Bronze Age Aegean as demonstrated by stoves and myrex shells at M
Very few of the engravings and metalcuts sold to the public in the last half of the 15th century survive. They were meant to be pasted into manuscripts but many were cut away and used to decorate furn
X-ray diffraction was first applied almost a century ago. The subsequent development of the technique and its application across industry and academia to physical, chemical and biological problems has
Reading landscape involves much more than pointing out odd mounds to the kiddies on a Sunday drive. Rippon considers how the physical fabric of landscape can help local communities, students and acade
Archaeologists report findings at the bottom of the strait separating the Isle of Wight from the southern coast of England, where people lived in a redwood forest about the seven millennium BC. They d
Hieatt (emeritus, English, U. of Western Ontario) has prepared many medieval cookbooks for modern scholars and adventurous cooks, and here presents another. The manuscript is housed at Oxford, she exp
