Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500
This contribution will focus mainly on the period 2500
Amber in the Ancient Near East
In ancient India and Egypt, it was burned as incense, believed to purify temples and palaces. From antiquity, people have believed that amber has healing properties.
Texts and Artifacts: A Spatial Analysis of Papyri at Karanis
This paper takes a quantitative and spatial analytical approach to the papyri excavated from the Graco-Roman Egyptian town of Karanis.
Trial by Fire: a Comparison of Provincial Cremations within the Roman Empire and the Implications for Cultural Analysis
It has become clear that the culture of the Romans influenced the cultures of the provinces. Many theories have been developed to explore the nature of the exchanges between the Romans and the peoples of the provinces, and how they affected the culture and the material remains within the provinces.
Glass in the Roman Empire: History, Technology, and Typology
The Hellenistic society seems to have given less emphasis to glass than metal ware and pottery, but it still provided enough support to allow continuation of the trade on a smaller scale.
The Elusive Etruscans: The Quests for the Origins of the Etruscan Civilization
The Romans prided themselves on their ability to embrace the very best aspects of each culture that they encountered. There was one culture in particular, however, that held their fascination: the Etruscans.
The Lycurgus Cup – A Roman Nanotechnology
The Lycurgus Cup represents one of the outstanding achievements of the ancient glass industry. This late Roman cut glass vessel is extraordinary in several respects, firstly in the method of fabrication and the exceptional workmanship involved and secondly in terms of the unusual optical effects displayed by the glass.
The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
Many books – and countless introductions – have been written about ancient jewellery, covering its techniques, styles and history. None of these sources, however, provides an insight into the iconography and symbolism of these jewels to any considerable degree.
A Lady of York: migration, ethnicity and identity in Roman Britain
Here, the authors of a multidisciplinary project use a combination of scientific techniques to illuminate Roman York, and later Roman history in general, with their image of a glamorous mixed-race woman, in touch with Africa, Christianity, Rome and Yorkshire.
Bioarchaeology in the Roman World
In particular, human skeletal remains, which can elucidate various past behaviors through careful scienti?c analysis, have largely been ignored as a credible source of information about the ancient Roman world of both the living and the dead.