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Pueblo Viejo-Pucara is one of the coastal archaeological sites that were ruled by the Inka Empire on the central coast of Peru, inhabited by the Caringa people. Labor colonists relocated to the site as part of Inka strategies of annexation of new territories, reducing local polities' power. Archaeological evidence points to connections between the Caringa people and highland communities. An unexplored line of evidence is people's food habits, identity, diet and nutrition. The way society prepares, serves, and eats its food is socio-culturally shaped. An integrative approach based on bioarchaeological, dental anthropological, biochemical, and ethnohistorical data is applied, revealing significant intra-site variability and food behaviors being dictated by people's identity and social status, additionally impacting childhood nutritional condition. The symbolic meaning behind food was embodied in ritual and funerary events, reinforcing local identities, local food cooking modalities, storage facilities and exchange between neighborhoods.

A lo largo de la costa del sureste de la Península Ibérica existen numerosos restos vinculados a la producción de la purpura. Este estudio se centra en el yacimiento de Torregarcía (Almería, España), situado en el Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar, una zona costera protegida de especial interés ecológico. Torregarcía se excavó inicialmente en 1990 y se identificó como una factoría romana de salazones en la que también se practicaba la actividad complementaria del tinte. A pesar de su importancia, ha pasado desapercibida en la historiografía de las últimas tres décadas y nunca ha sido objeto de una publicación científica. Las investigaciones presentadas en este libro se han llevado a cabo mediante técnicas de prospección no invasivas, como el georradar (GPR), y han revelado la importancia de la explotación del tinte púrpura como actividad principal del yacimiento. También se describen instalaciones más complejas asociadas a las estructuras excavadas y a un gran conchero. Junto a éstas, además, se han documentado otras construcciones y concheros. Todo ello conforma el denominado por nosotros "paisaje de la purpura" en el litoral del Sureste peninsular, que permite al Parque Natural mostrar un excelente patrimonio arqueológico más allá de las excavaciones realizadas hasta la fecha.Along the coast of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, there are numerous remains linked to the manufacture of purple dyes. This study focuses on the site of Torregarcía (Almería, Spain), located in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, a protected coastal area of particular ecological interest. Torregarcía was initially excavated during 1980s and was identified as a Roman salting factory where the complementary activity of dyeing was also practised. Despite its importance, it has gone unnoticed in the historiography of the last three decades and has never been the subject of dedicated scientific publication. The investigations presented in this book have been carried out using non-invasive prospecting techniques, such as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and have revealed the importance of the exploitation of purple dye as the main site activity. More complex installations associated with the excavated structures and a large shell pit are also described. Alongside these, other buildings and shells have also been documented along the coastline of this site. All of this forms what we call the "purple landscape" in the southeast of the peninsular coast, which allows the Natural Park to show archaeological heritage beyond any excavations carried out to date.

Urbanism and its Impact on Human Health demonstrates how social, economic and political changes impacted the everyday lives of the people of Knossos, at the fundamental level of their health and diet, during the Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique periods.Knossos, in north-central Crete, was an important site in Aegean and Mediterranean networks throughout this timespan, though the city experienced cycles of urban development and decline. As an extensively studied and well-documented site, it provides a unique opportunity to study long-term phenomena associated with its varied past.The present osteological and isotopic research is integrated with previous work on material culture and textual sources to provide a contextualised interpretation of the lifeways and social history of the people of Knossos.

The essays in this volume explore questions relating to human dispersals and exchange across the varied environments of Eurasia. Part One focuses on the Neolithic and how agriculture led to new adaptive niches for human societies. This process involved population and linguistic expansion, but could also be expressed through exploitation of the environment in new ways. In Part Two, the emphasis shifts to exchange between east and west across Eurasia in the Bronze Age and Middle Ages. Chapters in the book discuss topics as varied as J¿mon plant cultivation, linguistic borrowings by agropastoral groups, the spread of gold and silverwares across the steppes, and customs related to feasting in medieval northern China. The volume will be of interest to archaeologists and historical linguists alike, particularly those working on long-term social change across Eurasia.

This monograph covers the excavations conducted at the Ptolemaic-Roman city of Tell Timai by the University of Hawaii from 2009 - 2020. It is divided into four parts. Chapter 1 concerns the excavation and identification of a previously unknown Ptolemaic-Roman temple complex in the north-west of the site, focusing on a monumental stone gateway and mud brick enclosure wall. Chapter 2 documents a large domestic structure on the outside of the enclosure and its associated domestic material culture. Chapter 3 discusses several Late Roman burials interred on the ruins of the temple's western enclosure wall. And Part 4 analyses the initial excavations of a 2nd century Roman temple in the centre of the city, as well as the extensive pre-temple occupation layers and architecture found beneath, which potentially had later usage as a church.

This investigation shows the interaction between socio-political changes and climate crisis in the development of violence in the pre-Hispanic Peruvian central coast and how this violence affected specific population segments.This research highlights three factors that triggered violent episodes in the area: the emergence of social inequalities/a warrior elite; socio-political crises that were produced after the fall of a previous social order; and the need to fight for resources, either during severe droughts or to control the resources of the middle valley region. Males, especially those dedicated to military activities or those from the lower status, were more exposed to violence than the rest of the population. However, in times when violence rose, females were equally affected.Further comparisons of these findings with other Andean regions showed that not all societies reacted in the same way when faced with similar political and environmental challenges.

Il volume presenta un quadro storico sull'assedio di Genova ad opera dell'armate combinate imperiale e piemontese durante la Guerra di Successione Austriaca.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the technological knowledge needed to produce Neolithic Majiayao-style pottery (5300-4000 cal yr BP) which is famous for its painted designs in black and red. It examines the technological choices in the production of fine and coarse Majiayao-style pottery found across three river valleys, all located near the border area of Chinese provinces Gansu and Qinghai. Through macroscopic examination, thin-section petrography and experimental archaeology, this book investigates how the same pottery style was made across this large geographical area. Specifically, the study examines whether similar technological knowledge in pottery production at different places is connected to a yet unknown social knowledge shared by prehistoric communities. This book suggests that shared social knowledge could be the reason behind the wide distribution of this pottery style and its production technology.Seven appendices are available online to download, including primary data, photos, and photomicrographs from macroscopic and microscopic analyses of archaeological pottery and sampled geological material.

The Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO) International Conference 2021 provided early career researchers with the opportunity to share their work and ideas in regard to interaction, trade and mobility in archaeology. Over the three-day conference, this topic was analysed from different perspectives: social interactions, economy and trade, and maritime network. The array of papers, all characterised by a coherent theme, contain contributions from researchers in different academic and geographical backgrounds. Interactions, trade and mobility can be interpreted and conceived in a variety of ways, and this is especially evident in these proceedings, as the conference was organised and took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, which significantly affected how we interact in everyday life.

'This is one of the most delightful and innovative conference proceedings I have read. The book has a wonderful variety of creative contributions where each paper pops like a wild flower in the green field of a rock festival. There are continuities and common threads (place making, networks, phenomenology), but each paper unravels a world of its own.' Kostis Kourelis, Franklin & Marshall College, Professor of Architectural History'This is a really exciting and timely book that goes beyond the limits of traditional archaeology to respond to an all-but-unprecedented global situation. As contemporary archaeology continues to expand and become recognised both within and outside academic departments as a crucial sub-field, this volume provides an important space for showing the potential of archaeology in the present day and for the future.' Dr Jonathan Gardner, Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh)

The Late Formative site of Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, functioned as a sacred centre of increasing influence from 600 BC to 100 BC. This period saw eight main episodes of construction and use of an elaborate sequence of Middle and Late Engoroy phase ceremonial floors, houses, and platforms. Complementing the author's previous work 'Cultural Identity, Transition, and Interaction at Salango, Coastal Ecuador' (BAR S3109, 2022), this book presents previously unpublished data concerning the front halves of those structures, reconstructs the complete structure design for each episode, and offers an interpretation of the overall sequence. As well as details of the architecture, descriptions are given of human burials, artefact offerings including anthropomorphic figurine depositions, and other associated features. Readers familiar with earlier treatments of the site will now be able both to see how the original field data were used to make the reconstructions, and to appreciate more fully the complexity and richness of this unique and important site.

In this book Dr Lilian Dogiama considers the role of hunting at the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük and its significance in shaping personal and communal identities by focusing on its stone projectile points. Wild faunal remains indicate that hunting remained in practice, even though domesticated animals and plants comprised the staple diet of the people of Çatalhöyük. Hunting and the 'wild' are venerated in the site's iconography, while obsidian projectile points -as the only surviving parts of hunting weapons- were ubiquitous in the site. The author uses a plethora of attributes that include depositional context, use wear, impact damage, fragmentation, raw material and various techno-morphological characteristics to analyse the projectile points from the site. Her findings indicate that the Çatalhöyük projectile point assemblage consisted of two groups that were used and treated in very distinct ways. The first group comprised projectile weapons that were used in hunting and exhibit clear signs of actual use, whereas the second group consisted of bifaces that were likely reserved for ceremonial purposes given their pristine condition and special mode of deposition. Drawing from her analysis and ethnographic examples Dogiama argues that hunting was not merely an alternate subsistence strategy but an arena where symbolic expression and social identities could be performed and negotiated.

Habitada desde el Preclásico Medio, Xoclán se desarrolló como centro urbano a partir del Clásico Temprano. El actual parque arqueológico cuenta 52 hectáreas e incluye el área cívico-ceremonial y algunas otras plataformas, mientras que las restantes estructuras que constituyeron parte de la ciudad antigua fueron involucradas en la reciente obra de ampliación de Mérida y muchas han sido destruidas para permitir la construcción de nuevos edificios. A través del presente estudio, fue posible identificar a otros barrios, afuera del parque, que fueron parte del sitio y que se encuentran ahora bajo el asfalto moderno, proponer hipótesis de sus funciones y definir la cronología de desarrollo de la ciudad, llegando - por lo que sea posible - a reconstruir los límites del asentamiento, que alcanzaron al menos un área de 9 kilómetros cuadrados. Finalmente, se presenta un enfoque de lo que pasó después, y de las varias fases de utilizo que afectaron la zona y su patrimonio.Inhabited since the Middle Formative, Xoclán developed as an urban centre from the Early Classic onwards. The current archaeological park covers 52 hectares and includes the civic-ceremonial area and some other platforms, while the remaining structures that constituted part of the ancient city were involved in the recent expansion of Mérida, with many being destroyed to allow for the construction of new buildings. Through this study, it was possible to identify other quarters outside the park that were once part of the site and are now under modern asphalt, to hypothesise the functions of these ancient quarters and to define the chronology of the city's development, reconstructing - as far as possible - the limits of the settlement, which at least had an area of 9 square kilometres. Finally, an approach to what happened afterwards is presented, and to the various phases of use that affected the area and its heritage.

En este libro se presentan los resultados del análisis de las representaciones sociales y la patrimonialización del registro arqueológico del pasado indígena en el Área de Ventania de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. La investigación se caracteriza por su transdisciplinariedad, dentro de la cual dialogan perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas propias de la Comunicación, los Estudios Culturales, la Antropología y la Arqueología. Un objetivo central del libro es analizar las representaciones sociales construidas por instituciones oficiales, museos y agentes del campo cultural, considerando las prácticas que relacionan a la comunidad con el registro arqueológico de las poblaciones cazadoras recolectoras que habitaron la región desde hace aproximadamente 6.000 años. La investigación permitió explicar las relaciones de poder que operan en el vínculo entre presente y pasado, enmarcadas en las interacciones comunicativas entre los sujetos, su pasado y el patrimonio arqueológico. Asimismo, aportó elementos para la elaboración de políticas de distinción, divulgación y preservación del registro arqueológico. This book presents the results of the analysis of social representations and the patrimonialization of the indigenous past in the Ventania Area of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The research is characterized by its transdisciplinarity, within which theoretical and methodological perspectives from communication studies, cultural studies, anthropology and archaeology converse. A central objective of the book is to analyse the social representations constructed by official institutions, museums, and agents of the cultural field, considering the practices that relate the community to the archaeological record of the hunter-gatherer populations that inhabited the region for approximately 6,000 years. The research made it possible to explain the power relations that operate in the link between present and past, framed in the communicative interactions between subjects, their past and archaeological heritage. Likewise, the book contributes elements for the elaboration of policies of distinction, dissemination, and preservation of the archaeological record.

En este libro se lleva a cabo un estudio de las características y la evolución de la cultura material durante la Edad del Hierro en Cantabria. Para ello se ha procedido al análisis y estudio de todo el registro material procedente de los yacimientos adscritos a este periodo. Gracias a ello ha sido posible caracterizar la cultura material de la Primera y la Segunda Edad del Hierro, estudiar las distintas producciones cerámicas, conocer el momento de introducción del torno de alfarero y de la metalurgia del hierro o afrontar distintos aspectos socioeconómicos como la agricultura, ganadería o el comercio empleando para ello únicamente los datos arqueológicos. Así mismo se han incorporado al discurso los datos procedentes de las campañas inéditas realizadas en los castros de Argüeso-Fontibre (Campoo de Suso) y Las Rabas (Campoo de Enmedio) y se ha afrontado la problemática sobre el uso de las cuevas durante el periodo.This book studies the characteristics and evolution of material culture during the Iron Age in Cantabria. Analysis of the entire material record of the archaeological sites from this period has been carried out. It characterises the material culture of the Early and Late Iron Age by analysing pottery production and identifying the moment of introduction of the potter¿s wheel and iron metallurgy. Additionally, socioeconomic activities such as agriculture, livestock and trade are examined through archaeological data. Finally, data from unpublished campaigns carried out in the hillforts of Argüeso-Fontibre (Campoo de Suso) and Las Rabas (Campoo de Enmedio) have been included and issues of cave usage during this period is addressed.

Space and Function is a study of Buddhist State Monasteries in medieval East Asia. The research is based on archaeological evidence and focuses on how the monastery's layout developed with the evolution of Buddhist philosophy and practice.Building on earlier literature regarding the development of Buddhist monastery layouts, Dr He relies on his two decades of excavation experience of relevant monasteries in central China. His assessment of the development of state monasteries between the fifth and seventh century AD is examined in depth.Scholars interested in Buddhism, Chinese architecture, and the history of medieval China and East Asia will find this work informative and valuable.

Scopo di questo libro è presentare uno studio dell'area della Bitinia dall' età arcaica al periodo ellenistico. Si è deciso di dividere l'esposizione in due parti, divise cronologicamente dalla spedizione di Alessandro Magno in Asia e dalla successiva fondazione del regno ellenistico di Bitinia. Nella prima si sono affrontati i principali problemi relativi alle fondazioni greche nel territorio dei Bitini (Astaco, Calcedone, Kios, Myrleia ed Olbia) e l'influenza delle grandi potenze nell'area nel periodo tardo arcaico e classico.Sia delle potenze greche come Atene e Sparta sia della principale potenza asiatica, l'impero persiano. Ampio spazio è stato poi dato alla presenza non greca nell'area, esaminando le problematiche relative alla satrapia della Frigia Ellespontica. Nella seconda parte centro dell'esposizione è il regno ellenistico di Bitinia, la cui formazione modifica profondamente gli equilibri politici e sociali presenti nell'area nel periodo precedente. Un' appendice infine verrà dedicata ad una breve esposizione concernente le emissioni monetarie dei re di Bitinia.This book presents a study of Bithynia from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. It is organized in two parts, divided chronologically by the expedition of Alexander the Great to Asia and the subsequent foundation of the Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia. The first part deals with the main problems relating to the Greek foundations in this geographical area (Astakos, Kalchedon, Kios, Myrleia and Olbia) and the regional influence of the great powers (Athens, Sparta, Persia) in the late Archaic and Classical period. Ample space is given to the non-Greek presence in the area, examining the issues relating to the satrapy of Phrygia. In the second part, the focus is on the Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia, whose formation profoundly modifies the political and social balances present in the area in the previous period. Finally, an appendix is dedicated to a short exposition concerning the monetary issues of the kings of Bithynia.

Como resultado de un reconocimiento sistemático de los campos que abarcan la alfarería tardoantigua de Sidi Zahruni (Nabeul, Túnez), documentamos una enorme cantidad de cerámica, especialmente ánforas, lo que nos permitió estudiar en detalle la producción de este taller. La forma africana Keay 25 - Africana 3 es particularmente frecuente. También hemos podido estudiar las exportaciones de esta cerámica en el Mediterráneo occidental, efectuando un seguimiento exhaustivo de las evidencias encontradas en las zonas de importación de este tipo de mercancías. El estudio de las ánforas de Sidi Zahruni nos ha permitido realizar una importante aportación al conocimiento del comercio entre África y el Mediterráneo occidental en época tardorromana, planteando la cuestión de los productos que se envasaban en dichas ánforas. También nos ha permitido valorar la importancia del puerto de Neapolis como centro clave para las exportaciones comerciales entre el África romana y las provincias del Mediterráneo occidental. As the result of a systematic survey of the fields covering the Late Roman pottery workshop of Sidi Zahruni (Nabeul, Tunisia), we have documented an enormous amount of pottery, especially amphorae, which enabled us to study in detail the production of this workshop. The African 3 - Keay 25 form was particularly prevalent. We also studied the exports of this pottery in the western Mediterranean, carrying out an exhaustive follow-up of the evidence found in the areas importing such goods. The study of the Sidi Zahruni amphorae has allowed us to make an important contribution to the knowledge of trade between Africa and the western Mediterranean in the late Roman period, raising the question of the products contained within these amphorae. It has allowed us to assess the importance of the port of Neapolis as a key centre for commercial exports between Roman Africa and the provinces of the western Mediterranean.

Questo libro contiene i risultati del II° Convegno Internazionale di Antichità Classiche, svoltosi a Roma il 21/25 novembre 2021 presso il Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Filosofici e di Storia dell'Arte dell'Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata". Il paesaggio antico è un tema ampio e molto adatto a un approccio di ricerca interdisciplinare, che è una peculiarità dei progetti di ricerca di "Tor Vergata". Pertanto, in linea con tale tradizione di studi, questa conferenza ha mirato a stimolare il dialogo tra diverse discipline, dalla storia antica alla letteratura medievale, dalla paleozoologia all'archeologia e all'epigrafia. Così, sono stati particolarmente presi in considerazione la ricerca innovativa, le metodologie più originali e gli studi comparativi. L'area geografica prescelta è stata il Mediterraneo antico (questa volta) tra il VII sec. a.C. e il VII sec. d.C.This book contains the results of the 2nd International Conference on Classical Antiquities, held in Rome on 22 - 25 November 2021 at the Department of Humanities of the 'Tor Vergata' University of Rome. Ancient landscape is a broad and perfect theme for international and interdisciplinary research, and is typical of the approach of 'Tor Vergata' researchers. This conference aimed to spark dialogue across different disciplines, from ancient history to medieval literature, from paleozoology to archaeology and philology. The innovative research, original methodologies and comparative studies were enhanced in open discussions. The geographical area chosen was the ancient Mediterranean between the 7th century BC and the 7th century AD.This volume is a companion to Experiencing the Landscape in Antiquity: I Convegno Internazionale di Antichità - Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' (BAR Publishing, 2020).

The Early Regional Development (100 BC-AD 300) funerary precinct at Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, was situated at the point of convergence of the Bahía II and Early Guangala culture zones. With plentiful line drawings and colour photographs, this book uses pottery from the precinct to present a detailed and closely contextualized description of Early Regional Development ceramic traditions for coastal Ecuador. As a result, we gain valuable insights into the dynamics of cultural identity, transition, and interaction as manifest in a highly structured pottery assemblage from a key Pre-Columbian site of this area. Attention is brought to designs made with the two principal decorative modes: iridescent paint on serving wares and red finger paint designs on kitchen wares. Assemblage analysis points to the complex set of cultural factors and processes involved in its composition, and an important local ceramic tradition is identified for the first time. Spanish summaries are included for each chapter.

Waterways have been key factors in the development of societies from prehistoric times, particularly due to their role as vectors for cultural interactions, material exchange, and transmission of knowledge. The fluidity of these highways of transport and communications is tightly linked to the presence of transit points: spaces with unique geographical characteristics that acted as nodal points between different communities. Transit points are thus defined as places of intense social contacts, putting objects of physical geography into the domain of social sciences and humanities.The subject is challenging, as activities that happen in aquatic spaces seldom leave substantial archaeological traces behind. Nevertheless, by focusing on the intersection between humans and their environment down by the water, this book demonstrates what can be achieved by changing the research paradigm to one that fully embraces the nuances of the aquatic world, and especially the intricate connection between society and waterscapes.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform. A wide-ranging treatment on the meaning of death, and its juxtaposition with life, from biological, cultural, and spiritual perspectives. Dozens of case studies accompany the principal essays written by scholars, Indigenous community members, and curators of the exhibition Death: Life's Greatest Mystery. This volume offers a richly illustrated companion to the exhibition, produced by Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, and contains full page photographs of the stunning objects in the exhibit, most from the Field Museum's collections. This volume is intended to engage visitors to the exhibition and members of the general public who want to delve more fully into questions surrounding death and the multiple religious, historical, and cultural perspectives on it. Although not a comprehensive guide, the book touches on many world religions and case studies drawn from five continents.

Este libro se centra en la caracterización de las producciones de cerámica común presentes en contextos de época romana de yacimientos del entorno de la antigua ciudad de Lucus Augusti (Lugo, España). A través de un enfoque que apuesta por el análisis de una cultura híbrida que tiene su eco en el registro cerámico, abordamos el estudio de la cerámica común de los castros de Saa (A Pastoriza), Agra dos Castros (Marcelle) y Viladonga (Castro de Rei). Se trata de yacimientos situados a diferentes distancias de la ciudad con ocupaciones en diferentes periodos que van desde el siglo I a.C. hasta el siglo V d.C. A través del estudio de estos yacimientos observamos las distintas realidades en esta área, lo cual ayudará a interpretar las transformaciones que se produjeron tras la integración de este territorio en el mundo romano.This book examines the characterisation of common pottery productions present in Roman period contexts at sites around the ancient city of Lucus Augusti (Lugo, Spain). Using an approach that focuses on the analysis of a hybrid culture, which is echoed in the pottery record, we study the common pottery from the hillforts of Saa (A Pastoriza), Agra dos Castros (Marcelle) and Viladonga (Castro de Rei). These sites are located at different distances from the city and were occupied during different periods from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD. Through the study of these sites, we observe the different realities in this area, which help to interpret the transformations that took place after the integration of this territory into the Roman world.

This book discusses recent archaeological research along the Middle Danube Limes, as well as cities and fortifications in the hinterland of the Limes. This research sheds light on the process of Christianisation through the discovery of sacral architecture, sepulchral monuments and religious objects devoted to liturgical practice. An extensive catalogue of early Christian religious artefacts complements the discussion. The author illuminates the process of Christianisation in Late Antiquity, identifying the origins of the Christian influences that reached the Middle Danube Limes between the 4th and 7th centuries.

This book proposes a new approach to the Hellenistic and Roman harbours of the Aegean, based on the combined study of harbours and contemporary ships, seamanship, and commerce. It focuses on the capacity of harbours to accommodate and serve certain numbers of ships, their cargo, their crews, and their passengers. This is achieved through the study of a variety of archaeological, written, and geomorphological data on harbour configuration, and subsequent analysis relating these harbours with the ships that were most likely to use them. Two harbours are used as cases studies, the important commercial centres of Delos and Kenchreai. The results reached concerning these harbours are then discussed in a wider perspective and contextualized with other contemporary sites in the Aegean, as well as within a wider scientific discussion over commerce and seamanship in the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean.

Elisabetta Bianchi è archeologa, funzionario presso la Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma. Dal 2000 al 2007 ha preso parte allo scavo dei Fori Imperiali. Ha pubblicato oltre cinquanta saggi scientifici sulle tecniche costruttive di età imperiale e sulla produzione di laterizi bollati rinvenuti negli edifici antichi di Roma e ha curato due volumi sulla Cloaca Massima.Roberto Meneghini è stato funzionario Archeologo presso la Sovrintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma e ha coordinato o diretto gli scavi archeologici nell'area dei Fori Imperiali dal 1991 al 2021. Ha scritto e curato numerosi libri e pubblicato molti saggi scientifici sui Fori Imperiali nell'antichità e nel medioevo.Elisabetta Bianchi is an archaeologist and Officer at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Rome. From 2000 to 2007, she took part in the excavation of the Imperial Fora.Roberto Meneghini was formerly Archaeologist Officer at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Rome, and he coordinated or directed the archaeological excavations of the Imperial Fora from 1991 to 2021. Long version:Elisabetta Bianchi is an archaeologist and Officer at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Rome. From 2000 to 2007, she took part in the excavation of the Imperial Fora. She has published over fifty scientific essays on the construction techniques of the imperial age and on the production of brick stamps found in ancient buildings of Rome. She has also edited two volumes on Cloaca Maxima.Roberto Meneghini was formerly Archaeologist Officer at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Rome, and he coordinated or directed the archaeological excavations of the Imperial Fora from 1991 to 2021. He has written and edited numerous books on the Imperial Forums in antiquity and in the Middle Ages, including Il Foro di Traiano nel Medioevo e nel Rinascimento (BAR Publishing, 2021).

El volumen La Casa Arqueológica: estudios de caso en la antigüedad está compuesto de 18 artículos en los que se lleva a cabo el acercamiento a la realidad de la casa, el hogar como espacio físico, social, simbólico, a lo largo del tiempo y en diferentes contextos geográficos. Por lo tanto, es un enfoque transversal que se inicia en el Paleolítico, pasando por el Neolítico en Mesopotamia y en la Península Ibérica, modelos de Calcolítico y Protohistoria en Grecia y la Península Ibérica, mundo árabe y diversos modelos del continente americano: desde Cahokia, pasando por cazadores recolectores del norte de México, Teotihuacan y diversos modelos arqueológicos, etnohistóricos correspondientes a la cultura Maya. Se hacen propuestas metodológicas desde la perspectiva arqueológica y etnográfica, pasando por estudios arqueológicos de caso incidiendo en aspectos constructivos y cultura material asociada, con la reflexión teórica sobre las formas de acercamiento a esas realidades cotidianas que son los espacios domésticos y la diversidad de funciones.This volume discusses the reality of the archaeological house; the home as a physical, social, and symbolic space in different geographical contexts and time periods. Ethnographic and archaeological case studies are considered.Long version:This volume is composed of 18 articles in which the reality of the house is approached, the home as a physical, social space, symbolic, over time and in different geographical contexts. Therefore, it is a transversal approach that begins in the Palaeolithic, passing through the Neolithic in Mesopotamia and the Iberian Peninsula, Chalcolithic and Protohistoric models and the Arab world in Greece and the Iberian Peninsula, and various models of the American continent: from Cahokia, going through hunter gatherers from the north of Mexico, Teotihuacan and various archaeological, ethnohistorical models corresponding to the Mayan culture. Methodological proposals are made from the archaeological and ethnographic perspective, passing through archaeological case studies focusing on constructive aspects and associated material culture, with theoretical reflection on the ways of approaching those daily realities that are domestic spaces and the diversity of functions.

The volume brings together the innovative contributions presented at the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford 2020 conference 'Innovative Approaches to Archaeology'. Rather than organising contributions by traditional archaeological sub-disciplines, this book groups them for their innovative theoretical and methodological approaches: Investigating materiality and material interactions, archaeologies of colonial encounters, and ancient landscapes and matters of scaling. The papers collated within these three sections present the reader with an idea of the current interests of archaeological postgraduate students, and a window into their future contributions to the field.

Las anclas líticas de piedra, así como combinadas con madera son uno de los restos arqueolo¿gicos mäs interesantes en cuanto a la arqueologi¿a mari¿tima se refiere. Por lo que a nuestros contextos de trabajo respecta, es posible encontrarlos en la mayori¿a de fondeaderos, naufragios o, aunque no es muy frecuente, en algunos yacimientos arqueolo¿gicos terrestres. Algunos de ellos incluso son utilizados en la actualidad, y pertenecen al patrimonio local tanto de la navegacio¿n como de la pesca.Este trabajo recopila un conjunto de anclas li¿ticas y combinadas encontradas a lo largo de la costa de Guipu¿zcoa desde 1975 (Pai¿s Vasco, Espan¿a) hasta 2015 por la Sociedad de Investigaciones Submarinas INSUB. Hasta do¿nde sabemos, constituye uno de los conjuntos de anclas de piedra ine¿dito mäs grandes jamäs encontrados en la costa atläntica, y el mäs grande de la Peni¿nsula Ibe¿rica hasta este momento. Constituye pues el primer intento de registrarlas segu¿n los eständares acade¿micos vigentes, tanto en documentacio¿n me¿trica como gräfica.This work compiles a set of stone anchors found along Guipúzcoa's coast (Basque Country, Spain) between 1975 - 2015 by the Sociedad de Investigaciones Submarinas INSUB.

Lithuanian Baltic Sea Coasts During the Holocenefocuses on the relicts of the cultural and natural landscapes that survived in the Baltic Sea during the final Paleolithic-Middle Neolithic period in Lithuania. Using a combination of interdisciplinary research methodologies from archaeology, physical and biomedical sciences, with innovative use of underwater technologies, the contributors identify complex underwater landscapes (relic forests, peat bogs, lagoons, paleodelts or palaeo-riverbeds) and cultural objects to determine the evolution of marine paleobasin formation, sea level fluctuations and climate change.