Archaeology

ISBN: 9781441174680
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
This volume seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity. Drawing on the latest research by leading scholars in the field the book includes new approac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004221512
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Drawing on archaeological fieldwork in Western Greece, this book offers a fresh model for interpreting the transformation of medieval settlement (600-1200 AD). Rereading Byzantine texts from a postmodern theoretical background, it introduces a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008610
Published by : Reichert Verlag
German Description:

Ehrenstatuen, konstitutiver Bestandteil der antiken, insbesondere der römischen Stadtkultur und ein ausnehmend konservatives Medium der Selbstdarstellung der gesellschaftlichen Eliten, erfahren in der Spätantike ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008573
Published by : Reichert Verlag
German Description:

Jenseits der urbanen Zentren, die bisher stärker im Fokus der Forschung lagen, werden einschlägige Komplexe spätantiker und westgotenzeitlicher Villenanlagen im ländlichen Bereich der gesamten Iberischen Halbinse... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008894
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: ZAKMIRA
The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the Centre for Mediterranean Cultures. The aim was to examine the region's quite different critical development of t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904982951
Published by : Archetype Books
Designed as a dialogue between numismatists, archaeologists and historians, this book explores the coins of seventh century Syria, a key resource in analysing the Arab conquest and early history of the new Islamic state. As well a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789774165443
Published by : American Univ. in Cairo Press
This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754665625
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This volume explores the phenomenon of urban loss and abandonment from Roman to medieval times across the former Roman Empire. Through a series of case studies two main aspects are examined: firstly, the sequences and chronologies... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780812244458
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In Thorns in the Flesh, Andrew Crislip draws on a wide range of text... .... Learn More