Archaeology

Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara

Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen

Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden

The analysis of archaeological textiles in order to write their ancient cultural history is still in its infancy. This study contributes to this process by cataloging more than...

Die Baubefunde des frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatzes von Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf IV

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Mit diesem Band wird die Veröffentlichung der umfangreichen Ausgrabungen an dem frühmittelalterlichen...

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented...

Dawn of Japan

Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors

In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan’s legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the...

Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen

Band 3, 2010

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Miriam Noël Haidle / Sophady Heng / Heike Tausendfreund / Reinhard Vonthein
Wanted: Soft and friable...

Feinkeramik aus Knidos vom mittleren Hellenismus bis in die mittlere Kaiserzeit (ca. 200 v.Chr. bis 150 n.Chr.)

During the time of Hellenism and of the Empire, the ancient city of Knidos was one of the most important manufacturing centers of fine tableware in the eastern Mediterranean. To...

Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Internationales Kolloquium vom 16. bis 17. Juni 2006 in Bonn

In the Hellenistic and particularly the Roman Imperial period the Acropolis of Athens embodied the greatness of the “polis” in Classical times and must to an extent have attained...

Das Poseidonheiligtum bei Akovitika in Messenien

Struktur und Entwicklungszusammenhang eines regionalen Zentrums. Ergebnisse einer Notgrabung 1969 und einer Nachuntersuchung mit Prospektion 2005

Named after a suburb of the present city of Kalamata, the Poseidon sanctuary of Akovitika achieved considerable importance in the early Iron Age, even though it was surrounded by...

Etruskisch-italische und römisch-republikanische Häuser

In contrast to the tombs and shrines, the pre-Roman houses of Italy have been poorly studied. Although Etruscan studies have for some time been concerned with living quarters of...

Die Waffen aus dem Oppidum von Manching

The approximately 800 weapons fragments from the oppidum of Manching, which covers over 300 years of settlement history, found their way into the ground for many different...

Treasures of the Ferrell Collection

James Ferrell has collected Greek and Roman antiquities for many years to satisfy his life-long interest in ancient history. His collection is particularly important for its...

Madrider Mitteilungen

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M. KUNST
Das Projekt ›Sizandro und Alcabrichel. Zwei kupferzeitliche Siedlungskammern im Vergleich‹ (Torres...

The Pottery from the Early Medieval Trading Site and Cemetery at Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf III

This book is an archaeological study involving natural sciences analyses of the ceramic find material from the settlement and the cemetery of the early medieval trading site Groß...

Die antike Stadt im Umbruch

Kolloquium in Darmstadt, 19. bis 20. Mai 2006

This volume covers the conference “The Ancient City in Transition,” which was held in May 2006 in Darmstadt, Germany. The central theme is the change and design of urban space...

Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition

Vol. 1: Excavations in the Craftsman Quarter at the Main Road (= Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, Vol. 2)

Karakorum, the first capital of the Mongol empire, has, since 1998, been explored by archaeologists from the University of Bonn in an interdisciplinary and international...

Die »ägyptische Grotte« von Vulci

Zum Beginn der Archäologie als wissenschaftliche Disziplin

The Egyptian grotto, as the Isis-Tomb of Vulci was called when it was discovered in the nineteenth century, is one of the most prominent tombs of the orientalising period in...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting,...

La Grotte d’Ifri n’Ammar

Tome 2. Le Paléolithique Moyen

Under a German-Moroccan cooperation, research into the early settlement history of eastern Morocco is taking place. One focus of this project is the archaeological excavations in...

Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie

Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System. Beiträge zu einem interdisziplinären Kolloqium in Freiburg i.Br., 24. bis 25. November 2006

This volume contains eight papers under a common focus: the complexity of image- and role- construction in classical Athens. The development of democracy came along with a growing...