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The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. (2016)
Journal Article
Kennet, D., Deadman, W., & al-Jahwari, N. (2016). The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 46, 155-168

Surface Structures at Ad-Dariz South (2016)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., & Kondo, Y. (2016). Surface Structures at Ad-Dariz South. In C. P. Thornton, C. M. Cable, & G. L. Possehl (Eds.), The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project 2007-12 (155-168). University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Philadelphia. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2t4ct6.13

Long-term Settlement Trends in the Birecik-Carchemish Sectors (2016)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, D., & Ricci, A. (2016). Long-term Settlement Trends in the Birecik-Carchemish Sectors. In T. Wilkinson, E. Peltenburg, & E. Wilkinson (Eds.), Carchemish in Context: the Land of Carchemish Project 2006 - 2010 (38-67). Oxbow

Over the past three decades the construction of the Birecik and Carchemish Dams in Turkey and the Tishrin Dam in Syria has led to an explosion of archaeological work along the Middle Euphrates valley. More recently, scholars have begun to investigate... Read More about Long-term Settlement Trends in the Birecik-Carchemish Sectors.

The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead (2016)
Book Chapter
Bradbury, J., & Philip, G. (2017). The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead. In C. Felli (Ed.), How to cope with death : mourning and funerary practices in the Ancient Near East. Edizioni ETS

Despite the multitude of burial, cremation and disposal options now available in modern society, current western attitudes to death often bring with them expectations of ‘normality’. There is a general belief that, despite the distances of time and s... Read More about The Invisible Dead Project: A Methodology for "Coping" with the Dead.

The globalized Roman world (2016)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R. (2016). The globalized Roman world. In T. Hodos (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of globalization and archaeology (634-651). Routledge

Fetishism and visual culture in Later Neolithic Southeast Italy (2016)
Journal Article
Skeates, R. (2016). Fetishism and visual culture in Later Neolithic Southeast Italy. Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 9(4), 335-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696x.2016.1244951

The term ‘fetish’ has been used since the sixteenth century to refer to indigenous ‘power objects’, perceived to embody positive supernatural energy. This concept is explored here with reference to the visual culture of the Later Neolithic in Southea... Read More about Fetishism and visual culture in Later Neolithic Southeast Italy.

Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium (2016)
Book Chapter
Philip, G., & Bradbury, J. (2016). Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium. In D. Parayre (Ed.), Le fleuve rebelle. Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d'Elba à l'époque médiévale (377-395). Presses de l'Ifpo. https://doi.org/10.4000/syria.4966

This paper seeks to outline the main developments in settlement organization in the Orontes Valley around the modern city of Homs from the Neolithic through to the Islamic period. Data drawn from ten seasons of fieldwork undertaken by the project Set... Read More about Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium.

Developing a Collaborative Strategy to Manage and Preserve Cultural Heritage During the Libyan Conflict. The Case of the Gebel Nāfusa (2016)
Journal Article
Nebbia, N., Leone, A., Bockmann, R., Hddad, M., Abdouli, H., Masoud, A., …Khatab, M. (2016). Developing a Collaborative Strategy to Manage and Preserve Cultural Heritage During the Libyan Conflict. The Case of the Gebel Nāfusa. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23(4), 971-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-016-9299-6

The paper discusses the potential of a collaborative scheme for the development of a protocol for recording and managing the cultural heritage in Libya. The critical political situation in the country urges the development of cultural heritage manage... Read More about Developing a Collaborative Strategy to Manage and Preserve Cultural Heritage During the Libyan Conflict. The Case of the Gebel Nāfusa.

Exploring representativeness and reliability for late medieval earthquakes in Europe (2016)
Journal Article
Forlin, P., Gerrard, C., & Petley, D. (2016). Exploring representativeness and reliability for late medieval earthquakes in Europe. Natural Hazards, 84(3), 1625-1636. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2502-y

Seismic catalogues of past earthquakes have compiled a substantial amount of information about historical seismicity for Europe and the Mediterranean. Using two of the most recent European seismic databases (AHEAD and EMEC), this paper employs GIS sp... Read More about Exploring representativeness and reliability for late medieval earthquakes in Europe.

Tracing the Donatist Presence in North Africa: An Archaeological Perspective (2016)
Book Chapter
Leone, A. (2016). Tracing the Donatist Presence in North Africa: An Archaeological Perspective. In R. Miles (Ed.), The Donatist schism : controversy and contexts (317-344). Liverpool University Press

Donatism has long been the subject of debates that focus primarily on the nature of the movement, its importance, its role (as representative of the ‘African Church’), its relationship with the Catholic tradition, and its connection to the Patristic... Read More about Tracing the Donatist Presence in North Africa: An Archaeological Perspective.

Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years (2016)
Journal Article
Shumilovskikh, L. S., Hopper, K., Djamali, M., Ponel, P., Demory, F., Rostek, F., …Andrieu-Ponel, V. (2016). Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years. Holocene, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616646841

The Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is characterized by fertile soils formed on a loess plateau and is at present primarily exploited for intensive agriculture. However, the timing and intensity of the human impact on the landscape in the past are still uncle... Read More about Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years.

Death on the frontier: military cremation practices in the north of Roman Britain (2016)
Journal Article
Thompson, T., Szigeti, J., Gowland, R., & Witcher, R. (2016). Death on the frontier: military cremation practices in the north of Roman Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, 828-836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.020

The study of cremated human remains from archaeological contexts has traditionally been viewed as less valuable than the study of inhumed bodies. However, recent methodological and theoretical developments regarding the taphonomic processes that tran... Read More about Death on the frontier: military cremation practices in the north of Roman Britain.

Beyond Replication: The Quantification of Route Models in the North Jazira, Iraq (2016)
Journal Article
de Gruchy, M. (2016). Beyond Replication: The Quantification of Route Models in the North Jazira, Iraq. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23(2), 427-447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-015-9247-x

The primary aim of this paper is to present a solution to the issue of the statistical validation of route models. In addition, it introduces a body of theory taken from the broader field of route studies, isolates individual physical variables commo... Read More about Beyond Replication: The Quantification of Route Models in the North Jazira, Iraq.

Introduction: what lies beyond (2016)
Book Chapter
Draycott, C. M. (2016). Introduction: what lies beyond. In C. M. Draycott, & M. Stamatopoulou (Eds.), Dining and death : interdisciplinary perspectives on the 'Funerary banquet' in ancient art, burial and belief (1-32). Peeters Publishers