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Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings: Breastfeeding and weaning in the past (2017)
Book Chapter
Halcrow, S. E., King, C. L., Millard, A. R., Snoddy, A. M. E., Scott, R. M., Elliott, G. E., …Arriaza, B. T. (2017). Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings: Breastfeeding and weaning in the past. In C. Tomori, A. L. Palmquist, & E. Quinn (Eds.), Breastfeeding : new anthropological approaches (155-169). Routledge

The Ornament Horizon revisited: new and old finds of Middle Bronze Age ornaments in southern England (2017)
Book Chapter
O’Connor, B., Roberts, B., & Wilkin, N. (2017). The Ornament Horizon revisited: new and old finds of Middle Bronze Age ornaments in southern England. In T. Lachenal, C. Mordant, T. Nicolas, & C. Véber (Eds.), Le Bronze moyen et l'origine du Bronze final en Europe occidentale, de la Mer du Nord à la Méditerranée (XVIIe-XIIIe siècle avant notre ère) (267-282). Mémoires d’Archéologie du Grand-Est 1

Seguindo os passos do exército romano: uma proposta metodológica para a deteção de assentamentos militares romanos no Noroeste Peninsular (2017)
Book Chapter
Menéndez Blanco, A., González Álvarez, D., Costa-García, J. M., Fonte, J., Gago Mariño, M., & Álvarez Martínez, V. (2017). Seguindo os passos do exército romano: uma proposta metodológica para a deteção de assentamentos militares romanos no Noroeste Peninsular. In L. Rosas, A. C. Sousa, & H. Barreira (Eds.), Genius loci : lugares e significados. Places and meanings (67-79). CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar «Cultura, Espaço e Memória»

Neste trabalho apresentamos e abrimos a debate uma proposta metodológica para a deteção e estudo de sítios arqueológicos relacionados com a presença militar romana no Noroeste Ibérico. A metodologia baseia-se no uso combinado de ferramentas de fácil... Read More about Seguindo os passos do exército romano: uma proposta metodológica para a deteção de assentamentos militares romanos no Noroeste Peninsular.

Pierre, terre et bois dans les constructions néolithiques de l’Ouest de la France et de la Grande Bretagne et Irlande (2017)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C., & Laporte, L. (2017). Pierre, terre et bois dans les constructions néolithiques de l’Ouest de la France et de la Grande Bretagne et Irlande. In P. Forré, G. Marchand, & N. Fromont (Eds.), Statut des objets, des lieux et des Hommes au Néolithique. Association de Publications Chauvinoises

Stone, earth and wood in Neolithic constructions in the West of France and the British Isles.

Thresholds in lithic technology and human behaviour in MIS 9 Britain. (2017)
Book Chapter
White, M., & Bridgland, D. (2018). Thresholds in lithic technology and human behaviour in MIS 9 Britain. In M. Pope, J. McNabb, & C. Gamble (Eds.), Crossing the Human Threshold: Dynamic Transformation and Persistent Places during the Middle Pleistocene (165-192). Routledge

Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age (2017)
Book Chapter
Bradbury, J., & Philip, G. (2017). Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age. In J. Bradbury, & C. Scarre (Eds.), Engaging with the dead : exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body (87-102). Oxbow Books

Spanning a period of over two thousand years, the Bronze Age of the Levant (c.3600–1200 BC) is characterised by the emergence of urban society, growth of social complexity and, in the latter half of the period, the florescence of citystates and ‘grea... Read More about Shifting Identities: the human corpse and treatment of the dead in the Levantine Bronze Age.

Tracking the dead in the Neolithic: the ‘Invisible Dead’ in Britain (2017)
Book Chapter
Jay, M., & Scarre, C. (2017). Tracking the dead in the Neolithic: the ‘Invisible Dead’ in Britain. In J. Bradbury, & C. Scarre (Eds.), Engaging with the dead : exploring changing human beliefs about death, mortality and the human body (7-23). Oxbow Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1vgw6s0.4

The ‘Invisible Dead’ project was established to provide a database of burial information which would allow the exploration of diachronic changes in mortuary practices from the Neolithic until the end of the Roman period across two regions: Britain an... Read More about Tracking the dead in the Neolithic: the ‘Invisible Dead’ in Britain.

The Romans in Britain: Colonization of an Imperial Frontier (2017)
Book Chapter
Hingley, R. (2017). The Romans in Britain: Colonization of an Imperial Frontier. In C. Beaule (Ed.), Frontiers of colonialism (89-109). University Press of Florida

This chapter addresses the means through which the southern and eastern parts of the British Isles were incorporated into the Roman Empire during the first century CE. It assesses the significance of the value of the concept of colonialism to address... Read More about The Romans in Britain: Colonization of an Imperial Frontier.

The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe: a perspective from ancient human DNA (2017)
Book Chapter
Fernández-Domínguez, E., & Reynolds, L. (2017). The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe: a perspective from ancient human DNA. In O. García-Puchol, & D. C. Salazar-García (Eds.), Times of Neolithic transition along the Western Mediterranean (311-338). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52939-4_12

Recent advances in DNA genotyping techniques have made it possible to recover a substantial body of ancient DNA data from Mesolithic and Neolithic skeletons, improving our understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in the transition to farmi... Read More about The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe: a perspective from ancient human DNA.

Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka (2017)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., Manuel, M., Davis, C., & Gunawardhana, P. (2017). Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka. In Z. Biedermann, & A. Strathern (Eds.), Sri Lanka at the crossroads : from antiquity to modernity (19-43). UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781911307822

Whilst the Early Historic and Medieval periods of Sri Lanka are often presented as a golden age of Sinhalese and Buddhist achievement, there is also substantial evidence for a multiplicity of communities residing within the island during that time. T... Read More about Archaeology and Cosmopolitanism in Early Historic and Medieval Sri Lanka.

The global Roman countryside: connectivity and community (2017)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R. (2017). The global Roman countryside: connectivity and community. In T. de Haas, & G. Tol (Eds.), The economic integration of Roman Italy : rural communities in a globalising world (28-50). Brill Academic Publishers

To the Upper Lake: Star Carr revisited – by birchbark canoe (2017)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2017). To the Upper Lake: Star Carr revisited – by birchbark canoe. In P. Rowley-Conwy, D. Sergeantson, & P. Halstead (Eds.), Economic zooarchaeology : studies in hunting, herding and early agriculture. Oxbow Books

Prehistoric figurines in Italy (2017)
Book Chapter
Skeates, R. (2017). Prehistoric figurines in Italy. In T. Insoll (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of prehistoric figurines (777-798). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199675616.013.038

An overview is provided of anthropomorphic figurines in peninsular Italy and Sicily between the Palaeolithic and Copper Age. Some updated patterns in the data and contextual interpretations of the production, use, and deposition of figurines are pres... Read More about Prehistoric figurines in Italy.