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3D Visualizations and Ostia (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Locicero, M., Stoger, H., & Jansen, A. (in press). 3D Visualizations and Ostia.

The sustainability of ancient water control techniques in Iran: an overview (2017)
Journal Article
Manuel, M., Lightfoot, D., & Fattahi, M. (2018). The sustainability of ancient water control techniques in Iran: an overview. Water History, 10(1), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-017-0200-7

Qanats are a traditional source of water management that exists throughout much of the Middle East, and extending into North Africa, Spain and South Asia. In particular, they have played an important role in managing the supply of water throughout Ir... Read More about The sustainability of ancient water control techniques in Iran: an overview.

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

A Chinese Porcelain Jar Associated with Marco Polo: A Discussion from an Archaeological Perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Meicun, L., & Zhang, R. (2018). A Chinese Porcelain Jar Associated with Marco Polo: A Discussion from an Archaeological Perspective. European Journal of Archaeology, 21(1), 39–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2017.21

As the first European to claim that he travelled to China and back, Marco Polo is a celebrated traveller who described the multicultural society of Eurasia in the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries ad. However, his famed account, the Travels of Marco... Read More about A Chinese Porcelain Jar Associated with Marco Polo: A Discussion from an Archaeological Perspective.

Between Roundhouse and Villa: Assessing Perinatal and Infant Burials from Piddington, Northamptonshire (2017)
Journal Article
Hodson, C. M. (2017). Between Roundhouse and Villa: Assessing Perinatal and Infant Burials from Piddington, Northamptonshire. Britannia: A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies, 48, 195-219. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x17000137

The discovery of perinatal and infant individuals is common in the excavation of Iron Age and Romano-British domestic sites. In recent years, the discovery of many such burials has led to interpretations of infanticide and unceremonious disposal. Alt... Read More about Between Roundhouse and Villa: Assessing Perinatal and Infant Burials from Piddington, Northamptonshire.

Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement (2017)
Journal Article
de Gruchy, M., Caswell, E., & Edwards, J. (2017). Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement. Internet Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.4

Few studies have calculated the relative difficulty of walking across different types of terrain (e.g. grass, asphalt, loose sand, and so on). Nonetheless, these relative values, called terrain coefficients, are integral, alongside slope, for generat... Read More about Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement.

Bioarchaeological remains as indicators of costly signalling: two case studies from the Middle Bronze Age of Central Italy (2017)
Journal Article
Silvestri, L., Achino, K., Gatta, M., & Rolfo, M. (2017). Bioarchaeological remains as indicators of costly signalling: two case studies from the Middle Bronze Age of Central Italy. World Archaeology, 49(4), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1311803

This paper concerns the role of costly signalling in the ritual expressions of Middle Bronze Age human culture of Central Italy. A wide overview of the existing literature and the accurate examination of recent case studies enabled us to demonstrate... Read More about Bioarchaeological remains as indicators of costly signalling: two case studies from the Middle Bronze Age of Central Italy.

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

Social Values and Rock Art Tourism: An Ethnographic Study of the Huashan Rock Art Area (China) (2017)
Journal Article
Gao, Q. (2017). Social Values and Rock Art Tourism: An Ethnographic Study of the Huashan Rock Art Area (China). Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 19(1), 82-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13505033.2016.1290477

The rapid expansion of cultural tourism has led to increased numbers of visitors to rock art sites throughout the world. The rise of rock art tourism has affected not only the preservation of rock art sites, but also the social values attributed to t... Read More about Social Values and Rock Art Tourism: An Ethnographic Study of the Huashan Rock Art Area (China).

Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group (2017)
Journal Article
Chauhan, P., Bridgland, D., Moncel, M., Antoine, P., Bahain, J., Briant, R., …White, T. (2017). Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group. Quaternary Science Reviews, 166, 114-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.03.016

Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts throughout the ‘Old World’, especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study coincided with the realisation that early humans were of great an... Read More about Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group.

Child Bioarchaeology: Perspectives on the Past 10 Years (2017)
Journal Article
Mays, S., Gowland, R., Halcrow, S., & Murphy, E. (2017). Child Bioarchaeology: Perspectives on the Past 10 Years. Childhood in the Past, 10(1), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/17585716.2017.1301066

This article aims to provide an overview of some of the more important developments in the bioarchaeology of childhood over the past decade. Analysis of publication trends in the major osteoarchaeology and physical anthropology journals demonstrated... Read More about Child Bioarchaeology: Perspectives on the Past 10 Years.

Towards a best practice for the use of active non-contact surface scanning to record human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts (2017)
Journal Article
Errickson, D., Grueso, I., Griffith, S., Setchell, J., Thompson, T., Thompson, C., & Gowland, R. (2017). Towards a best practice for the use of active non-contact surface scanning to record human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 27(4), 650-661. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2587

Active surface scanners emit light or a laser stripe to record the exterior surface of an object or landscape, providing results in three dimensions. The use of active surface scanners to record anthropological and archaeological contexts has increas... Read More about Towards a best practice for the use of active non-contact surface scanning to record human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts.

Embodied Identities in Roman Britain: A Bioarchaeological Approach (2017)
Journal Article
Gowland, R. (2017). Embodied Identities in Roman Britain: A Bioarchaeological Approach. Britannia: A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies, 48, 175-194. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x17000125

Human skeletal remains from Roman Britain are abundant and provide a rich repository of social as well as biological information concerning health, migration, diet and body/society interactions. At present, skeletal remains tend to be marginalised in... Read More about Embodied Identities in Roman Britain: A Bioarchaeological Approach.

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.

Neolithic Figurines of Western Europe (2017)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2017). Neolithic Figurines of Western Europe. In T. Insoll (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of prehistoric figurines (877-900). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199675616.013.042

Western Europe is distinguished from regions to the east, and indeed from the Central Mediterranean, by the relatively scarcity of Neolithic figurines. Figurines in durable materials such as stone, bone or terracotta are furthermore divided among a s... Read More about Neolithic Figurines of Western Europe.