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Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response (2020)
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Barclay, J. M. (2020). Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 22(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12389

This response to the above seven articles engages with some of the significant ways in which each takes forward the theological discussion of grace. While some areas of disagreement arise, the overall sense is of a conversation that is moving beyond... Read More about Paul and Grace in Theological Perspective: A Grateful Response.

Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization (2021)
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Morrison, K. D., Hammer, E., Boles, O., Madella, M., Whitehouse, N., Gaillard, M., …Zanon, M. (2021). Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization. PLoS ONE, 16(4), Article e0246662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662

In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical cycles. Earth system models suggest that this anthropogenic land co... Read More about Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization.

The Middle Euphrates and its Transformation from the 3rd to the 7th c.: The case of Dibsi Faraj (2020)
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Leone, A., & Sarantis, A. (2020). The Middle Euphrates and its Transformation from the 3rd to the 7th c.: The case of Dibsi Faraj. Journal of Late Antiquity, 13(2), 308-351

Dibsi Faraj is a fortified citadel situated on the middle reaches of the Euphrates River in modern Syria which was occupied until the ninth century, when it was abandoned and then reoccupied in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This article exami... Read More about The Middle Euphrates and its Transformation from the 3rd to the 7th c.: The case of Dibsi Faraj.

The Zahrani Regional Survey Project (2019)
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Gries, H., Schmitt, A., Tachatou, E., Sader, H., Katzy, E., & Badreshany, K. (in press). The Zahrani Regional Survey Project

Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage (2020)
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Millard, A. R., Annis, R. G., Caffell, A. C., Dodd, L. L., Fischer, R., Gerrard, C. M., …Speller, C. F. (2020). Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0243369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243369

After the Battle Dunbar between English and Scottish forces in 1650, captured Scottish soldiers were imprisoned in Durham and many hundreds died there within a few weeks. The partial skeletal remains of 28 of these men were discovered in 2013. Buildi... Read More about Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage.

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

The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe? (2021)
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Gutiérrez, A., Gerrard, C., Zhang, R., & Wang, G. (2021). The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?. Antiquity, 95(383), 1213-1230. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.95

The importation of Chinese porcelain and celadon into Europe has long been thought to have first begun around the thirteenth century AD. A unique group of Chinese ceramic sherds from archaeological contexts in Spain dated to between the ninth and ele... Read More about The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?.

Remote Sensing the Archaeological Traces of Boat Movement in the Marshes of Southern Mesopotamia (2019)
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Jotheri, J., de Gruchy, M., Almaliki, R., & Feadha, M. (2019). Remote Sensing the Archaeological Traces of Boat Movement in the Marshes of Southern Mesopotamia. Remote Sensing, 11(21), Article 2474. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11212474

This study presents the results of the first remote sensing survey of hollow ways in Southern Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf, primarily using the imagery in Google Earth. For archaeologists, hollow ways are important trace fossils o... Read More about Remote Sensing the Archaeological Traces of Boat Movement in the Marshes of Southern Mesopotamia.

An integrated methodology for the documentation and protection of cultural heritage in the MENA region: a case study from Libya and Tunisia (2020)
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Leone, A., Wootton, W., Fenwick, C., Nebbia, M., Alkhalaf, H., Jorayev, G., …Voke, P. (2020). An integrated methodology for the documentation and protection of cultural heritage in the MENA region: a case study from Libya and Tunisia. Libyan Studies, 51, 141-168. https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2020.11

This paper presents the methodology and overall outcomes from the Training in Action project (TinA), funded by the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund between 2017 and 2019, which has built capacity among 72 employees of the Department of Anti... Read More about An integrated methodology for the documentation and protection of cultural heritage in the MENA region: a case study from Libya and Tunisia.

Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire (2019)
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Cookson, E., Hill, D. J., & Lawrence, D. (2019). Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire. Journal of Archaeological Science, 106, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.03.009

Four thousand years ago what is often considered to be the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire, collapsed. Proxy data has suggested a regional aridification event coincided with this collapse, but there is a lack of records collected from withi... Read More about Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire.

Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches (2020)
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Badreshany, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches. Levant, 52(1-2), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2020.1786270

By way of an introduction to this volume, we look to provide a brief review of recent approaches to ceramic studies in Levantine archaeology, and to the way that the results of laboratory-based investigations have been integrated within these. As we... Read More about Ceramic Studies and Petrographic Analysis in Levantine Archaeology, the Limitations of Current Approaches.

Wealth Inequality in the Ancient Near East: A Preliminary Assessment Using Gini Coefficients and Household Size (2020)
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Basri, P., & Lawrence, D. (2020). Wealth Inequality in the Ancient Near East: A Preliminary Assessment Using Gini Coefficients and Household Size. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 30(4), 689-704. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774320000177

Investigating how different forms of inequality arose and were sustained through time is key to understanding the emergence of complex social systems. Due to its long-term perspective, archaeology has much to contribute to this discussion. However, c... Read More about Wealth Inequality in the Ancient Near East: A Preliminary Assessment Using Gini Coefficients and Household Size.