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Documenting Ancient Sagalassos
A Guide to Archaeological Methods and Concepts
2023 || Paperback || Jeroen Poblome || Leuven University Press
Research Project Sagalassos speaks to the imagination in more ways than one. The authentic and natural beauty of the site no doubt plays a role in that. The Sagalassos Project testifies to the fact that its core business, archaeology, also appeals to the imagination. Learning about the past is fascinating, for young and old alike. Curiosity unquestionably plays a role in this. Archaeologists, as any other scientist, are driven to really know about past human activities. As they leave no stone...
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Fields, Sherds and Scholars
Recording and Interpreting Survey Ceramics
2023 || Paperback || Anna Meens e.a. || Sidestone Press
This book is a significant contribution to the field of survey pottery studies, which is not frequently theorised, and could also serve as a guide and provide inspiration to archaeologists designing their own survey projects and methodologies.
Landscape archaeology has heavily relied on pedestrian survey as a field method for more than half a century. In most field projects, archaeological ceramics constitute the lion’s share among the finds and the amount of collected sherds is overwhelmi...
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Complexity and dynamics
Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600)
2023 || Paperback || Marie Ødegaard e.a. || Sidestone Press Academics
How did people organize their settlements in later prehistoric societies? How do architecture, spatial organization, land divisions, and landscape use relate to different modes of social organization? The papers in this book contribute to a greater understanding of the complexity and dynamics of settlement and landscape organization in the Nordic countries from the Late Bronze Age to the Renaissance.
Among the topics addressed is the notion of the wandering settlements as the standard settle...
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Megalieten - Zwart-witversie
De Oorsprong van Megalithische Culturen in Europa
2023 || Paperback || Hendrik Gommer || MythicalStones.eu
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Dynamik und Kommunikation prähistorischer Gesellschaften im zentralen Alpenraum
Konzepte zu Mobilität und Netzwerken
2023 || Paperback || Mirco Brunner || Sidestone Press Academics
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Alternative Egyptology
Papers on the relation between alternative and academic interpretations of ancient Egypt
2023 || Paperback || Ben Van den Bercken || Sidestone Press
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative Egyptology has always focused on subjects that others shunned. Ever since the birth of mainstream Egyptology with the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script two hundred years ago, alternative interpretations and imaginative theories have flourished alongside it. They intertwined with egalitarian and spiritual tendencies in society during the ni...
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Byblos
A legacy unearthed
2023 || Paperback || National Museum of Antiquities (the Netherlands) e.a. || Sidestone Press
Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location at the foothills of the cedar forests of Mount Lebanon and its unique ties with the pharaohs of Egypt. An important religious center, Byblos was referred to as a Holy City in Hellenistic and Roman times. The city is synonymous with writing, a legacy that lives on through the Greek word for book. With a history that reac...
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Labyrinth
Knossos Myth and Reality
2023 || Paperback || Andrew Shapland || Exhibitions International
A comprehensive introduction to the archaeological site of Knossos and the search for its mythical past, unveiling the myths, mysteries and historical facts of this incredible site.
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Digital Archaeology
Promises and Impasses
2023 || Paperback || Tuna Kalaycı e.a. || Sidestone Press
Archaeology has gone digital for some time now! Topics such as GIS databases, 3D models, drone photography, meta- and para-data, semantic mapping, text mining, simulation, and social network analysis have become commonplace in archaeological discourse and practice. Digital and technological advancements seemingly offer limitless promises for data recording, analysis and dissemination. Yet, after several decades of innovation, we must ask ourselves which of these promises are actually fulfille...
Zeegaande houten schepen
Bijdragen aan de Dag van de historische maritieme archeologie in Nederland (14de Glavimans symposion)
2023 || Paperback || A.F.L. Van Holk e.a. || Sidestone Press
Op 9 december 2022 is bij Batavialand te Lelystad de Dag van de historische maritieme archeologie in Nederland (het 14de Glavimans symposion) georganiseerd.
Het centrale thema was ‘Zeegaande houten schepen’. Als bestuur van de Glavimans Stichting hebben we ernaar gestreefd om naast het centrale thema een breed programma aan te bieden met ook aandacht voor recent onderzoek, waarbij zowel vrijwilligers, professionals als studenten met een maritiem-archeologische of historische achtergrond...