The problem of the social dimension of technology and transformation seen in the perspective of the habitus has been repeatedly undertaken in various works. However, the complexity of these phenomena causes subsequent attempts to be presented and explained again in new contexts, bringing interesting observations.

The edited volume aims to contribute to our better understanding of a system of embodied dispositions hidden under the term 'habitus'. This will be achieved by presenting the latest ...

In this book the much-debated problem of political organization in Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1400-1200 BC) is analysed and contextualised through the prism of archaeology and contemporary textual (Linear B, Egyptian and Hittite) evidence.

From the early 14th century BC onwards, Hittite texts refer to a land Ahhiya(wa). The exact geographic position of this land has been the focus of academic debate for more than a century, but most specialists nowadays agree that it must have been a Hittite desig...

In which chronological, spatial, and social contexts is gender a relevant social category that is noticeable in the archaeological material? How can transformations in social gender relations and identity be recognized archaeologically? Is the identity of prehistoric people defined by gender? If so, what is the accompanying cultural context? What about gender equality among the scientists working in archaeology? In what degree are research teams, as well as their scientific approaches, biased...

Deze bundel vormt de neerslag van de 6e metaaltijdendag, gehouden op 5 oktober te Amsersfoort. Het thema betrof het einde van de metaaltijden/begin van de Romeinse tijd (100 BC - 100 AD), met aandacht voor onderwerpen zoals oorlogsvoering, cultusplaatsen en het veranderende nederzettingspatroon. De lezingen toonden de blijvende interesse in het onderzoek naar samenlevingen uit de overgang van pre- naar protohistorie. Diverse lezingen van deze dagen hebben hun neerslag gevonden in deze zesde M...

Deze bundel vormt de neerslag van de 6e metaaltijdendag, gehouden op 5 oktober te Amsersfoort. Het thema betrof het einde van de metaaltijden/begin van de Romeinse tijd (100 BC - 100 AD), met aandacht voor onderwerpen zoals oorlogsvoering, cultusplaatsen en het veranderende nederzettingspatroon. De lezingen toonden de blijvende interesse in het onderzoek naar samenlevingen uit de overgang van pre- naar protohistorie. Diverse lezingen van deze dagen hebben hun neerslag gevonden in deze zesde M...

Until comparatively recently, there has been little attempt to produce a detailed study of the architectural make-up of multi-roomed mastaba tombs and the implications of these observations for understanding the ways in which this type of tomb was really used. No thorough and comprehensive investigation has ever been dedicated to the building techniques, materials and design of mastabas or, indeed, who built them.

"The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs" considers the architectural components of t...

Zo’n 2500 jaar geleden voltrok zich rond de Middellandse Zee een culturele revolutie die zijn weerga niet kent. Grieken en Romeinen, Feniciërs en Etrusken, en weldra ook Joden en Christenen, allemaal droegen ze eraan bij, of het nu ging om de ontwikkeling van een monetaire economie of een gedegen staatsinrichting, het beantwoorden van de grote levensvragen, het uitdenken van filosofische en theologische systemen, of baanbrekende ontwikkelingen op het gebied van kunst en techniek. 

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In many societies monuments are associated with dynamic socio-economic and political processes that these societies underwent and/or instrumentalised. Due to the often large human and other resources input involved in their construction and maintenance, such constructions form an useful research target in order to investigate both their associated societies as well as the underlying processes that generated differential construction levels. Monumental constructions may physically remain the s...

For many centuries, scholars and enthusiasts have been fascinated by Stonehenge, the world's most famous stone circle. In 2003 a team of archaeologists commenced a long-term fieldwork project for the first time in decades. The Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009) aimed to investigate the purpose of this unique prehistoric monument by considering it within its wider archaeological context.This is the second of four volumes which present the results of that campaign. It includes studies of ...

The majority of humanity have lived out their lives in a 'rural' context, and even in our increasingly urbanised world almost half of the global population still live in rural areas. In the European Iron Age, the vast mass of the population clearly lived in small hamlets and farmsteads, and this overarching 'rurality' is important for understanding these societies. While there has been a pronounced focus in recent archaeological research on patterns of centralisation and urbanisation, there i...