European Journal of Archaeology recent issues

Editorial

Saville, A. — 2009-08-11

A Conversation With Colin Renfrew (Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn)

Harding, A. — 2009-08-11

Islands in the Mediterranean: Introduction

Marangou, C., Della Casa, P. — 2009-08-11

What Is an Island? Concepts, Meanings and Polysemies of Insular Topoi in Greek Sources

Kopaka, K. — 2009-08-11

This article proposes an alternative way to explore a series of definitions, concepts, meanings and, sometimes, polysemies of island worlds, by using mainly ancient Greek literary sources, diachronic island names, and their etymologies, epithets, and other systems of labelling and describing them. It argues that such evidence literally and metaphorically involves mirrors and maps, and transcribes important parameters of an eloquent cognitive geography, forged from long-established knowledge and empirical wisdom, and relevant to modern scientific insights, including archaeological ones. If systematically investigated and thoroughly deciphered, this may disclose numerous meaningful elements of the insular topoi we study; and thus enrich significantly our efforts to conceive them as `total' natural and cultural geographies — or `insularities' — through time. Here, a limited number of cited examples illustrate a few, and mainly physical, aspects of their morphological, geological, topographic and other environmental traits — only tentatively touching upon their human-made landscapes. All the same, the information this provides may be also relevant, even if indirectly, to the islands' cultural environments. Furthermore, this approach can certainly be expanded to cover various other general and specific insular properties — including their inhabitants and diachronic monuments.

The Marine Environment and Its Influence On Seafaring and Maritime Routes in the Prehistoric Aegean

Papageorgiou, D. — 2009-08-11

This article seeks to illustrate the decisive contribution of the sea environment and particularly the sea-surface circulation (which is determined by the circulation of sea currents and the winds) to the early growth of seafaring and maritime communications in the prehistoric Aegean. Given the means and techniques of navigation in that era, an attempt is made to reveal a dense network of sea routes which vessels could follow through the Aegean, in order to facilitate their trip. These sea routes are primarily based on environmental data and are confirmed concurrently by archaeological evidence and data of ancient sources. Therefore, it is evident that these sea routes played an important role not only in the early inhabitation of the Aegean islands and the foundation of coastal settlements throughout the Aegean area from the sixth millennium BC to the end of the third millennium BC, but in the development of the Aegean civilization during earlier prehistoric times as well.

Archaeological Record of the Adriatic Offshore Islands as an Indicator of Long-Distance Interaction in Prehistory

Forenbaher, S. — 2009-08-11

This article explores the proposition that the archaeological record of small, remote islands with scarce resources reflects the intensity of long-distance interaction in prehistory, taking as an example the Adriatic offshore islands. The best represented periods, the early Neolithic and the end of the Copper Age, correspond to the times of large-scale stylistic unity, the former, of the Mediterranean Impressed Wares, and the latter, of Bell Beakers. During those periods, radical innovations were introduced over vast areas of Europe, first, a new subsistence economy, and second, a different kind of social organization. In both cases, long-distance interaction would have played a crucial role.

Early Neolithic Communities in Southern Dalmatia: Farming Seafarers or Seafaring Farmers?

Bass, B. — 2009-08-11

Palaeoenvironmental data and vegetation histories derived from local datasets are examined in the light of Early Neolithic agro-pastoral activities and resource exploitation in the south-eastern Adriatic Sea. Palynological evidence is summarized from three locations within the study area and compared to contemporaneous archaeological evidence. Coastal marine archaeological assemblages in the study area indicate that Early Neolithic inhabitants expended significant energy on terrestrial and marine hunting and gathering, and long distance maritime travel, well after the regional introduction of agro-pastoralism.

Reviews: Book Review Essays New Perspectives On Roman Pottery: J. Theodore Pena, Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 430 pp., 90 figs, 12 tables, hbk, ISBN 978 0 521 86541 8). Simonetta Menchelli and Marinella Pasquinucci (eds), Territorio e produzioni ceramiche. Paesaggi, economia e societa in eta romana. Atti del Convegno Internazionale Pisa 20--22 ottobre 2005. (Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2006, [Instrumenta 2], 421 pp., pbk, ISBN 88 8492 366 2)

Bes, P. — 2009-08-11

Reviews: Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in the Making: Mats Burstrom, Samtidsarkeologi. (Lund: Studentliteratur, 2007, 118 pp., 25 figs, pbk, ISBN 9 789144 004303) Laura McAtackney, Matthew Palus and Angela Piccini (eds), Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory. Papers from the 2003 and 2004 CHAT Conferences. (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports [International Series S1677], Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology 4, 2007, 118 pp., illustrated, ISBN 9 781407 301150)

McWilliams, A. — 2009-08-11

Reviews: Exhibition Review: Im Zeichen der Goldenen Greifen: Konigsgraber der Skythen. Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (6 Juli--1 Oktober 2007), Hypo-Kunsthalle, Munchen (26 Oktober 2007--27 Januar 2008), und dem Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (15 Februar--25 Mai 2008)

Burmeister, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Geoff Bailey and Penny Spikins (eds), Mesolithic Europe. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xviii+467 pp., many illustrations, hbk, ISBN 978 0521 85503 7)

Eigeland, L. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Ian Hodder, The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk. (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006, 288 pp., 137 figs, 24 in colour, hbk, ISBN 978 0500051412)

Marciniak, A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Michael Balter, The Goddess and the Bull. Catalhoyuk -- An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization. (New York: Free Press, 2005, 401 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 0743243605; pbk published at Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, ISBN 978 1598740691)

Marciniak, A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Eszter Banffy and Ida Bognar-Kutzian{dagger}, The Late Neolithic Tell Settlement at Polgar-Csoszhalom, Hungary. The 1957 Excavation. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1730], and Budapest: Archaeolingua [Central European Series 4], 2007, 243 pp., 204 figs., pbk, ISBN 978 1 4073 01747)

Starnini, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Douglass W. Bailey, Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic. (London and New York: Routledge, 2005, xx + 243 pp., 64 + 5 figs, ISBN hbk 0 415 33151 X, pbk 0 415 33152 8)

Marangou, C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Richard Bradley, The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xvii+321pp., illus., pbk, ISBN 978 0 521 61270 8)

Widholm, D. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout, Newgrange. (Cork: Cork University Press, 2008, vi+122 pp., 70 illus, pbk, ISBN 978 185918 431 8)

Tutusaus, F. A., Guerrero Vila, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: M. Pearce, Bright Blades and Red Metal. Essays on North Italian Prehistoric Metalwork. (London: Accordia Research Institute [Specialist Studies on Italy 14], 2007, 144 pp., 34 figs., 14 tables, pbk, ISBN 978 1873415 33 7)

Kienlin, T. L. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Anthony Harding, Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe (Budapest: Archaeolingua, 2007, 228 pp., illus., hbk, ISBN 978 963 8046 86 4)

Hansen, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sylvain Mazet, Les enceintes pre- et protohistoriques de Corse: essai de comparaison avec quelques sites de Toscane (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1815], 2008, viii + 508 pp; 33 drawings; 43 tables; 310 figs, 2 colour plates, pbk, ISBN 978 1407303017)

Mientjes, A. C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: A. Bernard Knapp, Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus. Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 520 pp, 66 figs, hbk, ISBN 978 0 19 923737 1)

Webb, J. M. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska, Parts and Wholes: Fragmentation in Prehistoric Context. (Oxford: Oxbow, 2007, xiv + 233pp, 113 b/w figs, 43 col plates, 38 tables, pbk, ISBN 1 84217 222 0)

Jensen, B. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Peter Rowley-Conwy, From Genesis to Prehistory. The Archaeological Three Age System and its Contested Reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland. (Oxford: Oxford University Press [Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology], 2007, 362pp., 55 figs., hbk, ISBN 987 0 19 922774 7)

Jensen, O. W. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 404 pp., 31 figs, 1 table, ISBN (hbk) 978 0 521 85375 0, (pbk) 978 0 521 61962 2)

Frommer, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Stefano Campana and Maurizio Forte (eds), From Space to Place: 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, CNR, Rome, Italy, December 4--7, 2006. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, Int. Ser. S1568], 2006, x + 579 pp., illus., pbk, ISBN 1 84171 998 6)

Webster, D. S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Philip Duke, The Tourists Gaze, the Cretans Glance: Archaeology and Tourism on a Greek Island. (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2008, 154 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 1 59874 143 8)

Deltsou, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sabine Rieckhoff and Ulrike Sommer (eds), Auf der Suche nach Identitaten: Volk -- Stamm -- Kultur -- Ethnos. Internationale Tagung der Universitat Leipzig vom 8.--9. Dezember 2000. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1705], 2007, 255 pp., many illustrations, pbk, ISBN: 978 1 4073 0149 5)

Fernandez-Gotz, M. A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Tim Ingold, Lines: A Brief History. (London and New York: Routledge, 2007, 186pp., illustrated, pbk, ISBN 978 0 415 42427 1)

Tilley, C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Aleksandar Durman (ed.), One Hundred Croatian Archeological Sites. (Zagreb: Leksikografski Zavod Miroslav Krleza, in collaboration with the Croatian Archaeological Society, 2007, xv + 367 pp., c.700 illus., incl. 53 maps and diagrams, hbk, ISBN 953 268 003 9)

Megaw, J.V.S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sten Rentzhog, Open Air Museums -- the History and Future of a Visionary Idea. (Ostersund: Jamtli Forlag, 2007, 528 pp, hbk, ISBN 978 91 7948 208; in North America available through the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums)

Paardekooper, R. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke (eds), Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics. (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press [One World Archaeology 54], 2007, 352 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 1 59874 270 1)

Albarella, U. — 2009-08-11

Editorial

Saville, A. — 2009-03-16

The Past is Now -- an Interview With Anders Hogberg

Holtorf, C. — 2009-03-16

Anders Högberg is a Swedish archaeologist whose research offers an original perspective on prehistoric flint technology but he has also been directing some innovative projects in archaeological teaching and learning. In this interview I am exploring some of the ideas that have been guiding his work in both realms. Although part of the interview is about work conducted in the past, equal weight is given to new opportunities and developments that affect the future of archaeology. Anders Högberg's ideas cannot be said to be typical or representative for any larger community, but he is operating in very specific historic circumstances that are shared to a greater or lesser extent by many other archaeologists living and working today. This interview documents the particular views on material culture, public archaeology, and the field of archaeology more generally that were held by one European archaeologist in 2008.

Danish Bell Beaker Pottery and Flint Daggers - the Display of Social Identities?

Sarauw, T. — 2009-03-16

This article summarizes and discusses recent research into the Danish Bell Beaker phenomenon c.2350-1950 BC. Its focus is on the meaning of material culture here represented by Bell Beakers and bifacial lanceolate flint daggers, both seen from a social perspective. The Bell Beaker pottery is known to have had a very wide distribution. However, questions remain as to why Bell Beakers were only adopted in some regions and what meaning this special pottery had? Similarly the Danish type I daggers, which were manufactured within the context of the Danish Bell Beaker phenomenon in the northern parts of Jutland, had a wide distribution. Daggers of this type, which in general denote male identity, were exported in vast quantities, especially to Norway and the western parts of Sweden. In both case studies the evidence from a Danish Bell Beaker settlement site excavated in recent years - Bejsebakken - plays a major part.

Landscapes of the Body: Burials of the Middle Bronze Age in Hungary

Stig Sorensen, M. L., Rebay-Salisbury, K. — 2009-03-16

Middle Bronze Age Hungary provides an opportunity to investigate prehistoric `landscapes of the body', as perceptions and attitudes to the body affect burial practices and other body practices, including the wearing of dress and the use of pottery. This article explores the cultural diversity expressed by the roughly contemporary and neighbouring groups of the Encrusted Ware, Vatya, and Füzesabony Cultures. Amongst others, differences between the three groups are articulated through their burials (scattered cremations, urn burials as well as crouched inhumations) and the diverse use of material culture. At the same time, despite formal differences in the burials, the analysis shows that cremations and inhumations in this area share a number of characteristics, and it is the other practices through which the dead body is manipulated that are the primary means of expressing regional differences. Simultaneously, whilst being a means of formulating understandings of the deceased body, burial practices are also tied into subtle differences in lifestyles, daily routines and regional subsistence strategies, as the landscapes of the living provide metaphors, know-how and practical understanding.

New Knowledge Versus Consensus -- a Critical Note On Their Relationship Based On the Debate Concerning the Use of Barrel-Vaults in Macedonian Tombs

Chilidis, K. — 2009-03-16

The association of Tomb II at Vergina, Greece, with Philip II initiated a debate concerning the use of barrel-vaults in Macedonian tombs. The accepted theory at the time held that, since no Macedonian tomb was dated prior to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, Macedonians copied the barrel-vault from the Persians after the military campaign of Alexander the Great in Asia, and therefore Tomb II should be dated to a later period. After an intense dispute, fresh archaeological evidence proved that this theory was false. This article examines the ways we structure knowledge in archaeology from hypothesis to theory that can develop to consensus, and how later consensus exercises a conservative influence on the production of new knowledge. New evidence that contradicts consensual theories is approached with stronger hostility and is confronted with higher demands of confirmation. I suggest that the same amount of scrutiny should be applied to the established theories, which are not unchangeable representations of reality, but conventionally shared property of archaeologists.

Book Review Essays: Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Italy: Vedia Izzet, The Archaeology of Etruscan Society. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 320 pp., 42 figs, hbk, ISBN 978 0 521 85877 9) Guy Bradley, Elena Isayev and Corinna Riva, eds, Ancient Italy. Regions Without Boundaries. (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2007, xvii + 334 pp., 3 maps, 57 figs, hbk, ISBN 978 0 859 89813 3)

Ciuccarelli, M. R. — 2009-03-16

Book Review Essays: Classical Archaeology - an Extended Field: Amy Brauer, Carol Mattusch and Alice Donohue, eds, Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science and Humanities: The Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Classical Archaeology. (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2006, 640 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 1 84217183 7) Susan Alcock and Robin Osborne, eds, Classical Archaeology. (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology, Malden: Blackwell, 2007, 447 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 0 631 23418 0)

Lang, F. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Alasdair Whittle and Vicki Cummings, eds, Going Over: the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Northwest Europe (Proceedings of the British Academy 144. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xvi+632 pp., 150 figs., hbk, ISBN: 978 0 19 726414 0)

Bogucki, P. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Anders Kaliff, Fire, Water, Heaven and Earth. Ritual Practice and Cosmology in Ancient Scandinavia : An Indo-European Perspective. (Stockholm: Riksantikvarieambetet, 2007, 216 pp., 19 figs, pbk, ISBN 978 91 7209 450 5)

Kristjansdottir, S. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Christopher Burgess, Peter Topping and Frances Lynch, eds, Beyond Stonehenge: Essays on the Bronze Age in Honour of Colin Burgess (Oxford: Oxbow, 2007, 448 pp., 227 illus, many in colour, hbk, ISBN 978 1 84217 215 5)

Calado, M. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Chris Gosden, Helena Hamerow, Philip de Jersey and Gary Lock, eds, Communities and Connections: Essays in Honour of Barry Cunliffe. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, 491 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 0 19 923034 1)

Bolin, H. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Sophia Antoniadou and Anthony Pace, eds, Mediterranean Crossroads (Athens: Pierides Foundation, 2007, 784 pp., sbk, ISBN 978 9963 9071 68)

Shapland, A. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Mats Roslund, Guests in the House: Cultural Transmission between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 AD, translated from the Swedish by Alan Crozier (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007, 584 pp., 180 illus., hbk, ISBN 978 90 04 16189 4)

Barford, P. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Carl Olof Cederlund, Vasa I. The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628. (Edited by Fred Hocker, Stockholm: National Maritime Museums of Sweden, 2006, 400 pp., hbk, ISBN 91 974659 0 9)

Gertwagen, R. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Ingo Wiwjorra, Der Germanenmythos. Konstruktion einer Weltanschauung in der Altertumsforschung des 19. Jahrhunderts. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006, 408 pp., hbk, ISBN 13: 978 3 53419016 4)

Ascherson, N. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Junko Habu, Clare Fawcett and John M. Matsunaga, eds, Evaluating Multiple Narratives. Beyond Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist Archaeologies. (New York: Springer, 2008, 217 pp., hbk, ISBN: 978 0 387 71824 8)

Doeser, J. — 2009-03-16

Book Review: Willem J.H. Willems and Monique H. van den Dries, eds, Quality Management in Archaeology. (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007, 159 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 184217 275 9)

Fleming, A. K. — 2009-03-16

Communication in Archaeology

Harding, A., Venclova, N. — 2008-10-28

Communication in Archaeology

Harding, A. — 2008-10-28

Communicating archaeology from one person or group to another is beset with problems. The media, the public and students all have different requirements, while the language in which they are addressed — both the spoken language and the intellectual framework or discourse — can act as a disincentive to understanding. Big changes are in store for archaeologists and for other members of the academic community as electronic publication takes over from traditional methods of dissemination such as the printed book. Archaeologists must be prepared for these changes, and should endeavour to put their findings across in a way that interests and stimulates their audience.

Archaeology Journals, Academics and Open Access

Carver, M. — 2008-10-28

Martin Carver connects academic peer review with the new technologies of publishing, particularly 'Open Access'. He recommends the development of four tiers of output: (1) the popular and commercial magazine printed in hard copy and supported by subscribers; (2) the national Open Access online journal, successor to the local journal and supported by local sponsorship; (3) the international Open Access peer-reviewed online journal, representing an intellectual or geographical research area and supported by subsidies and grants via authors. The European Journal of Archaeology is seen as an example. (4) The fourth tier is represented by a global journal such as Antiquity, serving all countries equally and maintaining its political, academic, and commercial independence through reader subscriptions.

Can You Hear Me At the Back? Archaeology, Communication and Society

Holtorf, C. — 2008-10-28

Archaeologists often enjoy the role of giving the people what the people want, at least, so long as that is information about the past. But besides the ambition to enlighten people about the past, there are at least two alternative approaches concerning the way archaeology communicates with its publics in society. One considers archaeology a business and sees people as potential customers who need to be persuaded to buy the products of archaeology. Another approach advocates democratic participation of people in archaeology and wishes to accommodate people's own preferences regarding archaeological studies. The point of this article is not to choose between these different models of communication but to ensure that future debates about the relations between archaeology and society will be informed by a better understanding of some fundamentally different approaches concerning the aims and character of archaeology's communication with various public audiences. Hopefully this discussion will also benefit very specific, future projects in public archaeology and thus ultimately serve both the archaeologists and their publics.

Archaeology, Communication, and Multiple Stakeholders: From the Other Side of the Big Pond

Levy, J. E. — 2008-10-28

This article reviews discussions and debates about effective communication within North American archaeology. The development of cultural resource management and the expansion of Native American control over archaeology have both influenced the practice and communication of archaeology. The concept of diverse stakeholders derives from discussions about ethics in archaeology, but is relevant to understanding the complexities of archaeological communication. Rather than focus on criticisms of archaeological communication, various examples of effective communication are provided.

Journalists and Archaeologists: Notes On Dealing Constructively With the Mass Media

Scherzler, D. — 2008-10-28

Over the past few decades the mass media have increasingly shaped public awareness. For many people, television, the radio, or the press are the only sources for archaeological topics and it is essential, therefore, to be able to collaborate with the world of journalism. It is not only sensational news stories that have an opportunity of being covered by the media, but also serious issues — provided that they are well told. Communicating scientific results to an audience outside one's own specialist subject is, however, not only a question of good will, but also of skill. This article focuses on how to get the attention of the mass media, how to exert influence on the quality of a newspaper article, radio or film, and how to communicate what is really important. It provides an overview of public and media relations and tries to give some helpful suggestions.

Communication Within Archaeology: Do We Understand Each Other?

Venclova, N. — 2008-10-28

Academic discourse has its own norms related to the national culture, but also to the academic community concerned. In a linguistic classification, discourse communities are being formed with their own conventions and their own academic languages, rhetoric and intellectual styles, sharing paradigms, goals and methods. A positive aspect of discourse communities is that they spread across different national languages and across different — mainstream and minor — communities (using the language of the leading group of researchers). Can this be seen in present-day archaeology, and can it bridge the gap in communication between mainstreams and minorities?

Review: Conference Review: IXth Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Globalization, Identity, Material Culture ... and Archaeology, Aarhus, Denmark, 10--12 May 2007

Melheim, L. — 2008-10-28

Review: Site Presentation Review

Rundkvist, M. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Heather Burke and Claire Smith, Archaeology to Delight and Instruct: Active Learning in the University Classroom. (One World Archaeology Series. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007, 288 pp., b/w figs, pbk, ISBN 978 1 59874 257 2)

Pluciennik, M. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Heather Margaret-Louise Miller, Archaeological Approaches to Technology. (New York: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2007, 298 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 0 12 496951 3)

Eerkens, J. W. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: V. Oliveira Jorge and J. Thomas, eds, Overcoming the Modern Invention of Material Culture. (Porto: ADECAP, Journal of Iberian Archaeology 9[10], 2006--2007, Special Issue)

Lazzari, M. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Yannis Hamilakis, The Nation and its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, 352 pp., ISBN 978 0 19 923038 9)

Chilidis, K. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: John R. Stewart, An Evolutionary Study of some Archaeologically Significant Avian Taxa in the Quaternary of the Western Palaearctic. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports S1653], 2007, xix+272 pp., 217 figures, 108 tables, pbk, ISBN 978 140 730089 4) Erika Gal, Fowling in Lowlands. Neolithic and Chalcolithic Bird Exploitation in South-East Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. (Budapest: Archaeolingua [Series Minor 24], 2007, 149 pp., 14 figures, 5 maps in colour, 12 tables, 2 photographic plates, pbk, ISBN 978 963 8046 85 7)

Bartosiewicz, L. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas B. Larsson, The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. xii + 449 pp., 170 figs, pbk, ISBN 13: 978 0 52160 4666, ISBN 10: 0521604664; hbk, ISBN 13: 978 0 5218 4363 8, ISBN 10: 0521843634)

Pearce, M. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Helle Vandkilde, Culture and Change in Central European Prehistory, 6th to 1st Millennium BC. (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2007, 215 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 87 7934 245 3)

Harding, A. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Lynne Bevan, Worshippers and Warriors: Reconstructing Gender and Gender Relations in the Prehistoric Rock Art of Naquane National Park, Valcamonica, Brescia, Northern Italy. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports S1485], 2006, 192 pp., pbk, ISBN 1 84171 920 X)

Hays-Gilpin, K. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Oliver Dickinson, The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age. Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries B.C. (London: Routledge, 2006, xvi + 298 pp., hbk, ISBN 0 415 13589 3)

Militello, P. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Ludmila Koryakova and Andrej Epimakhov, The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [Cambridge World Archaeology], 2007, 408pp., illustrated, hbk, 978 0 521 82928 1)

Mordvintseva, V. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: D.L. Peterson, L.M. Popova and A.T. Smith, Beyond the Steppe and the Sown: Proceedings of the 2002 University of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology. (Leiden: Brill [Colloquia Pontica 13], 2006, 509 pp., hbk, ISBN 10: 90 04 14610 5)

Hanks, B. K. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Ray Laurence, Roman Pompeii: Space and Society. Second edition. (New York: Routledge, 2006, 216 pp., pbk, ISBN 0 415 39125 3)

Viitanen, E.-M. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Margot Klee, Grenzen des Imperiums. Leben am romischen Limes (Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag, 2006, 160 pp., ISBN 3 8062 2015 8)

Visy, Z. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Damian Bracken and Dagmar O Riain-Raedel (eds), Ireland and Europe in the Twelfth Century: Reform and Renewal (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006, 280 pp., 7 figures, 54 plates, hbk, ISBN 1 85182 848 6)

Davies, J.R. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Tadhg O'Keeffe, Archaeology and the Pan-European Romanesque (London: Duckworth [Duckworth Debates in Archaeology], 2007, 128 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 07156 3434 9)

Wienberg, J. — 2008-10-28

Book Review: Anders Andren, Kristina Jennbert and Catharina Raudvere (eds), Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives. Origins, Changes, and Interactions. An International Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3--7, 2004. (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2006, 416 pp., illustrated, hbk, 978 91 89116 81 8)

Jonuks, T., Kriiska, A. — 2008-10-28

Editorial

Saville, A. — 2008-07-15

Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstathir, Iceland

Lucas, G., McGovern, T. — 2008-07-15

This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland. Osteological analysis of the skulls indicates ritual decapitation and display of cattle heads, and this article seeks to explore the meanings of this practice in relation to the context of the site and the wider historical and ethnographic literature. It is argued that the beheading of cattle and display of their heads was a part of sacrificial acts conducted on a seasonal basis at the site, and primarily in the context of feasting and socio-political gatherings. The gatherings acted simultaneously as a means of both dissipating social tension and enhancing political status.

Use of Oral Tradition in Archaeology: Uthe Case of Ajdovscina Above Rodik, Slovenia

Hrobat, K. — 2008-07-15

This article addresses the potential of oral tradition (folklore) in the archaeological study of the past. It deals with oral traditions concerning landscape features in the area of the prehistoric and Roman site of Ajdovscina above Rodik, Slovenia. The palimpsest nature of modern landscapes can be regarded as a syncretic sum of past ways of life, land use, religious practices, and cults. In oral tradition concerning the ancient inhabitants of Ajdovscina, it is possible to discern the obscured memory of historical process. Certain sites, referred to in local oral tradition, mainly in the form of memories of religious practices performed there and of superstitions related to them, may well prove to be the remains of ancient sacred places. Methodological problems include identification of the generic and specific in oral tradition, the recognition of Christian intervention and/or censorship of ancient cults and beliefs, and the transposition and/or survival of elements of old ritual practices in popular beliefs. The aim of this article is to discuss the role of oral tradition linked to the landscape in the persistence of collective memory concerning historical circumstances and the survival and/or transformation of ancient cult or ritual sites and beliefs.

The Work of Making Malta: the Council of Europe's Archaeology and Planning Committee 1988--1996

Willems, W. J.H. — 2008-07-15

This article began life as a paper in the session `Opening Doors for Archaeologists: Making Malta Work' at the 2006 EAA Annual Meeting in Kracow, Poland. It explores the background of the European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised), also known as the Valletta Convention or the Convention of Malta. The article examines some of the major issues that were discussed and describes the drafting process of the Convention from the author's personal perspective as one of the members of the committee responsible. It concludes with a brief consideration of some subsequent developments and a plea for a more active role for the EAA at Strasbourg and Brussels.

Special Reviews Section: Archaeological engagements: new media and beyond

Kristensen, T. M., Kristensen, T. M. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Playing with the past: a review of three `archaeological' pc games: Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War. (Chicago, IL: Midway Games Ltd, 2006, RRP {pound}34.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows XP) Rome: Total War. (Santa Monica: Activision Inc, 2004, RRP {pound}19.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows XP) Rome: Total War. Barbarian Invasion expansion pack. (Tokyo: Sega, 2005, RRP {pound}19.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows Me/XP)

Gardner, A. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Second lives: online worlds for archaeological teaching and research: Linden Labs, Second Life, www.secondlife.com

Graham, S. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: 300 six packs: pop culture takes on Thermopylae: 300 (USA, 2006, Warner Bros.), directed by Zach Snyder, screenplay by Zach Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley

Wallensten, J. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Archaeology on the web -- a German perspective: Stefanie Samida, Wissenschaftskommunikation im Internet. Neue Medien in der Archaologie. (Munich: Verlag Reinhard Fischer, Internet Research Band 26, 2006, 262 pp., pbk, ISBN 3 88927 404 8; ISSN 1617 6839)

Witt, C. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Electric strata: Assemblage and changes in postgraduate publication on the internet: Assemblage -- Postgraduate Journal of the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK. 1996--2006: www.assemblage. group.shef.ac.uk

Salt, A. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Archaeology on the ground: the memory practices of David Webb: Diggers Alternative Archive, website and photography by David Webb: www.archdiggers. co.uk/diggers/frameset.html

Witmore, C. L. — 2008-07-15

Special Reviews Section: Urban exploration as archaeological engagement: a review of http://infiltration. org/ -- `the zine about places you're not supposed to go': `Take only photos, leave only footprints' (Motto of infiltration.org)

Sorensen, T. F. — 2008-07-15

Book Review Essay: Navigating the `Mentions and Silences' of Global Historical Archaeology: a European Perspective: Martin Hall and Stephen W. Silliman, eds, Historical Archaeology. (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology 9, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006, xviii + 341 pp., 36 figs, hbk ISBN 1 4051 0750 2, pbk 1 4051 0751 0) Andrew M. Reid and Paul J. Lane, eds, African Historical Archaeologies. (Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2004, 408 pp., 82 figs, 23 tables, hbk ISBN 0 306 47995 8, pbk 0 306 47996 6)

Hicks, D. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Robert W. Preucel, Archaeological Semiotics. (Social Archaeology series, general editor: Ian Hodder, Malden, MA, Oxford, UK and Carlton, Victoria AUS: Blackwell, 2006, 332 pp., 45 figs, 11 tables, hbk ISBN 13: 978 1 55786 657 8, pbk ISBN 10: 1 55786 657 0)

Veit, U. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Lynn Meskell and Robert W. Preucel, eds, A Companion to Social Archaeology. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, 430 pp., hbk ISBN 0 631 22578 1)

Thomas, J. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Fokke Gerritsen, Local Identities. Landscape and Community in the Late Prehistoric Meuse-- Demer-Scheldt Region (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2003, (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 9), 306 pp., hbk ISBN 90 5356 482 9)

Huth, C. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Maureen Carroll, Spirits of the Dead: Roman Funerary Commemoration in Western Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 352 pp., hbk ISBN 0 199 29107 1)

Meinecke, K. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Melanie Pomeroy-Kellinger and Ian Scott, eds, Recent Developments in Research and Management at World Heritage Sites. (Oxford: Oxford Archaeology, Occasional Paper Number 16, 2007, 75 pp., ISBN 978 0 904220 47 6)

Willems, W. J.H. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: David A. Barrowclough and Caroline Malone, eds, Cult in Context -- Reconsidering Ritual in Archaeology (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007, 368pp. hbk, ISBN 978 1 84217 303 9)

Sultana, S. — 2008-07-15

Book Review: Mario Buhagiar, The Christianisation of Malta: Catacombs, Cult Centres and Churches in Malta to 1530. (BAR International Series 1674, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007, xiv + 321 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 1 4073 0109 9)

Cardona, D. — 2008-07-15