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"The modern Italian city of Arezzo has a long and vibrant history, dating back to the Bronze Age. This volume explores the ancient settlement on the site, known in Roman times as Arretium. The city was an important part of the Etruscan network of cities in central Italy and eventually became known across the Mediterranean for its pottery, Arretine ware. As is the format for the series, this volume gathers a host of experts on the site to discuss its history, cultural context, and archaeological history and finds. Besides its pottery, Arretium also had notable architectural terracottas depicting various gods and beings from Etruscan religion, as well as exquisite bronze-working, most notably the piece now known as the Chimera of Arezzo. The city had a complicated history with Rome, sometimes finding itself supporting the wrong side in regional battles, including passively siding with Carthage during its invasion of Italy. As with all Etruscan communities, Arretium eventually came under Roman control, although unlike many it continued to flourish into the Empire and beyond. The volume, as typical for the series, begins with the excavation history of the site in the 19th century and moves forward in time, highlighting the difficulties in excavating where a modern town exists. Next is a history of the ancient city, as pieced together primarily from epigraphic inscriptions beginning roughly in 600 BCE and moving through time until the Roman takeover of the city was complete in the 1st century BCE. Chapters that follow examine the layout and architecture of the city (or what little can be determined of it) as well as various types of archaeological finds, including the city's famous pottery and bronze goods, as well as coins and architectural terracottas. A chapter then explores the archaeology of the region surrounding the city itself, teasing out information about Arretium's sphere of influence and trading network. The volume concludes with a history of the city through late Roman, medieval, and Renaissance eras, including the rule of the di Medici family"--

Archaeological assemblages --- Architecture, Etruscan --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Etruscans --- History --- Arezzo (Italy) --- Antiquities.

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Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Drôme (France) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Archaeological assemblages --- Archaeological site location --- Antiquities. --- Archaeological assemblages. --- Archaeological site location. --- Archäologie. --- France. --- France --- Drôme (Departement). --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Drôme (France) --- Antiquités

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More than quarter of a century ago Richard Bradley published The Passage of Arms. It was conceived as An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, but, as the author concedes, these terms were too narrrowly focused for the complex subject of deliberate deposition and the period covered too short. A Geography of Offerings has been written to provoke a reaction from archaeologists and has two main aims. The first is to move this kind of archaeology away from the minute study of ancient objects to a more ambitious analysis of ancient places and landscapes. The second is to recognise that problems of interpretation are not restricted to the pre-Roman period. Mesolithic finds have a place in this discussion, and so do those of the 1st millennium AD. Archaeologists studying individual periods confront with similar problems and the same debates are repeated within separate groups of scholars - but they arrive at different conclusions. Here, the author presents a review that brings these discussions together and extends across the entire sequence. Rather than offer a comprehensive survey, this is an extended essay about the strengths and weaknesses of current thinking regarding specialised deposits, which encompass both sacrificial deposits characterised by large quantities of animal and human bones and other collections which are dominated by finds of stone or metal artefacts. It considers current approaches and theory, the histories of individual artefacts and the landscape and physical context of the of places where they were deposited, the character of materials, the importance of animism and the character of ancient cosmologies.

Antiquities. --- Archaeological assemblages. --- Archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Hoards, Prehistoric. --- Landscape archaeology. --- Hoards, Prehistoric --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeological assemblages --- Archéologie du paysage --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Archéologie --- Methodology. --- Méthodologie --- Europe. --- Europe --- Antiquités --- Archéologie du paysage --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Archéologie --- Méthodologie --- Antiquités --- Assemblages archéologiques --- History --- E-books --- History.

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Paleolithic period --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological assemblages --- Stone implements --- Paléolithique --- Sites archéologiques --- Industrie lithique --- Eolithic period --- Old Stone age --- Palaeolithic period --- Stone age --- Archaeological finds --- Artifact assemblages --- Assemblages, Archaeological --- Antiquities --- Archaeology --- Paléolithique --- Sites archéologiques

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Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual provides an important new reference for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Using the basic principles outlined here, the bones of any vertebrate animal, including humans, can be identified and their relevance to common research questions can be better understood.Because the interpretation of archaeological s

Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeological assemblages --- Taphonomy --- Archaeological surveying --- Restes d'animaux (Archéologie) --- Assemblages archéologiques --- Taphonomie --- Prospection archéologique --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Identification --- Guides, manuels, etc --- Guides, manuels, etc. --- Archéozoologie -- Manuels d'enseignement --- Restes d'animaux (Archéologie) --- Assemblages archéologiques --- Prospection archéologique --- Animal remains (Archaeology). --- Archaeological assemblages. --- Archaeological surveying. --- Archäologie. --- Archäozoologie. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Funde. --- Taphonomy. --- Tierknochen. --- Identification. --- Recording --- Recording. --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Archaeological finds --- Artifact assemblages --- Assemblages, Archaeological --- Antiquities --- Paleontology --- Surveying --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Methodology