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Papers in this volume approach the investigation of textile production and trade in the Roman Empire and beyond its borders by focusing in particular on the identity of the agents involved in these activities.

This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history.

This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. číst celé

Explains the processes of social and economic change from the Early Bronze Age III to the Late Bronze Age I period (ca. 2200 - 1600 BC) in the southern Aegean, using pottery, burials and settlement evidence.

Cityscapes presents a a cross-disciplinary examination of literary, epigraphical, numismatic, and archaeological evidence for changing ways in which communities commemorated their past and their ancestors. číst celé

Examines the economic and political relationships between the Parthian kingdom and its neighbours through the analysis of documentary evidence and material culture. číst celé

This guide is only intended to introduce the short cross coinage to new collectors and beginners generally and to assist in classifying these coins. It is not a scholarly work; it does not include any significant original material and some of the details and complexities have been simplified. If it enables collectors, archaeological site personnel, detectorists and others to identify the majority of normal coins at need, then its aims will have been achieved. The introduction sets out very briefly the historical context of the short cross coinage and the development of the classification system in used today. Numismatists have studied the coins for many years, but it is only since the original written records or 'Rolls' (some of which have survived from the time when these coins were struck) have been transcribed and studied that many matters have been determinded. The Rolls contain many references to financial matters of the time and the names and details of some moneyers and mint officials are recorded (sometimes with their dates of appointment, death or removal) and this information has provided to be invaluable in establishing a chronology and in placing coins of the different types in sequence.

This guide is only intended to introduce the voided long cross coinage to new collectors and beginners generally to assist in classifying these coins. The English voided long- cross coins are so-named from the double-limbed or 'voided' cross on the reverses which extends to the outer edge of the coins, This serves to distinguish them from the earlier short-cross which they replaced and from the later (plain) long-cross coins of Edward I (from 1279) and thereafter.

Discusses key research issues concerning hunting, herding and early agriculture through the analysis of zoological and archaebotanical remains

Susan Rose presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England.