Bianca Preda-Bălănică, Bronze Age kurgans in Southern Romania(The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 6)Budapest 2025ISBN 978-615-5766-72-5302 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., kartoniert/hardcover Utilising a systematic methodology, this volume offers an in-depth analysis of various aspects of mortuary practices, including kurgan stratigraphy, the orientation of the deceased, bioanthropological and genetic evidence, grave goods, and chronological assessments. The research identifies distinct phases of burial rituals, categorising them into pre-Yamnaya, Early and Late Yamnaya, Katakombnaya, Middle Bronze Age/Mnogovalikovaya, and Late Bronze Age/Sabatinovka-Noua-Coslogeni, spanning the time from the 4th to the 2nd millennia BC. The insights gleaned from this research reveal the intricate relationships between local customs and the influences of steppe populations over time. The study sheds light on the complexities of mobility, interaction, and cultural admixture, as well as the evolution of burial practices and material culture during the Bronze Age. Bronze Age Kurgans in Southern Romania is poised to become a vital resource for scholars interested in the dynamics of prehistoric societies, offering perspectives on how cultural identities were shaped and transformed across centuries. This volume, the fourth of the ‘Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe’ Series, represents the proceedings of the session #196: "No man travels alone, he takes himself along: Yamnaya transmission and/or transformation during the 3rd millennium BC Europe" held at the Budapest EAA Virtual Meeting in 2020. The session was co-organised by the editors of this volume together with colleagues Todor Valchev from the Yambol Regional Historical Museum (Bulgaria) and Piotr Włodarczak from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Cracow branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland). The session aimed to focus on archaeological approaches to material culture and ritual practices to explore how steppe transmissions unfolded during the 3rd millennium BC.The volume presents the work of 25 researchers from various European countries, Japan, and the United States, united in 11 articles. The themes discussed cover a large portion of the European continent, from the Lower Don steppes in the east to Northern Central Europe in the west, and a time span of approximately two millennia. The research presented opens new perspectives on micro-regional traits, regional particularities, and supra-regional complexities of steppe transmissions in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. 324 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num.- colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert

Stefan Alexandrov – Piotr Włodarczak (eds.),From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.(The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 5)Budapest 2024ISBN 978-615-5766-71-8332 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Five burial mounds were investigated near the Tundzha River, on the outskirts of Tundzha and Elhovo, in 2018 and 2019. The detailed assessing and chronological evaluation of the recovered finds and observed phenomena improves greatly the existing knowledge of the life and burial customs of the earliest Yamna communities inhabiting this land.

Dorotty Nyulas, Ironwork Hoards in Roman DaciaCluj – Napoca 2024ISBN 978-606-020-841-9336 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The present volume is an improved and slightly rearranged version of the author’s doctoral thesis, which was publicly defended at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, in September 2023. The objective of the thesis was the in-depth analysis of hoarding and depositing ironwork in Roman Dacia through a detailed re-examination and comparative study of the known assemblages. While the terminology regarding hoards is far from settled, in this work, ‘hoard’ and ‘deposition’ were used as general terms denoting collections of objects found as a group, associated with a single context. The word ‘hoard’ was mainly used to refer to assemblages that were rather clearly concealed, whereas I preferred ‘deposition’ as a more neutral term in the case of collections where a ritual background might be supposed. However, every time I wished to indicate an interpretation, this was emphasised through adjectives, such as safety hoards, votive depositions etc. Occasionally, to further stress the inclusion of all assemblage types, both terms were listed (‘hoards and depositions’), but mainly they are used as synonyms. ‘Ironwork’ is more easily defined; it stands for any type of object or fragment made of iron, ranging from tools and household items to scrap. Consequently, ironwork hoards are collections discovered as closed assemblages consisting of (almost exclusively) iron objects and fragments.

Wolfgang Breibert, Das frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld von Krungl, Marktgemeinde Bad Mitterndorf, Bezirk Liezen, Steiermark. Studien zum Frühmittelalter im Ostalpenraum(Schild von Steier, Beiheft 12)(Forschungen zur geschichtlichen Landeskunde der Steiermark, 97)Graz 2022ISBN 978-3-901251-61-0ISSN 2078-0141329 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert

Cristian Găzdac – Radu Zăgreanu,Minted by Romans, Hoarded by Non-Romans. The Arcalia Hoard(Coins from Roman Sites and Collections of Roman Coins from Romania, vol. XX)Cluj-Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-909-6120 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Elektra Zografou – Angeliki Koukouvou – Ourania Palli – Evanthia Papadopoulou (eds.),Figurines in Northern Greece from Prehistory until Roman Times. Scientific Symposium Proceedings(Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 11.-13.10.2018)Thessaloniki 2024ISBN 978-960-9621-52-6 (Set) ISBN 978-960-9621-50-2 (Band/vol. 1) ISBN 978-960-9621-51-9 (Band/vol. 2) 896 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- uns S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28,5 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcoverBeiträge in griechischer Sprache mit englischer Zusammenfassung/contributions in greek with english summary

Philia. International Journal of Ancient Mediterranean Studies. 10, 2024Wien 2024ISSN 2149-505XISBN 978-3-85161-319-3262 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert / hardcover

Jaroslaw Bodzek (ed.), Φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη. Essays in Ancient Art and Archaeology in Honour of Ewdoksia Papuci-WładykaKrakow 2024ISBN 978-83-8368-191-7408 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Murat Çekilmez – Merve Arınç Özyılmaz – Pınar Taşpınar Yamantürk (eds.), Geçmişten Günümüze Tralleis Antik Kenti ve Çevresi Araştırmaları(Tralleis Çalışmaları 1)Istanbul 2025ISBN 978-625-6212-18-3XIV + 420 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 27,5 x 19,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ronald Risy (Hrsg.),Von Steinen und Beinen. Die wechselvolle Geschichte eines Platzes, der keiner war(Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum St. Pölten, 3.5.2024 - 2.11.2025)St. Pölten 2024ISBN 978-3-9505220-4-4320 S. m. zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 22,5 x 21,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Andrei Opaiț, The Sacred Area Sector Roman Coarseware (1st - 7th centuries) (Histria XVI)Cluj – Napoca 2024ISBN 978-606-020-839-6184 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The history and evolution of the old Milesian colony Histria is quite well known from numerous articles and an impressive series of monographs that have discussed many archaeological discoveries from the Archaic to the Roman era. There is no need, therefore, to summarize their contents here. This study of the coarseware ceramics from the Sacred Area sector called also “sector T”, at Histria seeks to bring to light an archaeological material generally neglected by the publications of this sector. Because Roman ceramics were not usually retained in the course of excavations in the Sacred Area sector, the number of pieces in this study is smaller than the number analyzed in a relatively recent monograph focusing on more thoroughly-collected Roman ceramics from other sectors. We can add numerous other ceramic publications that have appeared since this monograph especially in recent years. In turn, the “Sacred Area sector “ sector has been discussed in numerous publications, and summarized in two recent articles published by A. Avram and his collaborators, and one published by F. Munteanu. Although the focus of the former article is on the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, when the temples in this area were in use, several pages are also dedicated to the Roman period when this sector changed its sacred character and became, for a short period, an artisanal area and then until the 7th century AD a residential district. The second article pays more attention to the Roman quarter, which featured a large “Constantinian house” covering 380 m², with four rooms and an internal court with peristyle, built perhaps during the second half of the 4th century. During the 6th century this edifice was repurposed and subdivided into many rooms with storage functions. Perhaps also in the 6th century, a series of other buildings-perhaps simple houses-were constructed to the south of this edifice, containing dolia, mortaria, and many vasa potatoria, coquinatoria and amphorae.

Demetrios Athanasoulis – Panagiotis P. Iossif – Ioannis D. Fappas (eds.),Kykladitisses. Untold stories of women in the Cyclades / Κυκλαδίτισσες. Άγνωστες Ιστορίες Γυναικών των ΚυκλάδωνAthen 2025ISBN 978-618-5060-52-7520 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 18,5 cm; broschiert/softcover A Greek-English bilingual catalogue published as part of the new series of archaeological exhibitions organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art called “Human Histories” for the exhibition “Kykladitisses: Untold stories of women in the Cyclades”. The catalogue presents the transformations and the multiple roles of women that have defined the history of the Archipelago through time highlighting their importance at a time when women continue to assert their independence and respect for their specificity within the modern community, the free choice of the roles that express each of them and their liberation from stereotypes that survive in the common consciousness despite the long struggles of past centuries. The catalogue is divided into two volumes. The first volume contains 520 pages in which all the artefacts in the exhibition are illustrated in each section in extremely high quality and resolution photographs, together with a brief explanation giving all the details of their identity. The long introductory text explaining the concept of the exhibition and the sections is written by the two curators of the exhibition, and the volume concludes with five essays by leading female scholars of Cycladic culture through time. The detailed scientific documentation and publication of each object in extensive essays is included in the second volume of the catalogue.

Archivum Anatolicum 18/1Ankara 2024ISSN 1300-6355268 S./pp., S/W-Abb. / b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover

Alexandra Alexandridou – Alexandros Mazarakis Ainian, The Academy before Plato. A Contribution to the Study of Early Athens (Πραγματείαι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών, Τόμος 80)Athen 2024ISBN 978-960-404-416-0 (Set) ISBN 978-960-404-417-7 (Band/vol. 1) ISBN 978-960-404-418-4 (Band/vol. 2) 2 Bände / volumes: Band/vol. 1: 630 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 28 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/paperback Band/vol. 2: 110 S./pp. + 192 Farb- und S/W-Taf. / 192 colour- and b/w-pls., 28 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/paperback

Ümit Aydınoğlu (ed.), Diocaesarea Kule. Mimari ve Buluntular(Diocaesarea Araştırmaları II)Ankara 2024 ISBN 978-625-6925-68-7340 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Die antike Stadt Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) liegt in der Bergregion Kilikien, etwa 25 km vom Bezirk Silifke in der Provinz Mersin entfernt, an der heutigen Südküste der Türkei. Zwei wichtige Bauwerke der antiken Stadt Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç), die Zeuge der hellenistischen Zeit waren, stechen hervor. Eines davon ist das Heiligtum des Zeus Olbios und der darin befindliche Tempel, der die antike Stadt zu einem religiösen Zentrum machte. Der andere ist der Turm, der mindestens genauso prächtig ist und dazu beitrug, die antike Stadt als Verwaltungszentrum in der hellenistischen Zeit zu definieren. Dieser fünfstöckige Wohn- und Verteidigungsturm mit einer erhaltenen Höhe von 23 Metern in der Siedlung, die in der hellenistischen Zeit von einer Priesterkönigsdynastie regiert wurde und die Rolle des Verwaltungs- und Religionszentrums der Region Olba spielte, unterstreicht die Bedeutung und Monumentalität dieses Gebietes in der hellenistischen Zeit. Der Turm blieb von seiner Aufgabe in der Spätantike bis heute unberührt erhalten. Die erhaltene Architektur des Gebäudes liefert sehr wichtige Daten über die Architektur der Antike. Darüber hinaus liefert die sehr reiche Sammlung von Ausgrabungsfunden sehr anschauliche Informationen über die Stadt und das Leben in der Antike. Aus diesem Grund werden in diesem Buch sowohl die architektonischen Besonderheiten des Gebäudes als auch die reichhaltigen Funde gemeinsam besprochen und der wissenschaftlichen Welt präsentiert.

Ersin Çelikbaş – Ercan Verim, Hadrianopolis Kuzeybati Nekropol Kilisesi(Hadrianopolis Serisi II)Ankara 2024ISBN 978-625-6925-65-6 VIII + 209 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ümit Aydınoğlu – A. Kaan Şenol, Olive Oil and Wine Production in Aegean and Mediterranean in AntiquityInternational Symposium ProceedingsAnkara 2024ISBN 978-625-6925-67-0 VIII + 415 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 27 x 19,5 cm; broschiert/softcover The symposium titled Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Aegean and Mediterranean in Antiquity, held in Bodrum in 2022, is the third of the meetings previously held in Mersin and Urla in Turkey. The symposium in Bodrum has the subtitle of olive oil, wine production, rural settlements, urban centers and trade in the Aegean and Mediterranean in Antiquity, and has a content covering every area of ​​production. In the international symposium held in Bodrum, issues that need to be addressed, new findings and discussions have emerged thanks to the papers presented by competent scientists in their fields. The symposium aims to evaluate these, examine the dimensions of the evolution of olive oil and wine production in settlements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity and its impact on trade, and address newly obtained archaeological data. Some of the topics addressed in the symposium are as follows: Packaging, transportation and routes in ancient olive oil and wine production; production capacity, producer-consumer relations, land uses and lease agreements, ancient landscape and land use in olive and vineyard agriculture, rural and urban relations in ancient olive oil and wine production; archaeometric studies in ancient olive oil and wine production; paleo-ethnobotanical ethnoarchaeological studies in olive and vine production; olive oil and wine in the light of epigraphic historical documents.

Lawrence McCrank, The Tarragona Vortex Volume 2. Tarraco. The Ancient Heritage: Roman Hispania in Cultural Memory. 2nd c. BC - 3rd c. ADBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-6405-48-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-31-9 (softcover)632 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm;

Şerban George Paul Drugaş, Mapping Ptolemaic DaciaBudapest 2020ISBN 978-615-6405-17-3 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-81353-6-8 (softcover)242 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm;Inhalt/contents: CHAPTER 1. General Ptolemaic Principles CHAPTER 2. Ptolemaic and Modern Earth Models. Initial Methodological Framework CHAPTER 3. Ptolemaic Poleis and Places in Dacia and in Adjacent areas. What We Know Download PDF CHAPTER 4. Establishing Local Working Algorithms CHAPTER 5. Calculating the Coordinates of Some Dacian Poleis from the Established Grid CHAPTER 6. A Synthesis on the Local Ptolemaic Patterns in Dacia CHAPTER 7. SWOT Analysis CHAPTER 8. Limits, Rivers, Tribes and Neighbours of Ptolemaic Dacia Conclusive remarks Bibliography List of Figures List of Tables Index

Elizabeth Ann Pollard – Fabrizio Conti (eds.), Nemo non metuit. Magic in the Roman WorldBudapest 2022ISBN 978-615-6405-43-2 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-44-9 (softcover)554 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; CHAPTER 1 Magical Gems. A Roman development of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scarab amulets (8th – 5th c. BCE) Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira CHAPTER 2 Change and Continuity in Curse Tablets from the Roman World Charlotte Spence CHAPTER 3 Pursuing Health by Pursuing Disease. The Use of Spells and Amulets to Address Malaria in Roman Antiquity Yvette Hunt CHAPTER 4 “Erotic” Spells, Stalking, and the Exclusus Amator in Ancient Rome Elizabeth Ann Pollard CHAPTER 5 Magic to steal, magic to love, magic to heal: veneficia, defixiones, devotiones in the Naturalis historia by Plinius the Elder Alfredo Viscomi CHAPTER 6 Cursing Patterns and Religious Belief. Studying the Prevalence of “Judicial Prayers” in Roman Britain Madeline Line CHAPTER 7 How Lucan Kills Magic. Magic and the vates in Book Six of Lucan’s Bellum Civile Caolán Mac An Aircinn CHAPTER 8 Abjection and Anxiety: The Metamorphosis of the Roman Literary Witch Nicole Kimball CHAPTER 9 Foreseeing the Future: The Role of Women between Magic and Divination Angelica Flandoli CHAPTER 10 Orpheus and the Evolution of the Roman Witch Britta Ager CHAPTER 11 Memories of Apollonius of Tyana: Sorcerer, Holy Man and Rival of Jesus Christ Semíramis Corsi Silva CHAPTER 12 Si Crimina Demas: Necromancy in Roman Literature and Statius’ Transgressive Manto Anna Everett Beek CHAPTER 13 The Magic of Isis-Fortuna in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Ashli Baker CHAPTER 14 Pagan and Christian Identities in the Later Roman Empire: Maximus of Turin and His Sermons on Magic and Superstition Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 15 A World Imbued with Sorcery? The Fight between Christian and non-Christian Powers in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christendom Andrea Maraschi

Aleksandar N. Brzić, Hallmarking of Gold Coinage in Serbia and Yugoslavia 1882–1941(Schriften der Österreichischen Forschungsgesellschaft für Numismatik, Band 1)Wien 2024ISBN 978-3-9504268-7-8248 S./pp.,  zahlr. Abb./num. figs., 30 x 21,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Between 1882 and 1941, Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia hallmarked a great amount of gold coinage. This somewhat peculiar practice was regulated by law and executed by state offices using several hallmarks, some of which are properly documented and presented here for the first time. The author describes not only the development of the hallmarking practice itself, but also its historic and ethnographic backgrounds, in particular the use of gold ducats in the ethnic jewellery of the region. Based mainly on his former collection, fully presented here in high-quality colour photographs, this book, again for the first time, provides a full catalogue of all hallmarks used in different assay offices and all hallmarked gold coins known to the author.

Adalya 27 / 2024Antalya/Istanbul 2024ISSN 1301-2746IV + 458 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 26,5 x 19,5 cm; broschiert / softcover

Mathias Harzhauser – Thomas Hofmann (Hrsg.), Wien am Sand. Von Prinz Eugen und der Seekuh in Ottakring: eine Zeitreise durch die geologische Vergangenheit WiensWien 20243ISBN 978-3-903096-82-0168 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/softcover Noch bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert gab es auf Wiener Stadtgebiet hunderte Steinbrüche, Sandabbau und Tongruben. Fossilien dieser Fundstellen in den Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien liefern wichtige Hinweise auf die Klimageschichte Europas. Das neue Buch „Wien am Sand“ von Mathias Harzhauser und Thomas Hoffmann begibt sich auf eine Zeitreise durch Wiens geologische Vergangenheit.

Vasiliki Phlorou / Βασιλική Φλώρου,Okyalos / Ὠκύαλος. Tόμος αρχαιολογικών σπουδών για τον Γιάννη Σ. ΚωστόπουλοAthen 2024ISBN 978-618-87068-0-4 254 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover