Ludovic Bender, Ermitages et monastères rupestres byzantins de Laconie (Péloponnèse). Archéologie et paysages(Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage, 4)Novi Sad 2022ISBN 978-86-6263-412-2 381 S./pp., 79 Farb- und S/W-Taf./colour and b/w-pls., CD-ROM; 22,5 x 14 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The landscape of the Southeast Peloponnese (Laconia, Greece), a very important region of the Empire in the context of the late Byzantine period, was comprised of important bishopric centers, such as Mistra and Monemvasia, as well as numerous villages, powerful monastic foundations, and smaller hermitages frequently built in caves and isolated settings. Grounded both on systematic fieldwork and detailed surveys of the monuments, this book is the first comprehensive study of the eremitical and monastic landscapes of the region. It investigates the interactions of isolated hermits and established communities, the relationships of large monasteries to smaller foundations, and the interweaving of monastic and rural economies. It aims at identifying the monks themselves, their preoccupations and aspirations, which are reflected not only by the choice of the patron saints of the holy places they founded or the content of the painted decoration but also by the choice of location or a deep relationship with natural elements of the landscape.

Miroslav Marić – Jelena Bulatović – Nemanja Marković (eds.), Relatively Absolute. Relative and Absolute Chronologies in the Neolithic of Southeast EuropeBeograd 2023ISBN 978-86-7179-122-9 160 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Taf./num. colour and b/w-pls., 26,5 x 20.5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The measurement of time in archaeology has always been fundamental. The refining of chronologies has been intertwined with archaeological science since its inception. In archaeology, as in other aspects of life, chronology is important because the exact order in which events occur helps us understand the cause and the effect of those events, and thereby allow us to step back and view the "big picture" of history - how and why events unfold in the way they do, and how they are related. Chronology can also help us on the “micro” scale, providing us with insight into everyday lives of settlements, households and even one time life events, like burials.

Jan Miera (ed.), Narrating the Past: Archaeological Epistemology, Explanation and Communication. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference of the Central European Theoretical Archaeology Group, held at the University of Leipzig (Germany), 12–13 September 2019. (Archaeolingua Series minor 46)Budapest 2023ISBN 978-615-5766-61-9ISSN 1216-6847436 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Humans are wired for storytelling. We continually construct our identities and define our sense of belonging through narratives. They help us make sense of the past and serve as a frame of reference for understanding the present. On 12 and 13 September 2019, students and post-docs from the UK, Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany met at the University of Leipzig to discuss how archaeology contributes to these processes and, thereby, the overall understanding of what it means to be human. The participants addressed this topic from a variety of perspectives by highlighting, for example, the role of archaeological epistemology, examining the systematics of explanations in prehistoric archaeology, and exchanging experiences regarding the communication between the scientific community and the public. Unanimously, the contributions illustrate the importance of a reflective and transparent engagement with the processes of knowledge production and narration in archaeology.

Andreas Picker (ed.), Archaeology and the Natural Environment Proceedings of the 2022 EAC Heritage Symposium held in Vienna, Austria (2023) (European Archaeological Council Occasional Paper No. 18)Budapest 2023ISBN 978-615-5766-60-286 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Archaeological sites and monuments are integral parts of their respective environments. As human societies have constantly adapted to and changed their environments, archaeological sites also reflect this principle. In this volume, the authors explore three different themes: the management and protection of sites and monuments as habitats for flora and fauna, the understanding of archaeology and biodiversity (both historic and present), as well as the organizational and legal framework necessary for accomplishing a more integrated approach towards nature and heritage conservation.

Bianca Preda-Bălănică – Marja Ahola (eds.), Steppe transmissions.(The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 4)(Archaeolingua Series Maior 45)Budapest 2023ISBN 978-615-5766-62-6324 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., kartoniert/hardcoverThis 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

Laurent Chrzanovski – Marina Ugarković (eds.), A “globalized” Antiquity: imports and local adaptations of mainstream lamp types. the examples of “Ephesos lamps” in the Mediterranean and Black Sea and of roman “standard” types during the early imperial period in Gaul (Acta of the 6th and 7th round tables of the ILA – Athens, 15th of November 2019 and Geneva, 17th of February 2020) =Une Antiquité “globalisée”: importations et adaptations locales des “courants lychnologiques’’ dominants. les exemples des “lampes d’Éphèse” en Méditerranée et en Mer Noire et des types romains “standard” en Gaule durant le haut empire. (Actes de la 6 ème et de la 7ème table-ronde de l’ILA – Athènes, 15 novembre 2019 et Genève, 17 février 2020)(Zbornik Instituta za Arheologiju / Serta Instituti Archaeologici 16)Zagreb 2020ISBN 978-953-6064-56-4 300 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover Text in englischer Sprache, Vorwort, Einleitung sowie Zusammenfassungen auch in französischer Sprache / Text in English, preface, introduction and summaries also in French

Anja Ragolič, Poetovio. Römische Grabdenkmäler(Situla. Razprave Narodnega muzeja Slovenije / Dissertationes Musei Nationalis Sloveniae 46)Ljubljana 2023ISBN 978-961-6981-70-5379 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 31 x 24 cm; kartoniert / hardcover

Plamen Subev, Late Roman Fortress “Kovachevsko Kale” and the Bulgarian Lands (4th-6th c. AD). Volume I / Късноримският кастел „Ковачевско кале“ и българските земи през IV-VI век. Том I (Proceedings of a conference “Late Roman Fortification in Bulgarian Lands”, 3—4 June, 2016)Veliko Tarnovo 2017ISBN 978-619-00-0629-9300 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/paperbackbulgarisch mit Zusammenfassungen in englischbulgarian with summaries in english

Plamen Subev, Late Roman Fortress “Kovachevsko Kale” and the Bulgarian Lands (4th-6th c. AD). Volume III / Късноримският кастел „Ковачевско кале“ и българските земи през IV-VI век. Том IIIVarna 2023ISBN 978-619-258-029-2336 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/paperbackbulgarisch mit Zusammenfassungen in englischbulgarian with summaries in english

Ivan Hristov, Peninsula/Island of St. Thomas: History and archaeology of the Black Sea Islands / Полуостров/Остров Свети Тома. История и археология на черноморските островиVeliko Tarnovo 2021ISBN 978-619-00-1407-2336 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/paperbackzweisprachig englisch - bulgarisch bilingual english - bulgarian The book focuses on the ancient history and archaeology of the islands of the Western Black Sea coast: St. Thomas, St. Ivan, Sv. Peter, St. Kirik and Julita, St. Anastasia and Levka. The topic of the book fits into the issue of the so-called Island Archeology. The proposed monograph is a pioneering one – this is the first summarizing academic work on island archeology for the Western Black Sea coast.

Plamen Subev, Late Roman Fortress “Kovachevsko Kale” and the Bulgarian Lands (4th-6th c. AD). Volume II / Късноримският кастел „Ковачевско кале“ и българските земи през IV-VI век. Том II(Proceedings of a conference “Late Roman Fortification in Bulgarian Lands”, 15—16 June, 2018)Veliko Tarnovo 2019ISBN 978-619-00-1029-6258 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/paperbackbulgarisch mit Zusammenfassungen in englischbulgarian with summaries in english

Sorin Nemeti – Irina Nemeti – Florin-Gheorghe Fodorean – Sorin Cociş,EST MODVS IN REBVS. Essays Presented to Professor Mihai Bărbulescu at his 75th AnniversaryCluj – Napoca 2022ISBN 978-606-020-563-0542 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Mirjana Vojvoda – Snežana Golubović – Ilija Mikić,MORS IMMATURA. Coinage and apotropaic-prophylactic elements in funerary rituals – southern Viminacium cemetery / MORS IMMATURA. Novac i apotropejsko-profilaktički elementi u pogrebnim ritualima – južna nekropola Viminacijuma (Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade – Monographies 72 / Arheološki Institut, Beograd – Posebna izdanja 72)Beograd – Београд 2021ISBN 978-86-6439-062-0 318 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs. , 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverzweisprachig serbisch – englisch

T. Stoyanov – H. Popov, The Thracian warrior from RuetsТракийският воин от Руец (National Archaeological Museum. Catalogues. Volume 28) Sofia 2023ISBN 978-619-254-016-6 76 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 25 x 22 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweisprachig englisch - bulgarischbilingual english - bulgarian  In January 1925, near the modern village of Ruets (Northeastern Bulgaria), treasure hunters excavated the Mal-yuk mound and discovered a momumental tomb. It is the earliest dated tomb from the second half of the 5th century BC and it testifies to the formation of a local dynastic centre in this part of Northeast Thrace. A total of 30 artifacts were found in it. They could be functionally distinguished as follows: I. Armor: 1. Chalcidian type bronze helmet. 2. Bronze cuirass with a mitra. II. Offensive weapons: 3. Iron sword akinakes. 4-5. Two iron spearheads. 6-16. Eleven bronze arrowheads. III. Horse harness: 17. Iron bridle. 18. Silver buckle. 19. Bronze buckle. IV. Banquet vessels: 20. Bronze amphora. 21. Bronze stainer. 22. Bronze situla. 23. Bronze lekane. 24-26. Three bronze objects belonging to a bronze crater. V. Ceramic vessels: 27. Red-figure hydria. VI. Oilment objects: 28. Glass aryballos. VII. Bone objects: 29. Cyllindrical objects with incised decoration. 30. Objects with elliptical cross-section and incised decoration.

Alka Starac,  The Emperor and the Ancient Deities. The story of one sculpture in reliefL'imperatore e gli antichi dei. La storia di un rilievoCar i drevni bogovi. Priča o jednom reljefuPula 2021ISBN 978-953-8082-54-229 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb., 21 x 14,5 cm; geheftet/stitchedkroatisch / italienisch / englischZur Ausstellung

Slavko Ciglenečki, Between Ravenna and Constantinople. Rethinking Late Antique Settlement Patterns.(Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 46)Ljubljana 2023ISBN 978-961-05-0735-2432 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The book presents the settlement in a period of European history (late 3rd to early 7th century) when the highly exposed areas between the Late Antique capitals in Ravenna and Constantinople underwent a radical transformation. The relentless pressure of barbarian populations from beyond the Roman limes resulted in political, military, economic and social changes that finally led to the decline of the former forms of human habitation. Cities in the continental parts were largely abandoned or continued in heavily reduced and ruralised skeletons of their former selves; only the urban centres along the coasts of the Mediterranean met a kinder fate. Other forms of lowland settlement, primarily the once prominent Roman villas, ceased to exist as early as the middle of the 5th century. The population began retreating to remote areas and naturally well-protected hilltop settlements of an autarchic character, where the achievements of the ancient civilisation were upheld to the late 6th century. Alongside these, there was a series of forts constructed under the Emperor Justinian, which show a carefully thought-out system defending the lines of communications between the two capitals. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the mass of characteristic cities, lowland hamlets and fortified settlements illustrated with plans, maps and photographs, but also an interpretation of the profound transformation of the settlement patterns.

Mato Ilkić, Ancient Coins from Siculi / Antički novac iz SikulaKaštela 2019ISBN 978-953-7276-69-0 128 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 23,5 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweispraching kroatisch – englisch / bilingual croatian – english

Hermine Göreke-Lukić, Mursa in the light of numismatic finds from the 1st - 3rd century / Mursa u svjetlu numizmatičkih nalaza 1.- 3. stoljeća(Mursa Aeterna VIII)Zagreb - Osijek 2018ISBN 978-953-347-261-4 320 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 30 x 24 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag/hardcover with dust jacketzweispraching kroatisch – englisch / bilingual croatian – english

Georgi Ivanov,Early Hellenistic cemetery at the village of Bohot Некропол от ранноелинистическата епоха при с. Бохот (National Archaeological Museum. Catalogues. Volume 27) Sofia 2023ISBN 978-619-254-015-9 92 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 25 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweisprachig englisch - bulgarischbilingual english - bulgarian  In the spring of 2022 the rescue archaeological excavations brought to light an Early Hellenistic cemetery situated near the village of Bohor, Pleven region. Two impressive burials within the cemetery deserve special attention. The yielded artefacts of high scientific importance and artistic value, such as six silver hinged fibulae, a large number of bronze Thracian type fibula and rings, a necklace of gold beads, ornamented silver bracelets, a string of glass beads, iron knives and spear heads.

Jana Horvat – Federico Bernardini – Mateja Belak (Hrsg./eds.),The Roman conquest beyond Aquileia (II-I centuries BC)(Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 45)Ljubljana 2023ISBN 978-961-05-0709-3182 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Cristian Găzdac – Călin Ghemiș,Hoarding for Value. Roman Denarii and their imitations: The Hoard Peștiș I(Coins from Roman Sites and Collections of Roman Coins from Romania, vol. XVI)Cluj-Napoca 2023ISBN 978-606-020-599-9238 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Cristian Găzdac – Vlad Lăzărescu – Sorin Cociş,Coins in archaeological context. Sutor (Optatiana): The vicus and the baths complex(Coins from Roman Sites and Collections of Roman Coins from Romania, vol. XVII)Cluj-Napoca 2023ISBN 978-606-020-601-9116 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Svetoslava Filipova,Numismatic Collection of the Regional Historical Museum of Blagoevgrad (ancient Skaptopara). Second part(Coin Collections and Coin Hoards from Bulgaria XI) Sofia 2022ISBN 978-619-91588-7-6 164 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Lyudmil Vagalinski, Heraclea Sintica. History through ArchaeologyХераклея Синтика. История чрез археология(Archaeologia Bulgarica. Supplement 4)Sofia 2023ISBN 978-619-92330-1-6 (Band/vol. 1: Text/text) ISBN 978-619-92330-3-0 (Band/vol. 2: Abbildungen/figures) 2 Bände/volumes:Band/vol. 1: 124 S./pp., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverBand/vol. 2: 332 S./pp., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverBulgarisch mit ausführlicher englischer Zusammenfassung / Bulgarian with an extended summary in English