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The archaeological interests of Samuel Brown, Government Engineer, and his circle of acquaintances in late 19th century Cyprus
An overview of the archaeological interests of Samuel Brown, a government engineer and private collector of Cypriote artefacts in late 19th-century Cyprus.Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert
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Charles Newton and the archaeology of Cyprus
An article discussing Charles Newton's role in the development of Cypriot archaeology in the 19th centuryKiely, Thomas
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Book chapter
Prestige goods and social complexity at Episkopi-Bamboula
An account of the finds and wider social context of the site of Episkopi-Bamboula in the Kouris Vallery, CyprusKiely, Thomas
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Four unpublished marble sculptures of Hellenistic date from Cyprus in the British Museum
A study of four previously unpublished marble statues of Hellenistic date from Cyprus in the British MuseumHiggs, Peter ; Kiely, Thomas
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Book
Ancient Cyprus in the British Museum. Essays in Honour of Veronica Tatton-Brown
This publication comprises of essays dedicated to the life and work of Veronica Tatton-Brown, curator of the British Museum's ancient Cypriot collections for over 30 years.Kiely, Thomas
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Paleoenvironmental surveys at Naukratis and the Canopic branch of the Nile
Thirty-five auger cores (covering an area of c. 1 km2) were undertaken at the ancient site of Naukratis in the Nile Delta, an important trading port from c. 620 BCE until 650 CE, supplemented by an Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) profile. These data inform on the location and navigability of...Pennington, Benjamin T. ; Thomas, Ross I.
Naukratis, Auger, Canopic, Paleolandscape, Nile, Channel geometry, and Navigation
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(Re)sources: Origins of metals in Late Period Egypt
Metal trade and access to raw materials during the Late Bronze Age—roughly covering the New Kingdom in Egypt—have received substantial attention from past and present scholarship. Despite copper and lead remaining essential commodities afterwards, our knowledge about their supply during the Iron Age and later periods, in contrast, remains limited,...Masson-Berghoff, Aurélia ; Pernicka, Ernst ; Hook, Duncan ; Meek, Andrew
faience, Late Period, lead isotopes, metal, and Egypt
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Cultural mosaics, social structure, and identity: The Acheulean threshold in Europe
The period between 600 and 400 ka is a critical phase for human evolution in Europe. The south and northwest saw a dramatic increase in sites, the spread of handaxe technology alongside bone and wooden tool manufacture, efficient hunting techniques, and the use of fire. Lithic assemblages show considerable variation,...Ashton, Nick ; Davis, Rob
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Discerning differences: Ion beam analysis of ancient faience from Naukratis and Rhodes
Faience technology was known in Egypt since the Predynastic Period and practiced for a period also in Bronze Age Greece, but, having been lost, was reintroduced to the Greek world only in the fi rst half of the fi rst millennium BC. The Greek island of Rhodes and the Greek-Egyptian...Meek, Andrew ; Bouquillon, Anne ; Lehuédé, Patrice ; Masson, Aurélia ; Villing, Alexandra …
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Book chapter
Naukratis, “Mistress of ships” in context
This volume in which this chapter appears presents 16 papers that explore aspects of the economic and religious life of the northwestern Nile Delta in the first millennium BC. The papers concentrate on presenting new research on a range of material culture—ceramics, coins, weights, statuettes, statues, royal decrees and abandoned...Thomas, Ross