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• The Anthropocene, hyperobjects and the archaeology of the future past.

  Author:Peter B. CampbellFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,983 words Article 1240LArchaeology is often defined as the study of the past through material culture. As we enter the Anthropocene, however, the two parts of this definition increasingly diverge. In the Anthropocene the archaeological record...

• Sounds of Etruria: aural characteristics of the Tomba dell'Orco, Tarquinia.

  Author:Jacqueline K. OrtolevaFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20216,270 words Article 1360LThis article presents the results of an archaeoacoustic analysis conducted inside the three chambers of the fourth-century BC Etruscan painted tomb of Tomba dell'Orco at Tarquinia. Using digital sound samples and an...

• Underwater Malta: the virtual museum.

  Author:Lucy BlueFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021988 words Article 1460LThis brief review assesses a dynamic virtual exhibition that has been curated by the University of Malta and Heritage Malta, with the support of the Malta Tourist Authority and the backing of the Ministry of Tourism and...

• The earliest Chinese ceramics in Europe?

  Authors:Alejandra Gutierrez, Christopher Gerrard, Ran Zhang, and Wang GuangyaoFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,765 words Article 1360LThe importation of Chinese porcelain and celadon into Europe has long been thought to have first begun around the thirteenth century AD. A unique group of Chinese ceramic sherds from archaeological contexts in Spain...

• The re-emergence of nganaparru (water buffalo) into the culture, landscape and rock art of western Arnhem Land.

  Authors:Sally K. May, Paul S.C. Tacon, Andrea Jalandoni, Joakim Goldhahn, Daryl Wesley, Roxanne Tsang, et al.From:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,243 words Article 1240LThe introduction of new animals into huntergatherer societies produces a variety of cultural responses. This article explores the role of rock art in western Arnhem Land, Australia, in helping to mediate contact-period...

• Radiocarbon-dating an early minting site: the emergence of standardised coinage in China.

  Authors:Hao Zhao, Xiangping Gao, Yuchao Jiang, Yi Lin, Jin Zhu, Sicong Ding, et al.From:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,248 words Article 1390LThe origins of metal coinage and the monetisation of ancient economies have long been a research focus in both archaeology and economic history. Recent excavations of an Eastern Zhou period (c. 770-220 BC) bronze foundry...

• Glenn R. Storey. 2020. The archaeology of ancient cities.

  Author:Bisserka GaydarskaFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021982 words Article 1410LGLENN R. STOREY. 2020. The archaeology of ancient cities. New York: Eliot Werner; 978-1-7333769-0-7 paperback $32.95. Writing about comparative urbanism is a precarious business that more often than not polarises...

• Frontispiece 2. A 3D-photogrammetric model of the Hohle Fels cave complex, near Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

  From:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021124 words Brief article 1200LCaption: Frontispiece 2. A 3D-photogrammetric model of the Hohle Fels cave complex, near Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The cave is one of six thatform the 'Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura' UNESCO World...

• Climate control.

  Author:Robert WitcherFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20214,029 words Article 1510LAs the Olympic flame was extinguished at this year's delayed Tokyo games, wildfires burned around the ruins of ancient Olympia in Greece. Over the summer, fires also spread across other parts of Greece, around the...

• New AMS dates for Machu Picchu: results and implications.

  Authors:Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar, Jason Nesbitt, Eden Washburn, and Lars Fehren-SchmitzFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,500 words Article 1470LMachu Picchu, in Cuzco, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in South America. The precise dating of the monumental complex, however, relies largely on documentary sources. Samples of bone and teeth from...

• Yusuf M. Juwayeyi. 2020. Archaeology and oral tradition in Malawi: origins and early history of the Chewa.

  Author:Leslie ZubietaFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20211,216 words Book review 1450LYUSUF M. JUWAYEYI. 2020. Archaeology and oral tradition in Malawi: origins and early history of the Chewa. New York: Boydell & Brewer; 978-1-84-701253-1 hardback 60 [pounds sterling]. Driving from Johannesburg to...

• Kisha Supernant, Jane Eva Baxter, Natasha Lyons & Sonya Atalay (ed.). 2020. Archaeologies of the heart.

  Author:Elspbeth HodginsFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021901 words Article 1560LKISHA SUPERNANT, JANE EVA BAXTER, NATASHA LYONS & SONYA ATALAY (ed.). 2020. Archaeologies of the heart. Cham: Springer International; 978-3-030-36349-9 hardback 109.99 [pounds sterling]. Archaeologies of the heart...

• New Book Chronicle.

  Author:Claire NesbittFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20213,713 words Article 1470LHaving devoted August's NBC to North American archaeology, it seems a useful comparison to shift our gaze south to the world of Central America. Hence, this NBC reviews a selection of volumes that consider aspects of...

• The use of local fibres for textiles at Neolithic Catalhoyuk.

  Authors:Antoinette Rast-Eicher, Sabine Karg, and Lise Bender JorgensenFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,092 words Article 1270LWoven textiles from Catalhoyuk in southern Anatolia are among the earliest-known examples of weaving in the Near East and Europe. Studies of material excavated in the 1960s identified the fibres as flax. New scanning...

• Christopher Prescott, Arja Karivieri, Peter Campbell, Kristian Goransson & Sebastlano Tusa (ed.). 2021. Trinacria: 'an island outside time'. International archaeology in Sicily.

  Author:Niccolo MugnaiFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20211,001 words Article 1430LCHRISTOPHER PRESCOTT, ARJA KARIVIERI, PETER CAMPBELL, KRISTIAN GORANSSON & SEBASTLANO TUSA (ed.). 2021. Trinacria: 'an island outside time'. International archaeology in Sicily. Oxford: Oxbow; 978-1-78925-591-1 hardback...

• Slavery, captivity and galley rowing in early modern Malta.

  Author:Russell PalmerFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,990 words Article 1430LFor nearly 300 years, the Knights of St John forced a range of captives to labour on their galleys, with slave, convict and debtor oarsmen propelling the Knights' navy in their crusade against Islam. This article...

• Frontispiece 1. Aerial photograph of the excavation in July 2021 of an early medieval burial site within a penannular ditch on Ex Ring Giver on Salisbury Plain, UK.

  From:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021123 words Brief article 1330LCaption: Frontispiece 1. Aerial photograph of the excavation in July 2021 of an early medieval burial site within a penannular ditch on Ex Ring Giver on Salisbury Plain, UK. Investigations recovered 21 burials with...

• Ana Diaz (ed.). 2020. Reshaping the world: debates on Mesoamerican cosmologies.

  Author:Nick CarterFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20211,095 words Book review 1540LANA DIAZ (ed.). 2020. Reshaping the world: debates on Mesoamerican cosmologies. Louisville: University of Colorado Press; 978-1-60732-953-4 Ebook $35.95. Reshaping the world: debates on Mesoamerican cosmologies reopens...

• Much ado about nothing: assessing the impact of the 4.2 kya event on human subsistence patterns in northern Mesopotamia using stable isotope analysis.

  Authors:Arkadiusz Soltysiak and Ricardo FernandesFrom:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20215,849 words Article 1620LThe effects of the 4.2 kya climatic event on northern Mesopotamia have been the subject of significant scholarly debate, with the notion of a megadrought that forced local populations to migrate attracting particular...

• Books received.

  From:Antiquity (Vol. 95, Issue 383) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2021775 words Bibliography 560LThis list includes all books received between 1 May 2021 and 30 June 2021. Those featuring at the beginning of New Book Chronicle have, however, not been duplicated in this list. The listing of a book in this chronicle...