Books published by Sidestone Press

Edited volume exploring museum objects from South Sudan and post-conflict heritage.

Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As a riverine emporium on the northern edge of the Frankish Empire, it functioned as a European junction, connecting the Viking world with the Continent. In 2019, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden hosted its quinquennial international congress based around Dorestad, located at present-day Wijk bij Duurstede. This third edition, ¿Dorestad and its Networks¿, coincided with the fiftieth birthday of finding the famous Dorestad brooch in July 1969, and with what would have been the hundredth birthday of prof.dr. Ina Isings, to whom a special session on early-medieval glass was dedicated.The Third Dorestad Congress brought together scholars from the North Sea area to debate Dorestad and its counterparts in Scandinavia, the British Isles and the Rhineland, as well as the material culture, urbanisation and infrastructure of the Early Middle Ages. The contributions in these proceedings are devoted to new research into the Vikings at Dorestad, assemblages of jewellery, playing pieces and weaponry from the town, recent excavations at other Carolingian sites in the Low Countries, and the use and trade of glassware and broadswords in this era. They show the political, economic and cultural networks of Dorestad, the only town to be called ¿vicus famosus¿ in contemporary sources.ContentsDorestad and its Networks: An IntroductionAnnemarieke WillemsenVikings and Luxury at DorestadViking Dorestad: A Haven for Hydrarchy?Christian CooijmansVikings beyond Dorestad: Rethinking some metal finds in, around and after the emporiumNelleke IJssennagger ¿ van der PluijmTrading Games? Playing with/without the Vikings in DorestadMark A. HallA new gold ring from Dorestad?Channa Cohen Stuart and Annemarieke WillemsenBeads from DorestadMette LangbroekMixed Emotions: The swords from DorestadAnnemarieke WillemsenThe Medieval NetherlandsA Carolingian coin hoard from Wirdum (Friesland, the Netherlands) and the Dorestad mintSimon CouplandTimber! Opening up the landscape of Carolingian LeiderdorpMenno DijkstraCharlemagne¿s palace at Nijmegen: Some thoughts on the economic implications of itinerant kingshipArjan den BravenBeyond the planned/unplanned dichotomy: The development of the town plan of Utrecht until c.1560Marcel IJsselstijnCommerce and ConflictProduction of early medieval glass in Cologne and its export via DorestadMichael Dodt, Andreas Kronz and Klaus SimonGlass vessels from the early medieval emporium at IpswichRose BroadleyNon-funerary sword depositions in Carolingian EuropeDüan MaczekForm follows function: Reconstructing the use of Viking age swordsIngo Petri

This study of terracotta votive figurines from Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily) dating from the end of the sixth to the beginning of the fifth century BCE aims to investigate and explain their production, use and meaning as votives and grave goods.

This work examines social inequalities in a diachronic and multivariate approach based on burial grounds in Southwestern Germany.

An interdisciplinary volume on the emperor Domitian which re-evaluates his importance within Roman history and his reception thereafter.

This book brings together 30 papers by leading scholars in the field of usewear and residue analysis. This publication aims to revive the debate on the role of traceology (use-wear and residues) in multidisciplinary approaches that address archaeological questions. Many studies on technological aspects of material culture deal with specific material categories (e.g. flint, ceramics, bone), often in separate or isolated ways, and this division does not really reflect the integrated nature of technical systems in which different material categories are in dynamic interaction.Hence, exploring the interaction between different chaînes opératoires is crucial for a more global concept of the toolkit with all its components and it is a precondition for paleo-ethnographic reconstructions of technical systems and economies. Starting from a functional perspective, the papers in this book explore various topics such as apprenticeship, group dynamics, social status, economy, technological evolution, spatial organization, mobility patterns and territories, or adaptations to cultural and environmental changes.This collection of papers, presented at the AWRANA conference in 2018, constitutes a major sign of the dynamism, popularity and scientific importance of our discipline in current archaeological research. AWRANA 2018 was dedicated to the memory of H. Keeley.

Combining the methods of archaeology, archaeometry and experimental archaeology, this thesis on La Tene glassmaking highlights the complex organization of a little-known craft, mobilizing trade networks with the Near East and specialized artisans.

Focusses on the past, present and future of recent studies of megalithism in Europe, including enthoarchaeology and the conservation of these monuments.

This book focusses on the past, present and future of recent studies of megalithism in Europe, including enthoarchaeology and the conservation of these monuments.

The central issue of this study focusses on the reconstruction of the Tripolye chronology in the Sinyukha Basin and its surrounding areas, including the chronology of individual mega-sites.

This book explores how Western European psychotherapists understand spirituality and how they address spiritual matters in clinical sessions.

Presents examples of pandemics from the perspective of prehistoric and ancient societies to understand how we can overcome crises today.

People around the world are seeking for new healing methods, and they do so not in isolation but in global interaction. This publication provides new perspectives by combining essays from ritual specialists and scientists active in spiritual healing practices worldwide.

This book focusses on the maritime relationships between the seaward provinces of the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries.

An exploration into how an individual's life story can escape the confines of national histories.

An exploration into how an individual's life story can escape the confines of national histories.

This book explores how Mycenaean builders perceived tomb construction, its costs and rewards.

The first comprehensive overview on Iron Age urbanism south and north of the Alps.

The first comprehensive study of Polynesian barkcloth.

A collection of essays on the values and cleaning process across geography, culture and time.

This book examines the mutual influence of architecture and human action during a key period of history: the Hellenistic age.

A collection of essays on the values and cleaning process across geography, culture and time.