{"title":"Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK, 24th February –4th June 2023, curated by Anastasia Christophilopoulou)","authors":"A. Reeve","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"398 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45170727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
tural identities of islanders in the Mediterranean, now and in the ancient past, and comparing them to mainland experiences. This includes the production of an award-winning documentary Being an Islander (Bouras, 2023), based on anthropological and archaeological investigation of island identity and community engagement on Siphnos in the Cyclades. It is complemented by an extensive public engagement programme, and the commissioning of contemporary art, all focused on themes of insularity and identity. The edited volume produced alongside the exhibition, also titled Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (Christophilopoulou, 2023a), includes contributions on multidisciplinary research into Fitzwilliam’s ancient Cypriot metalwork and contemporary artistic practice. It also presents fifty-five highlight objects, though it functions less as a catalogue than as a scholarly expansion on themes introduced by the exhibition. For those whose academic interests intersect with the research programme’s topics of investigation, there is much more to engage with than the exhibition itself. Will the exhibition prompt British visitors to take a broad perspective in exploring their own island identity and their views on connection, migration, and culture? That probably depends on the ideas and attitudes they bring with them but this thoughtful consideration of ancient island pasts, carried out through a stunning array of objects, will undoubtedly make an impact. REFERENCES
{"title":"Yannis Hamilakis, ed. The New Nomadic Age: Archaeologies of Forced and Undocumented Migration (Sheffield: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2018, xiv and 253 pp, colour and b/w illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-1-78179-711-2","authors":"Rachael Kiddey","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.19","url":null,"abstract":"tural identities of islanders in the Mediterranean, now and in the ancient past, and comparing them to mainland experiences. This includes the production of an award-winning documentary Being an Islander (Bouras, 2023), based on anthropological and archaeological investigation of island identity and community engagement on Siphnos in the Cyclades. It is complemented by an extensive public engagement programme, and the commissioning of contemporary art, all focused on themes of insularity and identity. The edited volume produced alongside the exhibition, also titled Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (Christophilopoulou, 2023a), includes contributions on multidisciplinary research into Fitzwilliam’s ancient Cypriot metalwork and contemporary artistic practice. It also presents fifty-five highlight objects, though it functions less as a catalogue than as a scholarly expansion on themes introduced by the exhibition. For those whose academic interests intersect with the research programme’s topics of investigation, there is much more to engage with than the exhibition itself. Will the exhibition prompt British visitors to take a broad perspective in exploring their own island identity and their views on connection, migration, and culture? That probably depends on the ideas and attitudes they bring with them but this thoughtful consideration of ancient island pasts, carried out through a stunning array of objects, will undoubtedly make an impact. REFERENCES","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"401 - 405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46925395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bradley, R., Watson, A., & Style, P. 2019. After the Axes? The Rock Art at Copt Howe, North-west England, and the Neolithic Sequence at Great Langdale. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 85: 177–92. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr. 2019.5. Jones, A.M. & Díaz-Guardamino, M. 2019. Making a Mark. Imagery and Process in Neolithic Britain and Ireland. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Jones, A. M. & Díaz-Guardamino, M. 2022. Making a Mark: Process, Pattern, and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32(3): 389–407. Jones, A. M., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Gibson, A. & Cox, S. 2017. The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context, and Significance. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 83: 383– 94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2017.10. Robin, G. 2010. Spatial Structures and Symbolic Systems in Irish and British Passage Tombs: The Organization of Architectural Elements, Parietal Carved Signs, and Funerary Deposits. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 20(3): 373–418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774310000478.
{"title":"Václav Smrčka and Olivér Gábor, eds. Health and Disease in the Neolithic Lengyel Culture (Prague: Charles University, Karolinum Press, 2021, 398pp., numerous tables and illustr., ISBN 978-80-246-4514-8)","authors":"E. Bánffy","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.16","url":null,"abstract":"Bradley, R., Watson, A., & Style, P. 2019. After the Axes? The Rock Art at Copt Howe, North-west England, and the Neolithic Sequence at Great Langdale. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 85: 177–92. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr. 2019.5. Jones, A.M. & Díaz-Guardamino, M. 2019. Making a Mark. Imagery and Process in Neolithic Britain and Ireland. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Jones, A. M. & Díaz-Guardamino, M. 2022. Making a Mark: Process, Pattern, and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32(3): 389–407. Jones, A. M., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Gibson, A. & Cox, S. 2017. The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context, and Significance. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 83: 383– 94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2017.10. Robin, G. 2010. Spatial Structures and Symbolic Systems in Irish and British Passage Tombs: The Organization of Architectural Elements, Parietal Carved Signs, and Funerary Deposits. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 20(3): 373–418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774310000478.","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"381 - 386"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49345093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judith Muñoz Sogas. Thirsty Seafarers at Temple B of Kommos: Commercial Districts and the Role of Crete in Phoenician Trading Networks in the Aegean (Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing, 2022, 170pp, 173 colour & b/w figs, 2 tables, pbk, ISBN: 9781803273228)","authors":"Eirini Paizi","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"395 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49257860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The presence of domestic animals is a key feature of the Neolithic. Their earliest presence in archaeological contexts across the European continent is often interpreted as reflecting farming practices. However, domestic animals often escape, survive, and become feral. Using the comparative example of colonial North America, this article's aim is to illustrate what happens when livestock are introduced to a new, continental temperate environment. Taking a dual historical and archaeological perspective, the author reiterates and elaborates on the suggestion that feral animals were almost certainly a feature of the European Neolithization process.
{"title":"The Feral Animal Question: Implications for Recognizing Europe's First Farmers","authors":"K. J. Gron","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.14","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of domestic animals is a key feature of the Neolithic. Their earliest presence in archaeological contexts across the European continent is often interpreted as reflecting farming practices. However, domestic animals often escape, survive, and become feral. Using the comparative example of colonial North America, this article's aim is to illustrate what happens when livestock are introduced to a new, continental temperate environment. Taking a dual historical and archaeological perspective, the author reiterates and elaborates on the suggestion that feral animals were almost certainly a feature of the European Neolithization process.","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"410 - 425"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42453426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
plied here is detailed and international. One could ask where were contemporary Egyptian artists, but that would be an anachronistic question, because the reception of ancient Egypt in visual arts of modern Egypt comes mostly later, with the twentieth century ‘pharaonism’ reflected both in literature and in visual arts. Some information is recontextualised repeatedly throughout the volume: the intense ‘display’ culture of the late nineteenth century that focussed interest on visual presentation, the national(ist) agendas, the circulation of and access to the artefacts. However, that is to an advantage. The book can be read cover to cover, but thanks to its structure, it also allows for a reader’s choice of ‘dipping’, for example into the work of a particular author or a specific period of art production. Painting Antiquity is setting a new standard in the level of detail and insight; both in description of the sources and in their analysis. Most of all, it achieves its aim to marry historical analysis with the experience of art. The art that was and is to be enjoyed and understood with sensitivity to its historical context.
{"title":"Mili Rajic and Dave Howarth. Hollis Croft: A Matter of Time (Milton Keynes: Wessex Archaeology/ Internet Archaeology, 2021, 82pp. 70 illustr. in colour, pbk, ISBN 9781911137214, https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue56/4/comic.html)","authors":"K. Fennelly","doi":"10.1017/eaa.2023.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2023.11","url":null,"abstract":"plied here is detailed and international. One could ask where were contemporary Egyptian artists, but that would be an anachronistic question, because the reception of ancient Egypt in visual arts of modern Egypt comes mostly later, with the twentieth century ‘pharaonism’ reflected both in literature and in visual arts. Some information is recontextualised repeatedly throughout the volume: the intense ‘display’ culture of the late nineteenth century that focussed interest on visual presentation, the national(ist) agendas, the circulation of and access to the artefacts. However, that is to an advantage. The book can be read cover to cover, but thanks to its structure, it also allows for a reader’s choice of ‘dipping’, for example into the work of a particular author or a specific period of art production. Painting Antiquity is setting a new standard in the level of detail and insight; both in description of the sources and in their analysis. Most of all, it achieves its aim to marry historical analysis with the experience of art. The art that was and is to be enjoyed and understood with sensitivity to its historical context.","PeriodicalId":46261,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Archaeology","volume":"26 1","pages":"265 - 268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42520059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}