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We are delighted to have worked with repeat author Richard Lunniss on another book about Salango. This book focuses on the Regional Development sanctuary, describing in detail its architectural components, varied human burials, ritual installations, and offerings. 🏺

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We are pleased to present Benjamin Wimmer's new book Frührömische Tierknochen aus der Neuen Residenz in Salzburg. The book details the faunal remains found in the Roman levels of the present-day city of Salzburg, one of the few urban centres in the Roman province of Noricum.🏺

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Happy #FindsFriday! 🏺 This week we've chosen this beautifully painted terracotta figurine depicting Eros and a lamp.

Read more about this figurine in our recent Open Access publication Catalogue of Terracottas from Egypt Dating to the Late Period and Graeco-Roman Times.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of Questioning Hadrian’s Wall: A case study of evidential reasoning in archaeology by Paul Kitching. 🏺

Come see the book in person at our RAC/TRAC booth in May!

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Design and Connectivity: The Case of Atlantic Rock Art Atlantic Rock Art is a rock art tradition which includes emblematic motifs such as cup-marks, cup-and-rings and lines, known to several countries on the Atlantic seaboard. Design and Connectivity springs from an inter-regional study of this tradition, based on an original and innovative methodology applied to an empirical dataset. The project builds on Richard Bradley's work, investigating differences and similarities in Atlantic Art over study areas in five countries: Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. It applies a multi-scalar methodology developed under the principles of Relational Ontology and Assemblage Theory, providing a dynamic perspective on the empirical data. A thorough categorical scheme was scrutinised using a Presence/Absence Matrix, spatial analysis (fieldwork and GIS) and the development of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to relate and explore the relationships and connectivity between study areas. Concepts of developmental psychology support the idea of intentional teaching and cultural transmission.

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Communal Solitude: The Carthusian Lay Brethren in Great Britain & Ireland, 1178-1569 The Carthusians were a small monastic order founded in France in the late 11th century. Their dedication to the hermit lifestyle required a unique living situation that included individual housing for each monk, and a group of lay brothers who carried out the day-to-day tasks and interacted with the local community.This volume examines the Carthusian Order in Great Britain and Ireland from an archaeological standpoint and highlights the role of the lay brother in the everyday life of the charterhouse. Using the case studies of Witham Charterhouse and Hinton Priory in Somerset, the layouts of the lay brothers’ complexes are explored through geophysical survey and comparison with Carthusian material culture assemblages from other British charterhouses. This method of investigation provides a singular view of the lay brother in medieval society and for the first time proposes a layout of an English Carthusian lower house.

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Derrycarhoon: A later Bronze Age copper mine in south-west Ireland Derrycarhoon is the first copper mine discovered in Ireland from the later Bronze Age. This book presents the results of recent archaeological survey and excavation of a small multi-period mine in the Cork region, along with details of landscape setting, bedrock geology, mineralisation and palaeoecology. The recent history of mining and prospection at Derrycarhoon is examined, beginning with the discovery in 1846 of so-called ‘Danish Mines’ now dated c.1300-1000 BC. The technology and operation of the early mine is considered, as well as its significance for the supply of copper in Bronze Age Ireland. The wider context is explored in relation to contemporary farm settlement in the region, with particular reference to the religious monuments of those communities. That settlement landscape was connected to regional trade networks controlled by emerging hillfort chiefdoms, at a time of growing militarism and pressure on metal supply in Ireland.

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Happy St Patrick's Day! ☘️🌈

Interested in the archaeology of Ireland? Take a look at some of our recent titles from the area.

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Check your inboxes for the latest BAR Bulletin featuring our 9 newest titles!

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Happy #FindsFriday! 🏺

We feel this Roman lamp in the shape of an actor's mask perfectly represents our Friday mood.

Read more about this lamp in Salvador Pozo's new book Corpus de lucernas antiguas – bronce, plomo e hierro – halladas en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares.

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Job Opportunities - BAR Publishing Publishing Assistant (part-time, hybrid working) We are looking for a highly organised, efficient and detail-oriented person to join our busy team as Publishing Assistant. This role will assist collea...

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Job Opportunities - BAR Publishing Publishing Assistant (part-time, hybrid working) We are looking for a highly organised, efficient and detail-oriented person to join our busy team as Publishing Assistant. This role will assist collea...

📢 We are hiring! 📢

We are looking for a highly organised, efficient and detail-oriented person to join our busy team as a part-time Publishing Assistant. This role will assist colleagues across editorial, production and marketing, gaining exposure to all elements of the publishing process.

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If you want to hear more about the newlly published Monograph for the Bowl Hole Cemetery at Bamburgh Dr Sam Lucy is doing a lecture that is open to the public One of the editors of the new volume Dr Sam Lucy of Cambridge University is presenting a lecture to the Society of Antiquaries of London on 26 February at 5pm. This is open to all and also live-str…

Dr Sam Lucy is doing a public lecture on the recent publication of the cemetery site at the Bowl Hole Bamburgh do check out the details on our blog

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We are pleased to announce that The Shipwreck of the Santo António de Tanná (1697) is now available!

The book details the excavation of a significant part of the ship’s hull and more than 7,000 objects related to its operation, life on board and commercial activity.🏺

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« Introduction à l'archéologie du genre » est maintenant disponible en anglais, aux éditions @barpublishing.bsky.social !

Nouvelle maquette en noir et blanc, nouveau format, nouvelle langue, mais toujours le même contenu essentiel, écrit par Isabelle Algrain et @anemonenyme.bsky.social✍️

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The reviews are in! 🏺

Check out Sue Harrington's book Excavations at Highdown, West Sussex, now available on our website.

Read more here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

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If only we were clever enough to come up with a hedgehog/archaeology pun...

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Happy National Hedgehog Day! 🦔

Meet Petunia who is possibly the only pet to have made it onto the back cover of a BAR book!

Petunia got a special shoutout in author Christopher Dwan's bio on his recent publication Landscape Stability and the Formation of Social Memory in Prehistoric Britain.🏺

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Happy #FindsFriday friends!!🏺

We can't believe we haven't seen this one before today! This adorable dog sketch was excavated in the Valley of the Kings and comes from the New Kingdom period.

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Un atelier per maioliche di età rinascimentale a Roma examines a workshop with a Renaissance furnace for the production of maiolicas. This is the first discovery of its kind documented archaeologically in Rome.

Read more about it here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

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Nikolas Bakirtzis' Architecture and Sacred Landscape is the first in-depth study of Prodromos monastery’s architectural history and organization, as well as the first attempt to locate it at the nexus of a sacred landscape surrounding the well-preserved complex. 🏺

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Our #FindsFriday this week comes from our recently published book Excavations at Highdown, West Sussex edited by Sue Harrington! 🏺

Read about this lovely bird brooch and more here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

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Muchas gracia por acompañarnos en la presentación de nuestra nueva edición en BAR !!

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Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Napatan Region and Gebel El-Barkal explores how how archaeological sites exist simultaneously as global monuments, national symbols, and living spaces imbued with everyday cultural meaning.🏺

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Our recent publication Social Differentiation among Non-Elites in China’s Central Plains, 1735-1530 BCE is the first to study Erlitou society via household archaeology, focusing on non-elite households in the capital.🏺

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We don't unfortunately! Although it's on view at the MET if anyone wants to scout it out for us...

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Our first #FindsFriday of 2026! 🏺

Starting the year off with this terracotta zoomorphic askos...we'd appreciate anyone who can tell us what animal this is meant to be...

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Now available📣

This volume originates from the Maritime Archaeology Research Exchange Online Lecture Series, which promotes the work of graduate students and early career researchers in maritime archaeology. The contributions highlight diverse theoretical and methodological techniques in the field.

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We are thrilled to be at the SHA in Detroit this week!🏺

Stop by our stand to browse our books or chat to us about your projects!

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Ringing in the new year with one of our newest books Duke Alexander and his Sarcophagi by Aidan Dodson. 📣

Part Egyptology, part antiquarian history, it tells the remarkable story of two Egyptian stone sarcophagi owned by Duke Alexander - one later reused for his own mummified body.🏺

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