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Archaeology: Just Add Water. Volume III
, Brepols, 2025 Paperback, 224 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:35 b/w, 88 col., 15 maps color, Language: English. *new ISBN 9782503612188.
Summary While archaeology is often considered to focus on the land that lies beneath our feet, significant amounts of material culture have been lost to us beneath water, whether in seas, lakes, rivers, or submerged caves. The world of underwater archaeology, however, is increasingly recognized as a field that is vital to our understanding of the past. The chapters gathered together into this volume draw on research first presented at the Fourth Warsaw Seminar on Underwater Archaeology, held at the University of Warsaw on 18-20 November 2021. From the seas of the Caribbean through to the Mediterranean and Norway, and from Antiquity through to contemporary times, the chapters presented here offer a dazzling array of different approaches to underwater archaeology and outline the potential that changing technology presents in this expanding field. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Malgorzata Mileszczyk, Magdalena Nowakowska, Magdalena Krzemien, and Joanna Staniszewska Foreword Bartosz Kontny Professor Iwona Modrzewska-Pianetti Karolina Trusz Iwona Modrzewska-Pianetti: Selected Works Section I. The Mediterranean 1. The Water Landscape in Sicily and its Cults between Classical Sources and Archaeological Sites. Preliminary Analysis Giulia Raimondi 2. Punta Prima Project: In Situ Preservation of an Early Roman Shipwreck near Formentera Island (Spain). An Educational Experience Enrique Arag n, Malgorzata Mileszczyk, Javier Rodr guez, and Joanna Staniszewska Section II. The New World 3. Manantial de la Aleta - The Top of the Iceberg in a Caribbean Cave Przemyslaw Adrian Trzesniowski Section III. The Baltic Sea 4. Portu de Heliousound in Norwegia. Submarine Archaeological Investigations in the Late Medieval and Modern Era Outport of Ny-Hellesund, Southern Norway Elling Utvik Wammer Section IV. Rivers of Central Europe 5. Wreck Hunting in the Vistula River near Warsaw Artur Brz ska, Piotr Prejs, and Andrzej Szerszen 6. Live Acoustic Pictures from the Depths. Shipwreck SZD1 Survey with Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS) Piotr Malinski and Pawel Mikolajewski 7. Between Hydrography and Underwater Ethnoarchaeology. Modelling of Selected Wrecks in the Lower Oder as Part of Research on the Geoclassification Method of Ferromagnetic Bottom Objects Izabela Bodus-Olkowska, Grzegorz Zaniewicz, and Piotr Malinski Section V. Lakes of Central Europe 8. Small Finds from the Great Water. Unexpected Discovery from Lake ?niardwy Agata Grzedzielska and Bartosz Kontny 9. Unique Medieval Iron Spearhead from Lubanowo Bartosz Kontny 10. Palaeoecological Studies of Lake Pilakno Micro-region, Mragowo Lakeland. Preliminary Results Malgorzata Mileszczyk, Magdalena Filoc, Miroslawa Kupryjanowicz, Dominika Kofel, and Magdalena Nowakowska 11. Diving Equipment Used in the 1960s Lake Pilakno Archaeological Research Malgorzata Mileszczyk and Karina Kowalska
West Balt Circle Riders. Spurs and their Role in the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures
, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, 190 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:23 b/w, 11 col., 2 tables b/w., 7 maps color, Languages:English, Polish. *new ISBN 9782503614939.
Summary The spurs of horse riders have long been acknowledged as an important item of grave furniture in the Late Roman and Migration period burials of Poland, a reflection of the high social position held by the deceased. Yet while spurs have been studied at a general level, and typo-chronological studies have been conducted on spurs found in southern and central Poland, no such research has so far been conducted on finds from the West Balt Circle, in north-eastern Poland. This volume is an attempt to rectify the situation by offering a thorough examination of finds attributed to the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures. The author here offers a comprehensive assessment of surviving materials from the period, many of which are scattered through museums across Europe, together with an in-depth analysis of archival sources (included among them the private inventories of archaeologists working in the pre-war period) in order to reconstruct our understanding of the furnishings and data relating to spurs. This detailed research, carefully contextualized against our wider understanding of Barbarian Europe, offers an important new reference for our understanding both of the West Balt Circle and its inter-cultural relations with surrounding regions, as well as of the symbolic meaning of spurs and their significance in burial rites. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Chapter 1: State of Research Sources Chapter 2: Spurs Classification Material Chapter 3: Anthropological Data Bogaczewo Culture Sudovian Culture Chapter 4: Richness of Graves with Spurs Co-occurrence with Weapons Chapter 5: Number of Spurs in Graves Chapter 6: Location of Graves with Spurs within Cemeteries Chapter 7: Ways of Mounting Spurs Chapter 8: Development of Spurs in the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures Chapter 9: Roman Inspirations Final Remarks Chapter 10: Catalogue Bogaczewo Culture Sudovian Culture List of Current Polish and Former German-Language Names of Archaeological Sites Included in the Catalogue Works Cited Index
Archaeology of War. Studies on Weapons of Barbarian Europe in the Roman and Migration Period
, Brepols, 2024 Paperback, 264 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:108 b/w, 23 col., 1 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, 7 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503607375.
From graves to settlements, and from the battlefield to underwater sacrificial sites, weapons dating to the Roman and Migration Period have long been found in an array of contexts throughout the region that forms modern-day Poland. This volume for the first time aims to draw together research into these finds, gathered throughout the author?s career, in a synthetic approach that sees discoveries of swords and other armaments analysed against a broad, comparative background. The work begins with a focus on votive deposits from lakes, here used as a lens for addressing questions about military strategy and war ritual more generally, before moving on to explore the weapons and warriors of the Przeworsk and Wielbark Cultures, as well as shedding light on the lives of the Balts. Finally, an in-depth analysis is made of shields from the protohistoric period, exploring the genesis and variability of the forms taken by this protective weapon. Through this approach, this richly illustrated volume sheds new light not only on the typology and chronology of weaponry from the Roman and Migration Periods, but also on the symbolism and functionality that these arms held.
