Our lovely editors presented their new publication El Agua en Mesoamérica y Aridoamérica at the Ateneo Peninsular in Mérida.🏺 Their book analyses daily and symbolic use of water, discussing its management, use, distribution and associated hydraulic technology in Mesoamerica and Aridoamérica.

Happy #FindsFriday everyone! 🏺 This week we've chosen an Egyptian ring with a small mouse amulet. The amulet is inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. 🐀 On view at the Met.

Josy Luginbühl's new publication Grabfunde als Spiegel der Bildung uses artefacts found in burial contexts to explore female literacy in the Roman western provinces. 🏺 Her book is now available and free to read here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

We are so pleased to see a lovely review of Anna C. Moles' Urbanism and its Impact on Human Health: A long-term study at Knossos, Crete in the BMCR! Read the review here: bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.11...

📣New Book Alert📣 We are pleased to announce the publication of Alexander Belov's Sails and Rigging of Ancient Egyptian Ships from the Predynastic Period to the End of Antiquity. The book provides an invaluable resource for any scholar interested in the development of ships in Ancient Egypt.🏺⛵

It's been a few weeks since we've posted our favourite animal artefact for #FindsFriday! 🏺 The winner this week is this Babylonian frog shaped weight which weighs 10 minas, a Mesopotamian unit of measure weighing around 18 ounces.

Our recent publication Economies of Scale in Old World Archaeology is the topic of session 4I at the ASOR conference today at 4:25-6:30 EST. Join editors Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler for 7 talks in honour of the work of Haskel J. Greenfield.

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺 This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.

You've got mail! 📬 Our newest BAR Bulletin just dropped! Discover six new titles that journey across vast temporal and geographical worlds, from ancient Egyptian boats to Puebloan ladders and axes.🏺 Sign up here to receive our newsletter and take advantage of 20% off all private purchases.

Such beautiful objects on display at the exhibition in Oxford on the extraordinary Sanxingdui site! 🏺 The exhibit is hosted by the Confucius Institute at Headington Hill Hall and is open for a few more days next week. Check it out here!

NINO offers a variety of fellowships, grants, and prizes, in support of researchers and students working on the ancient Near East (incl. Egypt) in the Netherlands and abroad.

It was lovely to see BAR author Lilian Ladle at the Reconnecting Roman Britain conference last weekend!🏺 Pictured here with the Britannia Award she received on behalf of the Druce Farm Villa Volunteer Group. Read more about the Druce Farm site in her book: doi.org/10.30861/978...

With #ISAC25 well underway we wanted to share some of our newest titles relating to Islamic Archaeology.🏺 They are all available now on our website: www.barpublishing.com

📣Now Available📣 Valeria La Monaca's Delicati and Delicia in the Roman Empire analyzes literary, epigraphic, and iconographic sources to offer a comprehensive portrayal of delicati and delicia as status symbols, especially of ambitious libertine families.🏺

Happy Halloween! 🏺🎃 What better way to celebrate than with a spooky #findsfriday? This Moche bottle, featuring a skeleton couple and their child, is currently on display at @metmuseum.org.

Happy #Halloween This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death. Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper #RomanArchaeology

Shameless plug: all this is discussed in my book, www.barpublishing.com/book/drawing.... Most of Topham's drawings are of mosaics in Rome; the small RB section is rare and delightful. @barpublishing.bsky.social

Feeling inspired by the IKUWA conference? Consider submitting a proposal for our specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology🏺⛵ Contact [email protected] or submit a proposal here.

We are very sad to be missing out on the book launch of Hazard and Disaster Risk in Ostia at the Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte this evening! Wishing our authors all the best in Rome!🏺

We are so pleased to see so many of our authors and members of the editorial committee for our sub-series The Maritime Archaeology Trust Monograph Series presenting at IKUWA today! We've highlighted their recent publications with us below.🌊🏺

The newest BAR Bulletin has arrived! 📬 Head to your inboxes (or to barpublishing.com) to check out our new books! Remember that all BAR Members received 20% off their private purchases. Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...

NEW TRAJ #BookReview Roman Feet and Shoes by Elizabeth Shaw, ✍️ Marquita Volken "an invaluable resource and a starting point for identifying Roman mentalities regarding the significance of shoe- and foot-shaped artefacts" doi.org/10.16995/tra... @barpublishing.bsky.social

Check out Dr Uckelmann's full review in our #NewBookChronicle on the theme 'maritime and underwater #archaeology' 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺

Our Editorial Director Jacqueline Senior is looking forward to attending IKUWA 8 next week! Email [email protected] to book a meeting with her. Take a look at our Open Access publication on the IKUWA 7 proceedings which was featured in the newest issue of @antiquity.ac.uk here. 🌊🏺

We are thrilled to see the research from Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town as the cover feature in the newest issue of @currentarchaeology.bsky.social !

📣New book alert📣 In Coinage, Landscape and Society in the Borderlands Carl Savage compiles a new and comprehensive dataset of medieval coins from the Scottish border region from 1136-1603, drawing together both English and Scottish data for the first time. Now available on our website!🏺

New Book Alert: A discussion of Roman Militaria from the South East of England. What can Roman military finds tell us about the actions of the Roman army in the 'civil zone' of Roman Britain. www.barpublishing.com/book/britann... #Roman #RomanBritian #RomanArmy #Archaeology

Interested in medieval archaeology? Take a look at our newest medieval books now available on our website! 🏺 Available here: www.barpublishing.com/books/time-p...

It's finally #FindsFriday!! Here's a cute little terracotta vase in the shape of a duck to celebrate.🦆🏺 This duck dates to the 6th century BCE and is of East Greek origin. It can be seen on display at The Met.

We don’t just write about archaeology! Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺

📣New Publication Announcement📣 Through archaeological surveys and historical research, this work offers a comprehensive examination of the role of Sicilian quarries in the broader economic landscape, including connections to activities such as tuna fishing and salt production. Read more here

📣Now available📣 We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available! This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.

Happy Friday to our fellow #FindsFriday enthusiasts! 🏺 This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...

To celebrate the first day of the #BABAO we would like to highlight our new publication Archaeo-anthropology of Conflicts in France!🏺 This volume highlights a wide variety of funerary practices, and presents burial sites ranging from the Early Middle Ages to the twentieth century.

CAA Australasia's third free online digital archaeology conference, running on Thursday 2nd - Friday 3rd October is now open for registration events.humanitix.com/caa-australa... /em

The bombing of London (and other British cities) is explored in our recent publication WWII Bombing of British Cities and Contested Remembrance by John Sharrock. The book focusses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths. doi.org/10.30861/978...

📣Out now!📣 Britannia Under the Boot provides new evidence of Roman military presence within the 'civil' zone of southern Britain.🏺 Read more about it or order your copy here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

The last moments to act! The TRAC deadline is TODAY September 15. Sen in your abstracts NOW. #Archaeology #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

A very happy #FindsFriday! 🏺 Our choice this week is this Cypriot vase in the shape of a bull dating from 1450–1200 BCE. 🐂 There's something so endearing about its little legs and oversized ears!

For #FindsFriday #Neolithic knives found in the pile dwelling settlement in Niederwil, Switzerland (3900-3500 BC). The blades are made of flint. They were fastened with birch tar in the handles made of poplar wood. The knife handles have a small hole near one end,...🧵1/2 📷me 🏺#archaeology

📬The newest BAR Bulletin is out!📬 Check your inboxes for this month's collection of new releases and special offers!🏺 Members get 20% off all private purchases! Not a member? Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...

With both the ECE and the CRE underway there's no better time to promote our newest titles in Egyptian archaeology! 🏺 If you would like to publish your research on Egypt and Sudan consider submitting it to our new specialist sub-series: www.barpublishing.com/books/sub-se...

📚 Special Offer: Receive 25% off when you purchase both of Francisco Ramos Martínez's books together. Use code RAMOSMARTINEZ25 at checkout to apply the discount.🏺 @franrmartinez.bsky.social

We hope all our friends and colleagues in Egypt are having a great time at #CRE25 right now!🏺 If you have an interesting project on Egypt or Sudan, consider submitting it for our new specialist sub-series! Read more about the sub-series here, or contact [email protected]!

Happy #FindsFriday everyone! 🏺 Our find this week is the Stow-Cum-Quy horse and rider figurine featured in our new publication Britannia Under the Boot: Roman militaria from the 'civil zone' of Southern England by Edwin Wood!

Friday 5 September is the closing date for the following three funding calls, hosted by the Royal Historical Society: > Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History > Early Career Fellowship Grants > Open Research Support Grants Full details and eligibility for these awards bit.ly/425YJgC

How did survivors, comrades-in-arms, enemies, or even civilians handle corpses, balancing funeral traditions with urgent sanitary concerns? Archaeo-anthropology of Conflicts in France brings together twenty articles that highlight the wide variety of conflict funerary practices through time.🏺

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Pat McGovern, and send our condolences to his friends and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

Me hace mucha ilusión poder compartir, por fin, mi nuevo libro “Cerámica de importación y rutas comerciales en época ibérica plena (ss V-III a.n.e.) en la Región de Murcia” que publico con @barpublishing.bsky.social. Iré contando más en los próximos días. www.barpublishing.com/book/ceramic...

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