Classical Studies

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Ancient Bovillae

History, Art, and Archaeology of a Lost City in the Roman Hinterland

Edited by Peter Hatlie
Subjects: Archaeology, Roman, Classical Studies, Roman, History, European History

The first comprehensive study in English of the ancient Roman city and its decline

Between Sahara and Sea

Africa in the Roman Empire

By David J. Mattingly
Subjects: Archaeology, Roman, African Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Classical Studies, Roman
Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures

David Mattingly’s long-awaited book on North Africa and the Romans

Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt

By Lajos Berkes
Subjects: Papyrology, Archaeology, Classical Studies, History
Series: American Studies in Papyrology

Foodways in Roman Republican Italy

By Laura M. Banducci
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Archaeology

Uncovering Roman Republican life through food

Ostraka and Other Inscribed Material from Bir Shawish, Small Oasis

Excavation Seasons 2005 and 2007

By Marek Dospel
Subjects: Archaeology, Papyrology, Classical Studies, History
Series: American Studies in Papyrology

Detailed insight on writings from a Late Antique settlement in Egypt

Cosa

The Sculpture and Furnishings in Stone and Marble

By Jacquelyn Collins-Clinton
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Archaeology, Roman
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

Surveys the beautiful but functional marbles from Roman Cosa

Cosa

The Roman and Greek Amphoras

By Kathleen Slane & Elizabeth Lyding Will
Subjects: Archaeology, Classical Studies, Roman, Greek
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

A long-awaited study of amphoras from the Roman Republican colony of Cosa

Papyri from Karanis

The Granary C123

By Arthur Verhoogt & Graham Claytor
Subjects: Archaeology, Classical Studies
Series: Michigan Papyri

An examination in context of important materials from Roman Karanis

Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption

Familiar Works Reconsidered

By Brenda Longfellow & Ellen Perry
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Art, Art History, Archaeology, Roman

A fascinating shift toward more nuanced interpretations of Roman art that look at different kinds of social knowledge and local contexts

Recording Village Life

A Coptic Scribe in Early Islamic Egypt

By Jennifer Cromwell
Subjects: Classical Studies, Islamic Studies, Archaeology, Papyrology
Series: New Texts from Ancient Cultures

An engrossing study of literacy and the scribal economy at the village level
 

Ritual Matters

Material Remains and Ancient Religion

By Jennifer Knust & Claudia Moser
Subjects: Classical Studies, Religion, Archaeology
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

An international, cross-disciplinary investigation of ancient religious practices and their material remains yields fresh insights and poses new questions
 

The Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval Glass from Cosa

By David Frederick Grose
Edited by Russell Scott
Subjects: Classical Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Archaeology
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

A landmark contribution to our knowledge of the Roman glass industry in the Western Mediterranean
 

The Roman Community at Table during the Principate, New and Expanded Edition

New and expanded edition

By John Donahue
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Archaeology, Roman

A significantly updated examination of public feasts in the Rome empire—now available in paper
 

Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt

By Ryan McConnell
Subjects: Classical Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Economics, Archaeology, Papyrology
Series: New Texts from Ancient Cultures

A nuanced examination that illuminates the Apion estate’s economic structure and addresses how the family was able to generate such wealth
 

Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Manipulating Material Culture

By Lisa Nevett
Subjects: Archaeology, Greek, Classical Studies, Greek

Employs a new theoretical approach toward ancient Greek material culture

A Mid-Republican House from Gabii

By Rachel Opitz, Nicola Terrenato, and Marcello Mogetta
Subjects: Classical Studies, Archaeology

The first major publication from the international Gabii Project

Traces of the Past

Classics between History and Archaeology

By Karen Bassi
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Archaeology

An innovative multidisciplinary study of the relationship between visual perception and temporal meaning in ancient Greek literature and history writing

Traces of the Past

Classics Between History and Archaeology

By Karen Bassi
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Archaeology

An innovative multidisciplinary study of the relationship between visual perception and temporal meaning in ancient Greek literature and history writing

Heroic Offerings

The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra

By Gina Salapata
Subjects: Archaeology, Greek, Classical Studies, Greek, History

The first in-depth study of the terracotta plaques from the sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra at Amyklai

Treasure Map

A Guide to the Delian Inventories

By Richard Hamilton
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Archaeology, Greek, History

A peek at the gifts the Greeks offered to their gods

A Student Commentary on Pausanias Book 1

By Patrick Hogan
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Archaeology, History
Series: Michigan Classical Commentaries

The first student commentary on Pausanias in over a century

Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature

By Vanessa B Gorman & Robert Gorman
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, History, Archaeology, Greek

Traces the principle that luxury corrupts its possessor as seen through a millennium of Greek literature

Memoria Romana

Memory in Rome and Rome in Memory

Edited by G. Karl Galinsky
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Archaeology, Roman, History
Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome

An illumination of memory-the defining aspect of Roman civilization

Tan Men/Pale Women

Color and Gender in Archaic Greece and Egypt, a Comparative Approach

By Mary Ann Eaverly
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Art, Art History, Archaeology

Investigating the history behind color as a method of gender differentiation in ancient Greek and Egyptian art

Roman Siege Warfare

By Josh Levithan
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, History, European History, Archaeology

Key reading for the discerning history buff or academic specialist

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