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The medieval horse: state-of-the-art perspectives on a culturally significant species

Aleksander Pluskowski
Vol 100 Issue 411, 854-860  |  Free to read
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New Book Chronicle: historical archaeology of conflict and violence

Marion Uckelmann
Vol 100 Issue 411, 879-887  |  Free to read
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Cover of The shaft graves and other Late Helladic I and II remains
Received Aug 2025

The shaft graves and other Late Helladic I and II remains

Michael Lindblom
Reviewed by Judit Haas-Lebegyev
Vol 100 Issue 411, 864-866 | Share
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Landscapes of kingship in early medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Patrick Gleeson
Reviewed by Alex Woolf
Vol 100 Issue 411, 873-875 | Share
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Received Aug 2025

Archaeology as a weapon: long-lasting legacies of colonialism and nationalism in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Greece

Marie-Louise Winbladh
Reviewed by Yannis Hamilakis
Vol 100 Issue 411, 876-878 | Share
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Received May 2025

Water flowing through archaeology: proceedings from the 2023 Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference

Cristina Laurenti & John Dinges (ed.)
Reviewed by Brian Dermody
Vol 100 Issue 411, 870-872  |  Read for free | Share
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The medieval horse

Anastasija Ropa
Reviewed by Aleksander Pluskowski
Vol 100 Issue 411, 854-860  |  Read for free | Share
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Cover of Medieval warhorse: equestrian landscapes, material culture and zooarchaeology in Britain, AD 800–1550
Received Apr 2025

Medieval warhorse: equestrian landscapes, material culture and zooarchaeology in Britain, AD 800–1550

Oliver H. Creighton, Robert Liddiard, Alan K. Outram, Carly Ameen & Kate Kanne (ed.)
Reviewed by Aleksander Pluskowski
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Ancient South America. 2nd Edition

Karen Olsen Bruhns
Reviewed by Céline Erauw
Vol 100 Issue 411, 861-863 | Share
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The origins of agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus civilization

Jennifer Bates
Reviewed by Carolina Jiménez-Arteaga
Vol 100 Issue 411, 867-869  |  Read for free | Share
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Books received

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Cover of Ports and maritime trade of India: Bronze Age and beyond
Received Jul 2026

Ports and maritime trade of India: Bronze Age and beyond

Sila Tripati & Sophie Hüglin (ed.)
Cover of New insights on Majapahit: revisiting the Indonesian imperium
Received Jul 2026

New insights on Majapahit: revisiting the Indonesian imperium

Herry Yogaswara, Sastri Sunarti & Herdiana Hakim (ed.)
Cover of Sustainable cultural heritage and tourism of territorial assets (- vol. 3): interdisciplinary approaches in cultural landscape management in the built environment
Received Jul 2026

Sustainable cultural heritage and tourism of territorial assets (- vol. 3): interdisciplinary approaches in cultural landscape management in the built environment

Pir Mohammad, Muhammad Nawaz Tunio, Francesca Gagliardi, Davide Longato, Antonio Luis Pérez Corral & Helder I. Chaminé (ed.)
Cover of Geoarchaeology and archaeological mineralogy: proceedings of 11th Geoarchaeological Conference (16–18 September 2024, Miass, Russia)
Received Jul 2026

Geoarchaeology and archaeological mineralogy: proceedings of 11th Geoarchaeological Conference (16–18 September 2024, Miass, Russia)

Natalia Ankusheva, Andrey V. Epimakhov, Maksim Ankushev & Polina Ankusheva (ed.)
Cover of Archaeology of the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: cultural niches and the diversity of hunter-gatherer-fishers
Received Jul 2026

Archaeology of the south coast of Tierra del Fuego: cultural niches and the diversity of hunter-gatherer-fishers

Atilio Francisco J. Zangrando, Angélica M. Tivoli, María Paz Martinoli & Daniela V. Alunni (ed.)
Cover of Archaeologies of contemporary and political global settings: approaches to our political pasts
Received Jul 2026

Archaeologies of contemporary and political global settings: approaches to our political pasts

Dante Angelo & Andrés Zarankin (ed.)
Cover of The Oxford handbook of the history and practice of Chinese archaeology
Received Jul 2026

The Oxford handbook of the history and practice of Chinese archaeology

Anke Hein & Julia Lovell (ed.)
Cover of Exploring ancient Chinese cultural system: using Artefacts as a research method
Received Jul 2026

Exploring ancient Chinese cultural system: using Artefacts as a research method

Xu Zhongshu
Cover of The Oxford handbook of post-medieval archaeology in the Nordic countries
Received Jul 2026

The Oxford handbook of post-medieval archaeology in the Nordic countries

Sanna Lipkin & Titta Kallio-Seppä (ed.)
Cover of Archaeological heritage management in Indonesia: prospects and challenges
Received Jul 2026

Archaeological heritage management in Indonesia: prospects and challenges

Peter V. Lape & Marlon Ririmasse (ed.)