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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · Aug 26

Casemate Academic is now live on BlueSky!

Casemate Academic is an academic book distributor specializing in archaeology, religion, and literature, producing catalogs and print mailings.

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 17h

The volume will be of interest for a broad readership in academia & beyond, & for the first time brings poignant essays from philosophy to archaeology into conversation, which comment on, continue, or critique the scholarship Raymond embodies.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/2cuvvaje

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 1d

In this anthology, a number of writers discuss the image of Sweden past and present, both within and outside the country's borders.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/bdhe3rwz

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 2d

This is the first dedicated book on the Picts that covers in detail both their archaeology and their history. It examines their kingdoms, culture, beliefs and everyday lives from their origins to their end.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/e426h83t

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween from those of us here at Casemate Academic! We hope everyone has a safe and spooky weekend~ 🎃

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 4d

This text aims to publish English coin hoards in the context of each of the successive currency periods between 1180 to 1351, when the penny-dominated currency was replaced by a multi-denominational one in both gold and silver.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/2eujdhsb

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 5d

This volume present early medieval Winchester not as a city alone, but a city emmeshed in wider political, social, and cultural movements and provides examples of authority and power that are representative of early medieval England as a whole.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mrxj6a46

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 6d

Chariots on Fire, Reins of Power presents the first comprehensive overview of 5th century BC elite graves from the Lower Rhine-Meuse region.

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#ChariotsOnFire #ReinsOfPower #5thCenturyBC

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 7d

"Cremation in the Early Middle Ages" aims to be a central resource for anyone interested in early medieval cremations, or indeed funerary practices more generally.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/mz9ksenu

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 8d

This book provides an overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest of North America, centered on southern Wisconsin.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/2fsddd35

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 9d

This text presents the first synthesis of the archaeological evidence for late antique water features in both urban houses and extra-urban villas across the western Empire.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/y9a9sawe

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 10d

#ICYMI: Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary Assyrian inscription from the First Temple period in Jerusalem—the first of its kind to be discovered in the city. (via. Archaeology News Online)

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/yshjj53t

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 11d

"Coins, Riches, and Lands" is a collection of papers that sheds light on how coins, riches, and lands were gained and distributed among soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/bfwz83e9

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 12d

"Picasso: printmaker" explores how the technical challenges of working in different print media (etching, aquatint, linocut and lithography) inspired Pablo Picasso’s creativity.

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 13d

Right now, take 20% off select funerary archaeology and studies books on Casemate Academic. Use code 25FUAR at checkout to receive your discount.

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 13d

The festschrift "Aufgetau(ch)t – Archaeology of Lakeside Settlements, Ice Finds, and Climate Change" honors the scholarly achievements of Prof. Dr. Albert Hafner in Prehistoric Archaeology, particularly in wetland and glacier archaeology.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/5ysmcrx9

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 14d

"Craftful Minds" is a detailed analysis of the working procedures of modern knappers, combined with statistical analysis of technical attributes on the production flakes, the possibilities for identification of differing approaches are explored.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/yfrrmuta

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 15d

This study sheds new light on this question with an innovative approach to ceramics. Ceramics bear traces of the production techniques which potters learned and applied to create them.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/2sfhnuyx

#Ceramics #PotteryTechniques #CeramicsStudy

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 16d

"Appropriating Height" is now available on Casemate Academic. The essays in this book focus on archaeological approaches to the utilization of highland regions in southwestern and central Asia.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/bdzzb26c

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 17d

#ICYMI: Archaeologists excavating an ancient well in eastern Croatia have discovered the skeletons of seven men whose bodies belong to Roman soldiers who fought in the Battle of Mursa in A.D. 260. (via. Live Science)

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/4tjpuhwx

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 19d

Examines the archaeological evidence of a magnate settlement in late Iron Age and Viking Age Denmark, highlighting its social hierarchies and political networks.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/58yfdn2v

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 19d

"Silver of the Possessed" explores the cultural and historical significance of Egyptian zār jewelry, including its evolution, roles, and impact from the 19th to early 20th century.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/bdks6n5m
#egypt #ancientjewlery #booksky

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Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 20d

#Reviews are in for "Hew Locke: What Have We Here?", the book explores how museums shape imperial narratives, using artistic interventions to challenge historical interpretations.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/tydmybtz

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 21d

This book reports on the excavation of a number of monumental collective tombs that were built there and used through the early part of the 2nd millennium.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/y2fhzes2

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 22d

In the Maritime Encounters project, a highly international cross-disciplinary team has embarked on a diverse range of research goals to provide a more detailed and nuanced story of how prehistoric societies realised major and minor sea crossings.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5n9x3kcj

Casemate Academic @casemateacademic.bsky.social · 23d

The series Material Religion in Antiquity from Oxbow Books aims to be a source for those interested in how to approach the materialization of ancient religious practices with case studies as well as theoretical and methodological approaches.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/y9xs692e