New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

The Athenian Agora
Site Guide (Fifth Edition)
by John McK Camp II
The Athenian Decadrachm
by Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
This volume represents a huge advance on the previous study of the material.
Fischer-Bossert has collected more than three times as many specimens as were
known to Starr, and has provided a full account of the known forgeries drawn from
the photo-files of major dealers, scholars and Museums. This is an indispensable
work for all interested in the coinage and history 5th-century Athens. In addition, its
judicious discussion of the history of the forgery of these remarkable coins will make
this volume a handbook for all serious collectors of ancient Greek coinage.
105p, 41 pls, hardback, 9780897223096, $95.00, American Numismatic Society,
February 2009, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 168.
Graeco-Roman Slave Markets – Fact or Fiction?
by Monika Trümper
This book critically examines the existence and identification of purpose-built
slave markets in the Graeco-Roman world from a cross-cultural perspective. It
investigates whether certain ancient monuments were designed specifically
for use as slave markets and whether they required special equipment and
safety precautions, allowing them to be clearly distinguished from other nonspecific
commercial buildings and marketplaces of the Graeco-Roman world.
Selected parallels, namely slave markets in Istanbul, Marrakesh, Cairo, Havana,
Charleston, and New Orleans, are analyzed. This is followed by a brief discussion
of ancient written sources on slave markets, focusing on what the texts
reveal about the existence, design, and requirements of ancient slave markets.
A major part of this book is dedicated to a critical reexamination of all eight
ancient buildings that have been identified as slave markets so far. The conclusion
includes a short comparison of modern and alleged ancient slave markets
and finally answers the question of whether, to date, ancient slave markets are
an archaeological fact or fiction.
160p, 41 b/w illus, 8 col pls, hardback, 9780977409488, $45.00,
Bannerstone Press, December 2009.
This definitive guide to the archaeological remains viewable in the civic and
commercial center of ancient Athens is an essential companion to the interested
visitor, or to students of the topography of the classical city. A fold-out
map provides an overview of the site, keyed to descriptions and plans of every
monument still visible. The fifth edition takes full account of both new discoveries
and recent scholarship. It is intended for visitors actually touring the site,
and is arranged topographically, monument by monument.
208p, 73 plans, 13 col & 45 b/w figs, paperback, 9780876616574, $19.95,
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, September 2009.
classical archaeology
Pichvnari II
The Classical World in the Eastern
Black Sea Area – The Fifth Century BC
Greek Necropolis at Pichvnari
by Amiran Kakhidze
The British-Georgian Pichvnari Expedition has
been active since 1998, excavating cemeteries
and settlement of the Greco-Colchian emporion
at Pichvnari. This volume deals with some of the
work done at Pichvnari between 1960 and 1989.
Although small-scale fieldwork was carried out in
1953 and 1956, it was only in 1960 that large-scale excavation began, conducted by
the N. Berdzenishvili Batumi Research Institute of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.
Perhaps the most significant contribution was the investigation of the Greek cemetery,
which, if it is indeed truly Greek, as we believe it to be, constitutes the largest ethnic
Greek necropolis in the eastern Black Sea region. English and Georgian text.
308p, 14 col & 86 b/w pls, hardback, 9781854442239, $70.00, Ashmolean Museum /
Batumi Archaeological Museum, December 2007.
Ein Trojanischer Federkrieg
Die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen
Ernst Boetticher und Heinrich Schliemann
by Michaela Zavadil
In December 1883, a dispute began between Ernst
Boetticher and Heinrich Schliemann over the latter’s
interpretation of his research in Troy. Boetticher was
convinced that Schliemann had misinterpreted the
excavation results and had not found a settlement, but
a fire-necropolis. The monograph examines the history
of this conflict, which continued even after Schliemann’s death in 1890. German text.
462p, paperback, 9783700165057, $96.00(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences,
October 2009, Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission.
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