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Independent Publisher of the world's largest academic archaeological series with over 4000 titles.
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Nikolas Bakirtzis' Architecture and Sacred Landscape is the first in-depth study of Prodromos monastery’s architectural history and organization, as well as the first attempt to locate it at the nexus of a sacred landscape surrounding the well-preserved complex. 🏺
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Our #FindsFriday this week comes from our recently published book Excavations at Highdown, West Sussex edited by Sue Harrington! 🏺

Read about this lovely bird brooch and more here: doi.org/10.30861/978...
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Muchas gracia por acompañarnos en la presentación de nuestra nueva edición en BAR !!
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.
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Napatan Region and Gebel El-Barkal explores how how archaeological sites exist simultaneously as global monuments, national symbols, and living spaces imbued with everyday cultural meaning.🏺
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Our recent publication Social Differentiation among Non-Elites in China’s Central Plains, 1735-1530 BCE is the first to study Erlitou society via household archaeology, focusing on non-elite households in the capital.🏺
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Our first #FindsFriday of 2026! 🏺

Starting the year off with this terracotta zoomorphic askos...we'd appreciate anyone who can tell us what animal this is meant to be...
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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This volume originates from the Maritime Archaeology Research Exchange Online Lecture Series, which promotes the work of graduate students and early career researchers in maritime archaeology. The contributions highlight diverse theoretical and methodological techniques in the field.
January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We are thrilled to be at the SHA in Detroit this week!🏺

Stop by our stand to browse our books or chat to us about your projects!
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ringing in the new year with one of our newest books Duke Alexander and his Sarcophagi by Aidan Dodson. 📣

Part Egyptology, part antiquarian history, it tells the remarkable story of two Egyptian stone sarcophagi owned by Duke Alexander - one later reused for his own mummified body.🏺
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Very excited to see this out in the wild 👀🏺

It's a real collaborative monograph which details the excavation of the Bowl Hole & provides a wider overview of the excavations at the castle.

The first chapter, co-authored with Graeme Young & Barbara Yorke, is freely available to read 👉
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The Bamburgh Bowl Hole Anglian-period Cemetery is the full publication of the sixth- to eighth-century burials excavated between 1999 and 2007. It integrates archaeological, osteological and isotopic data into a comprehensive account of the cemetery. 🏺

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December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The Bamburgh Bowl Hole Anglian-period Cemetery is the full publication of the sixth- to eighth-century burials excavated between 1999 and 2007. It integrates archaeological, osteological and isotopic data into a comprehensive account of the cemetery. 🏺

@brparchaeology.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Recension | Magali Bailliot, L’iconographie des tablettes de malédiction. Envoûter et dessiner dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine, @barpublishing.bsky.social
Par Aymeric Gaubert
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December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Looking for the perfect present for the archaeologist in your life?

An Introduction to Gender Archaeology by Isabelle Algrain and Laura Mary is now available on our website!

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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Stuck for present ideas? How about 2 shiny new #medieval publications?

- The Bamburgh Bowl Hole Anglian-period Cemetery: A bioarchaeological study of a Northumbrian royal site by Sam Lucy, Charlotte A. Roberts and Graeme Young
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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We have one last BAR Bulletin to share with you all before the new year.

Check your inboxes for news on our 10 newest titles - don't forget to use your membership code for 20% off! 🏺
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hello TAG!🏺

We are so pleased to be at #TAG25 in York! We've already had a lovely drop-in from our recent author Despoina Vasiliki Sampatakou, pictured here with her book 'Creating and Evaluating Digital Media for Archaeological Storytelling: The life and death of MYC1V at Grave Circle A, Mycenae'!
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎄Happy BARmas🎄

Our small (but mighty!) team celebrated the holidays BAR style yesterday. Quizzes were won, chocolates were eaten, and Mariah Carey was played on repeat!

Happy holidays from our family to yours!💫
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to our friends over at Headland Archaeology who have been nominated for Rescue Project of the Year! 🏺

Curious to know more about the project? Check out Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town which details the excavations at St Peter's Church.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Nous sommes très heureuses et fières de vous annoncer la parution de la traduction en anglais d’ « Introduction à l’archéologie du genre » aux éditions @barpublishing.bsky.social ! 🎉

👉 www.barpublishing.com/book/an-intr...
An Introduction to Gender Archaeology - BAR Publishing
Gender archaeology seeks to understand the influence of gender on the social, economic, political and cultural practices of ancient societies, as well as their power dynamics. Integrating gender into ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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We are very happy and proud to announce the publication of the English translation of ‘Introduction à l’archéologie du genre’ by @barpublishing.bsky.social ! 🎉

👉 www.barpublishing.com/book/an-intr...
An Introduction to Gender Archaeology - BAR Publishing
Gender archaeology seeks to understand the influence of gender on the social, economic, political and cultural practices of ancient societies, as well as their power dynamics. Integrating gender into ...
www.barpublishing.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This artefact is a familiar favourite but we've just found out his name is William! The nickname was first recorded in 1931 and has stuck around since then. How could we not choose him for #FindsFriday?!🏺🦛

William is on view now at The Met.
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here is Richard climbing up to the upper level of the Junction Site cliff-dwelling, Grand Gulch, Utah in 1973! 🪜
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📣New Book Announcement 📣

Richard Ahlstrom's Ladders and Axes of the American Southwest’s Pueblo Region, 400–1900 CE brings together evidence from artifacts, architecture, dendrochronology, historical documents, and ethnography to detail the histories of the ladders and axes from the Pueblo people.🏺
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM