Theses - Archaeology
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The Uses of ‘Bēlu’ and ‘Marduk’ in Neo-Assyrian Royal Inscriptions and other Sources from the First Millennium BC
My dissertation seeks to understand why Marduk, the chief god of ancient Babylon, was often also called ‘Bēl’ (which means ‘lord’). Although this matter has never been investigated, a consensus seems to have formed in the ... -
Identity and Social Change in North-Western Europe (BCE 250/100 - 200 CE): new narratives through funerary evidence
The thesis contends that local identities in North-Western Europe in the PRIA and early Roman period were more altered by the experience of empire than has previously been understood in archaeology. The work offers insights ... -
Unsettled Settlements: Continuity and change in the Marakwet habitation of the northern Elgeyo Escarpment, northwest Kenya, from c. 1850 to the present-day
(2021-11-30)The general aim of this thesis is to formulate a methodological and interpretive exemplar for the study of sedentary settlement across sub-Saharan Africa. Rural settlement dynamics across the continent—particularly the ... -
Bell Beakers and Their Context in Central Europe: A New Approach
(1977)After a brief history of previous research on the Bell Beaker cultures of Central Europe, it is argued that traditional explanations for the presence of Bell Beakers in this area, in terrns of the immigration of a ’Beaker ...
