{"title":"A major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain","authors":"Clare Ellis,Angela Boyle,Gemma Cruickshanks,Nicholas Evans,Robert Hay,Edouard Masson-MacLean,Joshua Wright,Gordon Noble","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10379","url":null,"abstract":"Until recent decades, the monastery of Lios Mòr (Lismore) in Argyll, Scotland, established by Saint Mo Luóc in the sixth century, was attested only via historical references and local traditions. Community-led investigations have now revealed an early medieval cemetery, sophisticated craftworking of international importance and early structures around the island’s parish church. These discoveries underscore the site’s status as a high-ranking ecclesiastical centre of the Insular north-west and elucidate its significance and integral role within the early Christian networks of Dál Riata, offering insights into the material traces of early medieval monasticism in northern Britain in the first millennium AD.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"2 1","pages":"1330-1349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-24DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10427
Joanna A. Ciesielska,Mariusz Drzewiecki,Karel Christiaan Innemée,Maciej Kurcz,Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys,Piotr Osypiński,Paweł Lech Polkowski,Katarzyna Anna Rosa,Dobrochna Zielińska
{"title":"Miseeda: between kingdoms, through epochs—reconstructing a history of the Mahas region (Sudan)","authors":"Joanna A. Ciesielska,Mariusz Drzewiecki,Karel Christiaan Innemée,Maciej Kurcz,Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys,Piotr Osypiński,Paweł Lech Polkowski,Katarzyna Anna Rosa,Dobrochna Zielińska","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10427","url":null,"abstract":"The Good Shepherd of Miseeda project investigates remains in a section of the Mahas region in northern Sudan. Centred on a church built around an ancient petroglyph, integrated archaeological survey and ethnographic research trace millennia of cultural interaction, continuity and transformation that shaped the sacred and social landscape.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149123823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-24DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10429
Cèsar Carreras,Tom Brughmans,Pau de Soto Cañamares,Daniel Blumenkranz
{"title":"Unpacking Roman trade: a quantitative study of amphora circulation in the Western provinces","authors":"Cèsar Carreras,Tom Brughmans,Pau de Soto Cañamares,Daniel Blumenkranz","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10429","url":null,"abstract":"Ceramic amphorae provide clues to the movement of foodstuffs within the Roman Empire and can therefore act as a useful proxy for economic productivity. Here, the authors present the results of a large-scale quantitative analysis of amphora frequency data from 254 excavations conducted across the Western Roman provinces. By examining the distribution of 20 of the most common amphora types, which primarily served as olive-oil, garum and wine containers, they assess economic trends and temporal shifts in supply and consumption previously identified through other economic proxies, emphasising the role of state supply, regionalisation and the potential use of alternative containers.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149123589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-24DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10425
Christophe Helmke,Jesper Nielsen,Carolina Meza Rodríguez,Mario Córdova Tello
{"title":"Painted Teotihuacan glyphs of Cave 19, Chalcatzingo, Morelos, Mexico","authors":"Christophe Helmke,Jesper Nielsen,Carolina Meza Rodríguez,Mario Córdova Tello","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10425","url":null,"abstract":"The Mexican archaeological site of Chalcatzingo is best known as a Formative centre, famed for its extensive Olmec-style iconography ( c . 900–500 BC). Yet, recent investigations at Cave 19 on the western face of Cerro Delgado provide evidence of continued ritual use into the fourth–sixth centuries AD. Here, the authors examine three painted glyphic compounds, identifiable as part of the Teotihuacan writing system, associated with a fire-blackened shelf arguably used for pyrolytic rites. Interpreted as indicators of place and warrior veneration, the authors argue that the glyphs attest to the enduring significance of the local sacred landscape.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149123588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-21DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10404
Peter Trebsche,Marion Berranger
{"title":"A sunken ship cargo of 500 bipyramidal bars? Implications for La Tène period iron production and trade along the Danube","authors":"Peter Trebsche,Marion Berranger","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10404","url":null,"abstract":"Water is not kind to iron, as demonstrated by the ‘rusty treasure’ uncovered at Deinham in Upper Austria, now revealed as the largest assemblage of bipyramidal iron bars yet found in Europe. While similar bars are generally attributed to the Early Iron Age (eighth–fifth centuries BC), the authors here argue that the Deinham bars are a new variant, radiocarbon dated to the Late Iron Age (fourth–first centuries BC). Discovered in a silted-up branch of the Danube River, the bars were likely lost in a shipwreck, permitting speculation as to the purpose and exchange value of this weighty cargo.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149124390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-17DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10407
Pedro Henríquez-Valido,Jean-Bernard Huchet,Jacob Morales,Amelia Rodríguez-Rodríguez
{"title":"Buried in the pantry: using archaeoentomology to assess cave reuse at the pre-Hispanic site of Cruz de la Esquina","authors":"Pedro Henríquez-Valido,Jean-Bernard Huchet,Jacob Morales,Amelia Rodríguez-Rodríguez","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10407","url":null,"abstract":"Entomology, the study of insects, is an integral part of modern forensic science and can also make substantial contributions in archaeology. Here, the authors report on archaeoentomological analyses conducted within the Cruz de la Esquina funerary cave (Acusa Seca, Gran Canaria, c . seventh–ninth centuries AD), offering insights into Indigenous practices. The identification of storage pests and various cadaveric species is used to interpret a change in function for the cave, transitioning from an earlier storage area to a burial site, and to suggest that bodies were deposited in the cave immediately after death, challenging previous assumptions about prolonged exposure.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"198 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149124391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-09-11DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10432
Ariadna Guimerà Martínez,Pau de Soto Cañamares
{"title":"The Coptic Project: exploring monastic networks in Late Antique Egypt","authors":"Ariadna Guimerà Martínez,Pau de Soto Cañamares","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10432","url":null,"abstract":"The Coptic Project explores monastic landscapes and long-distance exchange in Late Antique Egypt (third–seventh centuries AD). Combining archaeological, textual and spatial data, it investigates the relationship between Christian communities, mobility systems and regional networks of exchange, offering new perspectives on connectivity and landscape development.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pillows, mattresses or log coffin linings: use of cattail (\u0000 Typha\u0000 sp.) in Roman period funerary rituals at Czarnówko in Pomerania","authors":"Kalina Skóra,Aldona Mueller-Bieniek,Jan Schuster,Łukasz Antosik","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10419","url":null,"abstract":"The preservation of organic remains is fickle, dependent on often highly localised conditions, but this incomplete record provides key insights into the lives, and deaths, of individuals in the past. Such is the case at the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko, northern Poland, where four graves were found to contain compacted layers of organic material. Identification of cattail ( Typha sp.) and woven fragments of high-quality wool within these masses suggest the remains of pillows, mattresses or linings that may reflect practices of furnishing not just burials but also domestic bedding practices within the Central European Barbaricum in the early centuries AD.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"73 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}