AntiquityPub Date : 2026-06-30DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10369
Timoteo Rivera Jiménez,Marta Díaz-Guardamino,David W. Wheatley,José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez,Raquel Montero Artús,Lucy Shaw Evangelista,José Ruiz Flores,Juan José Lupión Álvarez,Javier Bermejo Meléndez,Javier Jiménez Ávila,Florian Cousseau,Johan Ling,Francisco Sánchez Díaz,Leonardo García Sanjuán
{"title":"Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain","authors":"Timoteo Rivera Jiménez,Marta Díaz-Guardamino,David W. Wheatley,José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez,Raquel Montero Artús,Lucy Shaw Evangelista,José Ruiz Flores,Juan José Lupión Álvarez,Javier Bermejo Meléndez,Javier Jiménez Ávila,Florian Cousseau,Johan Ling,Francisco Sánchez Díaz,Leonardo García Sanjuán","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10369","url":null,"abstract":"Although thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been recorded across Iberia, the lack of associated detailed contextual data allows ongoing debate about their possible functions. Following the chance discovery of a ‘diademated’ stela in 2018, excavations at Las Capellanías (Cañaveral de León, Huelva), in south-west Spain, led to the discovery of two more stelae and facilitated the compilation of vital contextual information. Here, the authors explore the association between these stelae, Bronze and Iron Age burials and an ancient routeway, revealing reuse, temporal persistence, geographical connectivity and cultural hybridisation in the widening networks of prehistoric Iberia.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"11 1","pages":"1255-1276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092841","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 : 2026-06-30DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10382
James O’Driscoll,Patrick Gleeson
{"title":"Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe","authors":"James O’Driscoll,Patrick Gleeson","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10382","url":null,"abstract":"Before Navan Fort became the mythological capital of the Irish province of Ulster, construction of the monumental Haughey’s Fort around 1200 BC marked the foundation of an important prehistoric centre. Here, the authors report on research integrating remote sensing, excavation and archival reassessment in the exploration of this Bronze Age landscape. Indicators of long-distance exchange and craft production of high-status artefacts, together with the presence of 204 possible structures and a ceremonial avenue leading towards a unique ritual pool, help elucidate the site’s social, economic and ritual importance, while identification of a 109ha enclosure underlines the exceptional scale of activities.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"22 1","pages":"1312-1329"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092837","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 : 2026-06-26DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10387
Nicholas Skopal,Baptiste Pradier,Souliya Bounxayhip,Charlie Cooper,Laure Dussubieux,Tate Gregory Devantier-Thomas,Tracey Pilgrim,Steph Van Berkel,David Demko,Frederique Valentin,Jazmin Skopal,Daniel Baker,S. Anna Florin,Cosimo Posth,Geoffrey Clark
{"title":"The death jar: a new mortuary tradition at the Plain of Jars, Lao PDR – CORRIGENDUM","authors":"Nicholas Skopal,Baptiste Pradier,Souliya Bounxayhip,Charlie Cooper,Laure Dussubieux,Tate Gregory Devantier-Thomas,Tracey Pilgrim,Steph Van Berkel,David Demko,Frederique Valentin,Jazmin Skopal,Daniel Baker,S. Anna Florin,Cosimo Posth,Geoffrey Clark","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10387","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"84 1","pages":"1498-1498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092839","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 : 2026-06-22DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10377
Claudia Zancan
{"title":"The anonymous protagonist? Agency and abstraction in Kyushu decorated tombs of the Japanese Late Kofun period","authors":"Claudia Zancan","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10377","url":null,"abstract":"Mortuary traditions offer a wealth of insights into the social landscapes of human communities. Here, the author examines anthropomorphic representations in the decorated tombs of Kyushu Island, Japan, dating from the Late Kofun period (sixth–seventh centuries AD). The consistently subordinate scale, strategic architectural placement and systematic anonymity of these figures suggest that they did not function as portraits of the dead but were likely symbolic agents embodying a collective rather than individual identity. By demonstrating that the human figure is not consistently the protagonist in these funerary contexts, this study reframes our understandings of Late Kofun deathways.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"25 1","pages":"1350-1368"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092843","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 : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2025.10255
Benjamin Gearey, Rosie Gearey, Benjamin Jennings, Roy van Beek
{"title":"Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology","authors":"Benjamin Gearey, Rosie Gearey, Benjamin Jennings, Roy van Beek","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2025.10255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><img href=\"S0003598X2510255X_figAb.png\" mimesubtype=\"png\" mimetype=\"image\" orientation=\"\" position=\"float\" src=\"https://static.cambridge.org//content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Aarticle%3AS0003598X2510255X/resource/name/optimisedImage-png-S0003598X2510255X_figAb.jpg?pub-status=live\" type=\"\"/></p>","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"167 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145593982","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 : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2025.10249
Caroline Partiot, Elise Baudouin, Fabian Hermann, Frédéric Boursier, Martin Steskal
{"title":"Burial practices in Byzantine Ephesos: new archaeothanatological data from the Church of Mary cemetery","authors":"Caroline Partiot, Elise Baudouin, Fabian Hermann, Frédéric Boursier, Martin Steskal","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2025.10249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><img href=\"S0003598X25102494_figAb.png\" mimesubtype=\"png\" mimetype=\"image\" orientation=\"\" position=\"float\" src=\"https://static.cambridge.org//content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Aarticle%3AS0003598X25102494/resource/name/optimisedImage-png-S0003598X25102494_figAb.jpg?pub-status=live\" type=\"\"/></p>","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145583522","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 : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2025.10241
Okopi Ade
{"title":"What were stone axes used for? Use-wear analysis of ground stone axes from Akwanga, central Nigeria","authors":"Okopi Ade","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2025.10241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><img href=\"S0003598X2510241X_figAb.png\" mimesubtype=\"png\" mimetype=\"image\" orientation=\"\" position=\"float\" src=\"https://static.cambridge.org//content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Aarticle%3AS0003598X2510241X/resource/name/optimisedImage-png-S0003598X2510241X_figAb.jpg?pub-status=live\" type=\"\"/></p>","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145583526","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}