Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
About the Book Series
Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a peer reviewed series devoted to the study of human societies from prehistory to modern times, primarily through the study of archaeological remains. The series includes excavation reports from modern fieldwork; studies of various categories of material culture; and synthetic studies offering a broader view of societies in the past, thereby contributing to theoretical and methodological debates within archaeology.
Social Dynamics in the Northwest Frontiers of the Late Roman Empire: Beyond Transformation or Decline
1st Edition
Edited
By Nico Roymans, Stijn Heeren, Wim de Clercq
January 10, 2026
This volume explores the final phase of the West Roman Empire, particularly the changing interactions between the imperial authority and external 'barbarian' groups in the northwest frontiers of the empire during the fourth and fifth centuries. The contributions present valuable overviews of recent...
The Archaeology of South-East Italy in the First Millennium BC: Greek and Native Societies of Apulia and Lucania between the 10th and the 1st Century BC
1st Edition
By Douwe Yntema
January 10, 2026
Synthesizing some 30 years of archaeological research in south-east Italy, this book discusses a millennium that witnessed breathtaking changes: the first millennium BC. In nine to ten centuries the Mediterranean societies changed from a great variety of mostly small entities of predominantly ...
Armed Batavians: Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450)
1st Edition
By Johan Nicolay
January 09, 2026
This study explores the use and significance of Roman weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the eastern Rhine delta – the territory of the Batavians. Using a life-cycle model for Roman soldiers, the author interprets the large quantity of 1st-century finds as personal memorabilia ...
Livestock for Sale: Animal Husbandry in a Roman Frontier Zone
1st Edition
By Maaike Groot
January 09, 2026
The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been discovered, using the newest archaeological techniques, about the town and its ...
Border Communities at the Edge of the Roman Empire: Processes of Change in the Civitas Cananefatium
1st Edition
By Jasper de Bruin
December 01, 2025
In Roman times, the area between the Lower Rhine and the Meuse in the present day province of South Holland in the Netherlands, was known as the administrative district of the community of the Cananefates (the civitas Cananefatium). The formation of this community, as well as the changes that took ...
Divine Interiors: Mural Paintings in Greek and Roman Sanctuaries
1st Edition
By Eric Moormann
December 01, 2025
Divine Interiors is an investigation into the decoration of Greek and Roman temples with wall paintings. Mighty marble facades, sculptures and paintings played an important role in relation to these monuments. While the official temples, which were connected to the city or state, usually had a ...
European Mail Armour: Ringed Battle Shirts from the Iron Age, Roman Period and Early Middle Ages
1st Edition
By Martijn A. Wijnhoven
December 01, 2025
Mail armour (commonly mislabelled 'chainmail') was used for more than two millennia on the battlefield. After its invention in the Iron Age, mail rapidly spread all over Europe and beyond. The Roman army, keen on new military technology, soon adopted mail armour and used it successfully for ...
Landscape and Land Use in First Millennium BC Southeast Italy: Planting the Seeds of Change
1st Edition
By Daphne Lentjes
December 01, 2025
This book offers a comprehensive overview of landscape and land use in southeast Italy in the first millennium BCE. Using the most up-to-date techniques, it combines archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data with information from excavations, field surveys, and ancient written texts to place the ...
Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul
1st Edition
Edited
By Guido Creemers, Nico Roymans, Simone Scheers
December 01, 2025
This volume presents eight new Iron Age gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold coinages and in several cases also gold ornaments. The study of these hoards provides a wealth of new information on the archaeological contexts in which they were found, on the dating ...
Roman Period Statuettes in the Netherlands and beyond: Representation and Ritual Use in Context
1st Edition
By Christel Veen
December 01, 2025
The subject of this study is a relatively rare category of artefacts, bronze and terracotta statuettes that represent deities, human figures and animals. They were introduced in the northwestern provinces by Roman troops from the end of the 1st century BCE onwards. The statuettes have been ...
Settling in a Changing World: Villa Development in the Northern Provinces of the Roman Empire
1st Edition
By Diederick Habermehl
December 01, 2025
This illuminating study offers a comprehensive analysis of the rural habitation in the northern provinces of the Roman empire. Transcending the traditional studies, the author traces developments in the organisation of settlement space and house building, drawing on fieldwork from the Netherlands, ...
The Roman Object Revolution: Objectscapes and Intra-Cultural Connectivity in Northwest Europe
1st Edition
By Martin Pitts
December 01, 2025
Archaeologists working in northwest Europe have long remarked on the sheer quantity and standardisation of objects unearthed from the Roman period, especially compared with earlier eras. What was the historical significance of this boom in standardised objects? With a wide and ever-changing ...