Forthcoming

Founded in 300 BCE, Antioch-on-the-Orontes was one of the great metropolises of the ancient world—a cosmopolitan center of trade, culture, and religion that ranked among the most important cities of the Roman Empire. Its archaeological record, rich in mosaic pavements, sculpture, coins, and everyday objects, offers a vivid picture of urban life spanning nearly a thousand years. Yet the story of how that record came to light through excavation—and where it ended up—is as complex as the city itself.

This volume is the first illustrated archaeological atlas of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Discovered by Polynesian explorers ca. 900 CE, Rapanui society encountered the Western world for the first time in 1722, an event followed by 48 years of isolation until the next foreign ship appeared on the horizon. That liminal period, and other formidable events in Rapanui culture history, are examined through an integrated, art-and-science approach and a contextually holistic research strategy.

About the middle of the first millennium BC, continental East Asia saw the rise of a market economy in which a metallic currency was beginning to play an important role. The following centuries were a time of unprecedented economic florescence.