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Papers from a conference organised under the auspices of Oxford University Dept. of External Studies and the Oxford Archaeological Unit.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Cambridge, 1979.

Papers in English; text of De rebus bellicis in English and Latin.

Cover title: Early Byzantine urban saints.

A study of the history and cultures of the northern Black Sea region from the 3rd to 5th century AD. Beginning with the Black Sea region before the Goths, the authors focus in particular on two crucial moments: the arrival of the Goths and the fall of Attila's empire. Based on written and archaeological sources. French text.

Oxbow says: To what extent did the indigenous population change their appearance and identity with the arrival of the Romans? Gillian Carr's revised thesis explores how we can detect shifts in modes of physical appearance and social identity by stuyding evidence from around 40 sites in Essex and Hertfordshire.

An examination of later Mesolithic fishing strategies based primarily on indirect evidence and conjecture. Archaeological evidence from coastal sites and shell middens for example is considered alongside ethnographic parallels and modern fishing practices.

Tlatilco, a pre-classical village (800 B.C.) located on the west slope of the Sierra de las Cruces, and known today as Cuenca de México, has been a controversial site for several decades and the subject of much academic controversy. Over 400 burials, including huge volumes of offerings, were found in the course of field interventions between 1942 and 1969, and it became necessary to outline the whole development of the so-called Tlatilco culture from its beginnings to its final disappearance, taking into account every socioeconomic element effecting this society, emphazising the archeological devices and osteological remains. Based on stratigraphic, ceramic and funeral data, and related to recent additions, which were the result of many interventions in the Mexican Republic as well as Central and South America, a new chronology of the nuclear site is put forward. Moreover, with the proper operation of contextual data and the use of theoretic models, the conclusion reached is that the Tlatilcan society was egalitarian and that it was also possible to detect assorted specialists focused on economic and ideological activities. Subsistence means, religion, and leisure activities were taken into consideration.

Revision of the author's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1977.

The presence of unusual, grotesque and rude carvings on ecclesiastical buildings have been explained in a number of ways, from reflecting the warped sense of humour of the masons, to a purely ornamental or marginal function.

The question of whether a Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition took place is reassessed here based on recent finds. Evidence from seven sites is presented and compared using statistical methods.