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Sidestone Press is an academic publishing house founded by scholars, for scholars. As a publisher we have one clear ambition, that is to make scientific information available to all. We believe scientific information should be available at all time, at all places and to each and every one. This means that the printing and selling of books is but one part of what we believe a good publisher should

do. Apart from printed books that can be found in libraries and bookstores around the world, Sidestone books can also be freely accessed online through different channels such as Google Books, Google Scholar and through our own digital ebook library. By offering access to our books for free, more people than ever have access to our publications. First of all this is beneficial for our authors as it greatly increases the exposure of their work, and in effect, the impact of their research. Second, of course, it enables our readers – scholars and students around the world – to access our publications at any time and at any place, including those parts of the world where access to good quality academic libraries is not guaranteed.

OUT NOW!Between Realities and IdealsWriting the Reform in Franciscan Observant Chroniclesby Florin Leonte👉 This study ex...
22/10/2025

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Between Realities and Ideals
Writing the Reform in Franciscan Observant Chronicles
by Florin Leonte

👉 This study examines the discourse of reform within the Franciscan Observant movement through an analysis of two late medieval chronicles: Nicolaus Glassberger’s Chronica ordinis minorum observantum and Bernardino Aquilano’s Chronica fratrum minorum observantiae. It argues that these chronicles served not only as historical records but as strategic tools for legitimizing the Observants’ identity, promoting their spiritual ideals, and dealing with the socio-political landscapes of the fifteenth century. The Observants, advocating a return to Franciscan poverty and humility, positioned themselves as reformers against the perceived laxity of Conventual Franciscans, deploying narratives to assert continuity with St. Francis while adapting to late medieval challenges.

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OUT NOW!- From Ros to Prut (volume 1)- From Ros to Prut (volume 2)Transformations of Trypillia settlementsedited by Robe...
22/10/2025

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- From Ros to Prut (volume 1)
- From Ros to Prut (volume 2)
Transformations of Trypillia settlements

edited by Robert Hofmann, Wiebke Kirleis, Johannes Müller, Vitalii Rud, Stanislav Ţerna†, Mykhailo Videiko
edited by Robert Hofmann, Wiebke Kirleis, Johannes Müller, Vitalii Rud, Stanislav Ţerna†, Mykhailo Videiko

👉 Volume 1 brings together archaeological, geophysical, archaeobotanical, archaeozoological and geoarchaeological contributions on economy, settlement patterns, material culture and dating from three different test regions in the territory of present-day Ukraine and Moldova. The presentation of our new data contributes decisively to a better understanding of both the enormous variability of settlement trajectories characterising this vast area and to connecting developments throughout time.

Volume 2 contains contributions on the interfluves of the Southern Bug and Dniester, and the Dniester and Prut. Additionally, it provides regionally overarching insights.

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https://www.sidestone.com/books/from-ros-to-prut-volume-2

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OUT NOW!Education VIA CultureExploring Cultural Heritage Applications in European Educational Contextsedited by Konstant...
22/10/2025

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Education VIA Culture
Exploring Cultural Heritage Applications in European Educational Contexts
edited by Konstantina Kalogirou & Fiona Dalziel

👉 Heritage and Education are often cited as two areas that could benefit from collaboration and dialogue. This book includes some of the papers that were presented at the ‘Education VIA Culture’ conference, which was held online in December 2020. The chapters of this volume focus on how people can learn about heritage and engage with heritage through (formal and non-formal) educational processes.

In the VIA Culture understanding, the best way to create awareness about cultural heritage is not just to focus on education about heritage but to make heritage a part of the educational process. Education VIA Culture brings together academics, researchers, education practitioners, teachers, heritage professionals, and students, and generates a broad discussion about the possible applications of cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education. The papers in this volume present a wide range of approaches to the teaching of local, regional and international cultural heritage, with case studies from Greece, Italy, Serbia, the UK and the USA.

The volume explores the role of museums, archaeological sites, exhibitions and landscapes through teaching interventions involving diverse heritage assets such as the Ottoman monuments in Thessaloniki, Cardiff Castle and the world-famous Acropolis of Athens.

In many of the case studies presented in the volume, tangible and intangible cultural heritage assets have inspired art-based teaching activities through drama, music and storytelling, some including digital applications for heritage education. The volume promotes the idea that in an increasingly diverse Europe, the cultural heritage of ethnic and social minorities can be used as a medium for creating inclusive and equal societies.

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COMING SOON:Van wrakhout tot reconstructieBijdragen aan de Dag van de historische maritieme archeologie in Nederland (16...
16/10/2025

COMING SOON:
Van wrakhout tot reconstructie
Bijdragen aan de Dag van de historische maritieme archeologie in Nederland (16de Glavimans symposion)

edited by André van Holk, Rob Oosting, Alice Overmeer, Nicole Schoute, Joran Smale, Arent Vos & Wouter Waldus

👉Het centrale onderwerp van het symposion was: ‘Van wrakhout tot reconstructie’. In de Nederlandse maritieme archeologie is het maken van reconstructies wat ondergesneeuwd geraakt. Om het belang van reconstructies aan te geven en het onderzoek nieuw leven in te blazen, heeft het Glavimans bestuur besloten het symposion aan dit thema te wijden.

Een grote verscheidenheid aan benaderingen van scheepsrecon­structies op basis van wrakkenonderzoek is aan bod gekomen. Daarbij heeft de keynote lezing van Pat Tanner dit onderzoek in een internationaal perspectief geplaatst.

Als bestuur hebben we ernaar gestreefd om naast het centrale thema een breed programma aan te bieden met ook aandacht voor recent onderzoek, waarbij zowel vrijwilligers, professionals als studenten met een maritiem-archeologische of -historische achtergrond aan het woord konden komen.

Het symposion en de bijbehorende bundel met de bijdragen van deze dag bieden een platform waar nieuwe inzichten kunnen worden uitgewisseld en bediscussieerd. De Dag van de historische maritieme archeologie in Nederland is niet alleen bedoeld voor archeologen, historici en scheepsbouwkundigen, maar ook voor studenten en vrijwilligers in de (onderwater)archeologie, gezien hun steeds belangrijker wordende rol in het archeologisch bestel.

De Glavimans Stichting stimuleert het interdisciplinair scheeps­wrakken­onderzoek in Nederland.

https://www.sidestone.com/books/van-wrakhout-tot-reconstructie

COMING SOON:ResourceScapes in the Iranian HighlandsSoils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integ...
16/10/2025

COMING SOON:
ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands
Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration
edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl

👉 This book discusses the appropriation and utilisation of resources in often unfavourable conditions in the Iranian highlands from prehistory to pre-modern times.
It is the third volume of a series published by the German-Iranian research cooperation The Iranian Highlands: Resiliences and Integration in Premodern Societies. The goal of the research project it is to shine a new light on communities and societies that populated the Iranian highlands and their more or less successful strategies to cope with the many vagaries, the constant changes and risks of their natural and humanly shaped environments.

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OUT NOW!Metaaltijden (vol. 12)Bijdragen in de studie van de metaaltijdenedited by P. van de Geer, J. van der Leije, E. N...
14/10/2025

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Metaaltijden (vol. 12)
Bijdragen in de studie van de metaaltijden
edited by P. van de Geer, J. van der Leije, E. Norde, M. Schurmans

Deze bundel vormt de neerslag van de 12e Nederlandse metaaltijdendag, gehouden op 18 oktober 2024 in Leiden. Het congres werd dit jaar gecombineerd met een bezoek aan de zojuist geopende tentoonstelling ‘Bronstijd. Vuur van verandering’ in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. In de ochtend werden er lezingen gehouden rondom het thema ‘bronstijd’. In de middag was er een parallelle sessie en plenaire sessie waarin ruimte was voor een breed scala aan onderwerpen die de gehele periode van de metaaltijden omvatten. Verschillende sprekers hebben hun lezing vertaald naar een artikel voor deze bundel. Dit is aangevuld met artikelen over verschillende onderwerpen. U kunt onder andere lezen over Atlantische zwaarden in de lage landen, het voorkomen van eland in de Nederlandse bronstijd, het roken van kabeljauw en rechthoekige structuren uit de late ijzertijd.

De Metaaltijdendag is een initiatief van de Stichting Metaaltijdenonderzoek Nederland (SMON), die zo een breed platform wil bieden aan een ieder met belangstelling voor de laat-prehistorische samenlevingen. Om de verhalen zoveel mogelijk toegankelijk te maken, biedt de Stichting de gelegenheid de gehouden lezingen te publiceren in een bundel. In die zin vormt deze publicatie de verslaglegging van het jaarlijkse congres, maar ook andere bijdragen over de metaaltijden zijn welkom. Samengebracht in deze bundel raken de verhalen over, en interpretaties van, laat-prehistorische samenlevingen verbonden.

COMING SOON:Shaman and Intangible Heritage in Northern ChinaCritical Heritage Studies, UNESCO, and Media Archaeologyby J...
14/10/2025

COMING SOON:
Shaman and Intangible Heritage in Northern China
Critical Heritage Studies, UNESCO, and Media Archaeology
by Jiyun Zhang

🧐 The 21st-century media landscape is transforming how cultural heritage is perceived, practiced, and sustained. While media technologies accelerate global exchanges, tensions persist, if not deepen—between the obsolete and the innovative, local traditions and global narratives, and the past and an uncertain future. These challenges complicate efforts to sustain cultural heritage in inclusive, resilient, and ecologically attuned ways.

This book examines how media technologies, environmental shifts, and transcultural exchanges are reshaping intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in contemporary China. Integrating historical, cultural, and technological perspectives, it challenges colonial and modernist biases that have marginalized shamanistic practices and critiques conventional notions of authenticity.

Drawing on Actor-Network Theory, Entanglement Theory, Panpsychism, and Indigenous ontologies, it offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between human and non-human actors in heritage-making, repositioning “animism” and “shamanism” as interconnected systems that foster ecological stewardship, cultural resilience, and sustainable governance. It also interrogates UNESCO’s heritage frameworks, highlighting both their potential and limitations in safeguarding shamanistic expressions.

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OUT NOW!Animal MummiesFrom Research to Outreach at the Allard Piersonedited by Ben van den Bercken👉 Ancient Egyptian ani...
09/10/2025

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Animal Mummies
From Research to Outreach at the Allard Pierson
edited by Ben van den Bercken

👉 Ancient Egyptian animal mummies can be found in almost every Egyptological museum collection. These mummified bodies of animals—from cats and falcons to scarabs and fish—played a role in animal cults and religion, but could also represent a favourite pet or serve as food for the deceased. Especially in Graeco-Roman Egypt, large numbers of animal mummies were deposited as votive offerings related to animal cults, thus playing a significant role in local economies. Studying their remains helps us understand the relation of the ancient Egyptians with their natural environment.

From 2021 to 2024 the Allard Pierson organised a multidisciplinary research project around the thirteen animal mummies in the collection. Questions not only focused on identifying the animal species and recording post-depositional traces related to provenance histories, but also on recording information related to the mummification process. The rarely occurring mummified genus of Bagrus might shed light on the role of this fish in Egyptian animal cults, while the analysis of the crocodile skeleton brings the identification of mummified crocodile species a step further. The mysterious falcon mummy without an animal inside and the mummy containing half the body of a young cat contribute to the ongoing discussion on how the ancient Egyptians considered the animal’s relation with the purpose of the cult. Additionally the need for conservation treatment and the wish to interact with museum visitors enabled contributions in both these increasingly important fields.

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OUT NOW!Bodies that MatteredAncient Egyptian Corporealitiesedited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić🧐 Bodies are immanent eleme...
09/10/2025

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Bodies that Mattered
Ancient Egyptian Corporealities
edited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić

🧐 Bodies are immanent element of socio-cultural negotiation. Since the 19th century, Egyptology has produced vast knowledge on the ancient Egyptian bodies (human, divine, animal), however, mainly by focusing on funerary aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. Different paradigm shifts and turns of the last few decades (hermeneutics, semiotics, social-constructivism, ontology etc.), echo through Egyptology, but are still not part of the dominant discourse. This is also the case for the so-called “body turn”, an important epistemological turning point, that came largely unnoticed in Egyptology. Previous body centred Egyptological publications are either too specific in their focus or too broad in their presentation of Ancient Egyptian corporealities.

To balance this out and reflect the latest state of research, this volume brings together selected contributions from the fields of Egyptology and Northeast African Archaeology. The focus is on both conceptualizations of the bodies by ancient Egyptians and Egyptologists. The topics of the contributions cover familiar but also new aspects. They range from division of labour, disability, gender roles, erotic, magic, fragmented and narrated bodies, other-than-human corporealities, to questions of ethics and the place of Egyptology in current approaches to past bodies. Various textual, pictorial, and archaeological sources, as well as human remains, are analyzed both from synchronic and diachronic perspectives.

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OUT NOW!Tepe Sadegh, a Bronze Age settlement on the Sistan Plain.Pottery, Chronology, and Interactionsby Setareh Ebrahim...
09/10/2025

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Tepe Sadegh, a Bronze Age settlement on the Sistan Plain.
Pottery, Chronology, and Interactions
by Setareh Ebrahimiabareghi

👉 This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the typology and chronology of pottery from Tepe Sadegh, located on the Sistan Plain of southeastern Iran. Tepe Sadegh, a suburban settlement situated 75 km southeast of Zabol and 13 km southwest of the prominent Bronze Age site Shahr-i Sokhta, serves as one of its satellite settlements. Shahr-i Sokhta, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the largest Bronze Age urban centres in the region, spans four distinct periods of occupation over nearly 1,200 years. The hot, arid climate of Sistan has been particularly favourable for preserving organic and ceramic samples, enabling detailed studies of chronology.

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COMING SOON:The Air Defence System in Scotland 1938-46by Ian Brown👉 This is the first comprehensive history of Scotland’...
25/09/2025

COMING SOON:
The Air Defence System in Scotland 1938-46
by Ian Brown

👉 This is the first comprehensive history of Scotland’s air defence system during the Second World War. It explores how radar stations, Royal Observer Corps posts, and operations rooms worked together to detect and respond to incoming enemy aircraft.

Moving beyond the well-known events of the Battle of Britain, the book traces the evolution of Scotland’s air defence network throughout the war, highlighting advances in technology and tactics. For the first time, it also incorporates the role of Gun Operations Rooms under Anti-Aircraft Command into the broader narrative.

Detailed accounts of each operations centre and a full listing of Royal Observer Corps posts across Scotland allow for local-level research into the contributions of individual communities. Drawing on first-hand testimonies and rare wartime photographs – many never published before – this book offers valuable insights for aviation, military, and local historians, and for anyone interested in Scotland’s wartime experience.

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https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-air-defence-system-in-scotland-1938-46

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We firmly believe that such information should be available to everyone and never placed behind a paywall. The printing and selling of books, therefore, is but one part of what we believe a good publisher should do.

Sidestone books are published both as hard copy printed books and as e-books that can be found in (digital) libraries and bookstores around the world. Our books can also be accessed freely on our website, which means that everyone can access scientific research published through us, including readers from parts of the world where access to good quality academic libraries is not guaranteed. This benefits our authors greatly as it increases the exposure of their work and the impact of their research.

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