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Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie is a Dutch journal on current Mediterranean archaeology

Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology) is a Dutch journal that has been publishing current Mediterranean archaeological research since 1988. Issues appear twice a year, one of which is dedicated to a specific theme such as landscape archaeology, zooarchaeology, architecture, gender or religion. The journal aims to publish a variety of articles written by es

tablished academics as well as junior researchers. Next to full-length articles, TMA offers reviews or recently published books and keeps the reader up-to-date on new or on-going research through short research introductions. If you wish to publish your research, write a book review or a research introduction/update, you can contact us. We do accept articles in English under the conditions that you are affiliated to a Dutch or Belgian institution or otherwise based in the Netherlands or Belgium and that your research is in the field of Mediterranean archaeology.

15/09/2023

Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (TMA) invites beginning and senior scholars to submit abstracts for an article in its 71st issue!

We welcome contributions ranging from case studies to theoretical approaches related to the archaeology of the Mediterranean world in its broadest sense. Research with a historical or epigraphic approach can also be admitted.

Deadline abstracts: 30 October 2023
Deadline article: 31 January 2024
Publication TMA 71: summer 2024
Full call on our website: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/welcome/
Full call on Academia: https://www.academia.edu/106546632/Call_for_Papers_TMA71_English_and_Dutch_

12/12/2022

The Call for Papers for TMA 70 - Archaeological Frauds and Fictions is out! The deadline for abstracts is Sunday 5 February 2023.

Take a look at the full CfP on
- Academia: https://www.academia.edu/92352990 (EN and NL)
- our website: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/welcome/

In the CfP you can also find our contact details as well as information about other publication options (introductions and reviews).

24/11/2022

It looks like the mousepads, mugs and t-shirts with Roman emperors need an update: meet emperor Sponsianus!
New research suggests that coins showing his image are not fakes, as was previously thought.

https://www.newsweek.com/roman-emperor-thought-fake-real-leader-sponsian-1761059

A blog in Dutch: https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2022/11/24/sponsianus-een-nieuw-ontdekte-romeinse-keizer/

De munten van keizer Sponsianus zijn al bekend sinds de achttiende eeuw en gelden als vervalsing. Vermoedelijk zijn ze toch echt.

One more day before the abstracts deadline! Abstracts for articles can be sent to tijdschrift@meditterane-archeologie.nl...

29/09/2022

One more day before the abstracts deadline!

Abstracts for articles can be sent to [email protected].

We are looking forward to hearing from you 😁

Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (TMA) invites beginning and senior scholars to submit abstracts for an article in its 69th issue!

We welcome contributions ranging from case studies to theoretical approaches related to the archaeology of the Mediterranean world in its broadest sense. Research with a historical or epigraphic approach can also be admitted.

Deadline abstracts: 30 September 2022
Deadline article: 31 January 2023
Publication TMA 69: summer 2023

Full call on our website: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/welcome/
Full call on Academia: https://www.academia.edu/85921658

31/08/2022

01/08/2022

How sunny is your summer? 😁

21/06/2022

A rather complete Roman sanctuary dating to the first century CE was found in the Netherlands!

“The sanctuary in Herwen-Hemeling is special for several reasons. Never before has such a complete complex been found in the Netherlands with a temple building, votive stones, and pits with the remains of sacrifices. In addition, the amount of limestone sculpture fragments is unprecedented,” RAAP said.

Article in English: https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/20/archaeologists-find-1st-century-roman-sanctuary-netherlands

03/06/2022

A sort of Atlantis situation! A Bronze Age city reemerged from the waters in Kemune (Iraq), allowing archaeologists to study the site for the first time. Finds range from architectural structures to cuneiform tablets, some even in their original clay envelopes.

The site can't be visited: to site is submerged again.

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/143760?amp

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have excavated a 3400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city that has emerged in the Tigris River. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

19/05/2022

You never now when you might need to count in Roman numerals!

14/04/2022

TMA 66, a themed issue on 'Production and distribution' arrived from the press!

Thanks to all authors for their contributions! Wieke De Neef (Ghent), Dorien Slotman (Ghent), Bart Danon (St Andrews & Leiden), Tjark Blokzijl (Groningen), and Carina Hasenzagl (Ghent) authored articles; Peter Attema, Sjoukje Kamphorst, and Chiara Piccoli contributed reviews; Peter Attema & Luca Alessandri, Yannick de Raaff, Tanya Sieiro van der Beek, Mink van IJzendoorn and Caroline van Toor wrote introductions to their new research projects.

Take a look at the contents: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/laatste-nummer/.

This year's cover was designed by Marcello de Vos.

Interested? Consider subscribing! Subscriptions cost €20 per annum (€15 for students). Visit https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/abonneren/ or contact us via [email protected].

25/03/2022

An artificial 2500-year-old lake on Motya (and island off the coast of Sicily) that was thought to be a military harbour, turned out to be something very different!

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/22/world/sicily-ancient-sacred-pool-scn/index.html

If you want to read the actual publication by the researchers, go to https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/sacred-pool-of-baal-a-reinterpretation-of-the-kothon-at-motya/329646E6561765FD30A9D6EC5FD5B6CB

An artificial lake off the west coast of Sicily was once one of the largest sacred pools in the ancient Mediterranean 2,500 years ago. The pool was aligned with the stars, according to new research.

17/03/2022

Remains of a Roman-era ship were found during excavations near Valkenburg in Zuid-Holland (the Netherlands)!

Article in Dutch:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2421480-restanten-van-romeins-schip-gevonden-bij-aanleg-van-provinciale-weg

In Zuid-Holland komt het niet vaak voor dat er restanten van dergelijke oude schepen worden gevonden.

03/03/2022

Together with the organisers of ScapeCon 2020, TMA published a supplement!

Breaking Boundaries - Connecting the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 3rd Scapecon conference

A limited number of print issues is available. Check out https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/tma-supplement-2/ for the details. Pre-ordered copies are currently being shipped.

We thank all authors for their contributions. In order of appearance in the supplement: Julia Binnberg, Diana Wolf, Assunta Mercogliano, Daniel Frank, Abby Pendlebury, David Borowka & Effimia Angeli, Sabina Cveček & Stephanie Emra, Alex Katevaini, and Dimitra Rousioti.

The volume is complemented by introductions to the research of Bronze Age scholars in the Netherlands, including Ann Brysbaert, Sofia Voutsaki, Jill Hilditch, Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, Daniel Turner, Massimiliano Carbonari, Iris Rom, Riia Timonen, Theo Verlaan, Yannick de Raaff and Youp van den Beld.

01/03/2022

Imagine finding this in your capital! The Romand archaeology in this area is largely undisturbed by later activity, as it was protected by a layer of mud from a river that used to run near it. The mud helped preserve thousands of objects - check out the video in the article.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60466187

Archaeologists have uncovered two highly decorated panels, thought to date back about 1,900 years.

28/02/2022

An interesting find in the Jordan desert! Take a look at the anthropomorphic figures.

NB: The site is ca. 9,000 years old. At that time, hundreds of kilometers away, the first known city in history, Çatalhöyük, was built in Anatolia. Interested in early cities? Check out our CfP for TMA 68, on early urban societies: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/welcome/.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/23/archaeologists-find-9000-year-old-shrine-in-jordanian-desert

Jordanian archaeologist Wael Abu-Azziza says despite the site being thousands of years old, ‘everything almost intact’.

16/02/2022

In December, archaeologists discovered the remains of an amphitheatre at Augusta Raurica, in Switzerland. It was built in a former quarry. A number of clues suggest a dating in the fourth century AD, which would make it the youngest amphitheatre in the Roman empire!

https://www.livescience.com/roman-amphitheater-discovered-switzerland

The arena sat on the northern edge of the empire's frontier.

08/02/2022

A summer vacation dive resulted in the rediscovery of a Hellenistic harbour!

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-diver-accidentally-discovers-ancient-harbor-171277

A Turkish engineer working in the U.S. has discovered the harbor of an ancient city underwater while diving off the Aegean province of İzmir’s Dikili district, where he came for a summer vacation.

02/02/2022

The CfP for TMA 68 is here!
Update: the deadline has been extended to 7 March.

Call for Papers TMA 68 - Early Urban Societies

Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie - TMA invites beginning and senior scholars to submit abstracts for an article in its 68th issue, on ‘Early urban societies’.

The first cities in the Mediterranean world developed at different times and under varying conditions. The city of Ur in the fertile Mesopotamian plains (fourth millennium BC), the Phoenician city of Tyre, strategically located near the sea (third millennium), and the Greek acropolis of Mycenae (second millennium) easily spring to mind. We may however also think of less illustrious cities like Etruscan Spina, near the estuary of the Po (first millennium). Why did these cities emerge, even if many people continued to live in the countryside? How were these urban societies and their hinterlands organised, and which archaeological features point to urbanisation? From hamlet to stronghold: in TMA 68 we collect contributions on early urban civilisations.

We welcome contributions ranging from case studies to theoretical approaches related to the archaeology of the Mediterranean world in its broadest sense. Research with a historical or epigraphic approach can also be admitted.

Find the full CfP below, on Academia (https://www.academia.edu/70232135/), and on our website (https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/welcome/). Guidelines, both in English and in Dutch can also be found on our website: https://tijdschrift.mediterrane-archeologie.nl/voor-auteurs/.

28/01/2022

A beautiful find in Nijmegen (the Netherlands): a flawless glass bowl. As (almost) always with intact archaeological objects, it was found in a grave.

Article in Dutch:
https://www.destentor.nl/nijmegen/archeologen-vinden-bijna-2000-jaar-oude-puntgave-schaal-in-nijmegen-topstuk-met-museale-waarde~a7b2f01f/

NIJMEGEN - Archeologen onderzoeken op de Winkelsteeg in Nijmegen een locatie waar in de Romeinse tijd een nederzetting stond. Behalve sporen van woningen en een waterput troffen ze een puntgave glazen schaal aan: topstuk met museale waarde.

24/01/2022

Very interesting! Some people in the Mediterranean speak a form of Greek (other than modern Greek) that shares characteristics with ancient Greek, including the speakers of Cappadocian Greek, Griko, and... a group of people who speak Spartan:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20201215-the-last-speakers-of-ancient-sparta

The iconic city-state may have fallen nearly 2,400 years ago, but today, 2,000 people still speak the language of these ancient warriors.

07/01/2022

😁

04/01/2022

An interesting read about a pandemic in Mediterranean history. It is about the plague in Alghero, Sardinia in 1528, and about measures taken to prevent its spread. Some will sound very familiar, some definitely not!

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210107-the-432-year-old-manual-on-social-distancing

In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.

28/12/2021

Looking for a good excuse to plan a road trip through Italy? Look no further! The Italian Ministry of Culture is moving 100 objects from Italy's biggest musea to smaller provincial museums - returning the objects to the places where they were found or made.

https://www.museumnext.com/article/italian-state-museums-send-artworks-to-the-regions-as-part-of-long-term-initiative/

Or, if you prefer Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2411084-italie-verplaatst-bekende-kunstwerken-naar-minder-bekende-musea

The 100 opere tornano a casa (100 Works Return Home), is an initiative launched by the Ministry of Culture and includes works from 14 of...

27/12/2021

News from the most northernly part of the border of the Roman Empire! New finds from November suggest the smaller forts that have been known as Velsen 1 and Velsen 2 (Flevum in Latin, located near Amsterdam) may have been part of one very large army camp.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/26/roman-fort-built-by-caligula-discovered-velsen-near-amsterdam

Fortified camp for thousands of soldiers thought to have been used by Emperor Claudius during conquest of Britain in AD43

23/12/2021

A simple ram-bearer or the good shepherd?

The ring was among a number of artefacts discovered in two shipwrecks near the ancient port of Caesarea.

The other treasures include hundreds of silver and bronze Roman coins from the mid-3rd Century and a large hoard of silver coins from the early 14th Century, during the Mamluk period.

Israeli archaeologists discover a Roman-era gold ring bearing an early Christian depiction of Jesus.

17/12/2021

Which one is your glass? 😁

15/12/2021

Mummies in Egypt: not so unique. Golden tongues in tombs and tombs that are still sealed: very interesting!

https://www.livescience.com/three-gold-tongues-ancient-egypt

Archaeologists found three tongues made of gold.

08/12/2021

A rare find, from Cambridgeshire.

"The find is more remarkable because it is highly unusual for the body of a crucifixion victim to be reclaimed, brought back to a settlement and buried alongside others."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/08/best-physical-evidence-of-roman-crucifixion-found-in-cambridgeshire

Near 1,900-year-old skeleton discovered with nail through heel bone during excavation in Fenstanton

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