Sidestone Press

Sidestone Press is an academic publishing house founded by scholars, for scholars. As a publisher they have one clear ambition, that is to make scientific information available to all. They believe scientific information should be available at all times, at all places and to each and every one. This means that the printing and selling of books is but one part of what they 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 their own digital ebook library. By offering access to their 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 their readers – scholars and students around the world – to access their publications at any time and at any place, including those parts of the world where access to good quality academic libraries is not guaranteed.

From 2012 onwards Sidestone books have been published under one of three different imprints: Sidestone Press Academics, Sidestone Press Dissertations and Sidestone Press.

Egyptian Bioarchaeology Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9789088903854
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 46bw/45fc
Description:
Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume consists of a series of essays that explore how ancient plant, animal, and human remains should be studied, and how, when they are integrated with texts, images, and artefacts, they can contribute to our understanding of the history, environment, and culture of ancient Egypt in a holistic manner. Topics covered in this volume relating to human remains include analyses of royal, elite and poor cemeteries of different eras, case studies on specific mummies, identification of different diseases in human remains, an overview of the state of palaeopathology in Egypt, how to analyse burials to establish season of death, the use of bodies to elucidate life stories, the potential of visceral remains in identifying individuals as well as diseases that they might have had, and a protocol for studying mummies.
Tying the Threads of Eurasia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9789088903878
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >200fc
Description:
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas. But how far back can we trace such interaction? Increasing evidence suggests considerable time-depth for Trans-Eurasian exchange, with the expanding urban networks of the Bronze Age at times anticipating later caravan routes.
Salt in Prehistoric Europe Cover Salt in Prehistoric Europe Cover
Format: 
Pages: 162
ISBN: 9789088903847
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 12bw/49fc
Pages: 162
ISBN: 9789088902017
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2013
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 12bw/49fc
Description:
Salt was a commodity of great importance in the ancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in promoting human health and in making food more palatable are well-known; in peasant societies it also plays a very important role in the preservation of foodstuffs and in a range of industries. Uncovering the evidence for the ancient production and use of salt has been a concern for historians over many years, but interest in the archaeology of salt has been a particular focus of research in recent times.
The Life Cycle of Structures in Experimental Archaeology Cover The Life Cycle of Structures in Experimental Archaeology Cover
Format: 
Pages: 230
ISBN: 9789088903892
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8bw/82fc
Pages: 230
ISBN: 9789088903656
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8bw/82fc
Description:
The focus of Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAMs) is to present both the tangible and intangible past to the public. The tangible parts of AOAMs are the archaeological remains and the reconstructions. The intangible and, in some respects the most interesting part of an AOAM, is the story of the people the museum represents.
Excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) Cover Excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) Cover
Format: 
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088904134
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 250+ full colour illus.
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088904127
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 250+ full colour illus.
Description:
The excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) by the American Research Center in Egypt’s Nubian Expedition (1962-1966, directed by Nicholas B. Millet) yielded large quantities of objects, including an impressive collection of leatherwork. The finds, which show a remarkable degree of preservation, date from the Meroitic Period (about AD 100-400) through the Christian (AD 641-1400) and Islamic Periods (AD 1400), and were mainly recovered from tombs.
Leatherwork from Elephantine (Aswan, Egypt) Cover Leatherwork from Elephantine (Aswan, Egypt) Cover
Format: 
Pages: 185
ISBN: 9789088903793
Pub Date: 10 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >100fc / >100bw
Pages: 185
ISBN: 9789088903717
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >100fc / >100bw
Description:
‘Leatherwork from Elephantine’ describes, illustrates and analyses the finds from the excavations at Elephantine island (Aswan, Egypt) that are conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), in collaboration with the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt (SI). The majority of the finds are dated to periods well after the pharaonic era (4th century AD onwards), save for a few finds from the New Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom. The majority of finds are sandals and shoes.
Lamak Cover Lamak Cover
Format: 
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088903915
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >100bw/>100fc
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088903908
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >100bw/>100fc
Description:
A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it is made time and again.
Archäologische Demographie Cover Archäologische Demographie Cover
Format: 
Pages: 285
ISBN: 9789088903946
Pub Date: 05 Nov 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50bw/5fc
Pages: 285
ISBN: 9789088903939
Pub Date: 05 Nov 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50bw/5fc
Description:
Der Demographische Faktor war zu allen Zeiten der Menschheitsgeschichte von Bedeutung für die soziale Organisation und für archäologische Theoriebildung. Nun werden erstmals Daten zu den Bevölkerungsverhältnisse der europäischen Bronze- und Eisenzeiten zusammenfassend vorgelegt und deren sozialarchäologische Relevanz untersucht. Dem Aufgabenbereich der Archäologie entsprechend zielt die Archäologische Demographie auf die Bedeutung der lokalen und regionalen Bevölkerungsverhältnisse ab: Gruppengrößen, Bevölkerungsdichten, Bevölkerungsschwankungen.
Ancient Lives Cover Ancient Lives Cover
Format: 
Pages: 382
ISBN: 9789088903823
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50bw/86fc
Pages: 382
ISBN: 9789088903755
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50bw/86fc
Description:
Ancient Lives provides new perspectives on object, people and place in early Scotland and beyond. The 19 papers cover topics ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval period, and from modern museum practice to ancient craft skills. The material culture of ancient lives is centre stage – how it was created and used, how it was rediscovered and thought about, and how it is displayed.
Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol Cover Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol Cover
Format: 
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9789088903885
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 26fc
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9789088903779
Pub Date: 06 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 26 full colour illustrations
Description:
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is known for its spices imported from the Moluccans. It is less well-known that apart from spices the VOC also imported many millions of calicoes from India during the 17th and 18th century. For a long time the Dutch were the most important foreign trader in India, using dozens of trading stations (‘ factories’) at which over 3000 Dutch company servants were deployed.
Portable Antiquities, Palimpsests, and Persistent Places Cover Portable Antiquities, Palimpsests, and Persistent Places Cover
Format: 
Pages: 332
ISBN: 9789088903830
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 142fc/40bw
Pages: 332
ISBN: 9789088903694
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 142fc/40bw
Description:
Every year thousands of archaeological objects and artefact scatters are discovered by the public, most of them by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening, or going about their daily work. Once recorded, these finds hold enormous potential in helping us understand the past. In England and Wales these finds are reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), and since 2003 over one million finds have been recorded.
Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol Cover Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol Cover
Format: 
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9789088903779
Pub Date: 06 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 26 full colour illustrations
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9789088903885
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 26fc
Description:
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is known for its spices imported from the Moluccans. It is less well-known that apart from spices the VOC also imported many millions of calicoes from India during the 17th and 18th century. For a long time the Dutch were the most important foreign trader in India, using dozens of trading stations (‘ factories’) at which over 3000 Dutch company servants were deployed.
La hache de silex dans le Val de Seine Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 314
ISBN: 9789088903373
Pub Date: 15 Aug 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 64bw/154fc
Description:
This book presents the results of field research and experimental archaeology on Neolithic flint axe production sites and flint mines in the Seine valley (west from Paris) between 2000 and 2010. The first chapter discusses the research history, the cultural and chronological framework of axe production sites in the Paris Basin. The second chapter presents the research results and documentation.
Au fil de l’os Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9789088903618
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 94bw/48fc
Description:
In Julius Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the term “oppidum” – used to designate any fortified community – indicates those particular Gaulish sites which are characterized both by a strong tendency to social cohesion and the development of a centralized territorial policy. From a chronological point of view, these sites are limited to a very precise period: the two last centuries BCE, from La Tène D1 to La Tène D2 (120–30 BCE). The purpose of this study is to define the role of animal production within the new urban structures.
Flèches de pouvoir à l’aube de la métallurgie de la Bretagne au Danemark (2500-1700 av. n. è.) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 426
ISBN: 9789088903052
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This thesis focusses on the arrowheads found in graves of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age date (2500-1700 BC) in the Armorican massif, the southern British Isles and Denmark. These artefacts are examined from the angle of typology, raw materials, technology, experimentation and use-wear. The aim of these different approaches is to characterize the modes of production and the functions of stone arrowheads during a period which successively sees the introduction of copper then bronze metallurgy.
Approvisionner Cayenne sous l’Ancien Régime Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9789088903571
Pub Date: 13 Jun 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
Illustrations: 26 bw/28 fc
Description:
This research documents commercial networks of French Guiana during the Ancien Régime (pre-revolutionary France). The analysis of archaeological collections from six plantation sites and the official correspondence of colonial authorities between 1688 and 1794, provides new insights into the commercial organisation and external links associated with this colony, located on the margin of the circum-Caribbean world. It also discusses the globalisation and interdependency between Europe and the colonies, which are the result of European imperialistic quests.