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.

Venezuelan Historical Archaeology Cover Venezuelan Historical Archaeology Cover
Format: 
Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270945
Pub Date: 10 Jul 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
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Pages: 582
ISBN: 9789464270938
Pub Date: 10 Jul 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
Illustrations: 125fc / 45bw
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This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historical archaeology of Venezuela, marking the first time such a detailed study is available in both English and Spanish. It compiles the work of leading Venezuelan archaeologists and includes recent fieldwork and unpublished research, covering a wide range of case studies from precolonial times to the republican period.Structured in five parts, the book starts with a thorough review of the history of Venezuelan historical archaeological research, highlighting its contributions and future directions.
Silver of the Possessed Cover Silver of the Possessed Cover
Format: 
Pages: 212
ISBN: 9789464280739
Pub Date: 27 Jun 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 155fc / 7bw
Pages: 212
ISBN: 9789464280722
Pub Date: 27 Jun 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 155fc / 7bw
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In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear in the early 20th century. And there is more: zār also used beaded jewellery as well as a wide range of other jewels.
Community, Technology and Tradition Cover Community, Technology and Tradition Cover
Format: 
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9789464270914
Pub Date: 04 Jun 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 23fc / 34bw
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9789464270907
Pub Date: 23 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 23fc / 34bw
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In the second millennium BC, mining for copper ore on the Great Orme, Wales, created one of Europe’s largest surviving prehistoric copper mines. The ore from the mine was smelted into metal that was cast and worked into the rich variety of copper and bronze objects synonymous with the Bronze Age in Britain and Europe.This book presents an original synthesis and reinterpretation of the complex prehistoric archaeology of the Great Orme mine.
Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara Cover Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara Cover
Format: 
Pages: 442
ISBN: 9789464262728
Pub Date: 04 Jun 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 400fc/250bw
Pages: 442
ISBN: 9789464262711
Pub Date: 23 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 400fc/250bw
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The five tombs dealt with in this book were explored between 2009 and 2017 by the Leiden-Turin Expedition in the New Kingdom necropolis of Saqqara. All of them can be described as minor tombs, constructed wherever some space was still available in the cemetery between the major monuments of 18th Dynasty date. Some of them were clearly built against the exterior walls of these previous monuments, whereas their unusual plans show how the builders had to adapt to the cramped conditions in the cemetery.
Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie Cover Neu (im) Land – erste Bäuer:innen in der Peripherie Cover
Format: 
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9789464270884
Pub Date: 21 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 32fc / 14bw
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9789464270877
Pub Date: 21 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 32fc / 14bw
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Bei einer Ausgrabung im havelländischen Lietzow in Brandenburg wurden jungsteinzeitliche Siedlungsbefunde entdeckt. Sie gehören zu zwei Hofstellen der jüngeren Linienbandkeramik, die um 5100-5000 v. u.
Decoding the Jewels Cover Decoding the Jewels Cover
Format: 
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789464262582
Pub Date: 15 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 104fc / 3bw
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789464262575
Pub Date: 15 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 104fc / 3bw
Description:
For the first time, National Museums Scotland’s important collection of Renaissance jewellery from Scotland is considered together in this fully illustrated volume alongside significant items from the Royal Collection. The book was inspired by the acquisition by NMS of the extraordinary Fettercairn Jewel: the fine iconography of this exquisitely enamelled locket held coded messages for its sixteenth century owners, and continues to intrigue its viewers today. Renaissance jewellery like this in Scotland is particularly notable given the rare survival of such jewels from the sixteenth century.
“Better Than We” Cover “Better Than We” Cover
Format: 
Pages: 402
ISBN: 9789464270792
Pub Date: 01 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
Illustrations: 122fc / 32bw
Pages: 402
ISBN: 9789464270785
Pub Date: 01 May 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Taboui
Illustrations: 122fc / 32bw
Description:
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and gender in Saba’s social environment, and the processes behind these ideological relations that contributed to the material things that are found across Saba’s social landscape.This provides insights into archaeologies of poverty, approaches towards differentiating between low class and slavery in the archaeological record, and the importance of powered perspectives in defining and situating poverty on local and regional scales.
Hayonim Cave Cover Hayonim Cave Cover
Format: 
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9789464261868
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 82fc / 51bw
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9789464261851
Pub Date: 15 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 82fc / 51bw
Description:
The research presented in this book results from an international interdisciplinary research program in Hayonim cave (Israel) from 1992 to 2000, directed by Prof O. Bar-Yosef (Harvard University) and L. Meignen (CNRS, France), and focusing on a long archaeological sequence dated to circa 300-140 000 years ago.
Death and Display Cover Death and Display Cover
Format: 
Pages: 222
ISBN: 9789464262131
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 170fc / 40bw
Pages: 222
ISBN: 9789464262124
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 170fc / 40bw
Description:
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the corpse to support it or displayed on top of it.In addition to their religious meaning they displayed the status and wealth of both givers and takers.
Alternative Egyptology Cover Alternative Egyptology Cover
Format: 
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9789464261622
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50fc / 20bw
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9789464261615
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50fc / 20bw
Description:
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative Egyptology has always focused on subjects that others shunned. Ever since the birth of mainstream Egyptology with the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script two hundred years ago, alternative interpretations and imaginative theories have flourished alongside it. They intertwined with egalitarian and spiritual tendencies in society during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when ancient Egypt inspired countless mediums, artists, and movements from freemasonry to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Byblos Cover Byblos Cover
Format: 
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789464262216
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 206fc / 41bw
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789464262209
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 206fc / 41bw
Description:
Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location at the foothills of the cedar forests of Mount Lebanon and its unique ties with the pharaohs of Egypt.
Archéologie en musée et identités nationales en Europe (1848-1914) Cover Archéologie en musée et identités nationales en Europe (1848-1914) Cover
Format: 
Pages: 502
ISBN: 9789464262643
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Rencontres du MAN
Illustrations: 140fc / 103bw
Pages: 502
ISBN: 9789464262636
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Rencontres du MAN
Illustrations: 140fc / 103bw
Description:
Des spécialistes de l’ensemble de l’Europe décrivent les enjeux politiques et scientifiques auxquelles a présidé la fondation des musées d’archéologie entre 1848 et 1914. Au travers de personnalités éminentes, le livre restitue un tour d’horizon européen des institutions muséales abritant les vestiges issus du sol. Au-delà d’une histoire de l’institution, il s’agit de montrer comment une pensée politique et des conceptions historiques se sont retrouvées reflétées dans les musées, en retraçant aussi bien une histoire scientifique que toute une société savante et l’esprit d’une époque.
Urban Design Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 84
ISBN: 9789464262339
Pub Date: 11 Apr 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
Illustrations: 36fc / 2bw
Description:
As central places of human interaction, cities influence the reality of our lives like no other phenomenon. They are in a highly complex, reciprocal relationship with changing environmental, social, political, economic and religious constellations. Accordingly, the demands placed on cities and the ideas associated with them are often subject to highly dynamic change.
Revealing Christian Heritage Cover Revealing Christian Heritage Cover
Format: 
Pages: 106
ISBN: 9789464262384
Pub Date: 27 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 10fc / 12bw
Pages: 106
ISBN: 9789464262377
Pub Date: 27 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 10fc / 12bw
Description:
This volume collects different case studies of rediscovery of Christian antiquities between 1860-1930 in Spain, in order to stimulate reflections about the impact of these rediscoveries on our culture in a period of great political transition.By turning the light on lesser-known stories on a national horizon, this book gives a strong contribution to the history of Christian archaeology. All articles deal with many topics of the field (museology, cultural heritage protection law, history of religion, field archaeology), and therefore offer a strong interdisciplinary cut.
Storage in Ancient Egypt and Nubia Cover

Storage in Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Earthen architecture and building techniques
Format: 
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9789464262247
Pub Date: 10 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 66fc / 14bw
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9789464262230
Pub Date: 10 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 66fc / 14bw
Description:
In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions of this volume present often unpublished case studies (from the IVth millennium BCE to the Greco-Roman Period), as well as issues and perspectives of current research. They are authored by archaeologists working in Egypt, Sudan and Western Africa as well as architects specialised in earthen architecture.
Rethinking Neolithic Societies Cover Rethinking Neolithic Societies Cover
Format: 
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9789464270679
Pub Date: 10 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Open Series in Prehistoric Archaeology
Illustrations: 63fc / 14bw
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9789464270662
Pub Date: 10 Feb 2024
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Open Series in Prehistoric Archaeology
Illustrations: 63fc / 14bw
Description:
Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of ‘archaeological cultures’ fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming – as the core of the Neolithic way of life – was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks.