The Excavations of San Giovanni Di Ruoti: The small finds

by Alastair Small, C. J. Simpson, Richard Reece, Christopher John Simpson, J. J. Rossiter

1994 · University of Toronto Press

Between 1977 and 1984 the excavations of a Canadian archaeological team at San Giovanni di Ruoti in southern Italy uncovered a series of three Roman villas dating from the first to the sixth centuries AD. The multi-volume report on the excavation will provide the first comprehensive overview of the social and economic life of a Roman villa in southern Italy. Volume II constitutes a catalogue raisonTe of the small finds, covering all categories of non-ceramic personal, domestic, and industrial artifacts recovered from the site. C.J. Simpson has been a member of the Canadian excavation team since 1979. He provides detailed descriptions of the individual artifacts, their dates of manufacture, and their use, and discusses the evidence they yield for domestic and daily life. The artifacts range from hairpins and brooches to iron knives used for slicing and chopping. Coins and lamps found at the site are evaluated in separate contributions by R. Reece and J.J. Rossiter. The book includes several useful appendices, notably one by Vito Volterra on the analysis of millstones.The 400 items listed in the catalogue are illustrated by drawings or photographs. This volume presents one of very few accounts of the household artifacts found at an estate centre remote from urban Rome. It provides an important resource for specialists seeking to date similar objects, and adds much interesting detail to our picture of the rural economy of Italy in late antiquity.

Bats

by John D. Altringham

2011 · Oxford University Press

Bats are highly charismatic and popular animals that are not only fascinating in their own right, but illustrate most of the topical and important concepts and issues in mammalian biology. This book covers the key aspects of bat biology, including evolution, flight, echolocation, hibernation, reproduction, feeding and roosting ecology, social behaviour, migration, population and community ecology, biogeography, and conservation. This new edition is fully updated and greatly expanded throughout, maintaining the depth and scientific rigour of the first edition. It is written with infectious enthusiasm, and beautifully illustrated with drawings and colour photographs.

Zondervan TNIV Compact Concordance

by John R. Kohlenberger, III

2008 · Zondervan

A concordance is the first thing to reach for when you want to explore the Bible in depth; it is perfect for locating Scripture passages and verses, and essential for word and topical studies. The Strongest TNIV Concordance Compact Edition was designed with practicality in mind. Organized alphabetically, this concordance is a word-by-word index of the TNIV Bible. A streamlined adaptation concordance, it provides essential information for practical and significant study of your TNIV Bible. The result is a study tool that is both portable and extremely helpful.