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Instrumentum Monographs One of the aims of Instrumentum, the publishing
of works resulting of research on ancient crafts and manufactured productions
of Antiquity, was realized in 1997 with the conclusion of a contract with
the Issued volumes : MI-1 H. Mikler, Die römischen Funde aus Bein im Landesmuseum Mainz . Worked out of a thesis held at the Mainz University in 1994, this books describes the bone objects of the rich series preserved in the Roman section of the Landesmuseum Mainz. The catalogue contains several hundreds of ancient objects of bone, both civilian and military, brought to light during the numerous excavations held from the XVIIIth c. on the various sites of Mogontiacum and the neighbouring. 1997, 175 p., 43 fig., 69 pl., 5 maps 38 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-06-6) MI-2 Cl.-A. de Chazelles-Gazzal, Les maisons en terre de la Gaule méridionale. Based on recent excavations conducted in the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon and Catalonia during the last twenty years, this book offers, for the first time, a synthesis of current knowledge of earthen house constructing techniques of the Iron Age and Roman periods in Southern France. 1997, 229 p., 233 fig. in-t. 35 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-07-4) MI-3 F. Quesada Sanz, El aramamento ibérico. Estudio tipológico, geográfico, funcional y simbólico de las armas en la Cultura Ibérica. A large synthesis about the type, origin, use, iconography and meaning of the weapons in the Iberian cultures, in a word the history of a category whch played here an important role in pre-Roman societies. From the VIth to the Ist c. BC, this ambitious and wide-ranging work does not neglect any aspect of the question, connecting the study of the weapons with contemporary civilisations as well as other aspects of the local cultures. 1997, 2 vol., 480 + 500 p., 350 fig. in-t., 16 pl. h.-t. : 122 euros + 7 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-09-0 et 2-907303-10-4) MI-4 M. Feugère, V. Serneels (dir.), Recherches sur l'économie du fer en Méditerranée nord-occidentale. It's a volume which includes twenty-one articles about the archaelogy of iron: the stages in manufacturing iron, nature and identification of the rejects, organization of the workshops and the meaning of the traces archeological. 1998, 1 vol., 263 p., 231 fig. in-t. : 36 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-12-0) MI-5 M.-Ch. Frère-Sautot (dir.), Paléométallurgie des cuivres. Actes du colloque de Bourg-en-Bresse et Beaune, 17-18 oct. 1997 Offering the Acts of an international colloquium about the earliest copper metallurgy, a meeting following the remarkable discoveries of Géovreissiat (Ain), this volume gives the latest state of knowledge about the earliest techniques of copper production and processing, mostly during the Chalcolithic Age and Bronze Age. 1998, 1 vol., 249 p., num. fig. in-t. 31 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-19-8) MI-6 G. Nicolini, N. Dieudonné-Glad (dir.), Les métaux antiques : travail et conservation. Actes du colloque de Poitiers, 28-30 sept. 1995 Actes of an international colloquium on metal-work, especially the connections between the craftsman' and the work in restauration laboratory (on gold, iron and any copper alloy), this books leads to interesting proposals about technological choicves of metal craftsmen in every culture. 1998, 1 vol., 202 p., numerous fig. in-t. 30 euros + 4,60 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-15-5) MI-7 J. Voinot, Les cachets à collyres dans le monde romain. A new inventory and study of s.c. "oculist sstamps", of which 314 are known today in the Roman world, a basic source for our knowledge of ancient ophtalmology, medicines and practice in Roman Gaul. 1999, 1 vol., 368 p., numerous fig. (maps, photographs, drawings...) 45 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-26-0) MI-8 A. Morillo Cerdan, Lucernas romanas en la región septentrional de la península ibérica. Providing a large catalogue of Roman lamps (> 2000) found in the Spanish provinces of Léon, Palencia, Asturias and Cantabria, this book appears to be one of the largest studies of this type ever done in Spain. From a detailed study of the various features, the author draws new perspectives on the making and regional diffusion of lamps in Roman times. 1999, 2 vol., 899 p., 40 graphs, 176 fig., 1 depl., 8 pl. photo h.-t. 92 euros + 7 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-31-7 et 2-907303-32-5) MI-9 M. Polfer (dir.), Artisanat et productions artisanales en milieu rural dans les provinces du nord-ouest de l'Empire romain. Actes du colloque d'Erpeldange, mars 1999. The international colloquium of Erpeldange was devoted to craft production and activity in rural context ,in the Northern Western provinces of the Roman Empire. Thanks to the variety of the productions taken into consideration (ceramic, glass, iron...), the specialists have been able to discuss such important topics as : is there any specialized distribution of tasks betxeen town, vicus and villa ? or do the landowners simply take advantage of the facilities of the land resources to increase there profits ? The answers apparently differ according to the regions or civitates. 1999, 1 vol., 287 p., nbr. fig. 39 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-33-3) MI-10 H. Sedlmayer, Die römischen Bronzegefäße in Noricum Following the well-known catalogues of ancient bronzes published in various european countries since the 60's, this book collects the available data on bronze vessels in a single province, Noricum. Dealing not only with entire pieces, but also with fragments, this collection is very complete and perfectly relects the reality of bronze vessels use on the various sites. Thanks to the author's perfect knowledge of ancient bronze vessels, this book can also be used to easily identify fragments of such finds on any Roman site. 1999, 1 vol., 247 p., 25 fig., tabl., 19 maps, 51 pl. 37 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-35-X) MI-11 E. Swift, Regionality in dress accessories in the late Roman West. Starting from the detailed study of 4 classes of personal ornaments of the IVth-Vth c. AD (crossbow brooches, glass beads, bronze bracelets and belt buckles), the author succeeds in precising the typology og significant elements (morphology, decoration). These variants anre then carefully mapped and show, in some cases, population movements (individual or collective). This book thus provides a new approach to the Late Roman West and its relations with peripheral provinces. 2000, 1 vol., 312 p., 272 fig. et maps, tabl. A-F. 40 euros + 5,10 euros port/emb. of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-34-1) MI-12 M. Feugère, M. Gustin (eds.), Iron, Blacksmiths and Tools. Ancient European Crafts. Acts of the Instrumentum Conference at Podsreda (Slovenia) in April 1999 Coming after several recent meetings on ancient siderurgy and ironwork, this conference marks a distinctive stage of the european resaerch in this field. It first allows to compare methods and results from different european countries, concerning the location and study of slag masses, the refining of lumps, the workshops... But the Acts volume also devotes a large part to ancient tools, which gives the possibility to appreciate the result of ironwork in Antiquity : an activity which is, hopefully, now better known. 2000, 1 vol., 248 p., 242 ill. 37 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-25-2) MI-13 A. Cochet, Le plomb en Gaule romaine. Techniques de fabrication et produits. This is a technical study of lead, its processing and uses in Roman Gaul, notably of the biggest artefacts such as covering roofplaques, tanks or sarcophagi. The theoretical part is associated with the catalogue of lead objects in the Lyon Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine, which gives a representative idea of the lead technology in Roman times (typology, assemblages, stamps, etc...). 2000, 1 vol., 223 p., 233 ill. 34 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-37-6) MI-14 D. Cardon, M. Feugère (dir.), Archéologie des textiles, des origines au Ve siècle de notre ère. Actes du colloque de Lattes, oct. 1999. The international colloquium which took place in Lattes in october 1999
aimed to associate specialists dealing with different sources of evidence
: some tools and rare working installations, in western Europe ; textiles
of any period, sometimes in perfect state of conservation, in eastern Mediterranean
and Egypt. 2000, 1 vol., 2000, 300 pages, 267 fig., 4 pl. coul. 39 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-43-0) MI-15 B. Armbruster, Goldschmiedekunst und Bronzetechnik auf der Iberischen Halbinsel während der Atlantischen Bronzezeit. 2000, 1 vol., 2000, 354 pages, 90 fig., 2 tabl., 117 pl. 43 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-27-9) MI-16 J. Bussière, Lampes romaines d'Algérie. 2000, 1 vol., 2000, 600 pages, 56 fig.et tabl., 165 pl. h.-t. 55 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-42-2) MI-17 M. Feugère et coll., Bibliographie Instrumentum, 1994-2001. The paper version of our specialized bibliography on ancient crafts and manufactured productions (corresponding 2001, 1 vol., 276 pages (+ CD-Rom) 37 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-52-X) MI-18 G. Le Cloirec, Les bronzes antiques de Corseul (Côtes-d'Armor) 2001, 1 vol., 178 pages, 51 fig. 30 euros + 4,60 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-49-X) MI-19 J. Aurrecoechea Fernández, Los cinturones romanos en la Hispania del Bajo Imperio. 2001, 1 vol., 261 pages, 97 fig., 18 cartes 37 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-54-6) MI-20 M. Polfer (dir.), L'artisanat romain : évolutions, continuités et ruptures (Italie et provinces occidentales). 2001, 1 vol., 260 pages, nbr. fig. 36 euros + 5,10 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-61-9) MI-21 A. Giumlia-Mair, I Bronzi Antichi : Produzione e technologia. Atti del XV Congresso Internazionale sui Bronzi Antichi. Grado-Aquileia 22-26 maggio 2001. 2002, 1 vol., 673 pages, nbr. fig. 55 euros + 5,9 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-63-5) MI-22 E. Marlière, L'outre et le tonneau dans l'Occident romain. 2002, 1 vol., 205 pages, 233 fig. 34 euros + 4,60 euros of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-69-4) MI-23 H. Eckhardt, Illuminating Roman Britain 2002, 1 vol., 464 pages, 134 fig., 303 tabl. 46 euros + 5,10 of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-70-8) MI-24 D. Foy, M.-D. Nenna, Echanges et commerce du verre dans le monde antique. Actes du colloque de l'AFAV, Aix-en-Provence et Marseille, 7-9 juin 2001 2003, 1 vol., 504 pages, nbr. fig. 48 euros + 5,10 of postage/packing (ISBN : 2-907303-72-4) Other volumes en préparation : 25. L. Orengo, Forges et forgerons dans les habitats laténiens de la Grande Limagne d'Auvergne. Fabrication et consommation de produits manufacturés en fer en Gaule à l'Âge du Fer. - P. Vipard, Recherches sur le petit mobilier du site du Bas-de-Vieux à Aregenua (Vieux, Calvados) Mail-order : Editions Monique Mergoil, 12 rue des Moulins. tél. 06 73 87 13 91 ; fax ++04 867 24 14 39. Librairie Archéologique, 1 rue des Artisans, BP 90, 21803 Quétigny cedex. tél. +.03 80 48 98 60 ; fax ++03 80 48 98 69. Manuscripts proposals should be sent to Instrumentum Please contact us for any proposal. |