The first edition of In the Shadow of the Ancestors (2007) was the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. This second expanded had a long and winding journey toward publication. The passing away of Serge Cleuziou not long after the release of the first edition left Maurizio Tosi alone in completing this challenging enterprise. For this reason, and out of respect for his lifelong friend and colleague, he decided not to intervene too extensively on the main contents, but to add instead to the original eleven chapters a number of new ‘windows’ written by other scholars, in order to include more recent research and interpretations. In addition to the main contents, the new contributions by this younger generation of scholars, most of whom were students and collaborators of Cleuziou and Tosi, offers great testament to the legacy the authors leave behind them.

Contents: 1) Let not the 19th Century Paradigms Continue to haunt us! (B.B. Lal); 2) Reflections on Dots on a Map (C. Lamberg-Karlovsky); 3) T-Shaped Pillars and Mesolithic Chiefdoms in the Prehistory of Southern Eurasia: A Preliminary Note (M. VidaleI); 4) Protohistoric Terracotta Figurines: Continuity and Change in Form and Style (circa 2000-3000 BC) (A. Banerji); 5) Assessing Anthropogenic Soil Erosion with Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery: an Archaeological Case Study of Long-Term Land Use (A.M. Bauer and K.D. Morrison); 6) Rejecting the State: Reflections on Ancient Indian Thought and the Organization of Harappan Society (P. A. Eltsov); 7) Nomadic Settlement and Economy of Western Himalaya (Upper Indus) (R. S. Fonia); 8) Exploring Inner Asia's High Alpine Frontier: High Alpine Transhumant Pastoralism, Vertical Cultivation and Environmental Archaeology in the Lower Vakhsh-Panj

Volume II in the series on The Archaeological Map of the Murghab Delta focuses on The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands. After an exposition of the methods employed in the survey of such a vast area (over 20,000 square km), chapters review settlement patterns and cultural variability, and include reports on unpublished stamp and cylinder seals, on recent excavations, and on ceramic production and iron working.

In this, the first of four volumes from the meeting, sixty-nine authors from Europe and the USA debate under three headings: The visibility of nomads and herders across the archaeological record'; The rise and decline of complex in Mediterranean Europe during the Middle and Late Bronze Age' and Archaeology and ethnicity'.

A large number of the contributors to the Ravenna (1997) meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists spoke about the explosion of research interest and new discoveries on the island of Sardinia. This book groups their papers together, providing a useful snapshot of current work.