Archaeology and Ancient History

Publications

Volumes

Mattingly, D.J., Daniels, C.M., Dore, J.N., Edwards, D., Leone A. and Thomas D.C. 2013. The Archaeology of Fazzān. Volume 4, Survey and Excavations at Old Jarma (Ancient Garama) carried out by C.M. Daniels (1962-69) and the Fazzān Project (1997-2001). Society for Libyan Studies Monograph 9. London.

Mattingly, D.J. Rushworth, A. Sterry, M. and Leitch, V. 2013. The African Frontiers. Frontiers of the Roman Empire series, general editor, David Breeze. (2013). Pp 96 (includes French and German translation). Also published in 56 p Arabic version.

Mattingly, D.J., Daniels, C.M., Dore, J.N., Edwards, D. and Hawthorne, J. 2010. The Archaeology of Fazzān, Volume 3, Excavations of C. M. Daniels. Department of Antiquities, Tripoli and Society for Libyan Studies, London.

Mattingly, D.J., Daniels, C.M., Dore, J.N., Edwards, D. and Hawthorne, J., 2007. The Archaeology of Fazzān. Volume 2, Gazetteer, Pottery and Other Finds. Department of Antiquities, Tripoli and Society for Libyan Studies, London.

Mattingly, D.J., Daniels, C.M., Dore, J.N., Edwards, D. and Hawthorne, J. 2003. The Archaeology of Fazzān, Volume 1, Synthesis. Department of Antiquities, Tripoli and Society for Libyan Studies, London.

Journal articles

2013

Mattingly, D.J. and Sterry M. 2013. The first towns in the central Sahara. Antiquity 87 (336): 503-18.

Mattingly, D.J., Sterry, M. and Leitch, V. 2013. Fortified farms and defended villages of Late Roman and Late Antique Africa. Antiquité Tardive 21: 99-119.

Nikita, E., Lahr, M.M. and Mattingly, D.J. 2013. Methodological considerations in the statistical analysis of degenerative joint and disc disease. International Journal of Paleopathology 3(2): 105-12.

Sterry, M. and Mattingly, D.J. 2013. Desert Migrations Project XVII: Further AMS dates for historic settlements from Fazzan, south-west Libya. Libyan Studies 44: 127-43.

2012

Nikita, E., Mattingly, D. and Lahr M.M. 2012a. Sahara: Barrier or corridor? Nonmetric cranial traits and biological affinities of North African late Holocene populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(2):280-292

Nikita, E., Lahr, M.M. and Mattingly, D. 2012b. Three-dimensional cranial shape analyses and gene flow in North Africa during the Middle to Late Holocene. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31(4): 564-572.

Sterry, M., Mattingly, D.J. and Higham T. 2012. Desert Migrations Project XVI: Radiocarbon dates from the Murzuq region, southern Libya. Libyan Studies 43. 137-47.

2011

Mattingly, D.J. et al. 2011. DMP XII: excavations and survey of the so-called Garamantian Royal Cemetery (GSC030-031). Libyan Studies 42: 89-102.

Nikita E,, Ysi Siew Y., Stock J., Mirazón Lahr M. and Mattingly, D. 2011a. Activity patterns in the Sahara Desert: An interpretation based on cross-sectional geometric properties. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146(3): 423-434.

Nikita, E., Lahr, M. M. and Mattingly, D.J. 2011b. Evidence of trephinations among the Garamantes, a Late Holocene Saharan Population. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23(3): 370-77.

Sterry, M. and Mattingly, D.J. 2011. DMPXIII: Reconnaissance Survey of Archaeological Sites in the Murzuq Area. Libyan Studies 42: 103-116.

2010

Mirazón Lahr, M. et al. 2010. DMP XI: Preliminary results from 2010 fieldwork on the human prehistory in the Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 41: 133-154.

Mattingly, D. et al. 2010b. DMP X: Survey and Landscape Cosnervation Issues around the Taqallit headland. Libyan Studies 41: 105-132.

Mattingly, D. et al. 2010a. DMP IX: Summary Report on the Fourth Season of Excavations of the Burials and Identity team. Libyan Studies 41: 89-104.

2009

Drake, N., White, K., Salem, M., Armitage, S., El-Hawat, A., Francke, J., Hounslow, M. and Parker, A. 2009. DMP VIII: Palaeohydrology and palaeoenvironment. Libyan Studies 40: 171-78

Mirazón Lahr, M., Foley, R., Crivellaro, F., Okumara, M., Maher, L., Davies, T., Veldhuis, D., Wilshaw, A. and Mattingly, D.J. 2009. DMP VI: Preliminary results from 2009 fieldwork on the human prehistory of the Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 40: 143-62.

Mattingly, D.J., Mirazón Lahr, M. and Wilson, A. (with contributions by others). 2009. DMP V: Investigations in 2009 of Cemeteries and Related Sites on the West Side of the Taqallit Promontory. Libyan Studies 40: 95-131.

2008

Mirazón Lahr, M., Foley, R., Armitage, S., Barton, H., Crivellaro, F., Drake, N., Hounslow, M., Maher, L., Mattingly, D.J., Salem, M., Stock, J. and White, K.. 2008. DMP III: Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironments and prehistoric occupation of Fazzan, Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 39: 1-32.

Mattingly, D.J., Dore, J. and Mirazón Lahr, M. (with contributions by others). 2008. DMP II: 2008 fieldwork on burials and identity in the Wadi al-Ajal. Libyan Studies 39: 223-62.

2007

Mattingly, D.J., Lahr, M., Armitage, S., Barton, H., Dore, J., Drake, N., Foley, R., Merlo, S., Salem, M., Stock, J. and White, K. 2007. Desert Migrations: people, environment and culture in the Libyan Sahara. Libyan Studies 38: 115-156

Book chapters

Mattingly, D.J. Forthcoming. Rome and the Garamantes: practicalities and realities of Saharan trade. In A.I. Wilson and A. Bowman (eds.), Trade, Commerce and the State in the Roman World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mattingly, D.J. 2013. To south and north: Saharan trade in antiquity. In. H. Eckardt and S. Rippon (eds), Living and Working in the Roman World. JRA Suppl: 169-90.

Mattingly, D.J. 2012. Conservation issues in the Libyan oasis belts. In S. Ensoli (ed.), For the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Libya. A Dialogue among Institutions. Fabrizio Serra Editore: Pisa/Roma: 27-32.

Mattingly, D.J. and MacDonald, K. 2013. Early Cities: Africa. In P. Clark (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History. OUP: 66-82

Mattingly, D.J. 2011. The Garamantes of Fazzan: An early Libyan state with Trans-Saharan connections. In A. Dowler and E.R. Galvin (eds.) Money, Trade and Trade Routes in Pre-Islamic North Africa. London: British Museum Press: 49-60.

Other

Mattingly, D.J., Leitch, V. and Sterry, M. 2012. Castles, kings and caravans. The Garamantes of Fazzan. Current World Archaeology 53 (June/July  2012): 30-35.

Mattingly, D.J. and Sterry, M.J. 2010. Ghadames Archaeological Survey. Phase 1 Desktop Report. Unpublished consultancy report produced for Libyan Department of Antiquities, Ghadames Development Authority and BP

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