Conflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places

PublicationsConflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places Shepperson, M., 2021. A Parthian city in the Iran-Iraq war: Incorporating the ancient site of Charax Spasinou into a modern conflict landscape. In N. Saunders and P. Cornish (eds.), Conflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places. Abingdon: Routledge (in press). About the Book The Iran-Iraq war…

The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology

PublicationsThe Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology Shepperson, M., (online 2018, print 2022). Visibility, privacy and missing windows: lighting domestic space in ancient Mesopotamia. In C. Papadopoulos & Moyes, H. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. About the Book This paper examines the means by which light was admitted…

RE-cycling Territories, Territories of RE-cycling

PublicationsRE-cycling Territories, Territories of RE-cycling Quattrone, G., 2016. RE-cycling Territories, Territories of RE-cycling. In C. Nava (ed.), The laboratory_city: sustainable recycle and key enabling technologies. Rome: ARACNE editrice S.r.l., pp.73-89. About the Book Sites and landscapes are created and altered by large-scale human activity, industrial and manufacturing processes in the name of progress, economic development…

The Territories of Identity: Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization

PublicationsThe Territories of Identity: Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization Bandyopadhyay, S., & Montiel, G. G., 2013. The Territories of Identity: Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization. Abingdon: Routledge. About the Book The expedited globalised process of exchange and new forms of cultural production have transformed old established notions of identity, calling into…

Beyond disciplinary boundaries: “expert-reviewed” research for the Omani government

PublicationsBeyond disciplinary boundaries: “expert-reviewed” research for the Omani government Quattrone, G., 2013. Beyond disciplinary boundaries: “expert-reviewed” research for the Omani government. In M. F. Ottone (ed.), Theories and experimental design for research in architectural technology, pp. 437-445. Firenze: Firenze University Press. About the Book Impactful research spans disciplinary and methodological boundaries, intersecting broad spectra of…

Manah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy

PublicationsManah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy Bandyopadhyay, S., 2011. Manah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy; architecture and social history of an Omani Oasis settlement. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. About the Book The book is an attempt to understand the vernacular architecture of a corner of the Arabian Peninsula that has not received its due attention. Concerned primarily…

The Humanities in Architectural Design A Contemporary and Historical Perspective

PublicationsThe Humanities in Architectural Design A Contemporary and Historical Perspective Bandyopadhyay, S., Lomholt, J., Temple, N., & Tobe, R., 2010. The Humanities in Architectural Design: A Contemporary and Historical Perspective. London: Routledge. About the Book Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book…

The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre

PublicationsThe Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre Bandyopadhyay, S. & Jackson, I., 2007. The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre: Architecture, sculpture and landscape in Nek Chand’s Rock Garden. Chandigarh, Liverpool University Press. About the Book Thirty-six years ago, Nek Chand, a humble transport official in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, began to clear…

From Another World! A Possible Buyid Origin of the Decorated Mihrab of Central Oman?

PublicationsFrom Another World! A Possible Buyid Origin of the Decorated Mihrab of Central Oman? Bandyopadhyay, S., 2007. From Another World! A Possible Buyid Origin of the Decorated Mihrab of Central Oman? In E. Olijdam & R. H. Spoor (eds.), Intercultural Relations between South and Southeast Asia, pp.372-382. Oxford: Archaeopress. About the Book This paper is…