Archaeology category: 3529 books
Applying Evolutionary Archaeology
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises. Pick up any lengthy treatise on humankind written in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the chances are good that the word evolution will appear somewhere...
The Archaeology and Geomorphology of Northern Asia
Selected Works No. 5
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1964
The eighteen articles appearing in this, the fifth, number of Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources, were mostly published between the years 1957 and 1963. The exceptions are S.I. Rudenko's "The culture of the prehistoric population of Kamchatka," published in 1948,...
by John McNeill
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference, and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes, rather than focusing on a single major...
by Margarita Diaz-Andreu, Sam Lucy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Bringing together a wealth of scholarship which provides a unique integrated approach to identity, The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged in archaeological social theory:
* gender
* age
* ethnicity
* religion
* status.
This...
After Modernity
Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
This book summarizes archaeological approaches to the contemporary past, and suggests a new agenda for the archaeology of late modern societies. The principal focus is the archaeology of developed, de-industrialized societies during the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the...
Beyond the Walls
New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
“Thought-provoking and engaging, Beyond the Walls provides new and relevant theoretical perspectives and specific case studies for archaeologists conducting research related to household archaeology. Essential for both students and professionals.”—Mark D. Groover, author of The Archaeology of...
An Archaeology of Resistance
Materiality and Time in an African Borderland
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
An Archaeology of Resistance: Materiality and Time in an African Borderland studies the tactics of resistance deployed by a variety of indigenous communities in the borderland between Sudan and Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa is an early area of state formation and at the same time the home of many egalitarian,...
by Charles Brian Rose
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy provides an overview of all excavations that have been conducted at Troy, from the nineteenth century through the latest discoveries between 1988 and the present. Charles Brian Rose traces the social and economic development of the city and related sites in...
by Michael B. Cosmopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
For more than one thousand years, people from every corner of the Greco-Roman world sought the hope for a blessed afterlife through initiation into the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. In antiquity itself and in our memory of antiquity, the Eleusinian Mysteries stand out as the oldest and...
Tourism and Archaeology
Sustainable Meeting Grounds
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The global popularity and lucrative potential of tourism has made sustainability a major concern for archaeologists, site managers, politicians, local communities, tourism officials, and other stakeholders. This book establishes new, interdisciplinary ground for tourism and archaeology that will foster...
Archaeologies of Us and Them
Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Archaeologies of “Us” and “Them” explores the concept of indigeneity within the field of archaeology and heritage and in particular examines the shifts in power that occur when ‘we’ define ‘the other’ by categorizing ‘them’ as indigenous. Recognizing the complex and shifting distinctions...
Becoming an Archaeologist
A Guide to Professional Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Becoming an Archaeologist: A Guide to Professional Pathways is an engaging handbook on career paths in the area of archaeology. It outlines in straightforward fashion the entire process of getting a job in archaeology, including the various options; the training that is required; and how to get positions...
by Ian Hodder
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
In this latest collection of his articles, of which seven are written especially for this volume, Ian Hodder captures and continues the lively controversy of the 1980s over symbolic and structural approaches to archaeology. The book acts as an overview of the developments in the discipline over the...
Archaeology and Anthropology
Understanding Similarity, Exploring Difference
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2010
This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. Both disciplines arose from a common project: a desire to understand human social and cultural diversity. However, in recent years, archaeologys interest in anthropology has remained largely unreciprocated....