Archaeology category: 3529 books
The Genius of Ancient Man
Evolution's Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Evidences and commonalities explored from ancient man around the globe!
Why structures echoing the Tower of Babel have been recreated on almost every continent and major culture
What artifacts and archaeology, technology and innovation, really reveal about the origin of mankind
Why many biblical...
Studies in Crime
An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The study of forensic evidence using archaeology is a new discipline which has rapidly gained importance, not only in archaeological studies but also in the investigation of real crimes. Archaeological evidence is increasingly presented in criminal cases and has helped to secure a number of convictions.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Revealing the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of longterm changes in social relationships and traditions-as well as in the active management and manipulation of the environment-this account encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with and constructed...
Experiencing the Past
On the Character of Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
In Experiencing the Past Michael Shanks presents an animated exploration of the character of archaeology and reclaims the sentiment and feeling which are so often lost in purely academic approaches.
by Michael Shanks
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Archaeology is a way of acting and thinking—about what is left of the past, about the temporality of what remains, about material and temporal processes to which people and their goods are subject, about the processes of order and entropy, of making, consuming and discarding at the heart of human...
Sailing to Classical Greece
Papers on Greek Art, Archaeology and Epigraphy presented to Petros Themelis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
This volume of 15 papers is a tribute to Petros Themelis for his significant contribution to Greek archaeology and especially to the excavation, study and conservation to the ancient site of Messene in the Peloponnese. An international cast of scholars has contributed essays on a wide range of subjects...
The Archaeology of Jerusalem
From the Origins to the Ottomans
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
In this sweeping and lavishly illustrated history, Katharina Galor and Hanswulf Bloedhorn survey nearly four thousand years of human settlement and building activity in Jerusalem, from prehistoric times through the Ottoman period. The study is structured chronologically, exploring the city’s material...
Buddhist Landscapes in Central India
Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century BC to Fifth Century AD
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and...
The Archaeology of Elam
Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Elam was an important state in southwestern Iran from the third millennium BC to the appearance of the Persian Empire and beyond. Less well-known than its neighbors in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant or Egypt, it was nonetheless a region of extraordinary cultural vitality. This book examines the...
The Art and Archaeology of the Moche
An Ancient Andean Society of the Peruvian North Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Renowned for their monumental architecture and rich visual culture, the Moche inhabited the north coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate Period (AD 100-800). Archaeological discoveries over the past century and the dissemination of Moche artifacts to museums around the world have given rise to...
by Michael Rice
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture...
Prehistoric Culture Change on the Colorado Plateau
Ten Thousand Years on Black Mesa
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
One of the largest archaeological projects ever undertaken in North America, Peabody Coal Company's Black Mesa Archaeological Project conducted investigations in northeastern Arizona from 1967 to 1983. This mammoth undertaking recognized and recovered the remains of ephemeral camps, early agricultural...
The Archaeology of Japan
From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
This is the first book-length study of the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c.600 BC–AD 700), in which the introduction of rice paddy-field farming from the Korean peninsula ignited the rapid development of social complexity and hierarchy that culminated with the formation of the ancient Japanese...