Archaeology category: 3529 books
Thunder and Herds
Rock Art of the High Plains
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
This volume is the first summary and synthesis of the rock art of the American High Plains, from Archaic times to the historic period. Even more, it presents an engaging combination of Plains archaeology, rock art sites, and holistic archaeological research. This refreshing approach to rock art studies...
Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East
New Paths Forward
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Agency theory examines the relationship between individuals or groups when one party is doing work on behalf of another. 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' offers a theoretical study of agency and identity in Near Eastern archaeology, an area which until now has been largely ignored by...
Ancient Boats in North-West Europe
The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
At last a paperback edition of this standard work on marine archaeology. Séan McGrail's study received exceptional critical acclaim when it was first published in hardback in 1987 and it is now revised and published in paperback for the first time. Professor McGrail provides an authoritative survey...
Transforming Townscapes
From Burh to Borough: the Archaeology of Wallingford, AD 800-1400
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"This monograph details the results of a major archaeological project based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south Oxfordshire. Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substantial royal castle...
by Timothy Darvill
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest...
Monumentality in Later Prehistory
Building and Rebuilding Castell Henllys Hillfort
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2013
This volume provides the results of a 30-year excavation, reconstruction, and public interpretation campaign at the late prehistoric inland promontory settlement of Castell Henllys, here focusing on the defensive sequence and the role of monumentality in later prehistory. The site has international...
Skyscapes
The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape. The role of the sky for...
High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior
Time and Space in Level J of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain)
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The aim of this book is to provide a new insight on Neanderthal behaviour using the data recovered in level J of Romaní rockshelter (north-eastern Spain). Due to the sedimentary dynamics that formed the Romaní deposit, the occupation layers are characterized by a high temporal resolution, which...
Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink
Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States
Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon,...
Engaging with the Dead
Exploring Changing Human Beliefs about Death, Mortality and the Human Body
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Engaging with the Dead adopts a cross-disciplinary, archaeologically focused, approach to explore a variety of themes linked to the interpretation of mortuary traditions, death and the ways of disposing of the dead. Nineteen papers highlight the current vitality of ‘death studies’ and the potential...
Alternative Pathways to Complexity
A Collection of Essays on Architecture, Economics, Power, and Cross-Cultural Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Alternative Pathways to Complexity focuses on the themes of architecture, economics, and power in the evolution of complex societies. Case studies from Mesoamerica, Asia, Africa, and Europe examine the relationship between political structures and economic configurations of ancient chiefdoms and states...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
In the prehispanic Southwest, Pueblo Grande was the site of the largest platform mound in the Phoenix basin and the most politically prominent village in the region. It has long been held to represent the apex of Hohokam culture that designates the Classic period.
New data from major excavations...
The Early Olmec and Mesoamerica
The Material Record
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The Early Formative Olmec are central in a wide variety of debates regarding the development of Mesoamerican societies. A fundamental issue in Olmec archaeology is the nature of interregional interaction among contemporaneous societies and the possible Olmec role in it. Previous debates have often...
Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World
Navigating Symbolism, Meaning, and Significance
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Rock art has long been considered an archaeological artifact reflecting activities from the past, yet it is also a phenomenon with present-day meaning and relevance to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World challenges traditional ways of thinking...