Archaeology

At the confluence of the Illinois, the Missouri, and the Mississippi Rivers lies the "American Bottom," a broad floodplain that prehistoric peoples inhabited for millennia. Precisely how did they live? What were their ties to the natural world...

"Amongst scientists involved [in taphonomy], C. K. Brain stands out as the pioneer; this impressive book is a statement of his investigations. . . . The Hunters or the Hunted? is a very important book for paleoanthropology. It presents the first thorough...

This informed and practical guide shows how anyone with an interest can take part in archaeology at many different levels, whether through fieldwork undertaken individually or by joining an excavation.Book InformationISBN 9780415515412Author Stephen...

The archaeology of the later Middle Ages is a comparatively new field of study in Britain. At a time when archaeoloy generally is experiencing a surge of popularity, our understanding of medieval settlement, artefacts, environment, buildings and...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138136632Author Jorgen JensenFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138139022Author S. J. ShennanFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 680g

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780044450191Author Robert MacKenzieFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 703g

This volume explores the diverse ways in which the evolution of human behaviour can be investigated, and confronts the most challenging aspects of the subject.Book InformationISBN 9780044450153Author Robert FoleyFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint...

A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation.Book InformationISBN 9780044450146Author Roy WillisFormat HardbackPage Count...

Social Approaches to an Industrial Past addresses the social issues of mining communities in research spanning a period of 4,500 years. The volume considers themes which are relatively new to archaeology: * the social context of production * gender *...

The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology, provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents, and raises important policy issues concerning...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415207669Author Julian ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 748g

Studies of Britain in transition from Romano-British to medieval Celtic economy. This book brings together new archaeological, historical and palaeoecological approaches to the transition from the Romano-British to medieval Celtic economy between the...

This book explores aspects of the ancient civilization in West Asia, which has had a great impact on modern human society-agriculture, metallurgy, cities, writing, regional states, and monotheism, all of which appeared first in West Asia during the tenth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789088907890Author Ruud SteltenFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789088907319Author Annette HaugFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789088905803Author Arjan LouwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087283117Author Anita CasarottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

In every psychic experience, even in the production of a work of art, there exists a nucleus that is impossible to transform. It resists any and every action against itself. We are used to dealing with these irreducible and radical othernesses by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869771323Author Enrico FongaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International

This volume investigates the construction of group identity in Late La Tene South-East Europe using an innovative statistical modelling method. Death and burial theory underlies the potential of mortuary practices for identity research. The sample used...

Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in the fields of cultural heritage studies and community archaeology worldwide with expanding discussions about the mechanisms and consequences of community participation. This trend has brought to the...

This book presents the multidisciplinary field of forensic archaeology as complementary but distinct from forensic anthropology. By looking beyond basic excavation methods and skeletal analyses, this book presents the theoretical foundations of forensic...

The foundation of archaeometallurgy is the study of excavated assemblages of metals and related remains. This volume presents in detail how the metals and such remains as crucibles excavated from four sites in northeast Thailand have been studied to...

Winner (for best semi-popular book) of the 2008 Irene Levi-Sala Prize for publications on the archaeology of Israel. The emergence of Israel in Canaan is a central topic in biblical/Syro-Palestinian archaeology. However, the archaeology of ancient Israel...

This book aims to understand the process of the Bronze Age societies of Northern Europe which are often regarded as the periphery and a bleak contrast to the Central European Bronze Age. The Bronze Age is the first "globalised" period with new...

Joint winner of the 2011 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award in the category "Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology" The archaeology of the Holy Land is undergoing major change. 'Historical Biblical Archaeology and the Future' describes...

The land of Israel is rich in history and material culture and has long been the location of extensive archaeological excavation. 'Just Past?' examines the origins of Israeli archaeology in the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on previously unpublished...

Radiocarbon dating is one of the key discoveries of the twentieth century. Archaeologists have recently begun to employ high precision radiocarbon dating to explore the chronology of the Iron Age in the Levant. Biblical archaeology - revolutionized by...

Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of...

Across the world public archaeology, the way in which it is understood as well as the way it is practised or delivered, has many facets. In some countries it is not only unknown, but is actively discouraged; in many other places it has been embraced...

An archaeological investigation into the structure of the medieval chantry chapel, with many implications for religious practice at the time. The chantry -- a special, often private, chapel within a church dedicated to a particular benefactor or...

Post-medieval pottery in the spare time is a collection of papers planned for what would have been the second Europa Postmediaevalis conference. The focus is on the Early Modern period (15th to 18th centuries) and the growing use of new ceramic forms for...

The Australian South Sea Islander (ASSI) minority community has a contested indentured labour background and involvement in the Australian sugar cane industry which has resulted in a consequent paucity of material culture and other records. This paucity,...

'Profane Death in Burial Practices of a Pre-Industrial Society: A study from Silesia' discusses phenomena characteristic of the funeral practices of the pre-industrial society of Silesia (Poland). The author explores specific groups of people: unbaptised...

'Bridging the Gap in Maritime Archaeology: Working with Professional and Public Communities' marks the publication of a conference session held at CIfA 2014. The session was organised by the Marine Archaeology Special Interest Group which is a voluntary...

'Archaic and Classical Harbours of the Greek World' explores the archaeology and history of ancient harbours and focuses on the Greek world during the Archaic and Classical eras. Its objective is to establish a consensus on three fundamental questions:...

Lindsay Allason-Jones has been at the forefront of small finds and Roman frontier research for 40 years in a career focussed on, but not exclusive to, the north of Britain, encompassing an enormous range of object types and subject areas. Divided into...

This work provides the first overview of mammal species distributions in Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18 ky) to modern time. It is derived from data published mainly in the zooarchaeological literature until 2009. During a post-doctoral...

This book contains a series of selected papers presented at two symposia entitled 'Scientific study of rock art', one held in the IFRAO Congress of Rock Art in La Paz, Bolivia, in June 2012, the other held in the IFRAO Congress in Caceres, Spain, in...