Archaeology

The apparent timelessness of the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia has long mystified European observers, conjuring images of an ancient people in harmony with their surroundings. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that the Dreaming's historical...

Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origins and history of the four Middle-Saxon emporia - London, Ipswich, Southampton and York - and the impact of the Viking Conquest in AD...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816554812Author Brian R BillmanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 454g

This book outlines the preface of bronze civilization in East Asia, and traces back to the beginning of "Bronze China". Dating back from more than 6,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago, this book sorts out the archaeological discoveries in China from...

Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Twelve skeletons were unearthed by archaeologists, ten without skulls, later examination of the...

Reframing Paquime : Community Formation in Northwest Chihuahua is a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the Casas Grandes region by scholars Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis. This final installment in their comprehensive study challenges the dominant...

Ethics in Archaeological Practice explores urgent topics and issues in archaeology as currently practised in the classroom, the field, the museum and the public sphere. While addressed primarily to archaeologists working in western Asia, the eastern...

An in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 yearsThis volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683405122Author Ann L. W. StodderFormat HardbackPage Count 410Imprint University Press of FloridaPublisher University Press of Florida

State and federal entities of the relatively new United States may have set borders-but archaeological history does not. Arrow Points of Texas and Its Borderlands illuminates surviving archaeological material in the form of Native American arrow points...

Excavation of over 15 sites located from Anderby Creek on the East Lincolnshire Coast to Bicker Fen in the Borough of Boston has revealed hints of prehistoric activity, evidence of Iron and Roman settlement and saltmaking, and insights into postmedieval...

Neolithic long barrows in Bohemia were long neglected by archaeologists due to their destruction by modern intensive agricultural activity. This new analysis, resulting from a threeyear interdisciplinary research project, of the phenomenon of Neolithic...

Learning Archaeology is designed for undergraduate archaeology students, helping them develop interpretive skills in the classroom through problem-oriented, active learning exercises.This book brings together case studies drawn from real archaeological...

A century ago, Charles Leonard Woolley directed the first excavations at Amarna site M50.14-16, identifying it as a workshop for glass and faience. However, the archaeological record and its publication in The City of Akhenaten I were somewhat...

This open access book mainly focuses on Northeast China, which historically included Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, and the eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This area borders Mongolia to the west, the ocean to...

This open access book gathers different case studies of resilience and coping strategies in hunter-gatherer societies who were confronted with natural hazards. Joined in this book, authors display a range of strategies how people could face natural...

In the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico, archaeologists have been working for decades to meticulously excavate archaeological sites. Expanding beyond studies that focus on a single pueblo, this volume represents the final report on the...

An urban archaeologist working anywhere in the world can imagine this scenario: armed with a small digging tool and a soft brush, the archaeologist stands at a freshly cut trench facing off a construction crew driving bulldozers. At stake is the...

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over...

Every society builds, and many, if not all, utilize architectural structures as markers to define place, patron, or experience. Often we consider these architectural markers as "monuments" or "monumental" buildings. Ancient Rome, in particular, is a...

Violence is rampant in today's society. From state-sanctioned violence and the brutality of war and genocide to interpersonal fighting and the ways in which social lives are structured and symbolized by and through violence, people enact terrible things...

From 1974 to the present, the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Texas at Austin has carried out archaeological excavations in the ancient territory (chora) of Metaponto, now located in the modern province of Basilicata on the...

The title of Edmonson's work refers to the Mayan custom of first predicting their history and then living it, and it may be that no other peoples have ever gone so far in this direction. The Book of Chilam Balam was a sacred text prepared by generations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873658089Author Ian GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.Publisher Peabody Museum of Archaeology &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910169056Author Robert KillickFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Moonrise Press LtdPublisher Moonrise Press LtdWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 280mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646426959Author James E BradyFormat HardbackPage Count 386Imprint University Press of ColoradoPublisher University Press of Colorado

This book explores the distinctive landscape and society of South-West England that had emerged by the Iron Age and which continued to develop during the Roman and medieval periods. A focus of the research was the long-term programme of survey and...

Connecting community, infrastructure, and expansion in ancient Mesoamerica This groundbreaking volume presents a fresh and comprehensive look at the urban development of Mesoamerican cities. Moving beyond traditional methods, The Urban Questions adopts a...

The landscape setting of the Iron Age oppidum and Roman city of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) was initially explored through analysis of the available aerial photography and Lidar data over c. 1000 km2. Focusing on a 50 km square centred on Calleva, six...

This compilation of Clarence Bloomfield Moore's publications on East Florida provides all of his archaeological data on the region's mounds and prehistoric canals in a single volume. The author describes and analyzes Moore's work in East Florida,...

Physical anthropology, the study of human skeletal remains, has assumed an increasingly important role in the archaeology of Greece over the past 30 years, both in the field and in interpretive research. In addition to including stimulating case studies,...

In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted in two stages. While the first stage was incredibly destructive, it was the second stage, a so-called pyroclastic flow, that inundated Pompeii with a combination of superheated gases, pumice, and rocks, killing tens of...

This is an inter-disciplinary study of pathways to regional rulership and territorial lordship in early post-Roman Britain which takes as its starting point the East Anglian royal centre at Rendlesham and its contexts. This book examines the origins...

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In Roman History in Roman poetry (the 19th volume of PLLS) distinguished international scholars explore aspects of how historical and historiographical concerns were represented in or affected by Roman poetry. The essays, ranging chronologically from...

Costume can reveal a wealth of information about an individual's identity within society. Dressing the Part looks at the ways individuals in the ancient Americas used clothing, hairstyle, and personal ornaments to express status and power, gender...

A study of the ancient practice of Andean head shaping and its cultural connotations.Book InformationISBN 9781477331514Author Matthew C. VelascoFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Texas PressPublisher University of Texas PressWeight(grams)...

The first collection to incorporate the current trends in foodways archaeology using the concept of cuisine.Book InformationISBN 9780817322205Author Susan M KooimanFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint The University of Alabama PressPublisher The...

Megiddo VII reports in meticulous detail the archaeological findings from two elite, interrelated tombs from the Late Bronze I period, both exceptionally preserved and richly furnished: Tomb 16/H/50, a monumental masonry-constructed chamber tomb from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884023500Author Philip J. ArnoldFormat HardbackPage Count 526Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...