Archaeology

Chesapeake Prehistory is the first book in almost a century to synthesize the archaeological record of the region offering new interpretations of prehistoric lifeways. This up-to-date work presents a new type of regional archaeology that explores...

In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status...

This volume is based on the Field Museum of Natural History Spring System atics Symposium held in Chicago on May 11, 1991. The financial support of Ray and Jean Auel and of the Field Museum is gratefully acknowledged. When we teach or write, we present...

Archaeological research on interregional interaction processes has recently reasserted itself after a long hiatus following the eclipse of diffusion studies. This "rebirth" was marked not only by a sudden increase in publications that were...

Students of human behavior have always been interested in the relationship between human populations and their environment. Decades of research not only have illuminated the backdrop against which culture is viewed, but have identi fied many of the...

Part of a series on interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, the book was originally completed by the author as a doctoral project. Included are sections on resource structure and human organization, grassland ecology, ungulate ecology, patterns...

Papers presented at a symposium at the annual meeting of the South-eastern Archaeological Conference, held in Nashville, Tenn., November 1986, explore the wide range of societal organization during the Late Woodland period (A.D. 600-900) in the...

Merging archaeology, material culture, and social history, historian Susan Kern reveals the fascinating story of Shadwell, the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson and home to his parents, Jane and Peter Jefferson, their eight children, and over sixty slaves...

Processual archaeologists seek to explain variability in the static archaeological record we observe in the present as a necessary first step toward learning how to learn about the operation of cultural dynamics in the past. The approach is a diverse and...

Although long considered to be a barren region on the periphery of ancient Chinese civilization, the southwest massif was once the political heartland of numerous Bronze Age kingdoms. Their distinctive material tradition-intricately cast bronze kettle...

Adding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together Van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, Van Leeuwen...

This fascinating and revealing book charts the life of one of the greatest living archaeologists. Stanley South has been a leading figure not only in historical but also in anthropological archaeology. His personal perseverance in field of archaeology...

The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological, ethnographic and economic evidence of a nation's attempts to master its past and...

Prehistoric Florida societies, particularly those of the peninsula, have been largely ignored or given only minor consideration in overviews of the Mississippian southeast (A.D. 1000-1600). This groundbreaking volume lifts the veil of uniformity...

Presenting the results of six years of archaeological survey and excavation in and around the Maya kingdom of El Zotz, An Inconstant Landscape paints a complex picture of a dynamic landscape over the course of almost 2,000 years of occupation. El Zotz...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990445118Author Michael DealFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Memorial University PressPublisher Memorial University PressWeight(grams) 544g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462700079Author Patrick DegryseFormat HardbackImprint Leuven University PressPublisher Leuven University PressWeight(grams) 454g

The Catawba Nation played an important role in the early colonial Southeast, serving as a military ally of the British and a haven for refugees from other native groups, yet it has largely been overlooked by scholars and the public. Fit for War explains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953984848Author M. C. BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 3Imprint The Armatura PressPublisher The Armatura Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902771441Author Stephen RipponFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Council for British ArchaeologyPublisher Council for British Archaeology

Time Team is Channel 4's perennially popular archaeology show - and the experts are ready to share their archaeological know-how with us. So many of us watch the show and wish that we, too, could get out there, get digging and uncover an artefact such as...

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: /* What Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper? /* Why a hole in the skull is good for headaches? /* How to make a Stone Age mummy? Discover all the foul facts about the Savage Stone Age /-...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385241410Author D. SorenFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903798140Author Andrew JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Cornwall County CouncilPublisher Cornwall Council

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871184013Author Stephen HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of WalesPublisher Royal...

This work presents Stone Age civilization as far more sophisticated than previously believed in terms of its technology, mathematics, medicine, communications (which were worldwide) and art. The author attempts to re-establish Rousseau's notion of the...

A travel guide with a difference: a combination of regional tour and style file which presents the means of escape to the wonders of another age. Aimed at those who love travelling Britain to explore country houses and stately homes, or at a dedicated...

This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley. Professor Childe...

New edition of a classic previously published since 1987 by Penguin. Renfrew considers questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation. He re-examines the problem of the spread of Indo-European languages and argues that early...

This text treats the gods as a tribe or community, describing the structure of this community and some of the conflicts that frequently upset it as individual gods act to protect their own positions in the hierarchy, or struggle to gain power over their...

This text describes 100 of the world's most important archaeological discoveries. Alongside the well-known are placed the equally important but less-familiar, all of which have helped our understanding of the past. However, the book acts as more than a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860197185Format HardbackImprint Brockhampton PressPublisher Caxton Publishing

This introduction to the structure and context of archaeology in Britain reviews the vital issues facing archaeologists during a period in which the discipline has become increasingly complicated and diverse. The authors offer an analysis of the crucial...

An introduction for students and enthusiasts of archaeology, expanded to incorporate advances in the field. Topics covered range from underwater methods to radiocarbon dating and 30 influential excavations are summarized. Modern techniques include DNA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955824258Author Stephen ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Clarke PrintingPublisher Clarke Printing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955824234Author Stephen ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Clarke PrintingPublisher Clarke PrintingWeight(grams) 460g

In The Human Past, a team of leading archaeologists, all well-known specialists in their fields, provides a seamless yet uniquely authoritative account of human prehistory on a global scale. It highlights the enormous diversity of human experience and...

A new edition of an accessible introduction to the ancient New World civilization incorporates the latest archaeological findings, including the discoveries of San Bartolo murals, new information about the founders of the Tikal and Copan communities, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425193723Author Clive CusslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology,...