Archaeology category: 3529 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology...
by George F. Bass
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This book tells the incredible story of a half century of unlocking the mysteries of ancient shipwrecks. It is the story of of George F. Bass and his team, who are recognized as the pioneers of marine archaeology. ARCHAEOLOGY BENEATH THE SEA chronicles the enormous challenges they faced in developing...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology provides an overview of the international field of historical archaeology (c.AD 1500 to the present) through seventeen specially-commissioned essays from leading researchers in the field. The volume explores key themes in historical archaeology including...
Doing Archaeology
A Subject Guide for Students
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Covering archaeology from a range of angles, incorporating history, major themes, theories and methods, Doing Archaeology provides a firm grounding for anyone interested in learning more about the discipline. Throughout the book, key information is accessibly presented and important questions are...
by Shannon Lee Dawdy, Martha Zierden, Bonnie L. Gums
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
The rapid growth and development of urban areas in the South have resulted in an increase in the number of urban archaeology projects required by federal and state agencies. These projects provide opportunities not only to investigate marginal areas between the town and countryside but also to recover...
by John W. Griffin, Patricia C. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
"An important book about a natural World Heritage site that also has a rich human heritage."--American Archaeology "As the only available synthesis of the archaeology of the Everglades, this book fills an important niche."--Choice "Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South...
Archaeology for the People
Joukowsky Institute Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
In 2014, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World organized an international writing competition calling for accessible and engaging essays about any aspect of archaeology. Nearly 150 submissions from over two dozen countries were received. Archaeology for the People gathers the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
Since its very beginning, archaeology has in many senses always related to a much wider constituency than just archaeologists. This relationship between archaeology and the public has often been overlooked and constantly changes. Public archaeology, as a field of research and practice, has been developing...
Testing ancient textile tools in Southern Etruria (Central Italy): Experimental archaeology versus experiential archaeology
Published in Origini n. XL/2017. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Published in Origini n. XL/2017. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations | The debate regarding experimental archaeology versus the...
An Archaeology of Social Space
Analyzing Coffee Plantations in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
James Delle has solved a number of problems in Caribbean archaeology with An Archaeology of Social Space. He deals with most of the problems by using historical archaeology, and clearly implicates Ameri canist prehistorians. Although this book is about coffee plantations in the Blue Mountains area...
Reclaiming Archaeology
Beyond the Tropes of Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Archaeology has been an important source of metaphors for some of the key intellectuals of the 20th century: Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Alois Riegl and Michel Foucault, amongst many others. However, this power has also turned against archaeology, because the discipline has been dealt with perfunctorily...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2009
In studying the past, archaeologists have focused on the material remains of our ancestors. Prehistorians generally have only artifacts to study and rely on the diverse material record for their understanding of past societies and their behavior. Those involved in studying historically documented...
Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology
Bridging the 'Great Divide'
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology is an innovative volume which examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wideranging overview of classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the Classical period and from mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within...
by Clive Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Now in an updated third edition, Archaeology: The Basics provides a straightforward and engaging introduction to the world of Archaeology. This book answers key questions about how and why we practice archaeology and examines the theories and themes underpinning the subject. Fully updated, this new...