Archaeology category: 3529 books
Paradigm Found
Archaeological Theory – Present, Past and Future. Essays in Honour of Evžen Neustupný
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Paradigm Found brings together papers by renowned researchers from across Europe, Asia and America to discuss a selection of pressing issues in current archaeological theory and method. The book also reviews the effects and potential of various theoretical stances in the context of prehistoric archaeology.
The...
by AlanJoel Witten
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Geophysics influences a wide range of subjects, from environmental studies to archaeology, palaeontology to counter-terrorism and law enforcement. 'Handbook of Geophysics and Archaeology' offers a comprehensive overview of geophysical techniques. The handbook focuses on applications and issues in...
Architectural Energetics in Archaeology
Analytical Expansions and Global Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the grandest pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have been curious as to how pre-modern societies with limited technology were...
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade
Holy War and Colonisation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade explores the archaeology and material culture of the crusade against the Prussian tribes in the 13th century, and the subsequent society created by the Teutonic Order which lasted into the 16th century. It provides the first synthesis of the material culture...
Reflections: 50 Years of Medieval Archaeology, 1957-2007: No. 30
50 Years of Medieval Archaeology, 1957-2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
This volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (established in 1957), presenting reflections on the history, development and future prospects of the discipline. The papers are drawn from a series of conferences and workshops that took place in 2007-08, in addition...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies are often marginalized in archaeology. This is the first book that, by discussing the meaning and purpose we give to the expression `environmental archaeology',...
Dwelling
Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Dwelling: Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality negotiates the discourses of phenomenology, archaeology and palaeoanthropology in order to extend the ‘dwelling perspective’, an approach in the social sciences particularly associated with Tim Ingold and a number of other thinkers, including Chris Tilley,...
The Times of Their Lives
Hunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
The hunt is on for the most detailed histories of people in the remote past that we can achieve. We can now routinely, through Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates, construct much more precise chronologies than previously, down to the scales of lifetimes and generations, and even on occasion of...
by Donald L Hardesty
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847. When archaeologist Donald L. Hardesty and four colleagues—a historian and three other archaeologists—turned their collective attention...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2013
Historical Archaeology of New York City is a collection of narratives about people who lived in New York City during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered during excavations at sites where these people lived or worked. The stories...
Breaking Ground
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
"At the close of the Victorian era, two generations of intrepid women abandoned Grand Tour travel for the rigors of archaeological expeditions, shining the light of scientific exploration on Old World antiquity. Breaking Ground highlights the remarkable careers of twelve pioneers-a compelling...
by Todd L. VanPool, Robert D. Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology introduces the application of quantitative methods in archaeology. It outlines conceptual and statistical principles, illustrates their application, and provides problem sets for practice.
Discusses both methodological frameworks and quantitative methods of...
Archaeology, Heritage, and Civic Engagement
Working toward the Public Good
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The definition of “public archaeology” has expanded in recent years to include archaeologists’ collaborations with and within communities and activities in support of education, civic renewal, peacebuilding, and social justice. Barbara Little and Paul Shackel, long-term leaders in the growth...
by Mathias Piana, Christer Carlsson
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
As elite communities in medieval societies the Military Orders were driven by the ambition to develop built environments that fulfilled monastic needs as well as military requirements and, in addition, residential and representational purposes. Growing affluence and an international orientation provided...