Archaeology category: 3529 books
Princes of the Church
Bishops and their Palaces
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Princes of the Church brings together the latest research exploring the importance of bishops’ palaces for social and political history, landscape history, architectural history and archaeology. It is the first book-length study of such sites since Michael Thompson’s Medieval Bishops’ Houses...
Archaeological Practice in Great Britain
A Heritage Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
This manual provides a unique ‘user guide’ to practicing archaeology and working in the cultural heritage sector within the diverse settings of Great Britain, comprising of: England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
As part of their training, archaeologists often...
Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant
The Archaeology and History of the Latin East
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Written to celebrate the prestigious career of Professor Denys Pringle, this collection of articles produced by many of the leading archaeologists and historians in the field of crusades studies offers a compilation of pioneering scholarship on recent studies on the Latin East. The geographical breadth...
Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork
Exploring On-Site Relationships Between Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Digging, recording, and writing are the three main processes that archaeologists undertake to analyze a site, yet the relationships between these processes is rarely considered critically. Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that each of these processes involves at least a bit of subjective...
Presenting the Romans
Interpreting the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Issues in the public presentation and interpretation of the archaeology of Hadrian's Wall and other frontiers of the Roman Empire are explored and addressed here. A central theme is the need for interpretation to be people-focussed, and for visitors to be engaged through narratives and approaches...
Danes in Wessex
The Scandinavian Impact on Southern England, c. 800–c. 1100
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
There have been many studies of the Scandinavians in Britain, but this is the first collection of essays to be devoted solely to their engagement with Wessex. New work on the early Middle Ages, not least the excavations of mass graves associated with the Viking Age in Dorset and Oxford, drew attention...
Biography of a Hacienda
Work and Revolution in Rural Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Winner, James Deetz Book Award (Society for Historical Archaeology)
Biography of a Hacienda is a many-voiced reconstruction of events leading up to the Mexican Revolution and the legacy that remains to the present day. Drawing on ethnohistorical, archaeological, and ethnographic data, Elizabeth...
Current Research in Egyptology 2006
Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The Seventh annual Current Research in Egyptology Symposium (CRE 2006) was held on 6-8 April 2006, at the University of Oxford, and brought together graduate and postgraduate students of Egyptology from institutions world-wide. A total of 44 students presented their new and on-going research on a...
A Geography of Offerings
Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
More than quarter of a century ago Richard Bradley published The Passage of Arms. It was conceived as An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, but, as the author concedes, these terms were too narrrowly focused for the complex subject of deliberate deposition and the period...
by Júpiter Martínez Ramírez
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
In a literary journey from the Sierra Madre to the sea, Júpiter Martínez
guides us, between stories and scenes of daily life, through the astonishing--
and at times dangerous--geography of Sonora. This second volume in the series
Archaeology in Extreme Conditions is a personal narrative that reveals...
Statistics for Archaeologists
A Common Sense Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
In the decade since its publication, the first edition of Statistics for Archaeologists has become a staple in the classroom. Taking a jargon-free approach, this teaching tool introduces the basic principles of statistics to archaeologists. The author covers the necessary techniques for analyzing...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Cemetery and landscape studies have been hallmarks of North African archaeology for more than one hundred years. Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa is the first book to combine these two fields by considering North African cemeteries within the context of their wider landscapes. This unique perspective...
On Location
Heritage Cities and Sites
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2011
*** On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites merges the material and the social perspectives of preservation and historical interpretation in urban landscapes. The essays in this volume focus on the social life of historic cities and large-scale sites. They examine the ways that cities are dynamically...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Practical, inspiring and instructive, Education and the Historic Environment emphasizes the contribution to both education and heritage that results from a positive relationship between the two disciplines.
Education and the Historic Environment examines evidence, case studies and chapters...