Archaeological theory books

Using in depth-case studies, this book explores the aims of the 'reconstruction' of heritage sites and examines...  Read More >>

A revolutionary study of material culture, this volume argues that the deliberate physical fragmentation and deposition...  Read More >>

Excavations along the new road line have revealed nearly 6000 years of human activity, from a massive marker post...  Read More >>

The idea for this volume emerged from critical self-reflection about diverse archaeological practices in a session...  Read More >>

In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches—archaeological,...  Read More >>

Grounded in case studies from individual objects and museum collections from North America, Europe, Africa, the...  Read More >>

This volume derives from a session held at the 2010 Theoretical Archaeology Group conference (Bristol University)....  Read More >>

The study of burial practices, of human attitudes and behaviour in the face of death, has been an important part...  Read More >>

The new interdisciplinary study of modern conflict archaeology has developed rapidly over the last decade. Its anthropological...  Read More >>

This volume explores how the archaeologist or historian can understand variations in landscapes. Making use of a...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the analysis of materials, from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods of Britain and...  Read More >>

Croucher explores what mortuary practices can reveal about the living populations in the Neolithic Near East. Incorporating...  Read More >>

There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite...  Read More >>

This volume suggests how the slow genesis of Merovingian archaeology in France challenged the prevailing views of...  Read More >>

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This concise dictionary is intended to be helpful in the reading of archaeological books and publications, and in...  Read More >>

This concise dictionary is intended to be helpful in the reading of archaeological books and publications, and in...  Read More >>

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This volume presents eight new Iron Age gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold...  Read More >>

A collection of papers investigating plant and animal remains, and the sediments in which they are buried.  Read More >>

This volume presents the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney Wheeler through an examination of her written...  Read More >>

This volume is a tribute to the dynamic archaeologist, Christopher Taylor, a leading practitioner, non-excavational...  Read More >>

This volume presents an up-to-date overview of the evidence for violent injuries on human skeletons of the Neolithic...  Read More >>

The new edition details key advances in the field related to lithic debitage analysis and lithic tool analysis since...  Read More >>