Archaeological theory books

1354 books were found.

Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion

Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion...

Author: Elizabeth Childs-Johnson ,  John S Major
ISBN: 9781032376493
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion demonstrates that the concept of metamorphism was central...  Read More >>

Experiencing Translationality: Material and Metaphorical Journeys

Experiencing Translationality: Material and Metaphorical...

Author: Piotr Blumczynski
ISBN: 9781032459875
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This innovative book takes the concept of translation beyond its traditional boundaries, adding to the growing body...  Read More >>

The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland

The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland...

Author: Dale Serjeantson
ISBN: 9781789259568
Format: Hardback
$205.00

Explores the relationship between wild birds and people in Britain from the Mesolithic to AD 1600.  Read More >>

Fabric of the Frontier: Prospection, Use, and Re-Use of Stone from Hadrian’s Wall

Fabric of the Frontier: Prospection, Use, and Re-Use...

Author: Rob Collins ,  Ian Kille
ISBN: 9781789259506
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The first volume to analyse the fabric of Hadrian’s Wall in relation to its geological background.  Read More >>

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Author: Mackenzie Cooley ,  Anna Toledano
ISBN: 9781032397207
Format: Paperback
$71.99

The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships...  Read More >>

Rethinking Global Governance: Learning from Long Ignored Societies

Rethinking Global Governance: Learning from Long Ignored...

Author: Justin Jennings (Royal Ontario Museum, Canada)
ISBN: 9781032446714
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Rethinking Global Governance argues that long-ignored, non-western political systems from the distant and more recent...  Read More >>

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds

Author: Mackenzie Cooley ,  Anna Toledano
ISBN: 9781032397184
Format: Hardback
$263.00

The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships...  Read More >>

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

Author: AM Pollard ,  Ruth Ann Armitage
ISBN: 9781119592044
Format: Hardback
$259.95

HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES A modern and comprehensive introduction to methods and techniques in archaeology...  Read More >>

Textiles in Motion: Dress for Dance in the Ancient World

Textiles in Motion: Dress for Dance in the Ancient World...

Author: Audrey Gouy
ISBN: 9781789257984
Format: Hardback
$135.00

Discussion of an often-overlooked aspect of ancient dance: the function of clothing  Read More >>

Social Ghosts and the Dead of World History: Ghost Theory

Social Ghosts and the Dead of World History: Ghost Theory...

Author: Martyn Hudson (Northumbria University, UK.)
ISBN: 9781032446936
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book looks at the phantasms and spirits of classical social science and philosophy, including Hegel’s ‘World-Spirit’,...  Read More >>

Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice

Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice

Author: Zainabu Jallo (University of Basel, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781032223872
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice constellates curators and scholars actively working with material...  Read More >>

Returning to Gokstad: The Art and Science of the Archaeological Revisit

Returning to Gokstad: The Art and Science of the Archaeological...

Author: Jan Bill ,  Hege S. Gjerde
ISBN: 9788771243598
Format: Hardback
$90.56

This book is the first of three planned volumes from the project Gokstad Revitalised, which is an archaeological...  Read More >>

Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia

Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands...

Author: Wendy Beck (Adjunct Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia) ,  Catherine Clarke (Senior Lecturer (Retired), University of New England, New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9781789694802
Format: Paperback
$181.13

This volume presents the results of an investigation of wetland heritage in eastern Australia, with important contributions...  Read More >>

Pilgrims in Place, Pilgrims in Motion: Sacred Travel in the Ancient Mediterranean

Pilgrims in Place, Pilgrims in Motion: Sacred Travel...

Author: Anna Collar ,  Troels Myrup Kristensen
ISBN: 9788771845433
Format: Hardback
$142.31

Exciting interdisciplinary scholarship on the theme of pilgrimage.  Read More >>

A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology: The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn

A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology: The...

Author: Stephen Leach
ISBN: 9781629581392
Format: Paperback
$75.99

Russia’s foremost archaeological theorist, Leo S. Klejn, has been generally unrecognized by western scholars. In...  Read More >>

Circuits of Metal Value: Changing Roles of Metals in the Early Aegean and Nearby Lands

Circuits of Metal Value: Changing Roles of Metals in...

Author: Toby C. Wilkinson ,  Susan Sherratt
ISBN: 9781789259612
Format: Paperback
$145.00

Innovative new examination of the cultural role of metals in Aegean prehistory.  Read More >>

Archaeology of Bronze Age Mongolia: A Deer Stone Diary

Archaeology of Bronze Age Mongolia: A Deer Stone Diary...

Author: William Fitzhugh
ISBN: 9781736690284
Format: Paperback
$66.00

or from early maritime peoples of Japan and Korea? Central Asia seemed like an odd place for me to search for ancient...  Read More >>

Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology

Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn...

Author: Peter Der Manuelian (Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780197628935
Format: Hardback
$93.95

In this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of...  Read More >>

Modeling the Past: Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks

Modeling the Past: Archaeology, History, and Dynamic...

Author: John Terrell ,  Mark Golitko
ISBN: 9781800738690
Format: Hardback
$284.63

How do researchers use dynamic network analysis (DYRA) to explore, model, and try to understand the complex global...  Read More >>

From Hunter-Gatherers to Early Christians: The Archaeology of Ancient Societies in the Llŷn Peninsula

From Hunter-Gatherers to Early Christians: The Archaeology...

Author: Julian Maxwell Heath
ISBN: 9781914427220
Format: Paperback
$140.00

An in-depth and lavishly illustrated study of the archaeology of the Llŷn Peninsula.  Read More >>

Knossos, Mycenae, Troy: The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous Climax

Knossos, Mycenae, Troy: The Enchanting Bronze Age and...

Author: Natale Barca
ISBN: 9781789259476
Format: Paperback
$140.00

Engagingly written history of the first Mediterranean Bronze Age civilisations, set against the backdrop of a series...  Read More >>

Conversations about Time

Conversations about Time

Author: Gavin Lucas (University of Iceland, Iceland) ,  Laurent Olivier (Museum of Archaeology in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France)
ISBN: 9781032024950
Format: Paperback
$37.99

This book presents a conversation between two prominent archaeologists who have been exploring the concept of time...  Read More >>

Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice

Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Practice

Author: Tim van der Heijden ,  Aleksander Kolkowski
ISBN: 9783110795813
Format: Hardback
$51.39

The hands-on and experimental approach of DEMA offers the unique opportunity to 'grasp' media and communication...  Read More >>

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