Archaeological theory books

Whether as excavators and re-enactors, or co-organising research campaigns and outreach activities, the participation...  Read More >>

Presenting a story of art and artists in Gunbalanya, western Arnhem Land between the years 2001 and 2005, this book...  Read More >>

This book is an introduction to theory in archaeology – but with a difference. Archaeological Situations avoids...  Read More >>

This book is an introduction to theory in archaeology – but with a difference. Archaeological Situations avoids...  Read More >>

This book takes a multidisciplinary and international perspective to analyse periods of crisis in the Ancient World...  Read More >>

English heritage pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons.  Read More >>

The concept for this book emerged from a public archaeology session at the 2019 Society for Historical Archaeology...  Read More >>

30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and...  Read More >>

This handbook presents cutting-edge and global insights on sustainable heritage, engaging with ideas such as data...  Read More >>

The textographic study examines the academic enculturation experiences of Chinese archaeologists through the lens...  Read More >>

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The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics...  Read More >>

Archaeology, Heritage, and Wellbeing fills an important gap in the academic literature, bringing together experts...  Read More >>

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This major book brings together for the first time all of the fragments of sculpture which formed the metopes from...  Read More >>

Now in its third edition, this four-field introduction to anthropology shows students how anthropologists think...  Read More >>

Provides a reflection on the relations between nature and culture as manifested by literary artefacts, and reframes...  Read More >>

This book collects the contributions to a two-day conference which illustrate a digital project developed at the...  Read More >>

This guide explains the drawing of artefacts in its various aspects. It treats the drawing of complete vessels,...  Read More >>

Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States explores role of ritual in variety of archaic states...  Read More >>

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An Introduction to Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology is the first concise introduction that lays out the epistemological...  Read More >>

The Object of Conservation examines how historic buildings, monuments and artefacts are cared for as valued embodiments...  Read More >>