Archaeology books

An engaging, accessible account of humanity’s heritage beyond Earth Space exploration has produced a rich material...  Read More >>

This book tells the stories of the last generation to work on manned lighthouses in Scotland. The interviews record...  Read More >>

Surnames give us a sense of identity and belonging. Even in today's mobile society they can have strong links with...  Read More >>

The 2000-plus years of Scottish history have seen a huge variety of events, from great national moments to personal...  Read More >>

Anthropologists and archaeologists have struggled with the concept of the food taboo for over a century. This Element...  Read More >>

This Element approaches large game hunting through a social and symbolic lens. It explores some recurring themes...  Read More >>

Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things…  Read More >>

User-friendly guide that sets out a plan of 20 Roman towns, explaining how visitors can find the archaeological...  Read More >>

In this new edition, Derek Gillman provides an updated overview of long-standing and more recent controversies over...  Read More >>

This book is more than a guide to the faerie beings of the Celtic realms. It unravels their origins and delves into...  Read More >>

Anthropologists and archaeologists have struggled with the concept of the food taboo for over a century. This Element...  Read More >>

This Element approaches large game hunting through a social and symbolic lens. It explores some recurring themes...  Read More >>

In this new edition, Derek Gillman provides an updated overview of long-standing and more recent controversies over...  Read More >>

A noted expert on ancient Near Eastern divination offers an overview of the fascinating subject.  Read More >>

Examines the role of Rendlesham, Suffolk as the probable seat of Anglo-Saxon kings of East Anglia and its political...  Read More >>

The New Deal's effects on archaeology and cultural heritage in the American West  Read More >>

This book documents the groundbreaking discovery of a 1559 shipwreck from the fleet of Spanish explorer Tristán...  Read More >>

This book uses archaeology to explore Civil War encampment sites, showing how interpreting and preserving these...  Read More >>

Puts Guerrero's history firmly on the map of Mexican archaeology and history. The book brings together a vast amount...  Read More >>

The prehistoric phase forms the longest period in human history covering a few millennia whereas the knowledge of...  Read More >>

A report of excavations at Hereford Cathedral, including a thorough study of the human remains.  Read More >>

This open access volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology and cognate disciplines, with the...  Read More >>

This book delves into the political aspects of an archaeology of the contemporary past and provides evidence and...  Read More >>

A seminar, a sixteenth-century heretical text, and the art of slow reading—this is historical research as you've...  Read More >>

This book provides a general summary of the development of digitalization in heritage interpretation and presentation,...  Read More >>