Archaeology books

Looks at how successive British governments approached the subject of control and disarmament between 1956 and 1975...  Read More >>

This volume explores the significant connections between the Quaker community and the abolitionist cause in America....  Read More >>

In pre-industrial societies, in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were...  Read More >>

Early-modern Venice was an exceptional city. Located at the intersection of trade routes and cultural borders, it...  Read More >>

Exploring early-modern European empires within a global perspective, this collection focuses on the limits of empire:...  Read More >>

The creators of the Vichy regime did not intend merely to shield France from the worst effects of military defeat...  Read More >>

The youngest son of Emperor Maximilian II, and nephew of Philip II of Spain, Archduke Albert (1559-1621) was originally...  Read More >>

Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus quickly established itself as one of the most dynamic, influential but divisive...  Read More >>

This volume contains papers from the fifth conference on the military orders held in London. It deals with the archaeological...  Read More >>

Presents a range of papers examining the Indian Army experience from the outbreak of world war in 1939 to the partition...  Read More >>

Brings together eleven papers by leading scholars in ancient and medieval medicine and pharmacy. This volume honors...  Read More >>

Offering an examination of the Pan-German League - one of Germany's most prominent radical nationalist groups -...  Read More >>

Offers an example of a French region that attracted a certain cultivated elite of travel connoisseurs but in which...  Read More >>

In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King's customs service, began an extraordinary...  Read More >>

Chen Hongshou (1599-1652) was as an artist and scholar of the Ming period. Considering Chen's paintings and prints...  Read More >>

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Details the use-wear analysis of a set of stone tools recovered during the excavation of Cassegros Cave, in southwestern...  Read More >>

The arrival of Alexander the Great in the southern Levant ushered in many changes, and the subsequent period saw...  Read More >>

As a theory, sociobiology is opposed to socio-ecology, a discipline hampered since its birth. The indictment of...  Read More >>

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Features papers that reflect the wide areas to which John Pryor has made significant contributions in the course...  Read More >>

Includes essays that address issues surrounding the use, dissemination, and reception of copies and even deliberate...  Read More >>

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This book aims to understand the process of the Bronze Age societies of Northern Europe which are often regarded...  Read More >>

Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), one of the leading Byzantinists of her generation, broke new ground in the study of...  Read More >>