Prehistoric archaeology books

This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near...  Read More >>

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Works of art by the Etruscans, the legendary people from central Italy, have been on display again at the Altes...  Read More >>

Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates...  Read More >>

There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day...  Read More >>

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English summary: The Bronze Age hill settlement of Fuente Alamo is situated in the southeast of the Iberian peninsula...  Read More >>

The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing...  Read More >>

A Forged Glamour, which takes its title from a poem, is an exploration of the lives and deaths of ironworking communities...  Read More >>

The origin and early development of social stratification is essentially an archaeological problem. The impressive...  Read More >>

Throughout the local Bronze and Iron Age, European and Mediterranean societies appear to have been involved in complex...  Read More >>

The Neolithic period is noted primarily for the change from hunter-gatherer societies to agriculture, domestication...  Read More >>

Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later...  Read More >>

This book shows how new methods and theories in archeology, and increasing cooperation among researchers have led...  Read More >>

Background to Beakers is the result of an inspiring session at the yearly conference of European Association of...  Read More >>

Dr Robert Munro (1835-1920) was a distinguished medical practitioner who, in his later life, became a keen archaeologist....  Read More >>

Since 1890 when Sir Flinders Petrie first realised the importance of the Aegean pottery he had found in Egypt further...  Read More >>

This book describes the life of the famous archaeologist and shrewd trader Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) from...  Read More >>

C.R. Hermans is one of the founding fathers of archaeology in the Dutch Brabant-region. In 1865 he published the...  Read More >>

Barrows, as burial markers, are ubiquitous throughout North-Western Europe. In some regions dense concentrations...  Read More >>

Dutch Description: De vaak honderden aardewerkfragmenten die in Oss-Ussen werden aangetroffen in waterputten, kuilen,...  Read More >>

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In this book the late Lewis Binford documents the hunting and butchering strategies of modern Arctic big game hunters...  Read More >>

The early Iron Age settlement at Longbridge Deverill Cow Down, Wiltshire is justly regarded as one of the type sites...  Read More >>