Prehistoric archaeology books

A richly documented and illustrated survey of the archaeology of a crucible of world culture, covering the earliest...  Read More >>

First of two volumes describing and interpreting the rich, high status Iron Age–Viking finds at Gudme, south-east...  Read More >>

Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals...  Read More >>

Presents detailed analysis of a highly unusual Early Bronze Age burial and discusses its wider context.  Read More >>

This is the first attempt to present a truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice...  Read More >>

Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) is the northernmost of a series of hillforts atop the Clwydian hills in Wales. Nine seasons...  Read More >>

Lionel Sims has produced an influential body of work that has challenged existing narratives about British prehistoric...  Read More >>

Presenting a new perspective on human–animal relations in the ancient Near East, this volume considers how we should...  Read More >>

This study is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It...  Read More >>

Results of a major, community-based excavation of an Iron Age broch that collapsed in on itself after a fire, sealing...  Read More >>

A reflection on the status and development of current analytical methodology and its applicability within the wider...  Read More >>

A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history...  Read More >>

Cups are the least studied of all Bronze Age funerary ceramics and their interpretations are still based on antiquarian...  Read More >>

Presenting the results of a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough,...  Read More >>

A full catalogue of the graves and finds of the Neolithic Funnelbeaker Culture cemetery of Dalfsen.  Read More >>

Examines 141 individual graves from the Neolithic Funnelbeaker Culture cemetery of Dalfsen, the Netherlands.  Read More >>

Explores how flintknapping traditions evolved on either side of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Northwestern...  Read More >>

Harnesses studies of lithics to explore the world’s oldest farming societies of the Near East.  Read More >>

This book presents the Neolithic Funnelbeaker Culture cemetery of Dalfsen where 141 individual graves were excavated....  Read More >>

This volume is a full catalogue of the graves and finds of the Neolithic Funnelbeaker Culture cemetery of Dalfsen....  Read More >>

Examining the lithic assemblages generated new insights in how flintknapping traditions evolved on either side of...  Read More >>

This book harnesses the latest studies of Near Eastern Neolithic lithics, by bringing together a team of leading...  Read More >>

This volume reports on a series of fieldwork projects carried out in the Tregurra Valley, to the east of Truro,...  Read More >>

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This book makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity...  Read More >>