Archaeology

Offers a review of approaches to the study of lithic technology from the Palaeolithic onwards. This title helps in understanding of issues such as tool function, means of production, raw material sourcing and exchange systems, and the evolution of human cognition, social organization and symbolic be..

Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and adaptive from the impacts of volcanic eruptions over human history and prehistory...

From North Syria to Sicily and North Africa, this is the first study to bring together such a breadth of data, and compares responses to colonization in the Iron-Age Mediterranean...

Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon-- who found his tomb-- share many parallels. Brian Fagan’s artful narrative weaves these two lives together, showing how archaeological information can effectively tell the story of real live..

A unique work that brings together a broad range of specialist disciplines to create a new perspective on social and physical exclusion from society...

A unique work that brings together a broad range of specialist disciplines to create a new perspective on social and physical exclusion from society...

Who wants archaeology? Who should pay for it? Who should do it? And how? Making Archaeology Happen is an attempt to answer these questions – campaigning for a more liberated, imaginative and productive field profession...

This guide is designed as an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones & teeth...

Offers an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones and teeth. This guide intends to highlight for beginners the main points on which identifications can be made on the bulk of bones and teeth from a small range of common Old World mammals...

Original research articles show the range of activities, issues, and solutions undertaken by contemporary managers of heritage sites around the world...

Focusing on the principles and practice of management today, and covering contract and field archaeology, heritage management, marketing, law and information technology, this is a collection of outstanding papers by diverse experts...

Jeremy Green's systematic overview of maritime archaeology offers a step-by-step description of this fast-growing field...