Archaeology

A new edition of the classic guide for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and collectors for identifying and analyzing ancient baskets and basket fragments with an extensive new introduction summarizing the work done in this area over recent decades...

Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, yet this volume shows though the example of Northwest Italy how individuals’ decisions introduced changes in material culture, identity and behavior on a regional level to resist homogenization...

This fascinating volume reviews Lower and Middle Pleistocene African prehistory and presents a model in which the onset of the Middle Stone Age (before 285,000 years ago) marks the origins of landscape use patterns resembling those of modern human foragers...

This volume tells the stories—in their own words-- of 37 indigenous archaeologists from six continents, how they became archaeologists, and how their dual role affects their relationships with their community and their professional colleagues...

This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography...

Based on the survey in the UK that measured public use of and attitudes to the past, archaeology and collecting, this title develops an explanation for the failure of museums and similar institutions to connect with the majority of the public...

Whitney Battle-Baptiste outlines the basic tenets of Black feminist thought for archaeologists and shows how it can be used to improve historical archaeological practice...

Chris Tilley offers a kinaesthetic approach to understanding ancient landscapes, one that uses the full body and all the senses, through examples of rock art and megalithic architecture in Norway, Ireland, and Sweden...

Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn..

This distinguished group of archaeologists select key subjects and genres used by Hollywood and provide the historical and archaeological depth that a movie cannot--what really happened in history. Topics include Egypt, the Wild West, Civil War submarines, Vikings, the Titanic, and others...

The collected essays in this volume address contemporary issues regarding the relationship between Indigenous groups and archaeologists, including the challenges of dialogue, colonialism, the difficulties of working within legislative and institutional frameworks, and NAGPRA and similar legislation...

Examining the kings' legacy in the creation of the Roman province of Britannia, this book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain on the eve of the Roman conquest...