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| Focuses on growth in areas such as material culture, human evolution and the political use of the past. This book answers such questions as: what are |
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| From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology |
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| A guide to archaeological methods, artifacts and monuments. It describes various archaeological periods found in Britain. It features illustrations th |
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| The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European c |
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| Underwater archaeology |
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| This book aims to introduce students to the archaeological side of the study of ancient Egypt and to bridge the gap between disciplines by explaining |
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| This book provides an introduction to the archaeology and history of ancient Palestine - modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories - from |
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| This book aims to introduce students to the archaeological side of the study of ancient Egypt and to bridge the gap between disciplines by explaining |
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| Covers the period in Ireland from the closing stages of the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. This title also covers such key topics as the plan |
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| The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor describes and narrates Dartmoor's landscape history from 4000 BC to the present, analysing and summarising archaeolo |
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| This book summaries, for the first time, a decade of archaeological excavation and fieldwork on the industrial archaeology of Lancashire - from the ea |
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| The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essays |
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| The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European c |
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| This book provides an introduction to the archaeology and history of ancient Palestine - modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories - from |
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| For centuries divers have been raising treasures from the sea. Now sophisticated technology is used which enables archaeologists to excavate at previo |
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| Informative and accessible guide to the industrial remains of the UK. |
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| A Companion to Chinese Archaeology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of the prehisto |
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| This book explores the roles of agricultural development and advancing social complexity in the processes of state formation in China. |
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| This book explores the roles of agricultural development and advancing social complexity in the processes of state formation in China. |
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| This book treats the archaeology of Cyprus from the first-known human presence during the Late Epipalaeolithic (ca. 11,000 BC) through the end of the |
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| This book treats the archaeology of Cyprus from the first-known human presence during the Late Epipalaeolithic (ca. 11,000 BC) through the end of the |
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| Suitable for students studying archaeology, this title introduces the commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts, and themes, and provides the |
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| Provides coverage of the major developments in archaeological method, science, technology and theory. This title explores new discoveries such as Nean |
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| Presenting the history of the world's greatest stone circle, Stonehenge, this book explains how the outlying Heel Stone long predates Stonehenge itsel |
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| A collection of essays that deals with the history of barrows, standing stones, and stone circles: with the ways in which they have been viewed, the m |
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| A fascinating insight into Yorkshire's prehistoric past. |
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| Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign gaze |
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| Italy's Lost Greece reveals the untold story of the modern engagement with Magna Graecia, the region of ancient Greek settlement in South Italy, and p |
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| A new illustrated introduction to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world. |
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| Presents the primary data and interpretative studies originally produced by archaeologists and anthropologists in the Maya region under the umbrella o |
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| The mysteries of ancient Egypt have proved an endless source of fascination to the world. This title reveals the history of this ancient civilisation' |
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| This 1920 work examines the principal archaeological discoveries made in Greece and nearby regions over a fifty-year period |
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| In 1942, while ploughing a field near Mildenhall in Suffolk, eastern England, Gordon Butcher stumbled upon a hoard of 34 silver objects that he turned |
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| The aim of The Ancient Maya of Mexico is to present the results of new and important archaeological, epigraphic, and art historical research in the Me |
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| A new, revised edition of this in-depth study of prehistoric carved stones, interpreting their purpose and design. |
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| This volume suggests how the slow genesis of Merovingian archaeology in France challenged the prevailing views of the population's exclusively Gallic |
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| Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th |
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| In Hadrian's Wall: A Life, Hingley addresses the post-Roman history of Hadrian's Wall, and considers the ways in which the monument has been imagined, |
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| First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. |
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| An authoritative guide to the history and archaeology of Lindisfarne |
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| A handbook on ancient Egypt. |
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| In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the |
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| Explains the story of the Picts and the Gaels, and how they united to forge the origins of the Scotland. This book draws on archaeological discoveries |
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| Before and for long after the Norman Conquest, English silver pennies were produced under royal control in a few major cities (Lincoln, London, Winche |
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| This is the story of Ireland's changing landscape spanning over 11,000 years, since the last Ice Age ended. Through text and illustrations, the fascin |
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| Since its rediscovery in 1911 by the American Hiram Bingham, this World Heritage site has embodied the "lost city"--though half a million people find |
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| In 1799 Napoleon's army uncovered an ancient stele in the Nile delta. Its inscription, recorded in three distinct scripts - ancient Greek, Coptic, and |
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| Flag Fen is one of the best-preserved Late Bronze Age sits yet found in Britain. It was discovered in 1982 and consists of many tens of thousands of t |
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| Fresh research on an important focus of contemporary archaeology. |
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| D.T. Potts focuses on the material infrastructure of Mesopotamia as the precondition for its high cultural achievement, relating its sophisticated lit |
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| Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surroun |
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| One of the greatest cities of the ancient world, Babylon - home to the fabulous hanging gardens - has been eclipsed by its own sinful reputation. This |
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| Archaeological research at Kirikongo in Burkina Faso has uncovered a sequence critical to understanding the emergence of corporate political systems w |
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| Follows the life story of Amenhotep III, one of the most important rulers of ancient Egypt. |
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| Neighbours of the better-known Itza in the central Peten lakes region of Guatemala, the Kowoj Maya have been studied for little more than a decade. Th |
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| People have lived in Scotland for at least 10,000 years. This title tells the story of Scotland's earliest history by focusing on 100 of the most exci |
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| An exciting archaeological detective story - tracing connections between a 5,200-year-old sun temple in Alberta, Canada, and the famous prehistoric |
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| Brief survey of the history and archaeological potential of the Scottish Borders town of Galashiels |
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| The tribe of the Durotriges was listed by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the second century AD. Traditionally it has been believed that the Durotriga |
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| This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras. |
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| Ranging from the first human settlement in the Nile Valley (c. 120,000 BC) to the appearance of Alexander the Great (c. 331 BC), this history blends a |
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| The Valley of the Kings and the region of Luxor are home to some of the greatest Archaeological treasures not only in Egypt but in the whole world. Th |
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| Nefertiti disappeared from the royal family. No record survives to detail her death, and to this day her end remains an enigma. Joyce Tyldesley provid |
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| Gives an account of major discoveries at the renowned archaeological site Catalhoyuk in Turkey. This title offers many insights into past lives and mo |
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| Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, this title examines the economic life and multicultural |
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| Apart from the universal fame that Tutankhamun and Ramesses II share, and the proximity of the periods in which they lived, the reigns and figures of |
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| On 2 September 31 BC the superpowers of ancient Egypt and Rome met head on for the first and last time in history. The outcome was the Battle of Actiu |
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| Presents an account of the Valley of the Kings, famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. This title brings t |
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| Asks questions such as: what is civilization? Did it mean the same to the Chinese, the Indians and the Greeks? What can the values of the ancient cult |
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| Examines the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period. This book links material on human consciousness, imagery and religious |
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| A striking and original interpretation of the awesome Stone Age site from one of the world's foremost archaeologists on death and burial |
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| Ancient Afghanistan was the crossroads of civilization in Central Asia. This title explores nearly 230 artefacts from the rich mosaic of Afghanistans |
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| The largest source of new information about Graeco-Roman antiquity is from newly discovered inscriptions. Epigraphic information gained through use of |
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| This book examines both the early modern reception and the ancient context of the Sumerian temple sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period |
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| In their bestselling book Civilization One, the authors provided evidence for a prehistoric measuring system that indicated the existence of an ancien |
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| This comprehensive approach to the subject throws fresh light on the health of our ancestors and on the conditions in which they lived, and it gives u |
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| Describes the history and development of the Akamas Peninsula in Northwestern Cyprus during the Roman and early-Byzantine period, based on studies car |
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| For two and half thousand years the Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. This book presents an account of the t |
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| The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. |
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| Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than Stonehenge, for 5,000 years the ancient megalithic tomb at Newgrange in County Meath has housed the remai |
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| Flint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to re |
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| Stonehenge with its cold rocks is seen as the place of the dead, and another site over the horizon as the place of the living, built in wood, and comp |
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| A unique illustrated guidebook to walking 40 of Britain and Ireland's most important and impressive prehistoric ancient monuments. |
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| This book presents a new interpretation of the prehistory of Britain and Ireland. |
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| A window on the heyday of the American frontier. |
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| Timely essays from experienced contributors examine the damage recent conflict has caused to cultural heritage, and how it may best be safeguarded in |
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| From steam engines and suspension bridges to canals, factories and pubs, the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries transformed the soci |
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| A standard introductory text of the process of technological investigation |
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| This forensic quintet featured in many of the notable murder trials of their time, making ground-breaking discoveries in the process. They were treate |
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| This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day. |
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| Offers an account of Medieval Archaeology across the Europe. This title enables readers to track the development of different cultures and regions ove |
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| A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleist |
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| In nineteenth century Zanzibar, clove plantations were established by Omani Arab colonial rulers. This work explores themes of capitalism, colonialism |
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| Presents the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the great decipherment of an ancient Maya script revised with t |
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| In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the editors of this volume have compiled a new and comprehensive group of studies |
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| Draws on the work of antiquarians and over ten years of the most recent archaeological research to examine the facts, myths and mysteries surrounding |
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| This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a gu |
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| Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theo |
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| Deals with the relationship between the material culture of humans, that is our technologies, arts and environments, and our mental worlds. Emphasisin |
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