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Ceci n'est pas une hache
Sidestone Press 2006; US$ 23.15As early as the 19th century discoveries of groups of large axes puzzled those confronted with them. The fact that most were found in waterlogged places increased the speculation as to the nature of the deposits. This thesis is concerned with the character and significance of TRB flint axe depositions. The first part is mainly concerned with the question... more...
The Roman West, AD 200500
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 96.00Focuses on the archaeological evidence, allowing fresh perspectives and new approaches to the fate of the Roman West. more...
Mediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities and Persistent Landscapes
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00Explores the human ecology and history of Antikythera over the full course of its approximately seven-thousand-year history of human activity. more...
Soils, Climate and Society
University Press of Colorado 2013; US$ 55.00Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land--the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. The volume... more...
Sacred Darkness
University Press of Colorado 2012; US$ 75.00Caves have been used in various ways across human society but despite the persistence within popular culture of the iconic caveman, deep caves were never used primarily as habitation sites for early humans. Rather, in both ancient and contemporary contexts, caves have served primarily as ritual spaces. In Sacred Darkness, contributors use archaeological... more...
Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00This book is a new analysis of maritime life among the Mycenaean Greeks (c.16001100 BC). more...
Transformation through Destruction
Sidestone Press 2013; US$ 55.00Some 2800 years ago, a man died in what is now the municipality of Oss, the Netherlands. His death must have been a significant event in the life of local communities, for he received an extraordinary funeral, which ended with the construction of an impressive barrow. Based on the meticulous excavation and a range of specialist and comprehensive studies... more...
Beyond Barrows
Sidestone Press 2013; US$ 42.00Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague to discuss and review current research on... more...
Companion Encyclopaedia of Archaeology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 460.00This comprehensive, fully illustrated Companion answers the need for an in-depth archaeology reference that provides authoritative coverage of this complex and interdisciplinary field. The work brings together the myriad strands and the great temporal and spatial breadth of the field into two thematically organized volumes. In twenty-six authoritative... more...
Bones, Rocks and Stars
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2006; US$ 24.95What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, says Chris Turney, time is of the essence. And understanding how we pinpoint the past, he cautions, is crucial to putting the present in perspective and planning for the future. more...









