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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...
Ethnic Identity and Imperial Power
Amsterdam University Press 2004; US$ 60.75An empirically-based analysis of the emergence of the Batavian ethnicity within the Roman Empire more...
Africa and Archaeology
I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 58.00In this stimulating account of his life's experiences, renowned scholar and pioneer Africanist archaeologist Merrick Posnansky takes his readers on an unusual journey across the world, from his origins in a small Jewish community in Manchester to his adventures on archaeological sites in the villages of Africa before finally settling down to teach... more...
How to Read Industrial Britain
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 17.34From steam engines and suspension bridges to canals, factories and pubs, the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries transformed the social and material landscape of Britain. Yet how many of us know why our local pub looks the way it does or why a railway station might resemble a cathedral? This book reveals how, by 'reading' buildings,... more...
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 38.00A review of underwater archaeology offering a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies. more...
Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 24.00This book is a vivid reconstruction of ancient Egyptian religious rituals that were enacted in temples, tombs, and private homes. more...
Writing about Archaeology
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 22.00In this book, Graham Connah offers an overview of archaeological authorship: its diversity, its challenges, and its methodology. more...
Societies in Eclipse
University of Alabama Press 2010; US$ 31.50While contact with explorers, missionaries, and traders made a significant impact on natives of the Eastern Woodlands, Indian peoples cannot be solely understood from the historical record. Here, in Societies in Eclipse , archaeologists combine recent research with insights from anthropology, historiography, and oral tradition to examine the... more...
The Civil War in 50 Objects
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 19.99The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects : A fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War From a soldier?s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown?s pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, a Confederate Palmetto flag, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln?s bier, here is a unique and surprisingly intimate look at the... more...
Handbook of Archaeological Theories
AltaMira Press 2007; US$ 75.00This handbook, a companion to the authoritative Handbook of Archaeological Methods, gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists on all aspects of the latest thinking about archaeological theory. It is the definitive resource for understanding how to think about archaeology. more...









