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Social Bioarchaeology
Wiley 2011; US$ 109.95Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world more...
The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00Part of a resurgence in the comparative study of ancient societies, this book presents case studies of states, empires and chiefdoms. more...
North Sea Archaeologies
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 44.99This innovative study offers an up-to-date analysis of the archaeology of the North Sea. Robert Van de Noort traces the way people engaged with the North Sea from the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 BC, to the close of the Middle Ages, about AD 1500. Van de Noort draws upon archaeological research from many countries, including the UK, the Netherlands,... more...
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change
University Press of Colorado 2012; US$ 5.99Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities?ranging from Arctic to equatorial regions, from tropical rainforests to desert interiors, and from deep prehistory to living memory?faced, and... more...
Archaeology, Annales, and Ethnohistory
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 27.00This collection considers the relevance of the Annales 'school' for archaeology. more...
Archaeology and Preservation of Gendered Landscapes
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99Historical archaeology of landscapes initially followed the pattern of Classical Archaeology by studying elite men's gardens. Over time, particularly in North America, the field has expanded to cover larger settlement areas, but still often with ungendered and elite focus. The editors of this volume seek to fill this important gap in the literature... more...
Doing Archaeology
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 28.95Covering archaeology from a range of angles, incorporating history, major themes, theories and methods, Doing Archaeology provides a firm grounding for anyone interested in learning more about the discipline. Throughout the book, key information is accessibly presented and important questions are answered, including: What is archaeology? How... more...
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations
Springer 2011; US$ 179.99In many facets of Western culture, including archaeology, there remains a legacy of perceiving gender divisions as natural, innate, and biological in origin. This belief follows that men are naturally pre-disposed to public, intellectual pursuits, while women are innately designed to care for the home and take care of children. In the interpretation... more...
Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology
Left Coast Press 2012; US$ 49.95Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has become one of the standard tools in the archaeologist's array of methods, but users still struggle to understand what the images tell us. In this book—illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs—Lawrence Conyers shows how results of geophysical surveys can test ideas regarding people, history, and... more...
A Slice Through Time
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 64.95The dramatic development of European oak chronologies over the last ten years parallels and supplements the bristlecone-pine chronology in the United States. Dendrochronologists can now provide a wood sample - a time capsule of biological material - for any calender date over the last seven millennia from two continents. For archaeologists, resigned... more...









