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Archaeology and Memory
Oxbow Books 2010; US$ 55.00Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource. From the Ancient Greeks to Nietzsche and Derrida, the dilemma about the relationship between history and memory has filled many pages, with one important question singled out: is the writing of history to memory a remedy or a poison? Recently, a growing interest in and preoccupation... more...
Archaeology Coursebook
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 31.95This new and unique publication is an unrivalled guide to students studying archaeology for the first time. Comprehensive and user-friendly, it will interest pre-university students and teachers as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts. more...
Education and the Historic Environment
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 41.95Practical, inspiring and instructive, Education and the Historic Environment emphasizes the contribution to both education and heritage that results from a positive relationship between the two disciplines. Education and the Historic Environment examines evidence, case studies and chapters from a wide cross section of the heritage sector and:... more...
Setting the Agenda for American Archaeology
University of Alabama Press 2011; US$ 38.50A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the fascination that Americans had for the continent's prehistoric past was leading... more...
Digging it up Down Under
Springer 2007; US$ 31.99Provides an introduction to undertaking archaeology in an Australian setting. This book includes advice on the local legislative situation, relevant codes of ethics, definitions of artefacts and sites, and the history and characteristic features of the occupation of the continent by both Aboriginal and European people. more...
Archaeology: An Introduction
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 49.95Archaeology: An Introduction looks behind the popular aspects of archaeology such as the discovery and excavation of sites, the study of human remains and animal bones, radiocarbon dating, museums and 'heritage' displays, and reveals the methods used by archaeologists. It also explains how the subject emerged from an amateur pursuit in the eighteenth... more...
Archaeological Thought in America
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 48.00The seventeen essays in Archaeological Thought in America describe recent theoretical advances and present substantive interpretations of prehistorical data drawn from a variety of cultures and time-frames, including Mesoamerica, Central Asia, India and China. more...
The Archaeology Coursebook
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 35.95This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and case studies in this third edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts... more...
ARCHAEOLOGY TO DELIGHT AND INSTRUCT
Left Coast Press 2010; US$ 36.95This book presents novel and interesting ways of teaching archaeological concepts and processes to college and university students. Seeking alternatives to the formal lecture format, the various contributions seek better ways of communicating the complexities of human behavior and of engaging students in active learning about the past. This collection... more...









