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Wo liegt eigentlich Caesar begraben?
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2011; US$ 26.95Hauptbeschreibung "Künftig sage dann einer der nachgeborenen Menschen, über das dunkele Meer vorüberrudernd im Schiffe: Seht das ragende Mal des längst gestorbenen Mannes. Also redet man einst, und mein ist ewiger Nachruhm." (Hom. Il. 7,87-91; Übers. H. Rupé) Von Anbeginn der Menschheit bewahren Totenritual und Grabkult die Erinnerung... more...
Built Environments, Constructed Societies
Sidestone Press 2009; US$ 25.95Archaeology, as the discipline that searches to explain the development of society by means of material remains, has been avoiding the big issues involved with its research agenda. The topic of social evolution is concealed by anxiety about previous paradigmatic malpractice and the primary archaeological division of the world in culture areas still... more...
Community Archaeology
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 25.00Community Archaeology is an assessment of the aims, results and validity of the broad spectrum of community archaeology initiatives taking place today. The project arose from a shared belief in cooperation between professional and non-professional archaeologists and the belief that archaeology does not have to take place in private between consenting... more...
The Death of Archaeological Theory?
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 13.00The Death of Archaeological Theory? addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has defined archaeological debate and shaped archaeology over the last 25 years. Seven chapters meet this controversial subject head on, also assessing where archaeological theory is now, and... more...
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...
Gender Archaeology
Wiley 2013; US$ 79.95This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Throughout this lively and accessible text, Sorensen engages with the question of how gender is materially constituted, and examines the intersection of social and... 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...
Medieval Archaeology - Crabtree
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 295.00This is the first reference work to cover the archaeology of medieval Europe. No other reference can claim such comprehensive coverage--from Ireland to Russia and from Scandinavia to Italy, the archaeology of the entirety of medieval Europe is discussed. more...
Archaeology of Drylands
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 49.95Many dryland regions contain archaeological remains which suggest that there must have been intensive phases of settlement in what now seem to be dry and degraded environments. This book discusses successes and failures of past land use and settlement in drylands, and contributes to wider debates about desertification and the sustainability of dryland... 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...









