Archaeological Theory Books

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1. An Archaeology of Land Ownership

   Edited by Maria Relaki, Despina Catapoti

   Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership. A host of studies has argued about land ownership on the basis of the simple co-existence of artefacts on the landscape; other studies have tended to extrapolate land ownership from more indirect...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-88618-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture

   Edited by Juliette Fritsch

   Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture will publish the proceedings of the first annual Sackler Centre for Arts Education conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The conference launched the annual series by addressing the question of how gallery interpretation...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-88575-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Iron Age Myth and Materiality: An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000

   By Lotte Hedeager

   Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 considers the relationship between myth and materiality in Scandinavia from the beginning of the post-Roman era and the European Migrations around AD 400 up until the coming of Christianity around AD 1000. It pursues an...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-60604-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. An Archaeology of Materials: Substantial Transformations in Early Prehistoric Europe

   By Chantal Conneller

   An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western thought more widely) have failed to acknowledge both the complexity and, moreover, the benefits of an analysis of materials. Here Conneller...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-88130-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial

   By Paul Pettitt

   Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel approach to the long-term development of...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-35490-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean: Mobility, Materiality and Identity

   Edited by A. Bernard Knapp, Peter van Dommelen

   Material Connections eschews outdated theory, tainted by colonialist attitudes, and develops a new cultural and historical understanding of how factors such as mobility, materiality, conflict and co-presence impacted on the formation of identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Fighting against ‘...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-58669-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and Practice

   Edited by Claire Smith, H. Martin Wobst

   With case studies from North America to Australia and South Africa and covering topics from archaeological ethics to the repatriation of human remains, this book charts the development of a new form of archaeology that is informed by indigenous values and agendas. This involves fundamental changes...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-58906-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Archaeological Investigation

   By Martin Carver

   Drawing its numerous examples from Britain and beyond, Archaeological Investigation explores the procedures used in field archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to publication. Divided into four parts, it argues for a set of principles in part one, describes work in the...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-48919-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Law and Religion

   Edited by Peter Radan

   The intersection of law and religion is a growing area of study for academics working in both subject areas. This book draws together research on several collisions between the two arenas, including a study of religious clauses in the US constitution and the interplay between religion and law in...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-54415-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    History and Material Culture: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

    Edited by Karen Harvey

    Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of sources beyond text. In History and Material Culture, Karen Harvey embarks upon a discussion about material culture –...

    March 2009 | 978-0-415-45932-7 | Paperback (Routledge)