Landscape 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. Field Archaeology: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Drewett

   Peter Drewett's comprehensive survey explores every stage of the dig process, from the core work of discovery and excavation to the final product: the published archaeological report. Main topics covered are: how an archaeological site is formed finding and recording archaeological...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-55119-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society

   By Katharine T. von Stackelberg

   This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with contemporary space theory. It applies a variety of interdisciplinary methods including access analysis, literary and gender theory to offer a critical framework for...

   June 2009 | 978-0-415-43823-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. A Geographical Introduction to History

   By L. Febvre

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   April 2009 | 978-0-415-48753-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology

   By Sarah H. Parcak

   This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the field of satellite remote sensing for archaeology and how it can be applied to ongoing archaeological fieldwork projects across the globe. It provides a survey of the history and development of the field, connecting satellite remote sensing...

   March 2009 | 978-0-415-44878-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology

   Edited by Stefano Campana, Salvatore Piro

   SEEING THE UNSEEN. GEOPHYSICS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY is a collection of papers presented at the advanced XV International Summer School in Archaeology ‘Geophysics for Landscape Archaeology’ (Grosseto, Italy, 10-18 July 2006). Bringing together the experience of some of the world’s greatest...

   2008 | 978-0-415-44721-8 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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   Early Urbanism on the Syrian Euphrates

   By Lisa Cooper

   Studying archaeological evidence from sites covering over 200 kilometres of the banks of the Euphrates River, Lisa Cooper's excellent monograph explores the growth and development of human settlement in the Euphrates River Valley of Northern Syria during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages from circa...

   2008 | 978-0-415-48720-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City

   By Julia Solis

   Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath Grand Central Station? And how exactly did the pneumatic tube system that New York's post offices used to employ work? In this richly illustrated...

   2007 | 978-0-415-96310-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. The Victorian Countryside

   Edited by Gordon Mingay

   Following the success of The Victorian City, we are delighted to announce the forthcoming reprint of The Victorian Countryside. Originally published in two volumes, this set represents a major landmark in the social history of the United Kingdom. It provides a detailed and authoritative survey of a...

   2000 | 978-0-415-24194-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Victorian Countryside V1

    2000 | 978-0-415-24195-3 | Hardback (Routledge)