Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. Making

   Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture

   By Tim Ingold

   Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all are dedicated to exploring the conditions and potentials of human life. In this exciting book, Tim Ingold ties the four disciplines together in a way...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation

   An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains

   Edited by Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Linda Fibiger

   Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. Pyramids & Temples

   By Petrie

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Burial Customs

   By John Garstang

   This is an account of Garstang's excavations at the necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-04. Finding many intact burials of court officials with the original elaborate furniture of the tomb in their original positions, Garstang was able to undertake a meticulous description of all details of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Century Of Excavation

   By James Baikie

   This work offers a unique overview of the work done in the field of Egyptology during the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. An excellent starting point and reference for anyone fascinated by ancient Egypt, this book includes such topics as Mariette and his work, the beginnings of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Archaeology in Environment and Technology

   Intersections and Transformations

   Edited by David Frankel, Susan Lawrence, Jennifer Webb

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the focus of much attention; often one...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Archaeology and Language I

   Theoretical and Methodological Orientations

   Edited by Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Archaeology and Language I represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the first of a three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics...

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
8. The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt

   By Richard Alston

   For those wishing to study the Roman city in Egypt, the archaeological record is poorer than that of many other provinces. Yet the large number of surviving texts allows us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent undreamt of elsewhere. We are not, therefore, limited to a history...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
9. Social Approaches to an Industrial Past

   The Archaeology and Anthropology of Mining

   Edited by Eugenia W. Herbert, A. Bernard Knapp, Vincent C. Pigott

   Social Approaches to an Industrial Past addresses the social issues of mining communities in research spanning a period of 4,500 years. The volume considers themes which are relatively new to archaeology: * the social context of production * gender * power and labour exploitation * imperialism and...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
10. Imagining the Pagan Past

    Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages

    By Marion Gibson

    Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain’s pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent romance and, worse,...

    Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge