Archaeology by Period or Region Books

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41. A History of Settlement in Ireland

    Edited by Terry Barry

    A History of Settlement in Ireland provides a stimulating and thought-provoking overview of the settlement history of Ireland from prehistory to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the issues of settlement change and distribution within the contexts of:* environment* demography*...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
42. The Landscape of Industry

    Patterns of Change in the Ironbridge Gorge

    By Judith Alfrey, Catherine Clark

    The Landscape of Industry is an integrated study which establishes a method for the analysis of complex industrial landscapes. Based on a study of the Ironbridge Gorge, the authors consider a range of material evidence, combining archaeological appraisal of the landscape with analysis of its...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
43. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

    By Gwendolyn Leick

    This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Gwendolyn Leick examines the development of the principal styles of ancient architecture within their geographical...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
44. The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf

    By Michael Rice

    The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
45. The Knossos Labyrinth

    A New View of the `Palace of Minos' at Knossos

    By Rodney Castleden

    Knossos, like the Acropolis or Stonehenge, is a symbol for an entire culture. The Knossos Labyrinth was first built in the reign of a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh, and was from the start the focus of a glittering and exotic culture. Homer left elusive clues about the Knossian court and when the...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
46. The Archaeology of Northeast China

    Beyond the Great Wall

    Edited by Sarah Milledge Nelson

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
47. The Viking World

    Edited by Stefan Brink, Neil Price

    Series: Routledge Worlds

    Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field. Bringing together today’s leading scholars, both established seniors and younger, cutting-edge academics,...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
48. 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 up until the coming of Christianity. It pursues an interdisciplinary interpretation of...

    Published April 26th 2011 by Routledge
49. Ancient Cities

    The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome, 2nd Edition

    By Charles Gates

    Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations....

    Published March 16th 2011 by Routledge
50. Roman Urban Street Networks

    Streets and the Organization of Space in Four Cities

    By Alan Kaiser

    Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

    The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently. Traditionally the main interest archaeologists and classicists had in streets was in tracing the origins and development of the orthogonal layout used in Roman colonial cities. Roman Urban Street Networks is the...

    Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge