European Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

   By Louise Steel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understanding of the nature of this contact and its social and economic...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade

   Holy War and Colonisation

   By Aleksander Pluskowski

   The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade explores the archaeology and material culture of the crusade against the Prussian tribes in the 13th century, and the subsequent society created by the Teutonic Order which lasted into the 16th century. It provides the first synthesis of the material culture...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Prehistory of Iberia

   Debating Early Social Stratification and the State

   Edited by María Cruz Berrocal, Leonardo García Sanjuán, Antonio Gilman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   The origin and early development of social stratification is essentially an archaeological problem. The impressive advance of archaeological research has revealed that, first and foremost, the pre-eminence of stratified or class society in today’s world is the result of a long social struggle. This...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Archaeology of Iberia

   The Dynamics of Change

   Edited by Margarita Diaz-Andreu, Simon Keay

   For many archaeologists, Iberia is the last great unknown region in Europe. Although it occupies a crucial position between South-Western Europe and North Africa, academic attention has traditionally been focused on areas like Greece or Italy. However Iberia has an equally rich cultural heritage...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
5. Excavating Women

   A History of Women in European Archaeology

   Edited by Magarita Díaz-Andreu, Marie Louise Stig Sorensen

   Archaeologists are increasingly aware of issues of gender when studying past societies; women are becoming better represented within the discipline and are attaining top academic posts. However, until now there has been no study undertaken of the history of women in European archaeology and their...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. An Archaeology of Images

   Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe

   By Miranda Aldhouse Green

   Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400 and investigates the various...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Local Responses to Colonization in the Iron Age Mediterranean

   By Tamar Hodos

   The first study to bring together such a breadth of data, this book compares responses to colonization in the Iron-Age Mediterranean. From North Syria to Sicily and North Africa, Tamar Hodos explores the responses to these colonies in areas where Greeks and Phoenicians were in competition with one...

   Published October 9th 2008 by Routledge
9. Early Riders

   The Beginnings of Mounted Warfare in Asia and Europe

   By Robert Drews

   In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men...

   Published September 7th 2008 by Routledge
10. The Megaliths of Northern Europe

    By Magdalena Midgley

    The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed...

    Published June 30th 2008 by Routledge