Historical 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. Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire

   The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries

   By Rob Collins

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique period. Examining Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman frontier of northern England from the fourth century into...

   Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. Archaeology of the Military Orders

   A Survey of the Urban Centres, Rural Settlements and Castles of the Military Orders in the Latin East (c.1120–1291)

   By Adrian Boas

   Including previously unpublished and little known material, this cutting-edge book presents a detailed discussion of the archaeological evidence of the five military orders in the Latin East: the Hospitallers the Templars the Teutonic Knights the Leper Knights of St Lazarus the Knights of St...

   Published August 12th 2008 by Routledge
5. Ancient History from Coins

   By Christopher Howgego

   Series: Approaching the Ancient World

   Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet...

   Published October 25th 1995 by Routledge