Prehistoric Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. The Making of Stonehenge

   By Rodney Castleden

   Every generation has created its own interpretation of Stonehenge, but rarely do these relate to the physical realities of the monument. Rodney Castleden begins with those elements which made possible the building of this vast stone circle: the site, the materials and the society that undertook the...

   Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. An Archaeology of Materials

   Substantial Transformations in Early Prehistoric Europe

   By Chantal Conneller

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western thought more widely) have failed to acknowledge both the complexity and, moreover, the benefits of an analysis of materials. Here Conneller...

   Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
4. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial

   By Paul Pettitt

   Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel approach to the long-term development of...

   Published October 12th 2010 by Routledge
5. Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean

   Mobility, Materiality and Identity

   Edited by Peter van Dommelen, A. Bernard Knapp

   Material Connections eschews outdated theory, tainted by colonialist attitudes, and develops a new cultural and historical understanding of how factors such as mobility, materiality, conflict and co-presence impacted on the formation of identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Fighting against ‘...

   Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
6. 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
7. The British Lower Palaeolithic

   Stones in Contention

   By John McNabb

   Taking as its central theme the issue of whether early Hominins organized themselves into societies as we understand them, John McNabb looks at how modern researchers recognize such archaeological cultures. He examines the existence of a stone tool culture called the Clactonian to...

   Published July 26th 2007 by Routledge
8. Neolithic

   By Susan McCarter

   This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area. Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores...

   Published June 21st 2007 by Routledge
9. Prehistoric Figurines

   Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic

   By Douglass Bailey

   Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields...

   Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
10. Early Humans and Their World

    By Bo Gräslund

    Summarizing modern research on early hominid evolution from the apes six million years ago to the emergence of modern humans, this book is the first to present a synthetic discussion of many aspects of early human life....

    Published April 12th 2005 by Routledge