Archaeological Science & Methodology Books

New and Published Books

1. US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology

   Soft Power, Hard Heritage

   By Christina Luke, Morag Kersel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   Archaeology’s links to international relations are well known: launching and sustaining international expeditions requires the honed diplomatic skills of ambassadors. U.S. foreign policy depends on archaeologists to foster mutual understanding, mend fences, and build bridges. This book explores how...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology

   A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean

   Edited by Ann Brysbaert

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   This volume investigates smaller and larger networks of contacts within and across the Aegean and nearby regions, covering periods from the Neolithic until Classical times (6000–323 BC). It explores the world of technologies, crafts and archaeological 'left-overs' in order to place social and...

   Published October 24th 2011 by Routledge
3. 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 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Field Archaeology

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Drewett

   Since its first publication, Field Archaeology: An Introduction has proved to be a key handbook for all those undertaking introductory courses in archaeology or volunteering on their first excavation. In this revised second edition, key developments in technology, theory and changes in the law are...

   Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
5. The Archaeology of Human Bones

   2nd Edition

   By Simon Mays

   The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. This completely revised edition reflects the latest developments in scientific techniques for studying human skeletons and the latest applications of those...

   Published April 25th 2010 by Routledge
6. Archaeological Investigation

   By Martin Carver

   Drawing its numerous examples from Britain and beyond, Archaeological Investigation explores the procedures used in field archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to publication. Divided into four parts, it argues for a set of principles in part one, describes work in the...

   Published December 8th 2009 by Routledge
7. Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology

   By Sarah H. Parcak

   This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the field of satellite remote sensing for archaeology and how it can be applied to ongoing archaeological fieldwork projects across the globe. It provides a survey of the history and development of the field, connecting satellite remote sensing...

   Published March 30th 2009 by Routledge
8. The Archaeology Coursebook

   An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills, 3rd Edition

   By Jim Grant, Sam Gorin, Neil Fleming

   This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and case studies in this third edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and...

   Published June 23rd 2008 by Routledge
9. Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture

   By Linda Hurcombe

   This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated, Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery...

   Published November 26th 2007 by Routledge
10. 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