Archaeology

Archaeology

An Introduction, 5th Edition

By Kevin Greene, Kevin Greene, Tom Moore

Archaeology: An Introduction looks behind the popular aspects of archaeology such as the discovery and excavation of sites, the study of human remains and animal bones, radiocarbon dating, museums and 'heritage' displays, and reveals the methods used by archaeologists. It also explains how the...

Published May 16th 2010 by Routledge

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

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

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

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

Archaeological Surveying and Mapping

Recording and Depicting the Landscape

By Philip Howard

A comprehensive and practical guide to surveying for archaeologists, with clear instructions in archaeological mapping, recording field work and detailed case studies from the UK, Europe and the US. Philip Howard provides a user’s guide to methods and instruments of surveying to enable...

Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict

Edited by Christopher Knüsel, Martin Smith

If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically...

To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Routledge