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The Social Construction of Ancient Cities

by Monica L. Smith

What made ancient cities successful? What are the similarities between modern cities and ancient ones? The Social Construction of Ancient Cities offers a fresh perspective on ancient cities and the social networks...


Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution

by Sue Taylor Parker & Karin Enstam Jaffe

Darwin's Legacy provides a fascinating history of ideas about human evolution, which have been developed and debated since Darwin published The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex in 1871.


Food and Feast in Tudor England

by Alison Sim

A readable overview of Tudor food and eating habits.


The Men of the Mary Rose: Raising the Dead

by Ann Stirland

A J Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives and soldiers of the Mary Rose, from their ages and height to their health, diet and physical condition....


The Archaeology of Animal Bones

by Terry O'Connor

Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of...


The Archaeology of Disease

by Charlotte A Roberts & Keith Manchester

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries that humans suffered from in antiquity. In order to give a vivid...


Neanderthal: Neanderthal Man and the Story of Human Origins

by Paul Jordan

Paul Jordan takes us on a vivid journey through the history of our most famous cousin in search of the origins of all mankind


Soils, Climate and Society: Archaeological Investigations in Ancient America

by John D. Wingard & Sue Eileen Hayes

Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical...


Museum Architecture: A New Biography

by Suzanne Macleod

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of museum building around the world and the subsequent publication of multiple texts dedicated to the subject. Museum Architecture: A new biography focuses on the stories...


The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West

by James Stevens Curl

In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of...


The Archaeology of Household Activities

by Penelope Allison

This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical...


Medical Detectives: The Lives and Cases of Britain's Forensic Five

by Robin Odell

The development of forensic pathology in Britain is told here through the lives of five outstanding medical pioneers. Spanning seventy years, their careers and achievements marked major milestones in the development...


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...


Archaeology in Environment and Technology: Intersections and Transformations

by David Frankel, Susan Lawrence & Jennifer Webb

Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment,...


Charles Higham; Richard Hodges

by Charles Higham

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor reflects the results of a research programme conducted by Charles Higham over the last twenty years, highlighting much entirely new, and occasionally surprising, information...


The Mantle Site: An Archaeological History of a Huron-Wendat Community

by Jennifer Birch & Ronald F. Williamson

The Mantle Site is the most detailed analysis of an ancestral Wendat community, discussed in the context of the historical development of Northern Iroquoian societies. It considers themes of identity formation,...


Archaeometallurgy in Mesoamerica: Current Approaches and New Perspectives

by Aaron N. Shugar & Scott E. Simmons

"This book will be a basic reference on the topic for many years to come, and will remain an essential source even as new field and laboratory studies develop. It is by far the best reference for metallurgy...


Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas

by Nicholas J. Saunders

Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years.

The jaguar and the puma epitomize...


Places in Mind: Public Archaeology as Applied Anthropology

by Paul A. Shackel & Erve J. Chambers

This edited volume provides a cross-section of the cutting-edge ways in which archaeologists are developing new approaches to their work with communities and other stakeholder groups who have special interest...


Studies in Crime: An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology

by Carol Heron, John Hunter & Geoffrey Knupfer

The study of forensic evidence using archaeology is a new discipline which has rapidly gained importance, not only in archaeological studies but also in the investigation of real crimes. Archaeological evidence...