Archaeological science, methodology and techniques

The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world.

The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world.

Field survey has been making a major contribution to our understanding of the rural landscapes of the Mediterranean for nearly forty years.

Field survey has been making a major contribution to our understanding of the rural landscapes of the Mediterranean for nearly forty years.

Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource.

Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource.

The European Textile Forum was founded as an annual meeting for academics, craftspeople, re-enactors and enthusiasts to share their experiences and compare notes.

Recent research on all aspects of the Old Kingdom in Egypt is presented in this volume, ranging through the Pyramid Texts, tomb architecture, ceramics, scene choice and layout, field reports, cemetery layout, tomb and temple statuary.

Recent research on all aspects of the Old Kingdom in Egypt is presented in this volume, ranging through the Pyramid Texts, tomb architecture, ceramics, scene choice and layout, field reports, cemetery layout, tomb and temple statuary.

The past decade has witnessed a remarkable momentum in the advancement of archaeomalacological research but there is still a lot of room for progress.

The past decade has witnessed a remarkable momentum in the advancement of archaeomalacological research but there is still a lot of room for progress.

This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence.

This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence.

This book charts and explains how human activities have shaped and altered the development of soils in many parts of the world, taking advantage of five decades of soil analytical work in many archaeological landscapes from around the globe.

This book charts and explains how human activities have shaped and altered the development of soils in many parts of the world, taking advantage of five decades of soil analytical work in many archaeological landscapes from around the globe.

The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose.

The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose.

This book is about two islands off the coast of Continental Europe, the seas that surrounded them, and the ways in which they were used over a period of three thousand years.

This book is about two islands off the coast of Continental Europe, the seas that surrounded them, and the ways in which they were used over a period of three thousand years.

Macedonia is a region that provides its own intriguing questions due to its position on the fringe of the classical Greek world.

Macedonia is a region that provides its own intriguing questions due to its position on the fringe of the classical Greek world.

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence.

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence.

This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe - areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages.

This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe - areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages.

New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and USA.

New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and USA.

This first of two volumes presents the archaeological evidence of a long sequence of settlement and funerary activity from the Beaker period (Early Bronze Age c.

This first of two volumes presents the archaeological evidence of a long sequence of settlement and funerary activity from the Beaker period (Early Bronze Age c.

Holy Island is a small island just off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales, which is rich in archaeology of all periods.

Holy Island is a small island just off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales, which is rich in archaeology of all periods.

The Great Houses of the prehistoric and early medieval periods were enormous structures whose forms were modelled on those of domestic dwellings.

The Great Houses of the prehistoric and early medieval periods were enormous structures whose forms were modelled on those of domestic dwellings.

Archaeology is in crisis.

Archaeology is in crisis.

Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment.

Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment.

Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century.

Objects of adornment have been a subject of archaeological, historical, and ethnographic study for well over a century.

A variety of techniques have been developed to provide scientific chronologies of archaeological sites and material culture.

A variety of techniques have been developed to provide scientific chronologies of archaeological sites and material culture.

Stone and brick tombs were repositories for the physical remains of many of Connecticut’s wealthiest and influential families.

Stone and brick tombs were repositories for the physical remains of many of Connecticut’s wealthiest and influential families.

This book explores the history of interdisciplinary relationships between archaeology and other branches of knowledge in Europe and elsewhere.

This book explores the history of interdisciplinary relationships between archaeology and other branches of knowledge in Europe and elsewhere.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study.

Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study.

Archaeologists excavating burials often find that they are not the first to disturb the remains of the dead.