Archaeological science, methodology and techniques

As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address present crises, offering unique opportunities to appreciate the solutions and mechanisms societies have developed over time to deal with water in all its forms, from rainfall to groundwater.

This book initiatively and systematically presents the latest discoveries in the context of shipwreck archaeology in China, telling the exciting story of the wrecks' distribution, connotation and the research advances and empirically reconstructing the development of overseas trade and maritime cultures along the Maritime Silk Road, which flourished for more than 2000 years.

Effective spatial analysis is an essential element of archaeological research; this book is a unique guide to choosing the appropriate technique, applying it correctly and understanding its implications both theoretically and practically.

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

The first book of its kind in two decades, illustrating how the remains of animals are studied and analyzed.

Rock Art and Seascapes in Uppland presents a fresh approach to the detailed study of a selection of over 80 rock art panels located close to the present coastline of Uppland, Sweden, which include some 2000 ship depictions among the varied figurative art.

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

It has been clear for many years that the ways in which archaeology is practised have been a direct product of a particular set of social, cultural, and historical circumstances - archaeology is always carried out in the present.

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs.

This volume presents the findings of a major international project on the application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology.

Since the founding of the United States, the rights to citizenship have been carefully crafted and policed by the Europeans who originally settled and founded the country.

Explore the magical, mysterious world of Korean cinema, in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque.

Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists.

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones and teeth and the nature of the burial record.

Archaeological Theory in Dialogue presents an innovative conversation between five scholars from different backgrounds on a range of central issues facing archaeology today.

Behavioral archaeology offers a way of examining the past by highlighting human engagement with the material culture of the time.

Presents a new multi-layered model for the evolution of ancient societies.

As a discipline, Archaeology has developed rapidly over the last half-century.

The excavations led by Margaret and Tom Jones on the Thames gravel terraces at Mucking, Essex, undertaken between 1965 and 1978 are legendary.

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the exciting and expanding field of archaeological science, for students, professionals and academics.

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the exciting and expanding field of archaeological science, for students, professionals and academics.

An expanded and improved edition of an established text reflecting recent developments in zooarchaeology.

A practical guide to the various modern methods of discovery, excavation and recording of the remains left by prehistoric man in Britain.

Bioarchaeology covers the history and general theory of the field plus the recovery and laboratory treatment of human remains.

There has long been a strong collaboration between geologists and archaeologists, and the sub-field of geoarchaeology is well developed as a discipline in its own right.

Entanglement theory posits that the interrelationship of humans and objects is a delimiting characteristic of human history and culture.

The Prehistoric Rock Art of Portugal presents significant interpretive perspectives in Portuguese rock art research and offers an excellent representation of core rock art areas, along with current thinking and interpretations.

This handbook offers epistemologically and ontologically important personal accounts of academic and professional researchers having long-term intensive, comprehensive and ethnographic fieldwork in various social settings and versatile regional contexts across the globe.

This manual provides students in academic laboratory courses with hands-on experience in the major processes of forensic anthropology.

The Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP), funded by English Heritage, systematically collected information about the nature and outcomes of more than 86,000 archaeological projects undertaken between 1990 and 2010.

Presents the latest advances in cementochronology and its use in various anthropological contexts, from ancient fossils to forensic cases.

In April 1485, a marble sarcophagus was found on the outskirts of Rome.

"e;Breaks new ground regarding how to think about colonial encounters in innovative ways that pay attention to a wide range of issues from health and demography to identity formations and adaptation.

This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis whatever the period or era.

"Ein Energiefeld hält die Anasazi in den inneren Welten der Erde fest.

This collection of essays on cultural astronomy celebrates the life and work of Clive Ruggles, Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at Leicester University.

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

A detailed interdisciplinary exploration of ancient glass, examining why and how glass was invented and various contexts of its subsequent development and use.

While Celtic art includes some of the most famous archaeological artefacts in the British Isles, such as the Battersea shield or the gold torcs from Snettisham, it has often been considered from an art historical point of view.

A synthetic treatment of the study of human remains from archaeological contexts for current and future generations of bioarchaeologists.

Papers in English, French, and German.

People with Animals emphasizes the interdependence of people and animals in society, and contributors examine the variety of forms and time-depth that these relations can take.

Originally published in 1987, Human Evolution looks at theories of the evolution of human behaviour (contemporary at the time of publication).

Since the founding of the United States, the rights to citizenship have been carefully crafted and policed by the Europeans who originally settled and founded the country.

The legacy of Rome is still very much with us in Europe.

Contemporary Archaeology and the City foregrounds the archaeological study of post-industrial and other urban transformations through a diverse, international collection of case studies.

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the understanding of societies, past and present.