Archaeological theory

An archaeological and historical study of Mexico City and Xaltocan, focusing on the years after the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.

An archaeological and historical study of Mexico City and Xaltocan, focusing on the years after the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.

This book offers approaches to the study of Byzantine dress of elites and non-elites, in sacred and secular modes, from the beginning of the Empire in the fourth century until the fifteenth century.

Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage.

Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage.

This book reflects on big questions in archaeology and ancient history, including how societies grew and how they collapsed.

This book reflects on big questions in archaeology and ancient history, including how societies grew and how they collapsed.

Archaeological Resource Management provides an international comparison of the main practices involved in managing archaeological remains.

Archaeological Resource Management provides an international comparison of the main practices involved in managing archaeological remains.

This book explores the role of formal knowledge systems in small-scale oral cultures in both historic and archaeological contexts.

This book explores the role of formal knowledge systems in small-scale oral cultures in both historic and archaeological contexts.

Simon Goldhill offers a fascinating new perspective on the material culture of nineteenth-century Britain.

This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

Simon Goldhill offers a fascinating new perspective on the material culture of nineteenth-century Britain.

This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

This book explores the relationship between cultural heritage and conflict, and its aftermath, through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory.

This book explores the relationship between cultural heritage and conflict, and its aftermath, through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory.

A third edition of this classic introduction to archaeological theory and method.

Examines the two distinct approaches taken when examining archaeological remains, one based on science, the other on social theory.

Time and History in Prehistory explores the many processes through which time and history are conceptualized and constructed, challenging the perception of prehistoric societies as ahistorical.

Time and History in Prehistory explores the many processes through which time and history are conceptualized and constructed, challenging the perception of prehistoric societies as ahistorical.

This book explores the history of children's toys and games bearing racial stereotypes, and the role these objects played in the creation and maintenance of structures of racialism and racism in the United States, from approximately 1865 to the 1930s.

This book explores the history of children's toys and games bearing racial stereotypes, and the role these objects played in the creation and maintenance of structures of racialism and racism in the United States, from approximately 1865 to the 1930s.

Numismatic Archaeology of North America is the first book to provide an archaeological overview of the coins and tokens found in a wide range of North American archaeological sites.

Numismatic Archaeology of North America is the first book to provide an archaeological overview of the coins and tokens found in a wide range of North American archaeological sites.

The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times.

The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times.

Large-scale disasters mobilize heritage professionals to a narrative of heritage-at-risk and a standardized set of processes to counter that risk.

Large-scale disasters mobilize heritage professionals to a narrative of heritage-at-risk and a standardized set of processes to counter that risk.

The essays collected together in this volume were written in honour of Professor Christopher Hawkes, in recognition of his stature as an international scholar and his generosity in encouraging the work of others.

The essays collected together in this volume were written in honour of Professor Christopher Hawkes, in recognition of his stature as an international scholar and his generosity in encouraging the work of others.

Memory matters.

Memory matters.

In recent years scholars have re-evaluated the "e;parting of the ways"e; between Judaism and Christianity, reaching new understandings of the ways shared origins gave way to two distinct and sometimes inimical religious traditions.

In recent years scholars have re-evaluated the "e;parting of the ways"e; between Judaism and Christianity, reaching new understandings of the ways shared origins gave way to two distinct and sometimes inimical religious traditions.

The human cost in any conflict is of course the first care in terms of the reduction, if not the elimination of damage.

This unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists.

This unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists.

When was the human threshold crossed?

When was the human threshold crossed?

Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural.

Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural.

Dogs in the North offers an interdisciplinary in-depth consideration of the multiple roles that dogs have played in the North.

Dogs in the North offers an interdisciplinary in-depth consideration of the multiple roles that dogs have played in the North.

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

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

Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects.

Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to understand the social meanings of objects.