Archaeological theory

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

Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape.

Reading psalms in contextThe Psalter is a carefully edited work, skillfully arranged to communicate a theological message.

This book offers a fresh perspective on Michelangelo's well-known masterpiece, the Vatican Pieta, by tracing the shifting meaning of the work of art over time.

This volume offers an overview of what it was like to be female and to live and die in Victorian England (c.

Discover the spiritual community's position on bioethics issues!

This book provides a brief, readable introduction to archaeological theory.

Now in a revised and updated second edition, this volume provides an authoritative account of the current status of archaeological theory, as presented by some of its major exponents and innovators over recent decades.

Most practising archaeologists have preferred to leave the deep theories of what lies behind their methods and perceptions on one side.

This comprehensive new book is the first guide to applications in marketing concepts in church and ministry services.

Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history.

This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that they are.

Two prehistoric cave sites on the Bird's Head of western New Guinea provide a detailed narrative of 26,000 years of human occupation of this area.

Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow.

This edited volume delves into the current state of Iron Age and Early Medieval research in the North.

This book was inspired by the records made by Carolyn Heighway during the thirty years when she was archaeological consultant at Gloucester Cathedral.

Learn about inclusive religious practices from around the world!

Through time people have lived with darkness.

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the postmodern philosophy as a foundation for social work and human service practice.

The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future.

The articles included in this volume were all presented at the 15th annual British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) conference held at the University of York on the 13th and 15th of September 2013.

Archaeology's Visual Culture explores archaeology through the lens of visual culture theory.

Originally published in 1991, this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist discourse theory in archaeology.

This volume in the ICAZ series deals with the technical advances made over the last twenty years in the field of ageing and sexing animal bones.

The Later Prehistory of North-West Europe provides a unique, up-to-date, and easily accessible synthesis of the later prehistoric archaeology of north-west Europe, transcending political and language barriers that can hinder understanding.

British literature and archaeology, 1880-1930 reveals how British writers and artists across the long turn of the twentieth century engaged with archaeological discourse-its artefacts, landscapes, bodies, and methods-uncovering the materials of the past to envision radical possibilities for the present and future.

Thomas Cartwright was the leader of the Elizabethan Puritans and his intellectual pre-eminence was widely acknowledged.

Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern Europe.

Material is the mother of innovation and it is through skill that innovations are brought about.

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.

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been under-theorised.

The book discusses the creative mental processes of the prehistoric and contemporaryartists, as well as of the archaeologists studying them from the perspective ofcognition and art.

The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity.

Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives.

Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, understand, and analyze the various processes associated with culture change connected to interregional contact, using as a test case the world of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age (c.

This exciting collection explores the interplay of religion and politics in the precolumbian Americas.

Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times.

Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership.

Shows what humanity has borrowed and shared as a common heritage.

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

A lively and accessible introduction to themes and debates in archaeological theory for students of all levels Archaeological Theory is a relatable, accessible, reader-friendly first step into the world of theory for archaeology students.

The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology.

This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology seeks to reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology.

Gerontology in Theological Education: Local Program Development provides a source book for administrators and faculty in theological schools who are concerned about the increasing number of older persons in congregations and communities.

Explore the meaning of annulment to Catholics and the Church!

This book, at the intersection of early childhood and reconceptualizing practice, looks at how practitioners, theorists, and teachers are supporting young children to care about the environment differently.

Archaeological Theory: The Basics is an accessible introduction to an indispensable part of what archaeologists do.

Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together.

Taking as its central theme the issue of whether early Hominins organized themselves into societies as we understand them, John McNabb looks at how modern researchers recognize such archaeological cultures.