Archaeological theory

From the earliest of times people have sought to grow and nurture plants in a garden area.

This book takes a fresh look at the most disliked tree in Britain and Ireland, explaining the reasons it was introduced and why it became ubiquitous in the archipelagos of northwest Europe.

This book takes a fresh look at the most disliked tree in Britain and Ireland, explaining the reasons it was introduced and why it became ubiquitous in the archipelagos of northwest Europe.

Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary.

Archaeological investigation of Early Middle Palaeolithic flint tools, including hand axes, and faunal remains in the North Sea.

Archaeological investigation of Early Middle Palaeolithic flint tools, including hand axes, and faunal remains in the North Sea.

Unlike most textbooks on heritage which discuss the creation of heritage as a cultural phenomenon or offer practical guides to heritage practices, Archaeology and Heritage takes a fresh approach by providing an introduction to themes in the field of heritage as it relates to the material legacy of our past.

The new interdisciplinary study of modern conflict archaeology has developed rapidly over the last decade.

The new interdisciplinary study of modern conflict archaeology has developed rapidly over the last decade.

Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations.

Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations.

This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology.

This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology.

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

Community Archaeology is an assessment of the aims, results and validity of the broad spectrum of community archaeology initiatives taking place today.

Community Archaeology is an assessment of the aims, results and validity of the broad spectrum of community archaeology initiatives taking place today.

How does "heritage" become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past?

How does "heritage" become objectified within public institutions and representative of a national past?

The Death of Archaeological Theory?

The Death of Archaeological Theory?

What is Hadrian’s Wall made of, where did this material come from and how has it been reused in other buildings in the communities that emerged in the centuries after the Roman Empire?

Arthwyr ap Meurig, der wahre König Arthur, im Schatten der Normannen & Franken, ist meine deutsche Übersetzung der historischen Bücher von Wilson & Blackett.

The organization and characteristics of early and ancient states have become the focus of a renewed interest from archaeologists, ancient historians and anthropologists in recent years.

The organization and characteristics of early and ancient states have become the focus of a renewed interest from archaeologists, ancient historians and anthropologists in recent years.

According to one narrative, that received almost canonical status a century ago with Francis Haverfield, the orthogonal grid was the most important development of ancient town planning, embodying values of civilization in contrast to barbarism, diffused in particular by hundreds of Roman colonial foundations, and its main legacy to subsequent urban development was the model of the grid city, spread across the New World in new colonial cities.

This book explores the role of material culture in the formation of corporeal aesthetics and beauty ideals in different past societies and thus contributes to the cultural relativization of bodily aesthetics and related gender norms.

This book explores the role of material culture in the formation of corporeal aesthetics and beauty ideals in different past societies and thus contributes to the cultural relativization of bodily aesthetics and related gender norms.

This book provides a general self-reflexive review and critical analysis of Scandinavian rock art from the standpoint of Chris Tilley’s research in this area over the last thirty years.

This book provides a general self-reflexive review and critical analysis of Scandinavian rock art from the standpoint of Chris Tilley’s research in this area over the last thirty years.

Before the Military Revolution examines European Warfare in the Late Middle Ages from 1300 to 1490.

Before the Military Revolution examines European Warfare in the Late Middle Ages from 1300 to 1490.

Network theory and methodologies have become central to exploring and explaining social, economic, and political relationships and connections in past societies.

Network theory and methodologies have become central to exploring and explaining social, economic, and political relationships and connections in past societies.

Archaeology is in crisis.

Archaeology is in crisis.

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.

This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.

This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.

The human body serves as a symbolic bridge between communities of the living and the divine.

The human body serves as a symbolic bridge between communities of the living and the divine.

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.

One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism.

One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism.

Deeply stratified settlements are a distinctive site type featuring prominently in diverse later prehistoric landscapes of the Old World.

Deeply stratified settlements are a distinctive site type featuring prominently in diverse later prehistoric landscapes of the Old World.

Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of human life.