Archaeology by period / region

This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt.

Focuses on the resilience of generations of Roman men and women, and their ability to reconstitute their city and society.

Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.

Focuses on the resilience of generations of Roman men and women, and their ability to reconstitute their city and society.

Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.

Uses textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam.

Uses textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam.

This book uses ancient souvenirs and memorabilia to reveal the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of ordinary ancient Romans.

This volume challenges traditional narratives on power, moving away from elite-centered models and focusing instead on the archaeology of commoners.

This book uses ancient souvenirs and memorabilia to reveal the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of ordinary ancient Romans.

This volume challenges traditional narratives on power, moving away from elite-centered models and focusing instead on the archaeology of commoners.

This book examines the varied faces of war, politics, and violent spectacle over thousands of years in the pre-Columbian Andes.

Breaks new ground by reconstructing a scenario for the ritual and ideological origins of nudity in Greek art and culture.

This book examines the varied faces of war, politics, and violent spectacle over thousands of years in the pre-Columbian Andes.

Breaks new ground by reconstructing a scenario for the ritual and ideological origins of nudity in Greek art and culture.

Accessible and authoritative account of Babylon the city at the heart of one of the world''s great civilisations.

This book uses archaeology to tell 15,000 years of history of the indigenous people of the North American Great Plains.

A comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of Jewish life throughout the medieval Islamic world.

Accessible and authoritative account of Babylon the city at the heart of one of the world''s great civilisations.

This book uses archaeology to tell 15,000 years of history of the indigenous people of the North American Great Plains.

A comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of Jewish life throughout the medieval Islamic world.

Reveals how the empire of Attalid Pergamon dominated the Hellenistic world by controlling culture and identity through its fiscal system.

Reveals how the empire of Attalid Pergamon dominated the Hellenistic world by controlling culture and identity through its fiscal system.

This Element tells you what salt is, where it comes from and how it has been produced over the ages.

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

A richly-illustrated introduction to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman republic.

A richly-illustrated introduction to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman republic.

Human prehistory is an effective tool for adopting an evolutionary perspective on present day and future challenges humans face.

Human prehistory is an effective tool for adopting an evolutionary perspective on present day and future challenges humans face.

Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish, Warwickshire, was the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter being obtained in 1267.

Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish, Warwickshire, was the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter being obtained in 1267.

This focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnan.

This focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnan.

This book provides an overview of medieval monasticism in Iceland, from its dawn to its downfall during the Reformation.

This book provides an overview of medieval monasticism in Iceland, from its dawn to its downfall during the Reformation.

Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today's cremations on open pyres in Hinduism.

Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today's cremations on open pyres in Hinduism.

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100-1300).

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of roles that Ancestral Pueblo women played in the past (circa AD 1100-1300).

Reconstructing a Maritime Past argues that rather than applying geo-ethnic labels to shipwrecks to describe "e;Greek"e; or "e;Roman"e; seafaring, a more intriguing alternative emphasizes a maritime culture's valorization of the Mediterranean Sea.

Reconstructing a Maritime Past argues that rather than applying geo-ethnic labels to shipwrecks to describe "e;Greek"e; or "e;Roman"e; seafaring, a more intriguing alternative emphasizes a maritime culture's valorization of the Mediterranean Sea.

This book examines the relationship between several of the most prominent American biblical archaeologists and Zionism.

This book examines the relationship between several of the most prominent American biblical archaeologists and Zionism.

This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994).

This book is a biography and reception history of the Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994).

This book studies the internal framework of the Indo-Pacific region and examines the strategic issues faced by the countries that belong to it.

This book studies the internal framework of the Indo-Pacific region and examines the strategic issues faced by the countries that belong to it.

This book looks at the ways in which archaeological methods have been used in debates concerning the early medieval and medieval periods in South Asia.

This book looks at the ways in which archaeological methods have been used in debates concerning the early medieval and medieval periods in South Asia.