Archaeology by period / region

The Brough of Birsay was the power-center of the Viking earldom of Orkney and is one of Historic Environment Scotland’s key monuments and visitor attractions on the islands.

Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment.

Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment.

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily extending back to Homeric Greek, has understandably been the focus of decades of archaeological research.

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily extending back to Homeric Greek, has understandably been the focus of decades of archaeological research.

With the decline in popularity of the term “Romanization” as a way of analyzing the changes in the archaeological record visible throughout the conquered provinces of the Roman Empire, scholars have increasingly turned to the important concept of “identity” to understand the experiences of local peoples living under Roman rule.

With the decline in popularity of the term “Romanization” as a way of analyzing the changes in the archaeological record visible throughout the conquered provinces of the Roman Empire, scholars have increasingly turned to the important concept of “identity” to understand the experiences of local peoples living under Roman rule.

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.

This book explores the economic evidence for the settlement at Bornais on South Uist.

This book explores the economic evidence for the settlement at Bornais on South Uist.

The Eastern Fertile Crescent region of western Iran and eastern Iraq hosted major developments in the transition from hunter-forager to farmer-herder lifestyles through the Early Neolithic period, 10,000-7000 BC.

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.

Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol.

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.

Weapons and tools are frequently found depicted in rock art in many parts of the globe and different periods and in varying social contexts.

Weapons and tools are frequently found depicted in rock art in many parts of the globe and different periods and in varying social contexts.

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.

Did the Exodus occur?

Did the Exodus occur?

In recent decades, there has been a new surge of interest in the history and legacies of the Silk Roads both within academic and public discourses.

In recent decades, there has been a new surge of interest in the history and legacies of the Silk Roads both within academic and public discourses.

Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history?

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

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

Late Antique artefacts, and the images they carry, attest to a highly connected visual culture from ca.

Late Antique artefacts, and the images they carry, attest to a highly connected visual culture from ca.

The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC.

The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC.

The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life.

The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

This book investigates the complex relationship between funerary treatment and wider social dynamics through a contextual analysis of human skeletal remains and associated mortuary data from Voudeni, an important Mycenaean (1450–1050 BC) chamber tomb cemetery in Achaea, Greece.

This richly illustrated book presents the first comprehensive study of the making and marketing of pottery in medieval Ireland.

This richly illustrated book presents the first comprehensive study of the making and marketing of pottery in medieval Ireland.

Clachtoll broch is one of the most spectacular Iron Age settlements on the northern mainland of Scotland.

This book tells a new story of the royal castle of Lincoln in the north of England, how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town, and how it developed over the next 900 years in the hands of the English king or his aristocratic associates, leaving us a surviving monument of three great towers, each with its own biography.

This memoir is not really about research questions or main conclusions.

This memoir is not really about research questions or main conclusions.

Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study.

Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study.

To date, Rome’s intervention to the West from the mid-second century BC has not really been looked at with any sense of overview.

For over a century our knowledge of Egypt’s Western Desert during the Third Intermediate Period relied almost entirely on the Greater and Smaller Dakhleh Stelae.