Archaeology by period / region

This first comprehensive study of pre-Archaic Greek temple architecture combines architecture, society, and material culture.

Challenges the widely held assumption that the Neolithic saw an overall cognitive revolution.

Shows how archaeologists gain knowledge about past ontologies, and explores the role that birds played in Bronze Age economy, ritual and religion.

This volume brings together two groups engaged with understanding the relationships between religion and violence.

Offers an innovative theory for ancient art and its creativity, demonstrated through the rich material and visual culture of the protohistoric Aegean.

Applies the ''life history'' of objects approach to China''s prehistoric, early dynastic and more recent material culture.

Shows how archaeologists gain knowledge about past ontologies, and explores the role that birds played in Bronze Age economy, ritual and religion.

Places burial traditions at the centre of Saharan migrations and identity debate, with new technical data and methodological analysis.

Writing does not begin and end with the encoding of an idea into a group of symbols.

This book highlights new cross-cultural and comparative scholarship and methodological approaches to ancient seals and sealing.

This book highlights new cross-cultural and comparative scholarship and methodological approaches to ancient seals and sealing.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

This book examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife.

The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species.

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of Aztec culture, applying interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography) to reconstructing the complex and enigmatic civilization.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

This book examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife.

The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species.

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of Aztec culture, applying interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography) to reconstructing the complex and enigmatic civilization.

An introduction to the ways in which archaeologists study the recent past (c.

An introduction to the ways in which archaeologists study the recent past (c.

Winchester's rich heritage is brought to life in this uniquely accessible overview of the city's long and intricate physical and cultural history.

An introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts, including lessons and exercises.

Examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that reveal the day-to-day life of ancient Egyptians.

Examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that reveal the day-to-day life of ancient Egyptians.

Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological study and investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham by a team from the University of Liverpool (led by Professor Steven Snape), this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this liminal military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly.

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers.

Archaeology of a Brothel in Nineteenth-Century Boston, MA provides an accessible and thought-provoking account of the archaeological understanding of nineteenth-century prostitution in Boston, Massachusetts.

Two million years of climate change have driven evolution, migrations and cultural development from Homo erectus to modern humans.

Two million years of climate change have driven evolution, migrations and cultural development from Homo erectus to modern humans.

Combines the latest results from archaeogenetics with archaeological evidence in order to produce a new narrative of European prehistory.

Combines the latest results from archaeogenetics with archaeological evidence in order to produce a new narrative of European prehistory.

Grounded in decades of research, this book covers contemporary matters such as the entanglement of race and nationalism with archaeology.

Grounded in decades of research, this book covers contemporary matters such as the entanglement of race and nationalism with archaeology.

A comparison of much neglected European prehistoric megasites, with a new interpretation based on congregation.

This volume analyses the relationship between long-distance trade and the rise of inequality and social complexity.

This volume analyses the relationship between long-distance trade and the rise of inequality and social complexity.

A comparison of much neglected European prehistoric megasites, with a new interpretation based on congregation.

This Element is aimed at discussing the relations between Egypt and its African neighbours.

This Element is aimed at discussing the relations between Egypt and its African neighbours.

Critically addresses how museum collections from and representations of ''ancient Egypt'' have profoundly shaped and shape archaeological understandings of Egypt.

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

Critically addresses how museum collections from and representations of ''ancient Egypt'' have profoundly shaped and shape archaeological understandings of Egypt.

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.

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

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.