Archaeology by period / region

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.

The first book-length introduction to the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c.

Examines the political, social, economic and cultural interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period.

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

This book is a new analysis of maritime life among the Mycenaean Greeks (c.

Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.

Up-to-date, theoretically informed historical survey of the practices and performance of gender in ancient Greece and Rome.

A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia.

This book is a new analysis of maritime life among the Mycenaean Greeks (c.

Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.

Up-to-date, theoretically informed historical survey of the practices and performance of gender in ancient Greece and Rome.

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.

A ground-breaking historical ethnography of kinship, religion, and village society in a remote rural backwater of the Roman world.

A ground-breaking historical ethnography of kinship, religion, and village society in a remote rural backwater of the Roman world.

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.

This book presents a comprehensive review of archaeological and environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6000 BC.

This book presents a comprehensive review of archaeological and environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6000 BC.

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.

What did ghosts look like, what did they do, and what can they tell us about Chinese culture and society?

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

What did ghosts look like, what did they do, and what can they tell us about Chinese culture and society?

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.

Takes one of the world''s longest continuously occupied urban neighborhoods and explores the trace of early development on the future space.

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.