Industrial archaeology

Representing the first substantial English-language text on Industrial Archaeology in a decade, this handbook comes at a time when the global impact of industrialization is being re-assessed in terms of its legacy of climate change, mechanization, urbanization, the forced migration of peoples, and labour relations.

Representing the first substantial English-language text on Industrial Archaeology in a decade, this handbook comes at a time when the global impact of industrialization is being re-assessed in terms of its legacy of climate change, mechanization, urbanization, the forced migration of peoples, and labour relations.

Using archaeology to unearth the lingering effects of capitalism at one of Western Canadas first industrial sitesRevenant Waste explores the haunting afterlife of industrial waste in Edmontons Mill Creek Ravine, one of Western Canadas earliest industrial zones.

Using archaeology to unearth the lingering effects of capitalism at one of Western Canadas first industrial sitesRevenant Waste explores the haunting afterlife of industrial waste in Edmontons Mill Creek Ravine, one of Western Canadas earliest industrial zones.

For many centuries the woollen industry was among the most important of British industries.

For many centuries the woollen industry was among the most important of British industries.

How the rural world in Western Europe became modern?

How the rural world in Western Europe became modern?

Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations.

The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, manufacture, distribution and consumption of a regional pottery group known as G 2-3 Ware.

Developing Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites offers a multifaceted examination of the challenges and opportunities in the development of industrial & mining heritage.

Developing Industrial and Mining Heritage Sites offers a multifaceted examination of the challenges and opportunities in the development of industrial & mining heritage.

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island.

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island.

The Iron Age copper smelting site situated near the Cypriot village Agia Varvara is of particular importance among the ancient copper processing places in the Near East because it has revealed spatial as well as technological aspects of copper production in a hitherto rarely-seen depth of detail.

This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these metals combined with iron or steel, and found in Britain: also included is a seemingly rare gold specimen.

When Archaeology Meets Communities examines the history of nineteenth-century Sicilian archaeology through the archival documentation for the excavations – official and casual – at Tindari, Lipari and nearby minor sites in the Messina province from Italy’s Unification to the end of the First World War (1861-1918).

Colourless glass, deliberately decolorized with manganese or antimony, became prominent between the middle of the 1st century AD and the beginning of the 4th century.

La reformulación de los conceptos de patrimonio –que se ha ampliado notablemente– o de paisaje –que incluye la percepción de la población– despierta un notable interés, especialmente cuando estos se vinculan al desarrollo territorial.

The focus of this book is the role of Great Britain in the industrial development of Spitsbergen.

The central questions of this research are the following: What was the Antarctic policy of the Netherlands from the late 1950s until 1990?

An archaeology of lunacy is a materially focused exploration of the first wave of public asylum building in Britain and Ireland, which took place during the late-Georgian and early Victorian period.

Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past.

'Tin in Antiquity' is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the developing civilization of the Bronze Age.

'Tin in Antiquity' is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the developing civilization of the Bronze Age.

The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, manufacture, distribution and consumption of a regional pottery group known as G 2-3 Ware.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der ägyptischen Pyramiden und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse hinter diesen monumentalen Bauwerken.

Major sites such as Hamwic and Dorestad typically dominate any discussion of early medieval trade and emporia - this study is altogether atypical in many ways.

Major sites such as Hamwic and Dorestad typically dominate any discussion of early medieval trade and emporia - this study is altogether atypical in many ways.

For many decades in the 18th and 19th centuries, Russia was the world's greatest exporter of flax and hemp and Great Britain its major customer.

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function.

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function.

Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past.

Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past.

Archaeology is in crisis.

Archaeology is in crisis.

Industrialization is a notoriously complex issue in terms of the hazards and benefits it has brought to human beings in our endeavors to improve our lives.

Industrialization is a notoriously complex issue in terms of the hazards and benefits it has brought to human beings in our endeavors to improve our lives.

This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future.

This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future.

Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England.

Quests for cod, herring and other sea fish had profound impacts on medieval Europe.