Archaeology

Gathers letters, written by the influential American paleontologist, which share his thoughts on science, art, literature, and travel.

In Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental-justice conflicts in Mexicos Yucatn Peninsula.

Archaeologists have long associated the development of agriculture with the rise of the state.

Since the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered.

Because the archaeology of West Mexico has received little attention from researchers, large segments of the region's prehistoric ceramic sequences have long remained incomplete.

Christina MacDonald MacQueen (1884–1959) was born on St Kilda and grew up there at the close of the 19th century.

This impressive collection features the work of archaeologists who systematically explore the material and social consequences of new technological systems introduced after the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion in Mesoamerica.

This title was originally published in 1985.

This title was originally published in 1985.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This title was originally published in 1965.

This volume brings together the latest approaches in bioarchaeology in the study of sex and gender.

Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church.

Alec Miller's Stone and Marble Carving: A Manual for the Student Sculptor is a rare blend of workshop craft and lived wisdom, distilling a lifetime at the bench into clear, practical guidance.

This title was originally published in 1938.

This title was originally published in 1938.

Heritage is all around us, not just in monuments and museums, but in places that matter, in the countryside and in collections and stories.

Alec Miller's Stone and Marble Carving: A Manual for the Student Sculptor is a rare blend of workshop craft and lived wisdom, distilling a lifetime at the bench into clear, practical guidance.

The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination.

Westward in Eden: The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement traces the contested history of America's vast federal lands and the political, cultural, and legal battles that have shaped their fate.

Westward in Eden: The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement traces the contested history of America's vast federal lands and the political, cultural, and legal battles that have shaped their fate.

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King Stephen: 11351154 by R.

Ayrshire has a rich and varied history.

This book offers a comprehensive survey of burial practices in the ancient Levant and challenges some of the assumptions behind previous attempts to find a normative burial practice.

Edinburgh's architectural history is explored through 300 notable buildings, from galleries to monuments, by Robin Ward.