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Pre-Owned Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice (Paperback 9781405175913) by Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Amanda Bowens

9781405175913. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. 2nd edition. Pages: 240. 240 p. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive summary of the... more

Art and Archaeology / Archaeological Institute of America Archaeological Society of Washington College Art Association of America (1914) (1914) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1914 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World (Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe) - Pettitt Paul

The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British Palaeolithic from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980 000 years ago) to the end of the Ice Age. Landscape and ecology form the canvas for an... more

The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies

Part of a resurgence in the comparative study of ancient societies this book presents a variety of methods and approaches to comparative analysis through the examination of wide-ranging case studies. Each chapter is a comparative study and the diverse... more

Pre-owned Archaeology of Syria : From Complex Hunter-gatherers to Early Urban Societies C. 16 000-300 Bc Paperback by Akkermans Peter M. M. G.; Schwartz Glenn M. ISBN 0521796660 ISBN-13 978052179

Archaeology of Syria : From Complex Hunter-gatherers to Early Urban Societies C. 16 000-300 Bc more

Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology: Fisher-Hunter-Gatherer Complexity in North America (Hardcover)

Demonstrating the wide variation among complex hunter-gatherer communities in coastal settings This book explores the forms and trajectories of social complexity among fisher-hunter-gatherers who lived in coastal estuarine and riverine settings in... more

A Half Century of the Society for Historical Archaeology

As the SHA celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2017 it seems appropriate to remember and reflect on those individuals who have made significant contributions to the discipline at large and to the society in particular. The lives and careers of these... more

One World Archaeology: Historical Archaeology: Back from the Edge (Paperback)

Historical Archaeology demonstrates the potential of adopting a flexible encompassing definition of historical archaeology which involves the study of all societies with documentary evidence. It encourages research that goes beyond the boundaries... more

New Directions in Archaeology: The Archaeology of Death (Paperback)

Evidence for the disposal of the dead is one of the most common classes of archaeological data; in both prehistoric and historic contexts archaeologists have long used the remains of death and burial as a source for interpretations of society culture... more

BAR International: Archaeology and Anthropology-Areas of Mutual Interest (Paperback)

This volume springs from a conference organized by the Cambridge University Archaeological and Anthropological Societies on Archaeology and anthropology-areas of mutual interest held in Cambridge in March 1976. more

The Archaeology of Colonialism (Hardcover)

This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies. While archaeological studies of the historic past have explored the dynamics of European colonialism such work has largely ignored broader... more

Cambridge World Archaeology: The Classic Maya (Paperback)

In the first millennium AD the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world including large settlements like Tikal Copan... more

Pre-Owned The Alderley Sandhills Project: An Archaeology of Community Life in (Post)-Industrial (Paperback 9780719081989) by Eleanor Conlin Casella Sarah K Croucher Alan Rutter

9780719081989. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 256. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary... more

Excavating Women: A History of Women in European Archaeology (Paperback)

Archaeologists are increasingly aware of issues of gender when studying past societies; women are becoming better represented within the discipline and are attaining top academic posts. However until now there has been no study undertaken of the... more

Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America 1650-1800 1560980583 (Hardcover - Used)

Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Library Journal Best Adult Book for Young Adults. Best Book of South Carolina History Finalist South Carolina Historical Society. Tracing the advances of African-American archaeology since the 1960s Uncommon Ground... more

An Archaeology of Images (Paperback)

Using archaeology and social anthropology and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe 600... more

Built Environments Constructed Societies : Inverting Spatial Analysis (Paperback)

Archaeology as the discipline that searches to explain the development of society by means of material remains has been avoiding the big issues involved with its research agenda. Archaeology as the discipline that searches to explain the development of... more

American Journal Of Numismatics And Bulletin Of American Numismatic And Archæological Societies Volumes 7-8 (Paperback)

This volume of the American Journal of Numismatics includes articles on a wide range of topics related to numismatics and archaeology including ancient Greek coinage Roman imperial coinage and American colonial coinage. Published jointly by the... more

After Modernity: Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past (Hardcover)

After Modernity summarizes archaeological approaches to the contemporary past and suggests a new agenda for the archaeology of late modern societies. The principal focus is the archaeology of developed de-industrialized societies during the second half... more

Gallinazo: An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast (Paperback)

Over the last decades considerable effort has been directed towards the study of early complex societies of northern Peru and in recent years archaeologists have expressed a strong interest in the art and archaeology of the Moche Lambayeque and Chimu... more

Gallinazo: An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast (Hardcover)

Over the last decades considerable effort has been directed towards the study of early complex societies of northern Peru and in recent years archaeologists have expressed a strong interest in the art and archaeology of the Moche Lambayeque and Chimu... more