Archaeological Theory

Theorizing Archaeological Museum Studies works towards reconnecting archaeological practice, the theoretical richness of archaeology, and museum st...

Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern Europe.Chapters present a ...

This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings...

Many students view archaeological theory as a subject distinct from field research. This division is reinforced by the way theory is taught, often ...

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology offers comprehensive perspectives on the origins and developments of the discipline of archaeolog...

Taking as its point of departure the astounding longevity and ubiquity in our culture of so many themes, genres, visual forms and personalities fro...

The authors explore multifaceted aspects of the competing cultural landscapes that comprise the northeast of Scotland. This interdisciplinary colle...

Over the last few years, media archaeology has evolved from a marginal topic to an academic approach en vogue. In large part, media archaeology has...

This collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James Deetzs In Small Things Forgotten (1977). Deetzs seminal work broke new ground by us...

Archaeoacoustics, the study of sound in the past, is increasingly attracting attention. Although some work, particularly in musical archaeology, ha...

Open Source Archaeology: Ethics and Practice' brings together authors and researchers in the field of open-source archaeology, defined as encompass...

Archaeological interpretation is an imaginative act. Stratigraphy and artefacts do not tell us what the past was like; that is the task of the arch...

Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern Europe.Chapters present a ...

This book provides a brief, readable introduction to archaeological theory. Adrian Praetzellis demystifies a pile of tricky contemporary concepts f...

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been ...

Change and Archaeology explores how archaeologists have historically described, interpreted, and explained change, and argues that change has been ...

Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural. They are also an essential component in the process of human evolution. In recent years, a wide r...

Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural herit...

Archaeological interpretation is an imaginative act. Stratigraphy and artefacts do not tell us what the past was like; that is the task of the arch...

This collection of essays explores hybridity in early modern art through two primary lenses: hybrid media and hybrid time. The varied approaches in...

Sentient Conceptualisations is about how scientists studying the past understand time in relation to space. Simonetti argues that the feelings for ...

Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion demonstrates that the concept of metamorphism was central to ancient Chinese religious beli...

This book offers approaches to the study of Byzantine dress of elites and non-elites, in sacred and secular modes, from the beginning of the Empire...

This book offers approaches to the study of Byzantine dress of elites and non-elites, in sacred and secular modes, from the beginning of the Empire...

This book explores and critiques the underlying assumption that a binary gender system and patriarchal norms were universal in Bronze Age Europe th...

This book argues that long-ignored, non-western political systems from the distant and more recent past can provide critical insights into improvin...

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexi...

Archaeological Theory: The Basics is an accessible introduction to an indispensable part of what archaeologists do. The book guides the reader to a...

Edited by two pioneers in the field of sensory archaeology, this Handbook comprises a key point of reference for the ever-expanding field of sensor...

This edited collection explores the intersection of historical studies and the artistic representation of the past in the long nineteenth century. ...

Old Lands takes readers on an epic journey through the legion spaces and times of the Eastern Peloponnese, trailing in the footsteps of a Roman per...

Black feminist thought has developed in various parts of the academy for over three decades, but has made only minor inroads into archaeological th...

Interlacing varied approaches within Historical Ecology, this volume offers new routes to researching and understanding humanenvironmental interact...

Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthw...

Maps have always been a fundamental tool in archaeological practice, and their prominence and variety have increased along with a growing range of ...

Archaeological Theory in Dialogue presents an innovative conversation between five scholars from different backgrounds on a range of central issues...

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful cas...

Archaeological Theory in Dialogue presents an innovative conversation between five scholars from different backgrounds on a range of central issues...

This book argues that the provenance of early modern and medieval objects from Islamic lands was largely forgotten until the long eighteenth centur...

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful cas...

How can archaeologists interpret ancient art and images if they do not treat them as symbols or signifiers of identity? Traditional approaches to t...

After Discourse is an interdisciplinary response to the recent trend away from linguistic and textual approaches and towards things and their affec...

The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the p...

This book argues that long-ignored, non-western political systems from the distant and more recent past can provide critical insights into improvin...

Past archaeological literature on cooperation theory has emphasized competition's role in cultural evolution. As a result, bottom-up possibilities ...

Strøby Toftegård: Halls, Hierarchies and Social Dynamics in Late Iron Age and Viking Age Denmark presents and considers the archaeological material...

This textbook offers a reasoned and accessible introduction to the philosophy of the environment and the current environmental crisis, designed for...