Archaeology

This volume celebrates the work of Dr. Phil. h.c. Gerhard Milstreu in his 40th year as director of Tanum Museum of Rock Carving and Rock Art Resear...

This book deals with the documentation and interpretation of the rock sites located in La Mancha center (Spain), from the detailed study of the sym...

From the Battle of Marathon to the Minotaur, from the Acropolis to Aristotle, from Theseus to the Theban hegemony, from slavery to Sparta, The Ency...

It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us the way the narrative of bygone days has been inscribed in fields, fores...

For centuries lime was an essential ingredient in many aspects of life and work - such as farming, building and manufacturing - and the kilns in wh...

This brief guide to the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens provides general information about all the collections, with an...

The study of beliefs and practices concerning the sky in the past and the uses to which people''s understanding of the sky was put has long been of...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT GOLDEN BEER BOOK PRIZE 2019****SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE FOR HISTORY 2020**Julia Blackburn has alw...

These objects do not have a single purpose. This is the central premise that guides the research within this book. Throughout the volume the reader...

This book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (th...

A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European ...

Different Times? Archaeological and environmental data from intra-site and off-site sequences brings together seven papers from Session II-8 of the...

In recent decades archaeological discoveries across northern China have brought to light unexpected and significant works of extraordinary beauty. ...

Sir John Soane's Greatest Treasure describes one of the most important antiquities ever found in Egypt - the beautiful calcite sarcophagus of the p...

This book presents a concise account of the lives and times of some of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification ...

The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of ...

The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North Afri...

Yoruba culture has been a part of the Americas for centuries, brought over by the first slaves and maintained in various forms ever since. In Odudu...

Yoruba culture has been a part of the Americas for centuries, brought over by the first slaves and maintained in various forms ever since. In Odudu...