Archaeology

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

Pandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of ...

The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, ...

Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past introduces students to the wide ranging and fascinating world of archaeology and provides them with a co...

Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past introduces students to the wide ranging and fascinating world of archaeology and provides them with a co...

A thoughtful consideration of the storytelling and science behind ancient DNA discoveries.   In recent years, discoveries brought to light through ...

A thoughtful consideration of the storytelling and science behind ancient DNA discoveries.   In recent years, discoveries brought to light through ...

The Oxford Handbook of Early China brings 30 scholars together to cover early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500B...

This edited volume brings together an international group of scholars to address the lives, roles, myths, mythology, and lived experiences of Vikin...

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

Industrial Archaeology (1972) presents an in-depth investigation of the nature, methods and materials of the archaeology of industry in the UK, fro...

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

Letters from Old Babylonian Kish presents the primary publication of previously unstudied letters from the Old Babylonian Period. Drawing on intern...

This volume contains seven Aramaic manuscripts of a Jewish pseudepigraphic tradition from the Second Temple period that ascribes to Enoch, the bibl...

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

A joint IcelandicUS archaeological project in North Iceland examined the development of the farmstead settlement pattern from the initial Norse set...

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...

The first collection to incorporate the current trends in foodways archaeology using the concept of cuisine.

A view into the diverse culture of the Philippines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries   Although Manila, capital city of the Philippines, ...

Rome may have fallen in the late fifth century CE, but more than 1,500 years later its mark on Europe and around the Mediterranean is still evident...

The first collection to incorporate the current trends in foodways archaeology using the concept of cuisine.

How the notorious author of The 120 Days of Sodom inspired the surrealists and other avant-garde artists, writers, and filmmakersThe writings of th...

This book is a study of the Lapita Cultural Complex, a region spanning both Melanesia and Western Polynesia. The Lapita culture has been interprete...

Die Studie befasst sich mit einer bisher kaum beachteten Personengruppe aus der Zeit Amenhoteps III. (13901353 v.Chr.), die durch neuere Ausgrabung...

An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted pinakes (plaques) was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, o...

Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. ...

Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island in the Southern Cook Islands, excavated by a multidisciplinary team in 1989-1991, produced one of the rich...

Issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, this is the first comprehensive study of birds...