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...