Environmental Archaeology

Proper Badger has been invited to a party. He is quite pleased. He will wear his best coat and bow tie and be a very proper guest. He most certainl...

The preservation of waterlogged organic materials has transformed our understanding of the historic environment. Their study involves the collabora...

This book adopts a comprehensive approach, drawing from archaeology, physical anthropology, human genetics, linguistics, cultural anthropology, eth...

Includes 100 figures and 200 tables. Recognition of the role of animals in ancient diet, economy, politics, and ritual is vital to understanding an...

Filled with authoritative maps, data-driven graphics, awe-inspiring photographs, and thoughtful essays, this vivid book will feed the soul of every...

Archaeology is a vast subject - it is the study of human society everywhere in the world, from distant human origins 3-4 million years ago up to th...

We live in an era of major technological developments, post-pandemic social adjustment, and dramatic climate change arising from human activity. Co...

We live in an era of major technological developments, post-pandemic social adjustment, and dramatic climate change arising from human activity. Co...

Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations. Although ...

Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotlan...

A brutal Civil War erupted across Ireland in June 1922. The IRA, in opposition to the development of a pro-Treaty government, returned to the famil...

This book provides the current knowledge on prehistoric human contacts and migrations in Northeast Asia (consisting of far eastern Russia, Northeas...

This book demonstrates how the Romans constructed garden boundaries specifically in order to open up or undermine the division between a number of ...

'Remarkable'OBSERVER 'Deeply profound this is no ordinary memoir' THE TIMES Astounding ADAM FARRER Brave and luminous...

Over 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers became the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found themselves in a world rich i...

Over 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers became the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found themselves in a world rich i...

The Indus civilization in South Asia (c. 320 1500BC) was one of the most important Old World Bronze Age cultures. Located at the cross-roads of A...

Economic circularity is the ability of a society to reduce waste by recycling, reusing, and repairing raw materials and finished products. This con...

Peatlands are regarded as having exceptional archaeological value, due to the fact the waterlogged conditions of these wetlands can preserve organi...

Archaeology in the past century has seen a major shift from theoretical frameworks that treat the remains of past societies as static snapshots of ...

The Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and th...

The Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and th...