Despite many investigations in this area, ancient lamps and lighting techniques continue to fascinate. This present work includes articles from Russia, Switzerland, and Ukraine and tackles conte...więcej »
Archaeometry 98 is the inaugural title in the Archaeolingua Central European Series. This first title, with its two large and important volumes, is based on 129 papers presented at the 31st Interna...więcej »
The subject of Dr Wang's research is the technical study of excavated bronze fragments from the site of Tianma-Qucun, situated in southwest Shanxi province, China. The site was identified as...więcej »
ARCUS Studies in Historical Archaeology 1''Made in Sheffield'' still carries a huge amount of credibility, both nationally and abroad. These pages chronicle the history of the men...więcej »
This book addresses the relationship between state-managed archaeology and control of the past, with particular attention to the rigid association of administration and identity, i.e. nationalis...więcej »
Archaeometry 98 is the inaugural title in the Archaeolingua Central European Series. This first title, with its two large and important volumes, is based on 129 papers presented at the 31st Interna...więcej »
This volume collects 37 papers presented at the VAST Euroconference held in Arezzo, Italy in November 2000. The main themes explored are 'virtual archaeology and scientific research', the 'virtual ...więcej »
This volume arises from a session at the EAA conference in Lisbon in 2000. Its aim was to draw together the new data from Europe on prehistoric wooden palisaded enclosures. Wood was important to ea...więcej »
This book contains papers from the Proceedings of the International Congress on the Evolution and Palaeoepidemiology of the Infectious Diseases 3 (ICEPID) conference which took place at the Univ...więcej »
Lithic analyses of all kinds have a long history in archaeological studies. For many years, morphological studies of tool-types and elaborate discussions of relative chronologies were a primary ...więcej »
This book sets out the evidence for burial practices in the southern and western Peloponnese of Greece during the middle Helladic and early Mycenaean periods (c. 2000-1400 BC), and to interpret ...więcej »
The author presents a report on Canaanite animal husbandry practices, diet, butchery methods, and animal sacrificial rituals. This information comes primarily from faunal remains that were retri...więcej »
This work not only seeks to explain the function and timing of the Cambodian earthwork sites but utilizes the circular earthworks as a case study in understanding the nature of adaptation and te...więcej »
with contributions by Anthony Johnson and David WilliamsThis work details one of the 6th-century Byzantine wrecks located at Dor, off the Carmel coast, Israel. The anchorages of Dor have ...więcej »
J.D. Beazley's The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems (1920) was the first publication of engraved gems in what might be called the modern manner; indeed in many respects it remains a mo...więcej »
The search for the origins of rural communities in England as perceived in the medieval period has exercised a strong fascination for scholars. Until well into the 20th century, such work was al...więcej »
This volume grew out of a symposium session on Experimental Archaeology that was co-organized by James R. Mathieu and Andrew W. Pelcin for the Society for American Archaeology annual meetings in...więcej »
with contributions by C.S. Lightfoot, E.A. Ivison and M.T. WypyskiThe site of Amorium is located in western Turkey, some 168 km southwest of Ankara, and some 70 km to the northe...więcej »
The University College London Lahun (Middle Kingdom) papyri constitute one of the most remarkable harvests of papyri of any age. This volume communicates the content of the surviving letters and...więcej »