This compendium brings together 18 case studies investigating territory in the Middle Ages from an archaeological perspective. The contributions focus especially on cases in Portugal, Spain and Italy, in order to provide a Mediterranean perspective.
This second volume on Grotta Mora Cavorso presents multidisciplinary analyses of the cave’s Neolithic occupation. Discover one of the largest collective burial caves in the Mediterranean, revealing its complex and multi-layered use as a ritual place in central Italy.
Challenging theories of mass migration, this book shows that Mesolithic hunter-gatherers used a dense maritime network to transfer domesticated species from the East. Based on 25 years of excavations, it reveals how these Aegean populations drove the Neolithisation process.
Hunter-Gatherers’ Tool-Kit
This volume provides a multifaceted overview of the study of stone tools. With case studies from various continents centred on hunter-gatherer communities, it explores tool production and use to address major questions about past human economic and social behaviour.
Data on gravity reveal a fascinating hidden world, allowing us to “see” under glaciers or beneath desert sands. This book explores subglacial Antarctica, Saharan paleolakes, and ocean-bottom craters, and analyses gravity fields to help find oil and gas with higher probability.
Sacred Monuments and Practices in the Baltic Sea Region
Over recent decades, the scope of church archaeology has expanded immensely. This book provides a convincing testament to this development, with every chapter giving a distinctive perspective on the theme of sacred monuments and practices written by leading experts in the field.
Transforming the Colony
Winter investigates the lives of convicts transported to Western Australia, particularly how their presence in the colony served as a form of modernity, fundamentally transforming it in the process.
Chronology and Evolution within the Mesolithic of North-West Europe
These proceedings focus on the contribution of carbon-14 dates to Mesolithic research in North-West Europe. 40 papers cover themes like lithic industries, settlement patterns, burial practices, human impact on the environment, and neolithisation.
These articles offer invaluable insights into the results of different interactions between “Romans” and Others. They cover a huge geographical area, from Britain, across Europe to the Near East, and provide information on the Roman Empire as seen through the eyes of foreigners.
For the first time in English, this volume presents three decades of research on Bol’shoy Yakor’ I, a key Late Pleistocene site in Eastern Siberia. Through detailed study of lithic production and hunting, it reveals the seasonal cycles of prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Despite its great historical and cultural importance, the Southern Caucasus has been inadequately researched. This two-volume publication compiles 75 articles from an international symposium exploring the region’s cultures from earliest times to the Middle Ages.
Using a case study of the archaeological phenomenon of the Linearbandkeramik as a starting point, this title brings together contributions by international specialists tackling the notion of cultural diversity and its explanatory power in archaeological analysis more generally.
This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to Cypriot archaeology and material culture, from the 3rd millennium B.C. to modern times. Contributions illuminate various aspects of the island’s history, with a special focus on the formative Bronze Age.
The Business of Heritage
Archaeology is a global business. This collection of papers by international specialists examines how heritage consultancy protects the past and develops archaeological knowledge. From NASA’s space facilities to Roman ruins, this book provides global insights.
This volume presents papers from the “Methodology and Archaeometry” conference. It covers topics in archaeometry and archaeological methodology, including non-destructive archaeology, artifact analysis, and experimental archaeology, providing new insights and approaches.
The Recumbent Stone Circles of Aberdeenshire
Using experimental archaeology, this book explains how Aberdeenshire’s Recumbent Stone Circles were built. It reveals how prehistoric communities created a network of inter-aligned stone circles, using them to synchronise time and space through their shared astronomy.
The influence of Ancient Greece on contemporary western civilization is irrefutable. The multivalent nature of such an influence is reflected in the wide-ranging essays of this volume, which cover such areas as economy, art, architecture, philosophy, medicine, and mythology.
Artisans Rule
Here, seven case studies covering a chronological span from the Neolithic to La Tène Europe explore the notions of standardization and specialization in craft production, while two ethnoarchaeological studies focus on the organization of production of a number of artisans.
Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism
Cremation was not the final rite. The archaeological record shows the dead—flesh and bone—were incorporated in other rituals. Bones leave traces of practices unseen in the contemporary world, including cannibalism. This book fleshes out prehistoric religions in Scandinavia.
Although comparative exercises are used both explicitly and implicitly in a large number of archaeological publications, they are often uncritically taken for granted. As such, the contributors here reflect on comparison as a core theme in archaeology from different perspectives.