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41. Contradictions of Archaeological Theory

    Engaging Critical Realism and Archaeological Theory

    By Sandra Wallace

    Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

    Is current archaeological theory stuck at an impasse? Sandra Wallace argues that archaeological theory has become mired as a result of logical and ontological contradictions. By showing that these contradictions are a result of common underlying philosophical assumptions and fallacies this book is...

    Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
42. Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture

    Edited by Juliette Fritsch

    Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies

    Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture publishes the proceedings of the first annual Sackler Centre for Arts Education conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The conference launched the annual series by addressing the question of how gallery interpretation...

    Published May 17th 2011 by Routledge
43. Iron Age Myth and Materiality

    An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000

    By Lotte Hedeager

    Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 considers the relationship between myth and materiality in Scandinavia from the beginning of the post-Roman era and the European Migrations up until the coming of Christianity. It pursues an interdisciplinary interpretation of...

    Published April 26th 2011 by Routledge
44. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation

    An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains

    Edited by Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Linda Fibiger

    Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily...

    Published March 20th 2011 by Routledge
45. Ancient Cities

    The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome, 2nd Edition

    By Charles Gates

    Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations....

    Published March 16th 2011 by Routledge
46. Roman Urban Street Networks

    Streets and the Organization of Space in Four Cities

    By Alan Kaiser

    Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

    The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently. Traditionally the main interest archaeologists and classicists had in streets was in tracing the origins and development of the orthogonal layout used in Roman colonial cities. Roman Urban Street Networks is the...

    Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
47. Field Archaeology

    An Introduction, 2nd Edition

    By Peter Drewett

    Since its first publication, Field Archaeology: An Introduction has proved to be a key handbook for all those undertaking introductory courses in archaeology or volunteering on their first excavation. In this revised second edition, key developments in technology, theory and changes in the law are...

    Published February 3rd 2011 by Routledge
48. The World of the New Testament and the Journeys of Paul

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Edited by Richard Talbert

    Series: Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World provide both students and scholars with detailed and exacting geographic information of the ancient world. Using the world renowned geographic data from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, the sweeping views of the ancient world allow students to understand...

    Published January 17th 2011 by Routledge
49. Egypt and the Near East 3000-1200 BCE

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Edited by Richard Talbert

    Series: Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World provide both students and scholars with detailed and exacting geographic information of the ancient world. Using the world renowned geographic data from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, the sweeping views of the ancient world allow students to understand...

    Published January 11th 2011 by Routledge
50. Goddess and the Warrior

    The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion

    By Nanno Marinatos

    A stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek religion. This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Greece....

    Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge