Archaeology by Period or Region Books

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41. The Archaeology of Britain

    An Introduction from Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century, 2nd Edition

    Edited by John Hunter, Ian Ralston

    The Archaeology of Britain is the only concise and up-to-date introduction to the archaeological record of Britain from the reoccupation of the landmass by Homo sapiens during the later stages of the most recent Ice Age until last century. This fully revised second edition extends its coverage,...

    Published December 6th 2009 by Routledge
42. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America

    An Encyclopedia

    Edited by Susan Toby Evans, David Webster

    This is the first comprehensive, one-volume encyclopedia in English devoted to pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area.In more than 500 articles by the major experts in the field, this work brings the most recent scholarship to an examination of regional environments and their...

    Published November 18th 2009 by Routledge
43. Iron Age Communities in Britain

    An account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest, 4th Edition

    By Barry Cunliffe

    Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the...

    Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
44. The Egyptian World

    Edited by Toby Wilkinson

    Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries. Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by...

    Published August 10th 2009 by Routledge
45. God's Wife, God's Servant

    The God's Wife of Amun (ca.740–525 BC)

    By Mariam F. Ayad

    Mariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, and archaeological evidence, and containing fifty-one black and white and colour illustrations, the volume discusses this often neglected subject,...

    Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge
46. Greece in the Making 1200–479 BC

    2nd Edition

    By Robin Osborne

    Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World

    Greece in the Making 1200–479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our...

    Published March 11th 2009 by Routledge
47. Ancient Turkey

    By Antonio Sagona, Paul Zimansky

    Series: Routledge World Archaeology

    Students of antiquity often see ancient Turkey as a bewildering array of cultural complexes. Ancient Turkey brings together in a coherent account the diverse and often fragmented evidence, both archaeological and textual, that forms the basis of our knowledge of the development of Anatolia from the...

    Published March 9th 2009 by Routledge
48. The Babylonian World

    Edited by Gwendolyn Leick

    Series: Routledge Worlds

    The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and...

    Published December 31st 2008 by Routledge
49. Roman Britain

    A Sourcebook, 3rd Edition

    By Stanley Ireland

    Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World

    Roman Britain: A Sourcebook has established itself as the only comprehensive collection of source material on the subject. It incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This new edition...

    Published November 30th 2008 by Routledge
50. The Neanderthals

    By Stephanie Muller, Friedemann Shrenk

    Series: Peoples of the Ancient World

    The Neanderthal is among the most mysterious relatives of Homo sapiens: Was he a dull, club-swinging muscleman, or a being with developed social behaviour and the ability to speak, to plan precisely, and even to develop views on the afterlife? For many, the Neanderthals are an example of...

    Published October 10th 2008 by Routledge