Archaeology  /  Archaeological Method & Theory
Similar But Different Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9789088902222
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations
Description:
The book “Similar but Different. Bell Beakers in Europe” deals with a cultural phenomenon, known as the Bell Beaker culture, that during the 3rd millennium B.C.
Locating the Sacred Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781782976165
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Joukowsky Institute Publication
Illustrations: b/w and col. illustrations
Description:
Ritual happens in distinct places – in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes – and religious activities there incorporate a diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts. Understanding religious ritual requires viewing it not as a disembodied event, but as emplaced, grounded in both built and natural surroundings, and integrated with its associated material objects. Here authors examine various religious practices in the Greco-Roman world and pilgrimage routes in contemporary Israel.
RRP: £25.00
Violence and Civilization Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781782976202
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Joukowsky Institute Publication
Illustrations: b/w and col. illustrations
Description:
This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history. Taking a broad definition of violence, including structural and symbolic violence, the contributions move beyond the problematic of civilization’s mitigating or foundational role, instead seeing violence as inherently social, and, perhaps, socially inherent (if variable). The question then becomes what forms of harm are authorized or banned in which social orders and how they change over time.
Çatalhöyük Excavations: the 2000-2008 seasons Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9781898249290
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2013
Series: British Institute at Ankara Monograph
Illustrations: 300 figures and 50 tables
Description:
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. Çatalhöyük Excavations presents the results of the excavations that took place at the site from 2000 to 2008 when the main aim was to understand the social geography of the settlement, its layout and social organization.
RRP: £60.00
From These Bare Bones Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781782972112
Pub Date: 19 Dec 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illustrations
Description:
A fundamental component of the study of worked osseous objects is the identification of the raw materials chosen to make them. In archaeological contexts many objects become degraded to the point where identification is very difficult and the way in which these materials decay during burial and upon excavation can vary greatly. Correct identification is crucial to the investigation of objects, their conservation and future curation.
Landscape and Interaction, Troodos Survey Vol 2 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 296
ISBN: 9781782971887
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Illustrations: b/w and col. illus
Description:
The TAESP Landscape, the second of two volumes, presents an area-by-area analysis of the fieldwork and research undertaken by the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP) in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Covering four regions of the survey area (The Plains, Karkotis Valley, Upper Lagoudhera Valley and The Mountains) the volume focuses on explicit research questions appropriate to each region. Organised geographically, chronologically and thematically, each region is investigated from the Neolithic to the present day and, through ‘Intensive Survey Zones’ – selected to give a representative range of the physical and cultural terrain – many notable new discoveries are made.
RRP: £38.00
Landscape and Interaction: Troodos Survey Vol 1 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9781782971870
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Illustrations: b/w and col. illus
Description:
The Troodos Mountain range in central Cyprus is a region of great physical and cultural diversity. The landscapes range from fertile, cultivated plains to narrow, dry valleys and forested mountain regions and this physical topography is overlain by a rich human cultural landscape of farming, mining, industry, settlement, burial and ritual behaviour. Over six field seasons, a team of specialists and fieldwalkers from the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP) investigated the northern edge of this region and explored the complex and dynamic relationship between landscape and people over 12,000 years.
RRP: £48.00
The Medieval Kirk, Cemetery and Hospice at Kirk Ness, North Berwick Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781842176634
Pub Date: 13 Nov 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w & col. illus
Description:
Between 1999-2006 Addyman Archaeology carried out extensive archaeological excavations on the peninsular site of Kirk Ness, North Berwick, during the building, landscaping and extension of the Scottish Seabird Centre. This book presents the results of these works but its scope is much broader. Against the background of important new discoveries made at the site it brings together and re-examines all the evidence for early North Berwick – archaeological, historical, documentary, pictorial and cartographic – and includes much previously unpublished material.
Experimental Archaeology and Theory Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781842177662
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
Experimental Archaeology is a volume which aims to bridge the gap in archaeology between empirical testing and humanistic approaches to understanding the material record. The contributors explore a wide variety of different fields including how a phenomenological methodology can be used to increase our understanding of how a Bronze Age temple was ‘experienced’ by people in the past; how experimentation in the production of materials such as rawhide, glass and wine-making can be used to test theories or written sources and the possibilities of studying the three-dimensional morphology of Acheulian handaxes to search for possible idiosyncratic indicators during the Lower Palaeolithic. The papers in the volume reflect the continued diversity of work that experimental archaeology is able to produce and show how experimentation can be integrated with theory to substantiate a variety of hypotheses, whether validating information from written sources or testing the inferences of more recent theoretical ideology.
La Grava Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
ISBN: 9781902771878
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2013
Description:
The site of La Grava (or Grove Priory) in Bedfordshire, excavated in advance of quarrying between 1973 and 1985, was one of the most extensive monastic/manorial projects of the 20th century in the UK. Excavated originally as a medieval religious house, identified as an alien priory of the Order of Fontevrault in Anjou, the site was to reveal settlement from the Romano-British period to the 16th century.Granted to the Order of Fontevrault in 1164, the priory became the home of the Procurator of the Order in England.
The Settlement at Dhaskalio Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 832
ISBN: 9781902937649
Pub Date: 21 Oct 2013
Series: The Sanctuary on Keros and the Origins of Aegean Ritual Practice
Description:
The Settlement at Dhaskalio is the first volume in the series The Sanctuary on Keros: Excavations at Dhaskalio and Dhaskalio Kavos, 2006-2008, edited by Colin Renfrew, Olga Philaniotou, Neil Brodie, Giorgos Gavalas and Michael Boyd. Here the findings are presented from the well-stratified settlement of Dhaskalio, today an islet near the Cycladic island of Keros, Greece. A series of radiocarbon dates situates the duration of the settlement from around 2750 to 2300 BC.
RRP: £80.00
Global Ancestors Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9781842175330
Pub Date: 07 Oct 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w & col. illus
Description:
Global Ancestors is a collection of papers which reflect on modern museological responses to the often complex and emotive relationship that people have with the ancestors and objects which they created. Set out in three broad themes, the first collection of papers explore how indigenous peoples are represented in museums in Panama and China and how more can be gained by working with indigenous communities to further our understanding of the ancestors. The second section examines changes in British and American museological thinking regarding the repatriation of human remains and objects to indigenous peoples, focusing in particular on the impact of legislation on western institutions and the expectations of indigenous communities and alternative religious groups.
RRP: £32.00
Counting People Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9781842174807
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
Local and family historians are often afraid to use numerical data (Statistics) in their research and writing. Yet numbers are an essential part of much historical work, obviously in population history but also in local studies of agriculture, industry and social history. Counting People shows how amateur historians can use computers with appropriate programs to provide numerical illustrations of various historical topics as well as easing their researches.
Substantive technologies at Çatalhöyük: reports from the 2000-2008 seasons Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9781898249313
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2013
Series: British Institute at Ankara Monograph
Illustrations: 250 illustrations and 50 tables
Description:
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume reports on the results of excavations in 2000-2008 that have provided a wealth of new data on the ways in which humans became increasingly engaged in their material environment such that ‘things’ came to play an active force in their lives.
RRP: £60.00
Ancient Textiles, Modern Science Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 133
ISBN: 9781842176641
Pub Date: 31 Aug 2013
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illustrations
Description:
The European Textile Forum was founded as an annual meeting for academics, craftspeople, re-enactors and enthusiasts to share their experiences and compare notes. With varied day workshops and evening lectures, the ‘Textilforum’ has something for everyone. The conference takes place over a week, which not only allows time to learn new techniques and discuss new findings, but to also undertake lengthy experiments that require a large number of experienced specialists.
Çatalhöyük excavations: Humans and Landscapes of Çatalhöyük excavations Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781898249306
Pub Date: 31 Aug 2013
Series: British Institute at Ankara Monograph
Illustrations: 250 figures and 50 tables
Description:
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintings and reliefs uncovered inside the houses. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research, in order to shed more light on the people who inhabited the site. The present volume reports on the results of excavations in 2000-2008 that have provided a wealth of new data on the ways in which the Çatalhöyük settlement and environment were dwelled in.