Archaeological theory
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Archaeological theory
Hardback. This book argues archaeology is uniquely placed to contribute a variety of perspectives on the current life-cycles of cities including processes of decay, revitalization, and transformation. It foregrounds the materialities of post-industrial, post-modern and other urban transformations through a diverse, international collection of case studies. Editor(s): McAtackney, Laura; Ryzewski, Krysta. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198803607
- ISBN
- 9780198803607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.70
€ 215.70
Paperback. The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine the theoretical and political agendas of the field, and challenge the usual distinctions between time, space, processes, and people. Editor(s): Preucel, Robert W.; Mrozowski, Stephen A. Num Pages: 658 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405158534
- ISBN
- 9781405158534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. Colour defines our material world, operates as a communication tool and creates meaning. This book revisits well known and well documented sites or artefacts and explores their colours and colour connotations by looking at various contexts such as processes, landscape, iconography, body decoration or the colour connotations of death. Num Pages: 154 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3B; HDA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 290 x 14. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784912253
- ISBN
- 9781784912253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Provides a fundamental examination of the conceptual framework within which archaeology is practised today. The relation between theoretical paradigms and everyday archaeological practice is critically explored. Num Pages: 254 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415235341
- ISBN
- 9780415235341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.34
€ 56.34
Paperback. It is difficult to imagine modern archaeology without radio-carbon dating, geophysics, analytical chemistry, or the input of the social and historical sources. This volume is the outcome of a two-day conference held at the University of Oxford that focused on the opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinary approaches to archaeology. Editor(s): Schroeder, H.; Bray, P.; Jefferson, V.; Macaulay-Lewis, E. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954962777
- ISBN
- 9780954962777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 109 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Archaeopress Archaeology
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905739479
- ISBN
- 9781905739479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.50
€ 28.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, i b/w illustration. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- JAS Arqueologia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788493814687
- ISBN
- 9788493814687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.66
€ 15.66
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HDA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648873
- ISBN
- 9780691648873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.52€ 138.85
€ 184.52
€ 138.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 269 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873655415
- ISBN
- 9780873655415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
€ 54.99
€ 46.53
paperback. Exploring the past with hi-tech tools of modern archaeology, geology and astronomy, Hancock exposes an eerie network of connections between Egyptian pyramids, Andean temples, spherical geometry, and astro-navigation. He makes claim for a lost civilization that flourished during the last ice age. Num Pages: 768 pages, 16pp colour halftones, 32pp b&w halftones, b&w line illustrations, index, appendices. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Publisher
- Century London
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712679060
- ISBN
- 9780712679060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.39
€ 31.99
€ 21.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292790834
- ISBN
- 9780292790834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists. Num Pages: 448 pages, 70ill.7tabs. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874805130
- ISBN
- 9780874805130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. A prominent archaeologist uses the latest scientific techniques to interpret the spiritual lives of ancient people. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738201412
- ISBN
- 9780738201412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardback. Through the iconic example of Pompeii, and the spell this city cast on the early nineteen-century French Romantic imagination, From Paris to Pompeii shows how an archaeological gaze arose in response to a secular anxiety of memory loss and helped define our modern relationship to history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241365
- ISBN
- 9780812241365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Paperback. Visit our website for sample chapters! Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991168
- ISBN
- 9780761991168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300109665
- ISBN
- 9780300109665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.60€ 39.66
€ 50.60
€ 39.66
Paperback. Pitts, an archaeologist, asks what sort of people designed and built these extraordinary structures. Using computer reconstructions he shows what they looked like - and asks what they are for. This story of the discovery of a lost civilisation that spanned five centuries, a civilisation that now lies mostly beneath the fields of Southern England. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBLA; HDA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KTG0021082
- ISBN
- 9780099278757
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Drawing upon James Deetz's insight that everyday objects from the recent past are freighted with social significance, and that material culture operates alongside language as a system of communication, the authors present a series of case studies which unravel specific cultural moments in well-documented historical periods across the modern world. Editor(s): Symonds, James; Badcock, Anna; Oliver, Jeff. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 figures. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845535346
- ISBN
- 9781845535346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.79
€ 46.79
Paperback. Designed as an introduction to undergraduate and graduate students new to the subject Hunter-Gatherer Foraging: Five Simple Models presents the five foraging models that lend themselves best to hunter-gatherer application: diet breadth, linear programming, front- versus back-loaded resources, technological investment, and field processing. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HDA; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773136
- ISBN
- 9780979773136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.52
€ 41.52
Explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated and utilised in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. This title brings together a group of scholars from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, ethnography, linguistics and evolutionary ecology. Editor(s): Whallon, Robert; Lovis, William A.; Hitchcock, Robert. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745635
- ISBN
- 9781931745635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.01
€ 48.01