Archaeological theory
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Archaeological theory
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
€ 54.99€ 40.40
€ 54.99
€ 40.40
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
€ 46.10
€ 46.10
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
€ 41.08
€ 41.08
Paperback. This text questions established ideas and proposes theories based on the author's comparative archaeological and ethnographic research. It seeks to provide students and general readers with an introduction to his ideas about understanding the human past. Num Pages: 260 pages, 68 line illustrations, 79 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HFMW; 1KB; 1MBF; HDA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Afterword
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233393
- ISBN
- 9780520233393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.48
€ 35.99
€ 26.48
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
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Paperback. Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated and utilised in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. Editor(s): Whallon, Robert; Lovis, William A.; Hitchcock, Robert K. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 384 pages, , black & white tables, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745642
- ISBN
- 9781931745642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Hardcover. The Neolithic site of Catalhoyuk 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 excavati Editor(s): Hodder, Ian. Num Pages: 180 pages, 50 figures and 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HDA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898249320
- ISBN
- 9781898249320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.08
€ 35.08
paperback. Using computer simulations of the ancient skies to crack the millennial code that the monuments transcribe, the authors set out a new theory concerning the Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian scriptures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDA; HDDG; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099416364
- ISBN
- 9780099416364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HDA; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 264 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- JAS Arqueologia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788493814601
- ISBN
- 9788493814601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.72
€ 19.72
Paperback. Takes a fresh approach to the study of four related disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. This title argues that these four disciplines are concerned with exploring, interpreting and describing the worlds we inhabit and the ways we perceive them. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AM; HDA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 8. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415567237
- ISBN
- 9780415567237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones and teeth. This guide intends to highlight for beginners the main points on which identifications can be made on the bulk of bones and teeth from a small range of common Old World mammals. Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications. Num Pages: 132 pages, figs. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; PSVD; PSVW7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 300 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905853307
- ISBN
- 9780905853307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41
Hardback. A look at the materials created through all manner of human activity. The papers here give some idea of the complexity of the issues raised by critical engagements with the material world, both past and present. Editor(s): Brodie, Neil; Hills, C. Num Pages: 180 pages, col figs. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902937267
- ISBN
- 9781902937267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.90
€ 77.90
Hardback. In this introduction to the field of archaeology several leading archaeologists show how accessible and interesting the current archaeological literature is, and currently active philosophers of archaeology reveal something of the current state of discussion on the subject. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320234
- ISBN
- 9780792320234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.53
€ 202.53
Paperback. This third volume of the Excavation of the Abri Pataud rock shelter in southern France focuses on the occupation that began about 27,000 years ago and compares the materials with artifacts from more than 50 sites in Italy, Spain, and France. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873655378
- ISBN
- 9780873655378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.27
€ 38.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. A collection of papers based on a session held at the 4th World Archaeological Congress in Cape Town in 1999. The aim is to assess the impact of IT on both the theory and practice of archaeology today. Editor(s): Lock, Gary; Brown, Kayt. Num Pages: 154 pages, (A Tschan & P Daly). 154p, b/w illus, tbs. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University School of Archaeology United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780947816513
- ISBN
- 9780947816513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Paperback. What effects have the National Museum of the American Indian Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act had on anthropological practice, theory, and education in the United States? Editor(s): Killion, Thomas W. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930618930
- ISBN
- 9781930618930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
Paperback. 16 papers explore the subject of palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Ryan; Cockitt, Jenefer; David, A. Rosalie. Series: Archaeopress Egyptology. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 244 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784910266
- ISBN
- 9781784910266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Volume 3 of this series presents contemporary advances in psychological science that address questions about personality dynamics. Twenty-two contributors discuss three challenging themes in personality dynamics: processes of meaning construction, the interplay between personality and the social world, and the embodied nature of the mind. Editor(s): Maruszewski, Tomasz; Fajkowska, Malgorzata; Eysenck, Michael W.; Cervone, Daniel. Series: EWP Warsaw Lectures in Personality and Social Psychology. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773198
- ISBN
- 9780979773198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.94
€ 84.94
Hardback. In Volume 2 of the series, the editors and contributors examine the interactive influences of personality, cognition, and emotion in order to attain a comprehensive understanding of human behavior. Editor(s): Maruszewski, Tomasz; Fajkowska, Malgorzata; Eysenck, Michael W. Series: EWP Warsaw Lectures in Personality and Social Psychology. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HDA; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979773174
- ISBN
- 9780979773174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40