Archaeological science, methodology and techniques Books
Springer International Publishing AG Exploring Human Behavior Through Isotope
Book SynopsisThis edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors. Rather than grouping contributions by specific isotopes or analytical techniques, as many isotope review articles are arranged, the volume organizes chapters by broadly defined themes of archaeological research. These include: paleodiet and life histories, human-animal interactions, and migration and mobility. In this sense, the book is arranged with the intent of being as much question based as method based. Chapters under these themes provide background information on the principles of the techniques and on the theoretical underpinnings of the research; yet they are written with the non-specialist in mind and attempt to convey these ideas clearly and succinctly. In addition to the case studies and reviews, three chapters provide greater context to the field of isotopic archaeology, discussing its history, basic principles, and future potential. The volume aims to serve as a reference source for students and practicing archaeologists seeking to apply isotopic studies to their own research projects or to act as a reader for courses in archaeological science. Chapter 6 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsPreface.- Part I: History and Introduction.- Chapter 1. Stable Isotope Analyses and Human Behavior: A Science Driven by Ideas and Tools (Margaret J. Schoeninger).- Chapter 2. Exploring Human Behavior through Isotopic Analyses: Tools, Scales, and Questions (Andrew D. Somerville and Melanie M. Beasley).- Part II: Paleodiet and Life History.- Chapter 3. Stable Isotope Evidence for Breastfeeding and Weaning Variables in Past Populations: Infant and Child Feeding in Ancient Siberian Foragers (Andrea L. Waters-Rist).- Chapter 4. Human Paleodiet on Tutuila Island, American Samoa: Isotopic Evidence of Dietary Continuity through the Medieval Warm Period-Little Ice Age Transition (Eric J. Bartelink, Phillip R. Johnson, Olaf Nehlich, Benjamin T. Fuller, and Michael P. Richards).- Chapter 5. Multi-Isotopic Evidence for Prehispanic Maya use of Multiple Subsistence Catchments at Caledonia, Cayo District, Belize (Asta J. Rand).- Chapter 6. The Potential of Dental Calculus as a Novel Source of Biological Isotopic Data (Domingo C. Salazar-García, Christina Warinner, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Amanda G. Henry).- Part III: Human-Animal Interactions.- Chapter 7. Isotopes, Domestication, and Past Animal Husbandry Practices: A Review of the Formative Studies (Rebecca L. Kinaston).- Chapter 8. Human-Animal Interactions in the Pre-Colonial Americas: Insights from Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis (Andrew D. Somerville).- Chapter 9. Reassessing the Abandonment of Pig Husbandry in Post-Viking Iceland: an Isotopic Approach (Eric Guiry, Céline Dupont-Hébert and Vaughan Grimes).- Chapter 10. Ratting out the Past: Investigating Anthropogenic Landscapes in Polynesia through Stable Isotope Analysis of the Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans) (Jillian A. Swift).- Part IV: Mobility of Humans.- Chapter 11. Migration and Paleomobility in the Face of Environmental Change and Political Collapse: Case Studies from San Pedro de Atacama, Northern Chile (Kelly J. Knudson and Christina M. Torres).- Chapter 12: Isotopic Investigation of Tiwanaku Mobility During the Middle Horizon: Preliminary Data from the Site of Piñami in the Cochabamba Valley of Bolivia (Cristin A. Lucas, Corina M. Kellner, Frank C. Ramos, Karen Anderson, and Zulema Terceros).- Part V: Future Directions.- Chapter 13: Epilogue: Stable Isotope Analysis in Archaeology: Current Perspectives and Future Directions (Paul Szpak).
£98.99
Springer International Publishing AG The 3 Dimensions of Digitalised Archaeology
Book Synopsis
£42.74
Aarhus University Press Urban Network Evolutions: Towards a
Book SynopsisFor millenia, urban networks have shaped the development of human societies. Today, new archaeological approaches are unveiling the evolution of these networks in unprecedented detail.Urban Networks Evolutions reviews the new approaches to urban evolution as archaeology endeavours to characterise both the scale and pace of historical events and processes. Issuing from the work of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), the book compares the archaeology of urbanism from medieval Northern Europe to the Ancient Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean World.The 40 contributors demonstrate how new techniques for refining archaeological dates, contexts, and the provenance ascribed to material culture, afford a new high-definition approach to the study of global and interregional dynamics. This opens up for far-reaching questions as to how and to what extent urban networks catalysed societal and environmental expansions and crises in the past.Trade Review[…] the work is overall unified by its contributions’ association with UrbNet as well as their argument for the use of multiple research methods to obtain a more complete understanding of and answers to archaeological questions. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
£32.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Case Studies for Advances in Paleoimaging and Other NonClinical Applications
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£78.84
Taylor & Francis Ltd Seeing the Unseen Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£58.89
Taylor & Francis Ltd Language and Classification
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£45.99
Taylor & Francis Manual of Forensic Taphonomy
Book SynopsisThe main goals in any forensic skeletal analysis are to answer who is the person represented (individualization), how that person died (trauma/pathology) and when that person died (the postmortem interval or PMI). The analyses necessary to generate the biological profile include the determination of human, nonhuman or nonosseous origin, the minimum number of individuals represented, age at death, sex, stature, ancestry, perimortem trauma, antemortem trauma, osseous pathology, odontology, and taphonomic effectsthe postmortem modifications to a set of remains.The Manual of Forensic Taphonomy, Second Edition covers the fundamental principles of these postmortem changes encountered during case analysis. Taphonomic processes can be highly destructive and subtract information from bones regarding their utility in determining other aspects of the biological profile, but they also can add information regarding the entire postmortem history of the remains and the relative Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Importance and Use of Forensic Taphonomic Data 2. Microscopic Destruction of Bone 3. Soft Tissue Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems 4. Bone Density and Bone Attrition 5. Effects of Burial Environment on Osseous Remains 6. Fluvial Taphonomy 7. Marine Environmental Alterations to Bone 8. Contemporary Cultural Alterations to Bone: Anatomical, Ritual, and Trophy 9. Faunal Dispersal, Reconcentration, and Gnawing Damage to Bone in Terrestrial Environments 10. Deposition and Dispersal of Human Remains as a Result of Criminal Acts: Homo sapiens sapiens as a Taphonomic Agent 11. Subaerial Weathering and Other Terrestrial Surface Taphonomic Processes 12. Identifying the Origin of Taphonomic Bone Staining and Color Changes in Forensic Contexts 13. Taphonomy and the Timing of Bone Fractures in Trauma Analysis 14. Thermal Alteration to Bone 15. DNA Survivability in Skeletal Remains 16. Avian Taphonomy 17. Effects of Recovery Methods 18. Invertebrate Modification of Bone 19. Reptile Taphonomy 20. Laws of Taphonomic Relative Timing 21. Laboratory and Field Methods in Forensic Taphonomy
£68.39
Taylor & Francis Modern Conflict and the Senses
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Time and Archaeology 37 One World Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
Immediately hailed as the standard work and one of the most widely used archaeological field manuals, Philip Barker's survey of current excavation techniques, now in its third edition, remains an indispensible guide for archaeologists.
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd Using Computers in Archaeology Towards Virtual Pasts
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Archaeology Principles and Practice
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£52.24
Taylor & Francis Critical Approaches to Fieldwork Contemporary and Historical Archaeological Practice
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Seeing the Unseen Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£137.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape Shaping Your Landscape One World Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£51.29
Taylor & Francis The Constructed Past Experimental Archaeology Education and the Public One World Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£49.39
Taylor & Francis Time and Archaeology One World Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£47.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd Language and Classification
Book SynopsisThis volume adopts a practice-based approach to examine the different ways in which classification is communicated and negotiated in different environments within archaeology. The book looks specifically at the archaeological classification of ceramics as a lens through which to examine the discursive and social practices inherent in the classification and categorization process, with perspectives from such areas as corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology forming the foundation of the book's theoretical framework. The volume then looks at the process of classification in practice in a variety of settings, including a university course on ceramics classification, an archaeological field school, an intensive petrography course, and archaeometry laboratory at a nuclear research reactor, and highlights participant observation and audiovisual data taken from fieldwork practice completed in these environments. This volume offers a valuable contribuTable of Contents1. Introduction: Negotiating Classification 2. Ceramics Classification 3. Teaching Classification: Classroom Typology 4. Classification in the Field: Historical Archaeology 5. Classification Down the Scope: Thin-Section Petrography 6. Classification Via Reactor: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 7. Classification as Personal Interpretation 8. Conclusion
£147.25
Cambridge University Press The Early Development of Irish Society The Evidence of Aerial Photography Cambridge Air Surveys
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£31.90
Cambridge University Press The Birth of Prehistoric Chronology Dating Methods and Dating Systems in NineteenthCentury Scandinavian Archaeology New Studies in Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe development of European archaeology as a scholarly discipline in the nineteenth century was closely connected with the appearance of systematic methods for dating archaeological materials and these methods evolved largely in Scandinavia. Professor GrÃslund's book is the first in-depth study of what is now recognised as a crucial stage in the history of archaeology. Beginning with an analysis of the basic elements of archaeological dating systems, he traces the origin and subsequent development of these systems, examining in detail how they were built up and refined. The Three Age System, methods of dating by find associations and the applications of typology for relative dating are themes that receive particular attention. Individuals, however, are never lost from sight. Throughout the book the author seeks to assess the contribution of the often colourful personalities involved and the volume concludes with a valuable biographical appendix.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The conceptual framework; 3. The museum background; 4. C. J. Thomsen and the Three-Age System; 5. The works of Magnus Bruzelius; 6. The Stone Age: the division into two and three periods; 7. The Bronze Age: the division into two periods; 8. The Iron Age: the division into two and three periods; 9. The pre-Roman Iron Age; 10. The Roman Iron Age: the division into two periods; 11. Coins and Iron Age chronology; 12. Dating in the Bronze Age with special reference to Scandinavia; 13. Montelius' own account of his chronological method; 14. The origin of typology as chronological method; 15. General aspects; Biographical notes; References; Index.
£31.90
Cambridge University Press Fishes
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£25.64
Cambridge University Press Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£56.99
Cambridge University Press Archaeological Method
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£31.90
Cambridge University Press Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£32.29
Cambridge University Press Photography in Archaeology and Conservation Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£47.49
Cambridge University Press The Archaeology of Lydia from Gyges to Alexander
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£76.95
Cambridge University Press Teeth
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£54.14
Cambridge University Press Nomads in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£36.09
Cambridge University Press Bioarchaeology
Book SynopsisReflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past twenty years, Larsen discusses newly emerging areas in bioarchaeology. Jargon free, richly illustrated, and with numerous case studies and references, this textbook will be a valuable source to undergraduates, graduates, and instructors interested in the fundamentals of bioarchaeology.Trade Review'This new second edition of Clark Spencer Larsen's classic text Bioarchaeology presents an impressive synthesis of new methodology and information gleaned from analysis. Written by one of our most accomplished practitioners, this text is a must-read for anyone who seeks a comprehensive overview of this dynamic field. Although the author indicates he 'cherry-picked' the literature in assembling this volume, the reference list is extensive and indicative of the depth of research reflected in this new edition.' Doug Ubelaker, forensic anthropologist'I have waited with immense anticipation for the arrival of this second edition, the first having been of great value to myself and my students. This updated book provides a comprehensive overview of how bioarchaeology enables us to understand the nuances of our ancestors' lives and deaths, and who we are today. It is published at a time when bioarchaeology is thriving as a discipline in archaeology and anthropology, which has over the last twenty or so years benefited from new methodological developments, and is attracting interest from a range of other disciplines. Larsen has again very successfully synthesised a huge amount of information to provide an accessible text that covers subject matter ranging from the impact of infectious diseases on humans, through injury and violence, to biological distance and isotopic analysis. I am convinced that this book will again be welcomed by the bioarchaeological community.' Charlotte Roberts, University of Durham'This updated volume exhaustively discusses the full range of analytical techniques that are available for the study of human remains from ancient, historic and modern (forensic) contexts. Included in each chapter is a diverse set of examples drawn from the author's lifetime of outstanding research. The inclusion of a new chapter on paleodemography is important because age and sex are the foundation for all analyses. This book shows by example how to get it right and how to expand the interpretations to include a wide range of contextual factors. For those who are already familiar with human osteology, this book presents the stunning array of analytical procedures that can be used to make the bones come alive. As a handbook of bioarchaeologal methods, there is nothing else like this on the market. This book deserves a wide readership among those interested in learning about the analytical potential of human remains.' Debra Martin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas'This thoroughly revised and greatly expanded edition is the single best coverage of rapidly developing interdisciplinary research that draws upon fields as diverse as biological anthropology, medicine, developmental biology, biomechanics, archaeology and history. Students and established scholars alike will find much of value in this comprehensive, authoritative, empirically rich and heavily referenced volume that is simultaneously deliberately provocative and forward looking.' George R. Milner, Pennsylvania State University'Since the first edition of Bioarchaeology went to press almost twenty years ago the bioarchaeological literature has exploded. Human remains from archaeological sites all over the world are providing unparalleled insights into life in the past, from the weaning practices of ancient Egyptians, to the techniques of ritual sacrifice used by the Moche of Peru, to status-differences in workload in medieval central Europe - all are meticulously recorded in bone. It was a monumental task to pull the first volume together and an exponentially greater one this time around. Clearly bioarchaeology has come of age and Larsen captures not only the state of the art of the discipline, but also its sheer breadth and depth in this extraordinary synthesis. Bioarchaeology has been and will continue to be the go-to volume in the field.' Patricia Lambert, Utah State University'In the nearly two decades since the first edition, there have been major analytical and methodological advances in the field of bioarchaeology, and they are clearly reflected in Larsen's new edition. … [this is] a comprehensive and inclusive volume that is definitely worth having, even for those who already have a copy of the first edition. … The new edition includes color images and has many more, higher resolution figures in general; this improvement over the first edition enhances the teaching utility of the book, making it a more self-contained resource than before. … [Larsen] succeeds in representing the huge breadth of the field. Readers will learn not only how much can be learned about life in the past using human skeletal material but also how challenging the reconstruction of past behavior can be. This new edition of Bioarchaeology certainly deserves to be on the bookshelves of all scholars in the field.' American Journal of Human BiologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Stress and deprivation during growth and development and adulthood; 3. Exposure to infectious pathogens; 4. Injury and violence; 5. Activity patterns 1: articular degenerative conditions and musculo-skeletal modifications; 6. Activity patterns 2: structural adaptation; 7. Masticatory and nonmasticatory functions: craniofacial adaptation to mechanical loading; 8. Isotopic and elemental signatures of diet, nutrition, and life history; 9. Biological distance and historical dimensions of skeletal variation; 10. Bioarchaeological paleodemography: interpreting age-at-death structures; 11. Bioarchaeology: skeletons in context; 12. References; Index.
£54.14
Cambridge University Press Sampling in Archaeology Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£80.74
Cambridge University Press Sampling in Archaeology Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
Book SynopsisThe first overview of sampling for archaeologists for over twenty years, this manual offers a comprehensive account of the applications of statistical sampling theory which are essential to modern archaeological practice at a range of scales, from the regional to the microscopic. Bringing archaeologists up to date with an aspect of their work which is often misunderstood, it includes a discussion of the relevance of sampling theory to archaeological interpretation, and considers its fundamental place in fieldwork and post-excavation study. It demonstrates the vast range of techniques that are available, only some of which are widely used by archaeologists. A section on statistical theory also reviews latest developments in the field, and the formal mathematics is available in an appendix, cross-referenced with the main text.Trade Review"...probably one of the best books written on sampling and sampling statistics...I would recommend it most highly, as it provides one of the most succinct assessments of sampling in archaeology to date." Canadian Journal of Archaeology"This book provides good advice on designing and planning archaelogical studies and contains an extensive up-to-date bibliography." Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of Contents1. 'All the world's a sample'; 2. 'A little of what you fancy?'; 3. 'If this is the sample, what was the population?'; 4. 'Covering the ground'; 5. 'What's in a site?'; 6. 'The answer lies in the soil'; 7. 'But many sanguine people hope, to see them through a microscope'; 8. 'In its depth, what treasures?'; 9. 'Beyond random sampling'; Appendix.
£41.79
Cambridge University Press Archaeological Resource Management
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£28.99
Cambridge University Press Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
Cambridge University Press Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
Cambridge University Press Birds
Book SynopsisBirds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools. It examines the myriad ways in which people have interacted with birds in the past. The volume also includes discussion on the consumption of wild birds, the domestication of birds, cockfighting and falconry, birds in ritual and religion, and the role of birds in ecological reconstruction, providing an up-to-date survey of current knowledge on these topics. Birds will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in zooarchaeology and human-animal relations, as well as professional zooarchaeologists, archaeologists, and anthropologists interested in birds and people of the past.Trade Review"...a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools." The Birdbooker Report"... interesting and well-researched book... Birds will be a valuable resource for interested advanced students studying ornithology, anthropology, paleontology, and archaeology/zooarchaeology." D.A. Brass, Choice Magazine"Overall, Birds is an excellent book and it could easily serve as a key reference source for looking into the various roles and remains of birds in the archaeological past." -Robert J. Stark, Canadian Journal of ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Biology, behaviour and anatomy; 3. Ageing, sexing and pathology with Tony Waldron; 4. Identification, recording and quantification; 5. Taphonomy: natural changes and recovery; 6. Taphonomy: human modifications and element survival; 7. Eggs and eggshell; 8. Feathers, skins and other products; 9. Tools and ornaments; 10. Wild birds as food; 11. The domestic chicken; 12. Other domestic birds; 13. Sport and pleasure; 14. Birds in symbol and ritual; 15. Birds in the environment; 16. Conclusions and outstanding questions.
£33.24
Cambridge University Press Excavation
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£41.79
Cambridge University Press Bioarchaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£114.95
Cambridge University Press Archaeological Resource Management
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£87.39
Cambridge University Press The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£118.75
Cambridge University Press Ancestral Maya Economies in Archaeological Perspective
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£99.75
Cambridge University Press Network Science in Archaeology
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£95.00
Cambridge University Press Worked Bone Antler Ivory and Keratinous Materials
Book Synopsis
£17.00
Cambridge University Press Knowledge Discovery from Archaeological Materials
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£47.49
Cambridge University Press Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£47.49
Cambridge University Press The Archaeology of Lydia from Gyges to Alexander
Book SynopsisIn The Archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander, Christopher Roosevelt provides the first overview of the regional archaeology of Lydia in western Turkey, including much previously unpublished evidence as well as a fresh synthesis of the archaeology of Sardis, the ancient capital of the region.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The cultural and historical framework; 3. Lydian geography and environment; 4. Settlement and society at Sardis; 5. Settlement and society in central and greater Lydia; 6. Burial and society; 7. Conclusions: continuity and change at Sardis and beyond.
£38.94
Cambridge University Press The Preservation of Antiquities
Book SynopsisFriedrich Rathgen (18621942) was a German chemist who made a profound contribution to the development of conservation science. First published in 1905, this book contains an English translation of Rathgen's 1898 work Die Konservierung von Altertumsfunden, the first comprehensive text on the subject of archaeological conservation.Table of ContentsAuthor's preface; Translator's preface; Literature; Part I. The Changes Undergone by Antiquities in Earth and in Air; Part II. The Preservation of Antiquities: 1. Preservation of objects composed of inorganic substances; Appendix. Cement for earthenware. Restorations; Appendix. Method of bringing out worn lettering upon coins; 2. Preservation of organic substances; Care of antiquities after preservative treatment; Concluding remarks; Appendix A. Method of taking squeezes of inscriptions; Appendix B. Zapon; Index.
£26.99
University of Chicago Press Selective Remembrances
Book SynopsisExamining such nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, this book shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. It is suitable for archaeologists and historians.Trade Review"In this deeply intriguing and appealing book, expert contributors explore a wide and varied set of political, cultural, and ethical issues. Not only will this excellent collection be formative for the history and practice of archaeology for years to come, but it may also be hotly debated in the various regions it describes." - Suzanne Marchand, author of Down from Olympus"
£999.99
