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Book SynopsisWorld Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization introduces the range, history and significance of the archaeological collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. In 29 newly-commissioned essays written by a specialist team, the volume explores more than 136,000 artefacts from 145 countries, from the Stone Age to the modern period, and from England to Easter Island. Pioneering a new approach in museum studies, this landmark volume is an essential reference work for archaeologists around the world, and a unique introduction to the archaeological collections of one of the world’s most famous museums.
Table of Contents1 Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum. Dan Hicks ;
I AFRICA: 2 Stone Age Sub-Saharan Africa. Peter Mitchell ;
3 Kenyan Stone Age: the Louis Leakey Collection. Ceri Shipton ;
4 Stone Age North Africa. Nick Barton ;
5 Egypt and Sudan: Mesolithic to Early Dynastic Period. Alice Stevenson ;
6 Egypt and Sudan: Old Kingdom to Late Period. Elizabeth Frood ;
7 Greco-Roman Egypt. Christina Riggs ;
8 Later Holocene Africa. Paul Lane ;
II EUROPE: 9 Palaeolithic Britain. Alison Roberts ;
10 Palaeolithic Continental Europe. Alison Roberts ;
11 Later Prehistoric and Roman Europe. Joshua Pollard and Dan Hicks ;
12 Post-Roman Europe. Eleanor Standley, Dan Hicks and Alice Forward ;
13 Oxfordshire. Matthew Nicholas and Dan Hicks ;
14 Neolithic and Bronze Age Malta and Italy. Simon Stoddart ;
15 The Aegean and Cyprus. Yannis Galanakis and Dan Hicks ;
16 Iron Age and Roman Italy. Zena Kamash, Lucy Shipley, Yannis Galanakis and Stella Skaltsa ;
III THE AMERICAS: 17 South America. Bill Sillar and Dan Hicks ;
18 Central America. Elizabeth Graham, Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson ;
19 The Caribbean. Dan Hicks and Jago Cooper ;
20 North America. Dan Hicks and Michael Petraglia ;
IV ASIA: 21 Asia and the Middle East. Dan Hicks ;
22 The Levant: Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Bill Finlayson ;
23 India and Sri Lanka. Dan Hicks, Michael Petraglia and Nicole Boivin ;
24 Japan. Alice Stevenson, Fumiko Ohinta and Simon Kaner ;
25 China. Lukas Nickel ;
26 Myanmar and Malaysia. Huw Barton ;
V OCEANIA: 27 Australia and Oceania. Dan Hicks ;
28 New Zealand. Yvonne Marshall ;
29 Easter Island and Pitcairn Island. Dan Hicks, Sue Hamilton, Mike Seager Thomas and Ruth Whitehouse
