Archaeology: The Basics
by Clive Gamble
A basic introduction to the subject of archaeology which conveys much of the fascination and enthusiasm with which archaeologists carry out their work. Clive Gamble discusses many of the ideas, history and practice of archaeology and how we come to form explanations for, and interpretations of, people, places and things. The second edition has been fully updated and expanded in areas such as material culture, human evolution and the political use
Archaeology: Methods, Theories and Practice
by Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn
... updated fourth edition, sets out to provide an introduction to the whole range of methods and ideas of archaeological investigation throughout the world. Beginning with the history of archaeological discovery and ending with `Archaeology and the Public', it takes the reader through types of evidence: discovery, survey and excavation; dating and chronology; evidence of social organization; environment; diet; technology, trade and exchange
A Companion to Archaeology
edited by John Bintliff
This is not an introductory textbook to the subject of contemporary archaeology in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a collection of essays by leading authorities in archaeology (and its sub-disciplines) that reflect their own priorities and concerns about the field in which they work - `very personal essays' as John Bintliff puts it. Exploring current themes and ideas, the contributors also discuss traditional subjects from a modern
Sampling in Archaeology
by Clive Orton
... sampling which aims to bring professional and academic archaeologists up to date with this important aspect of their work. Orton presents the information from both a site and a national perspective and evaluates the value of the data that can be retrieved from informal and formal sampling. This highly readable manual is aided by large numbers of diagrams and charts.
Photography in Archaeology and Conservation
by Peter Dorrell
First published in 1989, this second edition has been revised and updated, and provides a comprehensive, guide to the many uses of photography in archaeology. Accessible to both the amateur and the experienced photographer, Dorrell offers a well-illustrated explanation of the techniques involved, with sections on equipment and materials, survey and site photography, architectural photography, the recording of different types of artefacts, ...
Pottery in Archaeology
by Clive Orton, Paul Tyers and Alan Vince
have contributed still further to the analysis of pottery in recent years. Divided into three parts (history and potential; a guide to pottery processing and recording; themes in ceramic studies) this book details the routine tasks of handling pottery, and examines the most recent research into the quantitative study and comparison of ceramic assemblages.
Archaeology: An Introduction
by Kevin Greene
Aimed at the student and general reader alike, this book serves as a broad introduction to the current world of archaeology. Those making their first forays in the field will welcome the clarity of the text and this fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated. The text includes good overviews and conclusions, lots of references, a glossary, bibliography and full index and is supported by a new regularly updated companion website
Archaeological Landscapes of the Near East
by Tony J Wilkinson
This book applies the insights of landscape archaeologists throughout the Mediterranean and Europe to the massive expanses of the Near East, showing how societies ranging in date from the 6th millennium BC to the end of the Early Islamic Period left their signatures on the environment. Based on over 30 years of research this groundbreaking work establishes a new framework for understanding the economic and physical infrastructure of the region,
Travel, Geography and Culture in Ancient Greece and the Near East
edited by Colin Adams and Jim Roy
This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient societies - sense of place, perceptions of space, administration, relations with foreign powers, engagement with other cultures, and representation of homelands. Also of import is the study of ancient ...
A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC
by Marc Van De Mieroop
If the history of the Near East has always seemed a little daunting and confusing, this book by one of the best known writers on the subject should show you the light at the end of the tunnel. Beginning c.3000 BC with the advent of the first writing system, Van De Mieroop traces the emergence and development of some of the greatest states and powers, stunning cities and major empires, including the Babylonian and Hittite kingdoms, the Assyrian ...
Civilisations of the Ancient Near East (2 Vols)
Editor in Chief: Jack M Sasson
A coherent, multi-perspective survey of the world's oldest and richest cultures, organised around eleven categories covering the 3rd millennium BC through to 330 BC: The Environment, Population, Social Institutions, History and Culture (Vol 1); Economy and Trade, Technology and Artistic Production, Religion and Science, Languages, Writing and Literature, Visual and Performing Arts (Vol 2). 189 essays illustrate the continued fascination
The Social Context of Technological Change in Egypt and the Near East, 1650-1550 BC
edited by Andrew Shortland
The technological capabilities of the ancient world have long fascinated scholars and the general public alike, though scholarly debate has often seen material culture not as the development of technology, but as a tool for defining chronology and delineating the level of interactions of neighbouring societies. These fourteen papers, arising from a conference held in Oxford in September 2000, take the approach that technology plays a vital role ...
Who Travels Sees More: Artists, Architects and Archaeologists Discover Egypt and the Near East
edited by Diane Fortenberry
"Who lives sees much, who travels sees more". The Arab proverb is an appropriate title for this latest collection of essays published by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East on its tenth anniversary. The desire to see what lay beyond the familiar landscapes of home shaped the lives of all the travellers discussed here. Their backgrounds and training as artists of one sort or another mean that they responded to ...
Invention and Innovation: The Social Context of Technological Change II, Egypt, the Aegean and the Near East, 1650-1150 B.C
edited by Janine Bourriau and Jacke Phillips
In September 2002, a second workshop on the theme of the social context of technological change was held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Discussion has been the core of these meetings so far, with the aim being to relate the results of the specialist investigator to broad historical questions concerning the nature and development of ancient societies. The papers presented here address a wider ...
Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East
edited by John M Steele
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year ...
First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East
by Dominique Collon
The Ancient Near East has a fascinating and unique source of pictorial information in the form of miniature reliefs produced by the impressions of cylinder seals. This is the most comprehensive introductory survey of cylinder seals yet published.
The small cylinders, generally of stone and engraved with a design, were made from about 3300 to 300 BC and were rolled out on lumps of clay used for sealing goods and writing tablets, leaving ...
Cult Image and Divine Representation in the Ancient Near East
edited by Neil H Walls
While biblical prophets ridiculed the notion of humans fashioning an idol that they would then worship, ancient Near Eastern theologians developed a sophisticated religious system in which divine beings could be physically manifest within the material of a cultic image without being limited by that embodiment. The four essays in this compact volume examine the intriguing subject of cultic images and divine iconography in Mesopotamia, Egypt, ...
The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts
by R O Faulkner
Faulkner's authoritative English translation of Middle Kingdom coffin texts is essential for all Egyptologists. This new edition reprints his whole work in one volume. Filling the gap between the `Pyramid' texts and the New Kingdom Book of the Dead, these writings were intended to supply the deceased with the speeches he would need to achieve a secure and important position in the next world. As such they supply valuable insights into Egyptian ...
Letters from the Desert
by Margaret Drower
Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. Until his death in 1942, he dug almost continuously. During his long career Petrie revolutionised Egyptian archaeology but this book is not about his scientific work or finds, which are published elsewhere. The letters and journals that make up this book have been selected by Margaret Drower for the vivid picture ...
Hardback. Price GB £35.00
Ancient Egypt in Africa
edited by David O'Connor and Andrew Reid
Although the study of Egyptian culture spurned its own discipline, Egypt is and always has been part of Africa. These twelve essays re-open the debate on the influence of Egyptian culture on the rest of Africa from early times to the Christian period acknowledging and discussing the distortions that have been created by 'racial prejudice, colonial and imperial interests'. 219p, b/w illus (Encounters with Ancient Egypt, UCL Press 2003)
Consuming Ancient Egypt
edited by Sally MacDonald and Michael Rice
Egypt has been a marketing marvel with its distinctive, unforgettable motifs scattered around the world as a source of inspiration for literature, the arts, music, architecture, film and so on. Although few of us have studied Egyptology, or even been to Egypt, the country and its history has an immemorial appeal to the masses. These fourteen essays examine how Egypt and Egyptian culture continues to have an influence on modern living, from ...
Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture
edited by Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price
Examples of buildings, structures or monuments that draw inspiration from ancient Egypt, or even transplant in their entirety motifs or architectural elements, can be seen across the world. But why is this so? These fifteen essays explore the use and adaptation of Egyptian designs, motifs and architecture across the modern world drawing on case studies from Britain, France, Italy, America, Australia and South Africa. The contributors discuss why ...
Mysterious Lands
edited by David O'Connor and Stephen Quirke
In Egyptian culture there were artistic depictions and literary recordings of actual places and encounters with foreign lands and peoples, and those that were imagined. This collection of eleven essays looks at both of these `mysterious lands' and the role they fulfilled within Egyptian society. From trying to pinpoint the Land of Punt, the `Sea Peoples' and the places recorded in the Book of the Fayum, the contributors also explore the Egyptian ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.99
'Never Had the Like Occurred': Egypt's view of its past
edited by John Tait
Did the Egyptians have heirlooms? How much did they know about their past and their ancestors, and what did they do with that information? This collection of twelve essays by leading scholars in Egyptology explores these and many other questions from the earliest periods of Egyptian history to the Coptic population during the Byzantine period. The contributors examine both material and textual information about Egyptian attitudes towards the ...
Views of Ancient Egypt Since Napoleon Bonaparte: Imperialism, Colonialism and Modern Appropriation
edited by David Jeffreys
The history and culture of ancient Egypt has had an enduring influence on most major societies up to, and including, the present day. This collection of twelve essays presents case studies and discussion of the use of Egypt and Egyptian culture as a source of knowledge, information and treasures from the exploration of Napoleain Bonaparte between 1798 and 1801 and the present day. Issues of imperialism, colonialism and modern appropriation ...
The Wisdom of Egypt
edited by Peter Ucko and Timothy Champion
Ancient Egypt has always been a pervasive inspiration for other cultures who borrowed, adapted and adopted various aspects for different purposes. These seven essays examine what sources were available to scholars and historians writing about Egypt from the Classical views of Egypt, medieval Arabic writings, the Latin Middle Ages, the Renaissance, 17th and 18th century England and 19th and 20th century archaeology and anthropology. Essentially ...
Mammals of Ancient Egypt
by Dale J.Osborn and Jana Osbornová
The Egyptians had a peculiarly close relationship with animals as every visitor to Egypt who is captivated by the paintings and reliefs of the flora and fauna becomes aware. Animals seem to penetrate into every aspect of their daily lives and religious beliefs; both as wild animals for hunting and domestic animals for food and companionship. This encyclopedic and authoritative book focuses on the mammals depicted by the Egyptians and the many ...
A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research
by Ian N Gregory
Maps, censuses and other sources of geographic and demographic information are common reference tools for historians, but integrated computer hardware and software systems designed for the preparation, presentation, and interpretation of such geographic and spatially-referenced data are rarely intended for use outside the Earth Sciences. This Guide to Good Practice is written for historians who want to use computerised Geographical ...
Geographic Information Systems and Science
by Paul A Longley, Michael F Goodchild, David J Maguire, and David W Rhind
This is a textbook aimed at 2nd/3rd year undergraduates taking courses in GIS. It provides an introduction to the history, development, principles and techniques of GIS, and its many uses in the sciences and in business. There are many informative colour illustrations, and each chapter provides references to relevant internet resources. 454p, over 300 col illus, tbs (Wiley 2001)
Handbook of Geophysics in Archaeology
by Alan Witten
Geophysics is used in dealing with problems from academic to practical interest. Applications can include, an understanding of the structure of the Earth, resource exploration, environmental and construction concerns, as well as archaeology, palaeontology, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism. The nature of this science makes it inaccessible to all but those with rigorous training in mathematics and physics. While there are a great many ...
Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction
by Tor Bernhardsen
A 'highly visual, intermediate level textbook' with lots of pictures. New (3rd) edition. For GIS professionals and students. 448p (J. Wiley, 1999, 3rd edn 2002)
Practical Applications of GIS for Archaeologists: A Predictive Modeling Kit
by Konnie L Westcott and R Joe Brandon
One popular use for GIS in archaeology in the past few years has been for the prediction of site locations. This book focuses on the use of GIS for predictive modelling, with contributions by scholars at the forefront of this revolutionary integration of archaeology and GIS. Seven case studies and the application of GIS modelling are presented along with an introduction and concluding chapter on the method and theory of these approaches. 160p, ...
Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Applications and Management
edited by Paul A. Longley, Michael Goodchild, David Maguire and David W. Rhind
The second edition of the 'definitive reference source' in two volumes with 72 chapters. For professionals in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, that use GIS. approx. 1296p (J. Wiley, 1999)
Principles of Geographical Information Systems: 2nd Edition
by Peter A Burrough and Rachael A McDonnell
This new edition of the best-selling Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment has been completely revised and updated. Using real world examples this book provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the theory and practice of GIS for undergraduates and professionals alike in disciplines ranging from hydrology to epidemology, from planning to agriculture. 333p (Oxford UP 1998)