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CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN OBJECTS Edited by Linda Hulin Linda Hulin considers the relationship between the archaeological record and the human past and examines the differences that arise between the practice of excavating material culture and the models for thinking about it. Two common themes emerge: the dominance of vision as a medium of both recording the past and a vehicle for understanding it, and the primacy given to knowledge over sensation. The book draws on research in neuroscience and environmental psychology to determine the unconscious and conscious affects upon the senses of mundane objects and built space. Ultimately, this work brings the ordinariness of the object world back into discourse by exploring their affect, en masse, upon the human body.

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REINVENTING SUSTAINABILITY How Archaeology Can Save the Planet

By Erika Guttmann-Bond This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past, and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future. Ancient technologies are often simple, low in cost, and depend on local materials – and significantly, don’t require fossil fuels. The New Green Revolution is looking to traditional knowledge to solve problems of decreasing yields and environmental impoverishment, rather than to technology that is dependent on the diminishing resource of fossil fuels. This book explores what we in the West can learn from the past to create a healthier, more sustainable and environmentally richer planet.

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EXPLORING CELTIC ORIGINS Edited by Barry Cunliffe and John Koch

This is the fruit of collaborative work by researchers in archaeology, historical linguistics, and archaeogenetics over the past ten years. This team works towards the goal of a better understanding of the background in the Bronze Age and Beaker Period of the people who emerge as Celts and speakers of Celtic languages documented in the Iron Age and later times. Led by Sir Barry Cunliffe and John Koch, the contributors present multidisciplinary chapters in a lively user-friendly style, aimed at accessibility for workers in the other fields, as well as general readers.

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ANCIENT TEXTILES, MODERN SCIENCE II Edited by Heather Hopkins and Katrin Kania Ancient Textiles Modern, Science II follows the success of the first proceedings, published in 2013. This proceedings highlights the range of subjects and approaches, from improved forms of notation for nålbinding and terminology for non-woven fabric structures, to presentation and practical interpretation of new and unique discoveries from Lengberg Castle, and of Roman leather underpants. The end result is an understanding of each aspect of historic textiles that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.

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THE ANCIENT ART OF TRANSFORMATION Case Studies from Mediterranean Contexts

Edited by Renee M. Gondek and Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver This book examines instances of human transformation in the ancient and early Christian Mediterranean world by exploring the ways in which art impacts, aids, or provides evidence for physical, spiritual, personal, and social transitions. Together, these papers offer a close examination of various types of visual evidence from several cultures and periods, and document how personal, societal, historical changes become permanently fixed in the material record.

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ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE PPG16 ERA Investigations in England 1990–2010

By Timothy Darvill, Kerry Barrass, Vanessa Constant, Ehren Milner, and Bronwen Russell The only comprehensive assessment of the significance a nd r ole o f Planning Policy Guidance Note 16: Archaeology and Planning (PPG16) in archaeological investigation and recording in the UK. It looks at the longterm trends in archaeological investigation and reporting within wider social, political, and professional contexts, and reviews its achievements, as well as looking towards future developments.

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The book is the outcome of more than 20 years of archaeobotanical research at prehistoric sites from Greece. In its 13 chapters, the book offers an overview of a wide range of plant food ingredients, starting from their retrieval in the field a nd p roceeding w ith a p resentation o f t heir s patial and temporal distribution as well as an exploration of their potential uses in prehistoric cuisine. The book ends with a selection of delicious recipes.

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CULTURE AND PERSPECTIVE AT TIMES OF CRISIS State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage Edited by Sophia Antoniadou, Giorgos Vavouranakis, Ioannis Poulios and Pavlina Raouzaiou

Examines instances of human transformation in the ancient and early Christian Mediterranean world by exploring the ways in which art impacts, aids, or provides evidence for physical, spiritual, personal, and social transitions.

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LANDSCAPE BENEATH THE WAVES The Archaeological Investigation of Underwater Landscapes

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Only recently have advances in underwater technology reached the stage where a wealth of procedures is available to explore the undersea world of submerged archaeological landscapes. This volume considers the processes behind the rising (and falling) of relative sea-levels and then presents the main techniques available for the study and interpretation of the archaeological remains that have survived inundation.

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HUMAN REMAINS IN ARCHAEOLOGY A Handbook, 2nd Edition

By Charlotte A. Roberts This revised and updated 2nd edition of the best-selling Practical Handbook provides the very latest guidance on all aspects of the recovery, handling and study of human remains. It begins by asking why we should study human remains, and the ethical issues surrounding their recovery, analysis, curation and display, along with consideration of the current legal requirements for the excavation of such remains in the UK. Further chapters give practical advice on the excavation, processing and conservation of human remains, and the recording of data such as age at death, sex, height, and pathological lesions.

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MOTHERHOOD AND INFANCIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IN ANTIQUITY Edited by Margarita Sánchez Romero and Rosa Cid López

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Motherhood and childhood are social and cultural constructions that have their origins in prehistoric times and are visible through Greek and Roman discourses in Antiquity. This volume explores various images of maternity and infancy, and the identification of women and womanhood in prehistoric and classic societies. It covers tfrom Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula, and from prehistoric communities to classic societies. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, analysing material culture, representations and texts to gain a deeper understanding of the plurality of motherhood, and the diversity of women’s agency through history.

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This volume aims to explore the complex intersection between archaeology, gender and violence. Papers range from theoretical discussions on previous approaches to gender and violence and the ethical necessity to address these questions today, to case studies dealing on gender and violence from prehistoric to early medieval Europe, but also including studies on ancient Egypt, Persia and Peru. The volume is rich both in examples and approaches, and includes opening and closing chapters by senior scholars in the field assessing the current state of work and addressing the scholarship to continue on the line of this volume.

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THE INTERACTIVE PAST Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games Edited by Angus A.A. Mol, Csilla E. Ariese-Vandemeulebroucke, Krijn H.J. Boom and Aris Politopoulos Brings together archaeologists, heritage scholars, game creators, and conservators, who explore the interface of video games and the past in a series of unique and engaging writings.

They address such topics as how thinking about and creating games can inform on archaeological method and theory, how to leverage games for the communication of powerful and positive narratives, how games can be studied archaeologically, and why the deaths of virtual Romans and the treatment of video game chickens matters.

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A GEOGRAPHY OF OFFERINGS Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe

By Richard Bradley

A Geography of Offerings has been written to provoke a reaction from archaeologists, and has two main aims. The first is to move this kind of archaeology away from the minute study of ancient objects to a more ambitious analysis of ancient places and landscapes. The second is to recognise that problems of interpretation are not restricted to the pre-Roman period. Here, the author presents an extended review that brings these discussions together and extends across the entire sequence.

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FORMS OF DWELLING 20 Years of Taskscapes in Archaeology Edited by Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills

The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology. In this wideranging collection of 13 papers, including a re-assessment by Ingold himself, contributors show why it has been so influential, with papers ranging from the study of Mesolithic to historic and contemporary archaeology, revisiting different research themes, such as Ingold’s own Lapland study, and the development of landscape archaeology.

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DRAWING LITHIC ARTEFACTS

By Yannick Raczynski-Henk Stone Age researchers spend a lot of time studying and documenting lithic artefacts. Since it is impossible to study all these artefacts physically, they often rely on images. Drawings are often the most informative because the lines and symbols in these drawing contain technological information which tells the audience how the artefact depicted was made. Conversely, making these drawings is an excellent way of learning to recognise and understand this technological information. This book is a guide to learning to draw lithic artefacts.

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THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES Hunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic Europe

By Alasdair Whittle

Explains how archaeologists can now move away from thinking about history in terms of thousands of years, to periods from one or two centuries down to lifetimes and generations — a little more than two decades. This vastly improved precision comes from the application of Bayesian chronological frameworks for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates. It offers a series of case studies across much of the continent, to provide much more precise timings of key features and trends in the European Neolithic sequence than are currently available.

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A comprehensive study of the processes, ritual and practices involved in the cremation of human bodies and the methodologies that can be applied to the study of cremated human remains.

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DOG’S BEST FRIEND Journey to the Roots of an Ancient Partnership

By Ursula Birr, Gerrald Kraakauer and Daniela Osiander Dog’s Best Friend follows the close partnership between man and dog in indigenous cultures, and reveals how without our canine friends the cultural history of humankind would be vastly different.

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ARCHAEOLOGY, THE PUBLIC AND THE RECENT PAST Edited by Chris J. Dalglish

Heritage, memory, community archaeology and the politics of the past form the main strands running through the papers in this volume.The authors tackle these subjects from a range of different philosophical perspectives, with many drawing on the experience of recent community, commercial and other projects.

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COSMOPOLITAN ARCHAEOLOGIES

By Lynn Meskell

The essays in this volume address archaeological ethics, exploring the obligations to local communities which archaeologists increasingly observe, and the global political contexts in which they operate, drawing on recent developments in cosmopolitan theory and ethics.

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BECOMING NEANDERTHALS The Earlier British Middle Palaeolithic

By Rebecca Scott

This book explores the development of classically Neanderthal behaviours in Europe between MIS 9-6, focusing on the British record, especially stone tools as durable residues of human action.

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THE DEATH OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY? Edited by John Bintliff and Mark Pearce

Addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has defined archaeological debate over the last 25 years. Seven chapters meet this controversial subject head on, also assessing where archaeological theory is now, and future directions.

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THE MATERIALITY OF MAGIC An Artifactual Investigation into Ritual Practices and Popular Beliefs Edited by Ceri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage

Addresses the value of the material record as a resource in investigations into magic, ritual practices, and popular beliefs. The chronological and geographic focuses vary from prehistory to the present-day and across the globe.

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THE RITUAL KILLING AND BURIAL OF ANIMALS European Perspectives Edited by George Nash and Andrew Townsend

The killing and burial of animals in ritualistic contexts is encountered across Europe from Prehistory through to the historical period. This volume presents the state of research on this topic from across Europe.

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SKYSCAPES The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology Edited by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DARKNESS Edited by Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey

Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities.

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