Academic Articles & Research Papers

An Archaeology of Greece

Classical archaeology probably enjoys a wider appeal than any other branch of classical or archaeological studies. As an intellectual and academic discipline, however, its esteem has not matched its popularity. Here, Anthony Snodgrass argue...

Primate archaeology

Pottery in Archaeology

This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of the many different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery. It describes the scientific and quantitative techniques that are now available ...

Expanding archaeology

The Oxford companion to archaeology

When we think of archaeology, most of us think first of its many spectacular finds: the legendary city of Troy, Tutankhamun's golden tomb, the three-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, the mile-high city at Machu Picchu, the cave painti...

Science-Based Dating in Archaeology

Archaeologists and archaeology students have long since needed an authoritative account of the techniques now available to them, designed to be understood by non-scientists. This book fills the gap and it offers a two-tier approach to the s...

Environment and Archaeology

Archaeology: The Basics

This second edition from our successful Basics series presents another chance to delve into this increasingly popular subject. Fully updated, Archaeology: The Basics has been revised to reflect growth in areas such as material culture, huma...

A Marxist Archaeology

A brief history of Marxism archaeology and Marxism the dialectic - Marxism as a theory of internal relations the making of history history and evolution death and society in a Hohokam community critical archaeology - archaeology and the van...

Archaeology and Migration

A clear deficit in the theoretical and methodological development of archaeological research exists with regard to migration; attributing archaeological distribution patterns to migration as opposed to diffusion or trade is still a major pr...

Animals and Archaeology

Амфоры VI–I вв. до н.э. из собрания Государственного музея изобразительных искусств им. А.С. Пушкина Рeцензия на книга: Сергей Ю. Монахов, Eлена В. Кузнецова, Владимир П. Толстиков, Наталья Б. Чурекова. Амфоры VI–I вв. до н.э. из собрания Государственного музея изобразительных искусств им. А.С. Пушкина. Саратов: Амирит, 2020, ISBN 978-5-00140-616-7

The Neolithic Settlement Landscape of the Southeastern Swabian Alb

This paper presents goals, methods, and preliminary results of a collaborative project investigating Neolithic settlement and land use of the southeastern Swabian Alb limestone plateau region in southwestern Germany. The project combines sy...

Calvatone: gli scavi del vicus romano di Bedriacum

Da quasi trent’anni gli scavi dell’Università degli Studi di Milano a Calvatone (CR), diretti dalla prof. Maria Teresa Grassi, stanno riportando alla luce i resti dell’antico vicus romano di Bedriacum, importante centro strategico e commerc...

A Multi-Technique Study of 49 Gold <i>Solidi</i> from the Late Antique Period (Late 4th–Mid 6th Century AD)

This study investigates 49 gold solidi issued between the 4th and 5th century AD to determine their chemical composition. The coins were first catalogued by recording mass, diameter, and thickness. All specimens underwent non-destructive µ-...

Olivera. Herramientas metodológicas para un primer acercamiento arqueológico sobre un campo de batalla

Population Dynamics and Socio-ecological Trajectories Explain the Emergence of Farming in Late Neolithic Southeast Norway

This paper examines the emergence of farming in Late Neolithic Southeast Norway. A summed probability distribution of radiocarbon dates is used to infer population dynamics and together with a chronological model using dated samples from po...

UMA REVISÃO DA TRADIÇÃO ARATU NA BAHIA

Revisamos os critérios para a construção da tradição Aratu pelos principais autores. Compilamos dados sobre as dimensões dos sítios, a implantação no ambiente,  cerâmica e os sepultamentos, dentre outros aspectos....

Beaufremont (Vosges). Château

L’uno e il molteplice: storia di un’identità dispersa. Lo scudo di Numa

The king Numa received a shield as a gift from Jupiter. The shield acted as a talisman: it was the sign of the alliance between Rome and the god. To hide the talisman, Numa wanted it reproduced in numerous copies by the smith Mamurius Vetur...