The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology

Author: Helena Hamerow

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2011-03-31

Total Pages: 1110

ISBN-13: 0199212147

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Written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, The Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology will both stimulate and support further investigation into a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history.


The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion

Author: Timothy Insoll

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-10-27

Total Pages: 1135

ISBN-13: 019923244X

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A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.


The Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology

Author: Barbara Mills

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13: 0190697466

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The American Southwest is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world, with many of the best-studied examples of hunter-gatherer and village-based societies. Research has been carried out in the region for well over a century, and during this time the Southwest has repeatedly stood at the forefront of the development of new archaeological methods and theories. Moreover, research in the Southwest has long been a key site of collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, linguists, biological anthropologists, and indigenous intellectuals. This volume marks the most ambitious effort to take stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of the American Southwest. Over seventy top scholars have joined forces to produce an unparalleled survey of state of archaeological knowledge in the region. Themed chapters on particular methods and theories are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of the culture histories of particular archaeological sequences, from the initial Paleoindian occupation, to the rise of a major ritual center in Chaco Canyon, to the onset of the Spanish and American imperial projects. The result is an essential volume for any researcher working in the region as well as any archaeologist looking to take the pulse of contemporary trends in this key research tradition.


The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

Author: David K. Pettegrew

Publisher: Oxford Handbooks

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 0199369046

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"This handbook brings together work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The 34 essays to this volume ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in the latest currents of archaeological method, theory, and research."--


The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology

Author: Peter Mitchell

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 1077

ISBN-13: 0199569886

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This Handbook provides a comprehensive synthesis of African archaeology, covering the entirety of the continent's past from the beginnings of human evolution to the archaeological legacy of European colonialism. It includes a mixture of key methodological and theoretical issues and debates and situates the subject's contemporary practice.


The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology

Author: Robin Skeates

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13: 0191612502

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The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology seeks to reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology. Divided into four distinct sections and drawing across disciplines in this dynamic field, the volume aims to evaluate the range of research strategies and methods used in archaeological heritage and museum studies, identify and contribute to key contemporary debates, critically explore the history of archaeological resource management, and question the fundamental principles and practices through which the archaeological past is understood and used today.


The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain

The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain

Author: Christopher M. Gerrard

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 1105

ISBN-13: 0198744714

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This Handbook provides an overview of the archaeology of the later Middle Ages in Britain between AD 1066 and 1550. Chapters cover topics ranging from later medieval objects, human remains, archaeological science, standing buildings, and sites such as castles and monasteries, to the well-preserved relict landscapes which still survive.


The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

Author: Barry W. Cunliffe

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1161

ISBN-13: 0199271011

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This handbook provides an authoritative guide to the full range of archaeological activities past and present. It will give the reader a sense of the history of the subject and of the main theoretical debates, as well as a taste of the excitement generated by archeological exploration.


The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology

Author: Bethany Walker

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 1024

ISBN-13: 0199987882

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Born from the fields of Islamic art and architectural history, the archaeological study of the Islamic societies is a relatively young discipline. With its roots in the colonial periods of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its rapid development since the 1980s warrants a reevaluation of where the field stands today. This Handbook represents for the first time a survey of Islamic archaeology on a global scale, describing its disciplinary development and offering candid critiques of the state of the field today in the Central Islamic Lands, the Islamic West, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. The international contributors to the volume address such themes as the timing and process of Islamization, the problems of periodization and regionalism in material culture, cities and countryside, cultural hybridity, cultural and religious diversity, natural resource management, international trade in the later historical periods, and migration. Critical assessments of the ways in which archaeologists today engage with Islamic cultural heritage and local communities closes the volume, highlighting the ethical issues related to studying living cultures and religions. Richly illustrated, with extensive citations, it is the reference work on the debates that drive the field today.


The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania

The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania

Author: Ethan E. Cochrane

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 0199925070

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"The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states."--Provided by publisher.