Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology
About the Book Series
Reissuing works originally published between 1930 and 1996, this set presents a rich selection of renowned and lesser-known scholarship across the subject. Classic previously out-of-print works are brought back into print here in this set of research, guidance and surveys. It includes works of theory and of practical research, ranging over a wide range of themes from archaeology and place-names to industrial archaeology to the rock art of Africa.
The Archaeology of Medieval England and Wales
1st Edition
By John Steane
October 18, 2016
In the preceding 25 years to this book’s publication in 1985 there was an extensive and unprecedented burst of archaeological activity in evidence from below-ground deposits, above-ground structures, and artefacts. During the boom of the late 1960s and 1970s, which led to go much central town ...
The Archaeology of Medieval Germany: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Günter P. Fehring
October 18, 2016
Medieval archaeology is a relatively young discipline. It relies heavily on and contributes to the neighbouring disciplines of history and geography as well as certain of the natural sciences. The kinds of sources investigated in the context of medieval archaeology also cast light on many aspects ...
The Archeology of the New Testament: The Mediterranean World of the Early Christian Apostles
1st Edition
By Jack Finegan
October 18, 2016
This book provides an introduction to the Mediterranean world in which the early Christian apostles moved. Drawing on the geographic setting and available archaeological materials to create a sense of the contemporary environment, the book traces the 15,000 mile travels of Paul, whose world was ...
The Bronze Age in Europe: An Introduction to the Prehistory of Europe c.2000-700 B.C.
1st Edition
Edited
By J. M. Coles, A. F. Harding
October 18, 2016
This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during the Bronze Age, the time span between c. 2000 and 700 BC. It was a period of remarkable innovation, seen for instance in the development and growth of metallurgy as a major industry, the spread of trading ...
The European Community in Later Prehistory: Studies in Honour of C. F. C. Hawkes
1st Edition
Edited
By John Boardman, M.A. Brown, T.G.E. Powell
October 18, 2016
The essays collected together in this volume were written in honour of Professor Christopher Hawkes, in recognition of his stature as an international scholar and his generosity in encouraging the work of others. The collection consists of a closely-knit group of studies, and includes contributions...
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
1st Edition
By W. F. Grimes
October 18, 2016
This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and ...
The Ferriby Boats: Seacraft of the Bronze Age
1st Edition
By Edward Wright
October 18, 2016
In 1937 the author, then aged 19, found the remains of an ancient boat at Ferriby on the Humber shore. This book is his own account of his discoveries, excavations and research over 50 years since the first boat find. The importance of this and the subsequent finds was only fully recognised ...
The Foundations of Roman Italy
1st Edition
By Joshua Whatmough
October 18, 2016
This book presents a picture of pre-Roman Italy as complete and as faithful as modern discovery could make it, when it was originally published in 1937. The evidence of archaeology is combined with the testimony of historical tradition and non-Latin dialects in a balanced account of elements no ...
The Prehistoric Foundations of Europe to the Mycenean Age
1st Edition
By C.F.C. Hawkes
October 18, 2016
First published in 1940, this is a classic work by one of the most well-regarded archaeological scholars. European archaeology had made remarkable progress in the early twentieth century and this volume offers a clear impression of the understanding of European prehistory as a whole. Broken into ...
The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland
1st Edition
Edited
By Stuart Piggott
October 18, 2016
Based on lectures given at the Conference of the British Summer School of Archaeology at Edinburgh in 1954, this book, published in 1962, surveys the general field of pre-historic Scotland, five archaeologists each contributing chapters discussing the main aspects and problems that have presented ...
The Prehistory Of Scotland
1st Edition
By V. Gordon Childe
October 18, 2016
This volume, originally published in 1935, sought to reveal the significance of Scottish prehistory for the development of understanding of European prehistory. Written at a time of rapid accumulation of new relics and monuments and the insights from them, Professor Childe presented some important ...
The Rock Art of Africa
1st Edition
By A.R. Willcox
October 18, 2016
It has long been known that all forms of art – rock paintings, carvings and scribings, and also portable sculpture – are present at various locations throughout Africa. This book was the first inclusive survey and brings together in one volume accounts of African rock art which were previously ...