Routledge Studies in Archaeology
Citizen Science in Southern European Archaeology
1st Edition
Edited
By Jesús Bermejo Tirado, Mattia Sanna Montanelli, Antonio Giorri
June 30, 2025
This book presents a valuable exploration of the potential for citizen science in archaeology within southern Europe. The examination of citizen science in archaeology has been heavily influenced by case studies and theories from Anglophone countries, where a distinctive policy and social framework...
Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change: Death in Transition
1st Edition
Edited
By Frida Espolin Norstein, Irene Selsvold
November 07, 2024
Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change examines the relationships between burial practices and societal transformations in the past. This book highlights the centrality of burials as archaeological material for the understanding of societal change. It critically ...
An Archaeological History of Hermitages and Eremitic Communities in Medieval Britain and Beyond
1st Edition
By Simon Roffey
October 08, 2024
Many hermitages and eremitic communities are recorded throughout the medieval period, yet to date, there has been no comprehensive archaeological study. This richly illustrated book will consequently discuss a range of hermitages and introduce the reader to their architectural forms, spaces, ...
The Hydraulic State: Science and Society in the Ancient World
1st Edition
By Charles R. Ortloff
May 06, 2022
The Hydraulic State explores the hydraulic engineering technology underlying water system constructions of many of the ancient World Heritage sites in South America, the Middle East and Asia as used in their urban and agricultural water supply systems. Using a range of methods and techniques, some...
An Archaeology of Skill: Metalworking Skill and Material Specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe
1st Edition
By Maikel Kuijpers
March 28, 2019
Material is the mother of innovation and it is through skill that innovations are brought about. This core thesis that is developed in this book identifies skill as the linchpin of – and missing link between – studies on craft, creativity, innovation, and material culture. Through a detailed study...
The Archaeology of Roman Britain: Biography and Identity
1st Edition
By Adam Rogers
September 18, 2018
Within the colonial history of the British Empire there are difficulties in reconstructing the lives of people that came from very different traditions of experience. The Archaeology of Roman Britain argues that a similar critical approach to the lives of people in Roman Britain needs to be ...
An Archaeology of Land Ownership
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Relaki, Despina Catapoti
August 23, 2018
Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership. A host of studies has argued about land ownership on the basis of the simple co-existence of artefacts on the landscape; other studies have tended to extrapolate land ownership from more indirect ...
Space and Time in Mediterranean Prehistory
1st Edition
Edited
By Stella Souvatzi, Athena Hadji
August 23, 2018
Space and Time in Mediterranean Prehistory addresses these two concepts as interrelated, rather than as separate categories, and as a means for understanding past social relations at different scales. The need for this volume was realised through four main observations: the ever growing interest in...
Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
1st Edition
By Louise Steel
May 31, 2017
The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understanding of the nature of this contact and its social and economic ...
US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology: Soft Power, Hard Heritage
1st Edition
By Christina Luke, Morag Kersel
November 10, 2014
Archaeology’s links to international relations are well known: launching and sustaining international expeditions requires the honed diplomatic skills of ambassadors. U.S. foreign policy depends on archaeologists to foster mutual understanding, mend fences, and build bridges. This book explores how...
Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire: The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries
1st Edition
By Rob Collins
July 17, 2014
There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique period. Examining Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman frontier of northern England from the fourth century into ...
An Archaeology of Materials: Substantial Transformations in Early Prehistoric Europe
1st Edition
By Chantal Conneller
May 30, 2014
An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western thought more widely) have failed to acknowledge both the complexity and, moreover, the benefits of an analysis of materials. Here Conneller ...