Routledge Studies in Archaeology
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 ...
Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology: A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann Brysbaert
May 30, 2014
This volume investigates smaller and larger networks of contacts within and across the Aegean and nearby regions, covering periods from the Neolithic until Classical times (6000–323 BC). It explores the world of technologies, crafts and archaeological 'left-overs' in order to place social and ...
Roman Urban Street Networks: Streets and the Organization of Space in Four Cities
1st Edition
By Alan Kaiser
July 08, 2013
The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently. Traditionally the main interest archaeologists and classicists had in streets was in tracing the origins and development of the orthogonal layout used in Roman colonial cities. Roman Urban Street Networks is the...