Archaeology
Theory and Practice in Archaeology
An overview of the way the archaeological debate has developed over the last 10 years. Hodder aims to break down the separation between theory and practice and reconcile the division between the intellectual and the 'dirt' archaeologist.
Education and the Historic Environment
Practical, inspiring and instructive, Education and the Historic Environment argues for the value of using physical remains to teach about the past.
Archaeology and Ancient History
This collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores in detail the separation of the human past into history and archaeology.
Early Riders
A wide-ranging account of horse-riding and horse-rearing in Central Asia, Europe and the Greek world.
Archaeology: An Introduction
Updated and expanded to include the many advances in archaeology since its first publication in 1983, this is the latest and most accessible guide to archaeology - its history, techniques and theories.
Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain
Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material
Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice
Contemporary archaeology is polarised between 'scientists' who analyse, classify and describe, and social theorists, influenced by sociologies of science and culture theory.
The Archaeology of Elam
Few major peoples of the ancient Near East have been as little studied as the Elamites, despite their impact from c. 2600 BC to the first centuries AD. This first synthesis in English of Elamite archaeology in over fifteen years will be a major resource for scholars and students.
The Early Neolithic in Greece
The settlements of farmers, first appearing in Greece around 7000 BC, link the first Near East agricultural communities to the spread of the new technologies.
Archaeologies of the Middle East
Archaeology is a social practice that is thoroughly embedded in the contemporary world. This is nowhere clearer than in the Middle East, a region that is today an epicenter of political and economic tensions and ongoing conflicts.