Archaeology Books


The Prehistory of the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia)The Prehistory of the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia)
Best Price: $47.42
In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of...
The Pompeii Pop-up (Pop Up)The Pompeii Pop-up (Pop Up)
Best Price: $17.66
This book will surely remain in my extensive collection of pop-up books. The text is...
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and FoundThe Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Best Price: $17.79
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million...
From Mycenae to Constantinople: Major Cities of the Greek and Roman WorldFrom Mycenae to Constantinople: Major Cities of the Greek and Roman World
Best Price: $41.95
Richard A. Tomlinson analyzes the development of the city by examining the architectural remains...
Classical Archaeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)Classical Archaeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)
Best Price: $33.23
This sophisticated volume, authored by leading archaeologists and historians of the classical...


Life in the Pueblo: Understanding the Past Through ArchaeologyLife in the Pueblo: Understanding the Past Through Archaeology
Best Price: $18.05
I found this book to be very confusing to read. I had a hard time figuring out which group of...
A Brief History of Archaeology: Classical Times to the Twenty-First CenturyA Brief History of Archaeology: Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century
Best Price: $32.70
Fagan provides a quick walkthrough of the development of archaeology. He starts with a...
Cultural Resource Laws and Practice (Heritage Resources Management)Cultural Resource Laws and Practice (Heritage Resources Management)
Best Price: $31.45
Thomas King brings this important work up to day, taking a new look at cultural resource laws,...
Arthurian Romances (Everyman Library)Arthurian Romances (Everyman Library)
Best Price: $6.48
D.D.R. Owen, late professor emeritus of French in the University of St. Andrews, states of his...
Ascent To Civilization: The Archaeology of Early HumansAscent To Civilization: The Archaeology of Early Humans
Best Price: $14.00
Written by a brilliant archaeologist and beautifully illustrated, this book is an account of the...


Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization (Case Studies in Early Societies)Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization (Case Studies in Early Societies)
Best Price: $19.00
Reading a carefully researched, painstakingly compiled academic book is always a pleasure for...
Thinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of ArchaeologyThinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology
Best Price: $36.52
In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how...
Federal Planning and Historical Places: The Section 106 ProcessFederal Planning and Historical Places: The Section 106 Process
Best Price: $23.88
King's new book on the Section 106 process is a slim but lively and provocative compilation...
The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island MysteryThe Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
Best Price: $3.00
I grew up in Nova Scotia,not far from Oak Island and have been interested in the mysterious...
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began (Darwinism Today series)Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began (Darwinism Today series)
Best Price: $8.88
This slim volume is an installation in the Darwinism Today series, a collection of ruminations...

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael VentrisThe Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
Best Price: $10.99
This is a book about a great achievement and a great man, but it is also a deeply frustrating...
How War Began (Texas a&M University Anthropology Series)How War Began (Texas a&M University Anthropology Series)
Best Price: $16.22
This is an important book because it counters a very dangerous tendency: the tendency for the...
Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals: 100,000 Years of Lost HistoryAtlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals: 100,000 Years of Lost History
Best Price: $7.73
Ok this book is not a bad read, Colin can tell a story and obviously seems interested in this...
The Romans: An Introduction (Ancient Peoples)The Romans: An Introduction (Ancient Peoples)
Best Price: $29.32
Antony Kamm has developed a solid reputation for being able to synthesize masses of material and...
The Druids (Ancient Peoples and Places Series)The Druids (Ancient Peoples and Places Series)
Best Price: $5.48
I generally think that this is the first book anyone should read about the Druids, not because...

Underground!: The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology and Hidden HistoryUnderground!: The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology and Hidden History
Best Price: $16.94
I have read a few of the other Disinformation books, many of which had decent content and...
Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls (Anchor Bible Reference Library)Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls (Anchor Bible Reference Library)
Best Price: $18.26
Lawrence H. Schiffman wrote an excellent book re The Dead Sea Scrolls. RECLAIMING THE DEAD SEA...
The First Africans: African Archaeology from the Earliest Toolmakers to Most Recent Foragers (Cambridge World Archaeology)The First Africans: African Archaeology from the Earliest Toolmakers to Most Recent Foragers (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Best Price: $31.31
Africa has the longest record - some 2.5 million years - of human occupation of any continent....
The Next Archaeology WorkbookThe Next Archaeology Workbook
Best Price: $19.75
The Next Archaeology Workbook is a great educational tool for students and anyone interested in...
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.
Best Price: $21.33
At first very excited. Too much repetition and found some appelations peculiar. Would like to...

The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure (King Tut)The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure (King Tut)
Best Price: $6.66
Though no book is truely a complete examination of the tomb and its contents, Reeves has done an...
Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period: A Handbook (World of Art)Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period: A Handbook (World of Art)
Best Price: $4.92
The Aegean Bronze Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)The Aegean Bronze Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Best Price: $34.00
A well written book using up to date discoveries in archeology. Indeed the archeological...
An Introduction to Human Evolutionary AnatomyAn Introduction to Human Evolutionary Anatomy
Best Price: $78.74
Very well written and scholarly. Combines the best of human anatomy and biological...
Rawls (Routledge Philosophers)Rawls (Routledge Philosophers)
Best Price: $24.63
I admit that I wasn't certain that Samuel Freeman's book on Rawls would be terrific. Two...

The Archaeology of Ancient ArizonaThe Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
Best Price: $11.52
Carved from cliffs and canyons, buried in desert rock and sand are pieces of the ancient past...
Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism (New Studies in Archaeology)Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism (New Studies in Archaeology)
Best Price: $26.39
The interpretations of the Aztec empire in this book were misleading and deficient when it was...
Exploring Ancient Native AmericaExploring Ancient Native America
Best Price: $29.11
After fining an arrowhead in Colorado I was curious as to its provinence. In this book I...
The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved ( in the Evolution of Language)The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved ( in the Evolution of Language)
Best Price: $7.98
Simultaneously a study in evolution, language, the human psyche, and the challenges of...
History From Things: Essays on Material CultureHistory From Things: Essays on Material Culture
Best Price: $15.25

Discoveries: Search for Ancient China (Discoveries (Abrams))Discoveries: Search for Ancient China (Discoveries (Abrams))
Best Price: $5.18
Exactly what I was looking for. I had purchased 2 small reproduction terracotta Chinese...
Fingerprints Of The Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost CivilizationFingerprints Of The Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
Best Price: $89.98
I want to like Graham more than I do. He seems like a nice british chap, writes a good story and...
The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and TradeThe Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade
Best Price: $32.79
Maria Aubet is Professor of Archeology at the University in Barcelona, Spain. She has provided...
From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix Books)From Black Land To Fifth Sun: The Science Of Sacred Sites (Helix Books)
Best Price: $3.39
What can archaeology tell us about the spiritual lives of people who, like the painters of...
The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea ScrollsThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Best Price: $8.50
Most work on Qumran & the Dead Sea Scrolls is of a theological nature. This is the finest...

The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images, New and Updated EditionThe Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images, New and Updated Edition
Best Price: $89.00
It's fascinating how panicked some get when they "read" Marija Gimbutas. Here's just...
Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in CairoHidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Best Price: $14.68
A beautiful book with magnificent photos by Kenneth Garrett. A very good description given by...
The First American: The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New WorldThe First American: The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New World
Best Price: $12.48
One of the most important things to do when you are selling an unpopular view, position, or...
Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million YearsPatterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million Years
Best Price: $32.98
I found myself listening to people whine and complain about the detail that Wenke goes into when...
Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome From Romulus to AugustusChronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome From Romulus to Augustus
Best Price: $14.99
This is not only a good reference book, but also a good read. It provides a lot of general and...

North American Archaeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)North American Archaeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)
Best Price: $33.99
Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Diana DiPaolo Loren, North...
White Racism: A PsychohistoryWhite Racism: A Psychohistory
Best Price: $24.98
David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western TraditionDavid and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition
Best Price: $2.59
It is so refreshing to read a book like this! For too long, biblical romantics have fantasized...
Beneath the Seven SeasBeneath the Seven Seas
Best Price: $25.27
The book is a wonderful look at underwater archaeology by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology....
Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle Of Ohio's Ancient American Indian CulturesOhio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle Of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures
Best Price: $26.29
The Sociey for American Archaeology chose this book for its Public Audience Book Award. It is a...

The Kensington Runestone: Approaching a Research Question HolisticallyThe Kensington Runestone: Approaching a Research Question Holistically
Best Price: $12.69
"The issue comes down to ...competing paradigms. One is the myth that the Americas had been...
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible (Anchor Bible Reference)Archaeology of the Land of the Bible (Anchor Bible Reference)
Best Price: $21.95
I enjoyed every minute of Amihai Mazar's book and wished for more. He takes the reader through...
The Tomb in Ancient EgyptThe Tomb in Ancient Egypt
Best Price: $29.05
The Tomb in Ancient Egypt is a long awaited companion volume to the authors earlier book Thw...
Stonehenge (Wooden Books)Stonehenge (Wooden Books)
Best Price: $5.00
This interesting LITTLE book is a good introduction to many of the major themes of British...
Houses and Society in Pompeii and HerculaneumHouses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Best Price: $19.99
I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. Hadrill did an excellent job looking...

Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology TeamSubmerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Best Price: $10.13
Sometimes it's hard to tell by the title what a book is all about. "Submerged -- Adventures...
The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red PlanetThe Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet
Best Price: $4.98
I'm sure Graham Hancock has to walk a very fine line in order to get published and to have...
Native Hubs: Culture, Community, and Belonging in Silicon Valley and BeyondNative Hubs: Culture, Community, and Belonging in Silicon Valley and Beyond
Best Price: $20.00
Most Native Americans in the United States live in cities, where many find themselves caught in...
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin:Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin:
Best Price: $29.16
Overall, this book would be a good resource for archaeologists that are interested in California...
 
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