Historical Books


Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History Best Price: $5.28 To read this book is to take journeys where few people go. And, they are journeys to some of...	Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic Best Price: $13.01 I absolutely adore this book. The pictures are so beautiful and layed out perfectly. The book...	They Died With Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn Best Price: $10.71 This is a very interesting and engrossing analysis of the skeletal remains from the Battle of...	Historical Archaeology (2nd Edition) Best Price: $19.50 Fagan and Orser, the two foremost names in the field of historical archaeology team up to write...	Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of Little Bighorn Best Price: $11.95 Archaeology and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, what's there not to like! Nicely written...



The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery Best Price: $3.00 This book is a bit of a stretch if you are looking for FACTS. It is more of a hodge-podge of...	Martin's Hundred Best Price: $16.88 "Martin's Hundred" by Ivor Noel Hume is as exciting as a detective story and contains...	A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site Best Price: $27.69 A fascinating story of Native Americans, freed African-American slaves, and assorted European...	Portable Personal Possessions (Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500-1800 - Volume 2) Best Price: $59.99 This book (along with Vol. 1) is a seminal work and a necessity for any archaeologist interested...	Doing Historical Archaeology: Exercises Using Documentary, Oral, and Material Evidence Best Price: $33.68 This is an interesting and very practical book. The language and exercises are to the point,...



The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek Best Price: $8.85 There seems to be a subgenre of history and biography for which the objective is to raise a...	Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation Best Price: $3.95 If you are in need of a coffee table book, this book is one option. It is a companion volume to...	Bricks and Brickmaking: A Handbook for Historical Archaeology	Archaeological Insights into the Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season/With Map Best Price: $14.50 Readers have to understand that this was just the first book written on the battlefield...	The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne : An Archaeological and Historical Odyssey (Virginia Bookshelf) Best Price: $12.75 I am not an historian and primarily bought this book because I was confused by my children's...

Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City Best Price: $36.15 This book was good but I must admit it was extremely repetitive and very over written. Facts...	Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America "A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America" by Ivor Noel-Hume is one of the great 20th...	Between Artifacts and Texts: Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) Best Price: $59.35 The book is the first truly global survey of the relationship between artifacts and texts from...	Assessing Archaeological Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians (Heritage Resource Management Series) Best Price: $75.00 Of the many properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, only 7% are...	A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya Best Price: $29.70 Note: It looks like I have offended some Mormons who don't want you to read this book....

Cult Archaeology and Creationism: Understanding Pseudoscientific Beliefs about the Past Best Price: $19.95 Harrold and Eve have contributed significantly to the study of pseudoscientific beliefs in this...	The Buried Past: An Archaeological History of Philadelphia Best Price: $30.00 Mr John Cotter and Group have written a wonderful book. If you are into "digging up the...	The Yuquot Whalers' Shrine Best Price: $4.94	In Ruins: The Once Great Houses of Ireland Left me wishing the book was twice as long.	Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections Best Price: $3.25 [Review of Hardcover edition] This is a tremendously interesting and engrossing book, on many...

Treasury of World Culture: Archaeological Sites and Urban Centers UNESCO World Heritage Best Price: $27.89 In 1972 UNESCO created the World Heritage Foundation, a program to identify and protect...	Hidden Lives: The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest This is a short overview of some of the discoveries made by the author and her team of...	Adobe Walls Best Price: $26.73 The battle of Adobe Walls is a little known incident that set the "gold standard" for...	The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking Best Price: $11.93 This is the first book to cover the new landscape of pyramids found worldwide. It describes the...	The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States Best Price: $86.01 Offering a unique and original perspective on the rise and fall of indigenous states of southern...

Kingsmill Plantations, 1619-1800: Archaeology of Country Life in Colonial Virginia (Studies in Historical Archaeology) A must read for any archeologist-hopeful who has intrests in the colonial american life	The Doulton Stoneware Pothouse in Lambeth: Excavations at 9 Albert Embankment, London (Molas Archaeology Studies Series) Best Price: $11.99	Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for Truths Best Price: $120.00 Gives access to educators and archaeologists to information on stategies to public presentation...	A Historical Archaeology of the Modern World (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology) Best Price: $54.49 `This book will be of value to serious students of history, archaeology, anthropology, and other...	Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Process: The Section 106 Process Best Price: $94.88 King's new book on the Section 106 process is a slim but lively and provocative compilation...

Documentary Archaeology in the New World (New Directions in Archaeology) Best Price: $10.00 Designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of archaeologists and historians, Documentary Archaeology...	Petra This is an excellent book, and a great souvenir of your trip. I looked hard while in Jordan,...	Monuments of Central Asia: A Guide to the Archaeology, Art and Architecture of Turkestan Best Price: $26.58 In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch...	Archaeology at La Isabela: Spain:America's First European Town Best Price: $29.94 In this important book, Kathleen Deagan and Jos? Mar?a Cruxent present detailed technical...	Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts Best Price: $30.00

Reading the Body: Representations and Remains in the Archaeological Record (Regendering the Past) Best Price: $20.00	The Spanish Borderlands in Pan-American Perspective (Columbian Consequences Vol 3)	Historic Louisiana Nails: Aids to the Dating of Old Buildings (The Fred B. Kniffen Cultural Resources Laboratory Monograph Series, No 2)	Excavation of the Donner-Reed Wagons: Historic Archaelogy Along the Hastings Cutoff Best Price: $13.73 After seeing a special on the Donner Expedition, and an occasional relic collected in the 19th...	Adobe Walls: The History and Archeology of the 1874 Trading Post Best Price: $39.99 I was pretty familiar with the history of this subject, but was more interested in the...

The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture Best Price: $95.75 Afghanistan, a country which for generations has inspired writers, travellers and explorers,...	The Archaeology of the Donner Party (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities) Best Price: $34.10 Professor of Historic Preservation and Anthropology Donald Hardesty presents The Archaeology Of...	Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization was Discovered Best Price: $187.94 In the autumn of 1924 the ancient civilization of the Indus valley was discovered, re-writing...	A Biohistory of 19th-Century Afro-Americans: The Burial Remains of a Philadelphia Cemetery Best Price: $85.00 The First African Baptists Church (FABC) remains were accidentally discovered and eventually...	Edward III's Round Table at Windsor: The House of the Round Table and the Windsor Festival of 1344 (Arthurian Studies) (Arthurian Studies) Best Price: $17.47 The image of King Arthur's Round Table is well-known, both as Thomas Malory's portrayal of a...

The Northwest Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomefield Moore (Classics Southeast Archaeology) Best Price: $49.92	Undiscovered: The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks and Treasure Best Price: $8.51 I suppose there are those authors who research every single nut and bolt of information before...	Grit-Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States (Ripley P. Bullen Series) Best Price: $55.84 A "group biography" of Southeast archaeology's pioneering women, whose careers spanned...	The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem (Bibleworld) (Bibleworld) Best Price: $29.50 Darius I, King of Persia, claims to have accomplished many deeds in the early years of his...	Archaeology of Colonial Pensacola (Ripley P. Bullen Series) Best Price: $51.53 The history of America's earliest settlement has been reinterpreted over the last twenty years. ...

Governor's Land: Archaeology of Early Seventeenth Century Virginia Settlements Best Price: $29.76	Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn: The Final Report Best Price: $23.70 Even though I know all the writers of this book, I'm still NOT biased when I say that Scotts, et...	Shovels & Speculation: Archeology Hunts Custer Best Price: $6.00	Consumer Choice in Historical Archaeology Best Price: $49.99	Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864 Best Price: $18.98 Writing about the archaeology of more than a dozen unrelated sites that existed over a period of...

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