Bruce Trigger's new book is the first ever to examine the history of archaeology from
medieval times to the present in world-wide perspective. At once stimulating and even …

Research in experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, geoarchaeology, and vertebrate
taphonomy has appreciably increased our general understanding of the formation …

The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of
how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 …

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least
understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering …

Animal ecologists can observe the present and reconstruct the last one or two centuries from
historical sources, but the study of animal bones adds valuable insight into the peoples and …

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) …

Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has
impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a …

Cementum bands in teeth provide reliable and accurate data on the season of death of
animals and their age of death. Controlled laboratory experiments on goats demonstrate that …

This article examines the role of red deer antler 'masks' recovered from the Early Mesolithic
site of Star Carr in northern England. It explores the agency of animals and the type of …

This book traces the evolution of the dog, from its origins about 15,000 years ago up to
recent times. The timing of dog domestication receives attention, with comparisons between …