Most archaeological studies of frontiers and boundaries are informed by a colonialist
perspective of core-periphery relationships. In this review, we identify three problems with …

Rome, Babylon, Mughal, Aztec, Inka... the names of these early empires evoke potent
images of monumental ambition, grandeur, and decay. Empires are geographically and …

The following collection of essays was produced over a period of fifteen years. Partly as a
result of this, there is significant overlap in a number of the chapters. This is due to their …

In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated
remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the …

On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living
within the European tradition elsewhere. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what …

" The authors combine an excellent state-of-the-art review of the literature in world-systems
analysis with a vigorous presentation of their own quite coherent views. This book is a major …

The historic long term economic interconnections of the world are now universally accepted.
The idea of the economic'world system'advanced by Immanuel Wallerstein has set the …

Early Dynastic Egypt spans the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great
Pyramid at Giza. This was the formative period of ancient Egyptian civilization, and it …

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is
possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above …

This interdisciplinary book examines archaeology's engagement with semiotics, from its
early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters. It represents the first …