Abstract Recent research on Old World chiefdoms and states has largely retreated from the
general comparative explanatory paradigm of the 1970s and has focused instead on more …

A lively and accessible introduction to themes and debates in archaeological theory for
students of all levels Archaeological Theory is a relatable, accessible, reader-friendly first …

" Timothy Earle has set out to offer the most comprehensive view now available of the
economic foundations of early societies, and it may well be that he has succeeded. Bronze …

One of the most famous passages in the Aeneid is Anchises' speech to Aeneas prophesying
the destiny of their descendants. After a long description of notable individuals from Roman …

The development of the first urban centers is one of the most fundamental phenomena in the
history of temperate Europe. New research demonstrates that the earliest cities developed …

September 1985. Sifting through the fill of a square barrow burial, in a shallow chalk valley
near Garton Station, the digger's trowel hit something hard and metallic. Carefully easing …

The image of the Celt is one of the most emotive in the European past, evoking pictures of
warriors, feasts, and gentle saints and scholars. This comprehensive and fully-illustrated …

Drinking and feasting were an integral part of life in Iron Age Europe and the British Isles.
The distribution of food and especially drink in prescribed fashion played a key role in …

Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an
understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe from the later Bronze …

Situated at the disciplinary boundary between prehistory and history, this book presents a
new synthesis of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece, from the rise and fall of …