The archaeology of early urbanism is a growing and dynamic field of research, which has
benefited in recent years from numerous advances at both a theoretical and a …

The history of mudbrick production and construction in the southern Levant may be dated as
far back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A. However, at many of the sites where mudbrick …

Prehistoric monuments often constitute evident landmarks and sometimes, after falling into
disuse, fascinated local people enough to stimulate speculations about their origin over …

The discipline of Greek architecture has been changing rapidly since the time of a major
review published in 2011. The current study examines research published since 2012 about …

“Monumentality (or the XXL phenomena) is not confined to physical scale: the creation of
monumental architecture involves a combination of great technical ingenuity, extraordinarily …

The construction of a free-standing stone wall was a significant occasion in Londinium's
history, remarkable for the quantity of masonry used and for the continuing additions to the …

In this study, we use high-resolution data from airborne Light Detection and Ranging
(LiDAR) acquisitions to comprehensively analyse late prehistoric earthwork structures in the …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book examines specific cases from Vietnam and South Korea …

From ca. 1600–1000 BC, builders across southern Greece crafted thousands of rock-cut
chamber tombs similar to earlier and contemporary 'beehive'tholos tombs. Both tomb styles …

This article presents a statistically grounded method for the comparative analysis of
polygonal masonry and the calculation of their architectural energetics. Four wall stretches …