Studying Scientific Archaeology: Unraveling the Past through Modern Techniques
Discover the intersection of science and history in Studying Scientific Archaeology. This series highlights how modern scientific methods are revolutionizing our understanding of the past. For further exploration, visit our Archaeological Method and Theory page or learn more about historical periods on our World History section.
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An Introduction to Peatland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9781789257557
Pub Date: 2022-12-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
An accessible introduction to the ecology and formation processes of peatlands, and to the different archaeological and palaeoenvironmental techniques that have been developed and adapted for the study of these environments.
Scientific Dating in Archaeology
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781789255621
Pub Date: 2022-10-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
This volume will provide a timely review of the methods, applications and challenges of applying different scientific dating techniques to archaeological sites and material culture.
Human Transformations of the Earth
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781789259209
Pub Date: 2022-09-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
An exploration of the impact of human activity on, and adaptation to changes in, soils in different climatic and vegetational zones around the world.
Landscape Beneath the Waves
The Archaeological Exploration of Underwater Landscapes
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9781789250725
Pub Date: 2018-11-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
At the end of the last Ice Age, sea level around the world was lower, coastal lands stretched further and the continents were bigger, in some cases landmasses were joined by dry land that has now disappeared beneath the waves. The study of the now submerged landscapes that our ancestors knew represents one of the last barriers for archaeology.
Molluscs in Archaeology
Methods, Approaches and Applications
Price: $39.99
ISBN: 9781785706080
Pub Date: 2017-07-27
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
448 Pages
The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation.
Wild Harvest
Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds
Full Price: $48.00
Discount Price: $19.98
ISBN: 9781785701238
Pub Date: 2016-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
368 Pages
Major new textbook discussing the role of plants in hominin and pre-agrarian human societies with case studies drawn from ethnography, ethnohistory, and ethnoarchaeology illustrating methods of analysis of plant remains and how archaeobotanical assemblages may be used and interpreted
A Handbook of Geoarchaeological Approaches to Settlement Sites and Landscapes
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781785700910
Pub Date: 2015-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages
First in a new series, a basic handbook of good practice, with case studies and examples, of the basics of geoarchaeological approaches to past site and landscape interpretation.
An Introduction to Peatland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9781789257557
Pub Date: 2022-12-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
Scientific Dating in Archaeology
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781789255621
Pub Date: 2022-10-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Human Transformations of the Earth
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781789259209
Pub Date: 2022-09-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Landscape Beneath the Waves
The Archaeological Exploration of Underwater Landscapes
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9781789250725
Pub Date: 2018-11-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Molluscs in Archaeology
Methods, Approaches and Applications
Price: $39.99
ISBN: 9781785706080
Pub Date: 2017-07-27
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
448 Pages
Wild Harvest
Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds
Full Price: $48.00
Discount Price: $19.98
ISBN: 9781785701238
Pub Date: 2016-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
368 Pages
A Handbook of Geoarchaeological Approaches to Settlement Sites and Landscapes
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781785700910
Pub Date: 2015-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages