'The Maya' provides a readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. In this seventh edition, Professor Coe distils a lifetime's knowledge for the general reader and student, presenting the latest research findings, most exciting scholarship and freshest perspectives on Maya culture.

What happens when science falls prey to a political agenda? Himmler, the chief of the SS and architect of the Nazi network of death camps, was obsessed with re-writing history. This work aims to uncover the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his theories of a prehistoric Aryan master race.

Examines the specific case of Repression in Latin America. This book describes the techniques that offers a valuable resource of information for archaeologists working to reconstruct other historical periods without reliable written sources, and shed light on the nature of political repression worldwide.

An examination of material culture and interest in various and intersecting lines of identity construction. It presents innovative approaches to a host of archaeological materials, drawing widely on the range of archaeological research for the historical period. It is suitable for archaeologists, anthropologists, and material culture scholars.

The Paleolithic period (2,000,000 years ago to 11,000 years ago) has a rather varied archaeological record - partially owing to the transitional processes that took place within its subdivisions. This book addresses the different transitional processes by examining the nature and extent of behavioral changes.

Examining the role of Chinese ceramics in Japan, this book delves into the meaning, motivation for, and rapid development of Japanese porcelain from many angles. The political and fiscal advantage that one lord found for his domain in creating its own local 'china' is placed in the context of the domestic and international market economy.

Tells the tale of modern archaeology through 50 chronologically arranged profiles of iconic excavations - from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Death Pit of Ur, from Machu Picchu to the Mary Rose, and from Hoxne to Hallstatt. This book includes site profiles which are accompanied by boxed features shedding light on the archaeological techniques used.

Explores a range of Byzantine subjects from the classification of stamping objects to the reports from 2003 and 2004 on Dumbarton Oakssupported archaeological fieldwork projects.

A catalogue of the astronomer Frank McClean's collection of ancient and medieval decorative objects.

An invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the key terms used in this discipline today.

Offers an account of the scandal that enveloped the discovery in 1898 of an inscribed cascet said to contain the ashes of the Buddha, set against the background of the high noon of the British Raj.

Substantial Roman remains were recognised in the area of Queen Victoria Street as early as 1841, by the antiquarian Charles Roach Smith who recorded 'a wall of extraordinary strength', incorporating fragments of sculpted and moulded stone and marble.

This comprehensive survey explores every stage of the archaeological process from the core work to the final product. Several topics are covered showing that there is more to archaeology than just digging.

Recounts the life of Olympias, the first woman to play a major role in Greek political history. This biography penetrates the myth, fiction and sexual politics, and conducts a close examination of Olympias through historical and literary sources.

Discusses the theory and practice of landscape archaeology and offers an agenda for landscape archaeology that maps closely onto the established empirical strengths of landscape study. This book focuses on the so-called English landscape tradition - the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism.

Presents the treatment in over the years of the iconography displayed on public monuments in an important Mesoamerican city in Veracruz, Mexico. This title focuses on three major architectural features and investigates the meanings of their sculpture and how these meanings would have been experienced by specific audiences.