Reading for Archaeology

General Reading

Barker, P.A. 1994 Techniques of Archaeological Excavation (3rd ed./Batsford)
Greene, K. 2002 Archaeology: An Introduction (4th ed./Routledge)
Renfrew, C. & Bahn, P. 2000 Archaeology: Theories Methods and Practice (4th
ed./Thames & Hudson)

All periods

Bogucki, P. 1999 The Origins of Human Society (Blackwell)
Fagan, B. 2000 People of the Earth (10th ed./Longman)
Hunter, J. & Ralston, I. 1999 The Archaeology of Britain (Routledge)

Prehistoric

Champion, T. et al. 1997 Prehistoric Europe (2nd ed./Academic Press)
Cunliffe, B. (ed.) 1994 Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe (Oxford UP)
Darvill, T. 1996 Prehistoric Britain (Routledge)

Egypt and Asia

Barnes, G.L. 1999 The Rise of Civilization in East Asia: the Archaeology of
China, Korea and Japan (Thames and Hudson)
Chakrabati, D. 1999 India, an Archaeological History (Oxford UP)
Pollock, S. 1999 Ancient Mesopotamia (Cambridge UP)
Schultz, R. & Seidel, M. 1998 The World of the Pharaohs (Könneman)

Roman

Cameron A. 1993 The Later Roman Empire (Fontana)
Christ, K. 1995 The Romans (University of California Press)
Millar, F. 2001 The Roman Empire and its Neighbours (2nd ed./Duckworth)

Medieval

Arnold, C. 1997 An Archaeology of the Anglo Saxon Kingdoms (Routledge)
Clarke, H. 1986 The Archaeology of Medieval England (Blackwell)
Richards, J. 1991 Viking Age England (Batsford/EH)
Scientific Techniques and Technology
Clark, A. J. 1996 Seeing beneath the Soil (2nd ed./Batsford)
Hodges, H. 1989 Artefacts (3rd ed./Duckworth)
Mays, S. 1998 The Archaeology of Human Bones (Routledge)
Bowman, S. 1990 Radiocarbon Dating (British Museum Publications)

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