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The Oxford Handbook of

THe STaTe in THe ancienT near eaST and MediTerraneanEdited by Peter Fibiger Bang, University of Copenhagen, and Walter Scheidel, Stanford University, USA

First systematic survey of all major ancient states in western afroeurasia

This Handbook offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in world history to the Roman Empire and its successors. It seeks to understand the inner workings of these states by focusing on key issues: political and military power, mechanisms of cooperation, coercion, and exploitation, the impact of ideologies, and the rise and demise of individual polities. This shared emphasis on critical institutions and dynamics invites comparative and cross-cultural perspectives. A detailed introductory review of contemporary approaches to the study of the state puts the rich historical case studies in context. Transcending conventional boundaries between ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean history and between ancient and early medieval history, this volume is of interest not only to historians but also to anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, and political scientists. An accessible style and up-to-date references make it an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers alike.

The Oxford Handbook of WarFare in THe claSSical WOrld

Edited by Brian Campbell, Queen’s University Belfast, and Lawrence A. Tritle, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and romans at war

War lay at the heart of much of life in the classical world—from conflicts between tribes or states to internal or civil wars—it often had significant economic, social, or political consequences. This Handbook offers a critical examination of war and organized violence, and their relevance beyond the battlefield. The volume’s introduction begins with the ancient sources for the writing of war, preceded by broad surveys of warfare in ancient Greece and Rome. Also included are chapters analyzing new finds in battlefield archaeology and how the environment affected the ancient practice of war. A second section is comprised of broad narratives of classical societies at war, covering the expanse from classical Greece through to the later Roman Empire. Part III contains thematic discussions that examine closely the nature of battle: what soldiers experienced as they fought; the challenges of conducting war at sea; how the wounded were treated. A final section offers six exemplary case studies, including analyses of the Peloponnesian War, the Second Punic War, and Rome’s war with Sasanian Persia.

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The Oxford Handbook of laTe anTiquiTyEdited by Scott Johnson, Georgetown University and Dumbarton Oaks

The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity is a wide-ranging collection of essays that engages with valuable questions about the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval, while providing a much-needed touchstone for the study of Late Antiquity itself.

The Oxford Handbook of Greek and rOMan cOinaGeEdited by William E. Metcalf, Yale University

includes up-to-date study of Greco-roman numismatic scholarship and nearly 900 illustrations

This book attempts to make accessible to students, scholars, and the lay public annotated, up-to-date information regarding the major coinages of the Greco-Roman world. An international group of experts has been asked to treat their areas of expertise, and the result is a broadly illustrated introduction to the subject.

Contributors Walter Ameling, Gojko Barjamovic, John Bennet, Trevor Bryce, Steven Garfinkle, John Haldon, Mogens Herman Hansen, John Ma, Emily Mackil, Joseph Manning, Ian Morris, Henrik Mouritsen, Chase Robinson, Walter Scheidel, Seth Schwartz, Josef Wiesehöfer, Ian Wood

Contributors Colin Adams, Lee L. Brice, John Buckler, Brian Campbell, Duncan B. Campbell, Angelos Chaniotis, Stefan Chrissanthos, Phyllis Culham, Donald Engels, Waldemar Heckel, Randall Howarth, Dexter Hoyos, J. Donald Hughes, Ann Hyland, S. James, Eero Jarva, Bruce Laforse, A.D. Lee, John W.I. Lee, Michael Lovano, Scott McDonough, Thomas R. Martin, P.C. Millett, Rosemary Moore, Thomas Palaima, Louis Rawlings, John Rich, Frank Russell, Michael Sage, Christine F. Salazar, Michael Seaman, Nicholas Sekunda, John Serrati, Philip de Souza, Daniel Tompkins, Lawrence A. Tritle, Matthew Trundle, Peter Wells

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Contributors Gianfranco Agosti, Jairus Banaji, Anne Boud’hors, Craig H. Caldwel, Christopher Celenza, Brian Croke, Andrew Gillett, Tim Greenwood, Cam Grey, Petre Guran, David M. Gwynn, John Haldon, Kyle Harper, Jill Harries, Peregrine Horden, Robert Hoyland, Herve Inglebert, Aaron Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Michael Kulikowski, Etienne de la Vaissiere, Michael Maas, Ralph Mathisen, Jaclyn Maxwell, Scott McGill, Arietta Papaconstantinou, Glenn Peers, Christian Julien Robin, Samuel Rubenson, Stephen J. Shoemaker, Gregory Smith, Kevin Uhalde, Joel Walker, Edward Watts, Susan Wessel, Philip Wood, Ann Marie Yasin

Contributors Richard Abdy, Peter van Alfen, Michael Alram, Michel Amandry, Richard Ashton, Martin Beckmann, Roger Bland, Andrew Burnett, Kevin Butcher, Ian Carradice, Sylviane Estiot, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Angelo Geissen, Haim Gitler, Arthur Houghton, Ann Johnston, Koray Konuk, John H. Kroll, William E. Metcalf, Ben Lee Damsky, Sam Moorhead, Matthew Ponting, Selene Psoma, Pere P. Ripollès, N. K. Rutter, Kenneth Sheedy, Fabrizio Sinisi, Oren Tal, Bernhard Woytek, Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Oxford Handbook of Medieval laTin liTeraTure

Edited by Ralph Hexter, University of California and David Townsend, University of Toronto

The twenty-eight challenging yet accessible essays in this Handbook represent the best of current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. This book affords specialist and non-specialist readers alike vivid insight into the field’s complexities and into future possibilities for the work essential to the pursuit of medieval Latin studies.

February 2012 $ 672 pages $ 978-0-19-539401-6 $ Hardback $ £95.00

Contributors Thomas Burman, Anne Clark, Paolo Chiesa, Rita Copeland, Susan Boynton, Greti Dinkova-Bruun, Margot Fassler, Marco Formisano, Karsten Frijs-Jensen, Gregory Hays, Ralph Hexter, Drew Hicks, Mia Münster-Swendsen, Brian Murdoch, Monika C. Otter, Sylvia Parsons, A.G. Rigg, Carin Ruff, Larry Scanlon, Ryan Szpiech, Andrew Taylor, David Townsend, Jean-Yves Tilliette, Nicholas Watson, Winthrop Wetherbee, Ronald G. Witt, Gur Zak, Jan Ziolkowski

The Oxford Handbook of SOcial relaTiOnS in THe rOMan WOrldEdited by Michael Peachin, New York University

• First ever volume to survey Roman social relations in an exhaustive way• Includes original articles from a wide range of distinguished international scholars

The study of Roman society and social relations has blossomed in the past thirty years. The purpose of this Handbook is twofold. On the one hand, it synthesizes what has heretofore been accomplished in this field. On the other, it attempts to configure the examination of Roman social relations in some new ways, and thereby indicates directions in which the discipline might now proceed.

The Oxford Handbook of JeWiSH daily liFe in rOMan PaleSTine

Edited by Catherine Hezser, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• Interdisciplinary approach presents the most up-to-date perspectives on the study of ancient Jewish daily life• An indispensable reference tool for all students and scholars of ancient Judaism, Roman provincial history and culture, and early Christianity

Written by an international team of distinguished scholars, this Handbook is an indispensable reference compendium on the day-to-day lives of Jews in the land of Israel in Roman times. Ranging from subjects such as clothing and domestic architecture to food and meals, labour and trade, and leisure time activities, the volume covers all the major themes in an encompassing yet easily accessible way. Individual chapters introduce the reader to the current state of research on particular aspects of ancient Jewish everyday life—research which has been greatly enriched by critical methodological approaches to rabbinic texts, and by the growing interest of archaeologists in investigating the lives of ordinary people. Detailed bibliographies inspire further engagement by enabling readers to pursue their own lines of enquiry.

2011 $ 768 pages

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PaPyrOlOGyEdited by Roger S. Bagnall, New York University

‘a wonderful volume, a celebration of a vast and important discipline written by experts drawn from every part of it… the volume is well organized and well indexed; its contents document a great broadening in the scope of papyrology over the past fifty years.’Richard Janko, Times Literary Supplement

Thousands of documentary and literary texts written on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Persian, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. In The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology twenty-seven experts provide a comprehensive and authoritative guide to understanding this ancient documentary evidence.

The Oxford Handbook of cuneiFOrM culTureEdited by Karen Radner, University College London, and Eleanor Robson, University of Cambridge

• Restores coherence and context to the study of Assyriology through its emphasis on textual sources which are at the same time material artefacts• Disciplines of archaeology, history, and philology are combined to produce an integrated picture

An authoritative guide to the Ancient Middle East as seen through the lens of cuneiform writing, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by a team of international scholars, with chapter bibliographies and numerous illustrations, the Handbook is a state-of-the-art guide to the discipline as well as offering pathways for future research.

2011 $ 840 pages

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Contributors Heather D. Baker, Barbara Böck, Nicole Brisch, Hagan Brunke, Grégory Chambon, Dominique Charpin, Philippe Clancier, Yoram Cohen, Geert De Breucker, Sophie Démare-Lafont, Robert K. Englund, Benjamin R. Foster, Eckart Frahm, Andreas Fuchs, Fabienne Huber Vulliet, Michael Jursa, Sivan Kedar, Ulla Susanne Koch, Frans van Koppen, Brigitte Lion, Anne Löhnert, Karen Radner, Eleanor Robson, Francesca Rochberg, Daniel Schwemer, John M. Steele, Michel Tanret, Jonathan Taylor, Steve Tinney, Niek Veldhuis, Eva von Dassow, Caroline Waerzeggers, Mark Weeden, Frans Wiggermann, Silvie Zamazalová, Nele Ziegler

Contributors Roger S. Bagnall, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, Guglielmo Cavallo, Willy Clarysse, Raffaella Cribiore, Helene Cuvigny, Eleanor Dickey, Maria Rosaria Falivene, Jean-Luc Fournet, Jaakko Frosen, Jean Gascou, Nikolaos Gonis, Todd M. Hickey, William A. Johnson, Alexander Jones, James G. Keenan, David G. Martinez, Berhard Palme, Timothy Renner, Cornelia Romer, Paul Schubert, David Sider, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Dorothy J. Thompson, Katelijn Vanderorpe, Peter van Minnen, Uri Yiftach-Firanko.

The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic STudieS

Edited by George Boys-Stones, Durham University, Barbara Graziosi, Durham University, and Phiroze Vasunia, Reading University

A unique collection of some seventy articles which explore the ways in which ancient Greece has been, is, and might be studied. It is intended to inform its readers, but also, importantly, to inspire them, and to enable them to pursue their own research by introducing the primary resources and exploring the latest agenda for their study.

2009 $ 912 pages $ 978-0-19-928614-0 $ Hardback $ £103.00

Contributors Clifford Ando, Leanne Bablitz, Adam H. Becker, Kathleen M. Coleman, Joy Connolly, Katherine M. D. Dunbabin, Garrett G. Fagan, Harriet I. Flower, Johannes Hahn, Charles W. Hedrick, Jr., Marietta Horster, Andrea Jördens, Dennis P. Kehoe, Jens-Uwe Krause, Hartmut Leppin, J. E. Lendon, Thomas A. J. McGinn, Elizabeth A. Meyer, Kristina Milnor, John Nicols, Carlos F. Noreña, Josiah Osgood, Michael Peachin, Jonathan S. Perry, Francisco Pina Polo, David Potter, Werner Riess, J. B. Rives, John Scheid, Thomas A. Schmitz, Leonhard Schumacher, William J. Slater, Johannes Stahl, Koenraad Verboven

Contributors Carol Bakhos, Lutz Doering, Yaron Z. Eliav, Steven Fine, Katharina Galor, David Goodblatt, Tziona Grossmark, Rudolf Haensch, Gildas Hamel, Jill D. Harries, Catherine Hezser, Tal Ilan, Benjamin Isaac, Ann Killebrew, David Kraemer, Uzi Leibner, Lee I. Levine, Jack E. Pastor, Stephan Reif, Zeev Safrai, Michael Satlow, Jonathan W. Schofer, Joshua Schwartz, Dafna Shlezinger-Katsman, Alexei Sivertsev, Willem F. Smelik, Günter Stemberger, Giuseppe Veltri, Zeev Weiss, Dianne van de Zande, Jürgen K. Zangenberg

2010 $ 712 pages


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2010 $ 896 pages

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2010 $ 976 pages


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rOMan STudieSEdited by Alessandro Barchiesi, Universities of Siena and Stanford, and Walter Scheidel, Stanford University, USA

• Comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the entire field of Roman Studies • Provides an agenda for future research, by mapping cross-disciplinary investigations

This is an indispensable guide to the latest scholarship in this area. Over fifty distinguished scholars elucidate the contribution of material as well as literary culture to our understanding of the Roman world. The emphasis is particularly upon the new and exciting links between the various sub-disciplines that make up Roman Studies—for example, between literature and epigraphy, art and philosophy, papyrology and economic history. The Handbook, in fact, aims to establish a field and scholarly practice as much as to describe the current state of play. Connections with disciplines outside classics are also explored, including anthropology, psychoanalysis, gender and reception studies, and the use of new media.

The Oxford Handbook ofenGineerinG and TecHnOlOGy in THe claSSical WOrldEdited by John Peter Oleson, University of Victoria, Canada

‘compulsory (as well as entertaining) reading for any academic, student or lay-man.’ Francesco Trifilo, Rosetta

The Oxford Handbook of ByzanTine STudieS

Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys, University of Oxford, with John Haldon, Princeton University, and Robin Cormack, University of London and University of Nottingham

• Comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the entire field of Byzantine Studies• Surveys history, literary genres, theological issues, and material culture

Contributors Clifford Ando, Roger Bagnall, Peter Bang, Alessandro Barchiesi, Maurizio Bettini, John Bodel, Keith Bradley, Susanna Braund, Kai Brodersen, Kathleen Coleman, Joy Connolly, Anthony Corbeill, Emma Dench, Mario De Nonno, Florence Dupont, Jennifer Ebbeler, Werner Eck, Joseph Farrell, Denis Feeney, Ellen Finkelpearl, Rebecca Flemming, Harriet Flower, Philip Hardie, Jill Harries, William Harris, Stephen Hinds, Henry Hurst, Robert Kaster, Joshua Katz, Paul Keyser, Christina Kraus, Andrew Laird, Eugenio La Rocca, Richard Lim, Michele Lowrie, Kathleen McCarthy, William Metcalf, Kristina Milnor, Llewelyn Morgan, Carlos Norena, James O’Donnell, Ellen Oliensis, Nicholas Purcell, Beryl Rawson, Andrew Riggsby, Matthew Roller, C. Brian Rose, Jorg Rupke, Walter Scheidel, Seth Schwartz, David Sedley, Hagith Sivan, Nicola Terrenato, Edmund Thomas, Alfonso Traina, Tim Whitmarsh

Contributors David J. Blackman, Willy Clarysse, Fredrick Cooper, Paul T. Craddock, Serafina Cuomo, Robert I. Curtis, Gwyn Davies, J. Clayton Fant, Kevin Greene, Klaus Grewe, Robert Hannah, Mark Jackson, Martin K. Jones, Geoffrey Kron, Lynne Lan-caster, Evi Margaritis, Carol Mattusch, Seán McGrail, An-drew Meadows, Lorenzo Quilici, Georges Raepsaet, Michael B. Schiffer, Philip de Souza, E. Marianne Stern, Karin Tyb-jerg, Roger B. Ulrich, Katelijn Vandorpe, Charlotte Wikander, Örjan Wikander, John P. Wild, Andrew I. Wilson

2008 $ 1,056 pages


978-0-19-925246-6

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978-0-19-921297-2 Hardback $ £95.00

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THe arcHaeOlOGy OF THe cOnTeMPOrary WOrldEdited by Paul Graves-Brown, Rodney Harrison, University College London, and Angela Piccini, University of Bristol

Provides an authoritative overview of an emerging subfield

Recently, many have begun to consider how archaeological methodologies and techniques might be used to reflect more directly on the contemporary world itself; how we might undertake archaeologies of, as well as in the present. This Handbook is the first comprehensive survey of an exciting and rapidly expanding sub-field and provides an authoritative overview of this newly emerging focus on the archaeology of the present and recent past.

In addition to detailed archaeological case studies, it includes essays by scholars working in adjacent fields on the relationship of different disciplines to the archaeology of the contemporary world. This volume seeks to explore the boundaries of an emerging sub-discipline, to develop a tool-kit of concepts and methods which are applicable to this new sub-field, and to suggest important future trajectories for research.


THe arcHaeOlOGy OF THe levanT c. 8000 –332 bce

Edited by Margreet L. Steiner and Ann E. Killebrew, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Provides an overview and contextualises the archaeology of the entire region of the levant, spanning from the neolithic to the Persian period

This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.

Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through Persian periods—a time span during which the Levant was often in close contact with the imperial powers of Egypt, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia.

Contributors Anna Badcock, Steven Bond, Denis Byrne, Tim Cole, Alan Costall, Sean Cubitt, Shannon Lee Dawdy, David de Léon, Caitlin DeSilvey, James R. Dixon, Matt Edgeworth, Kathryn Fewster, James Gordon Finlayson, Christine Finn, Severin Fowles, Alfredo González-Ruibal, A.C. Gorman, Richard A. Gould, Paul Graves-Brown, Yannis Hamilakis, Rodney Harrison, Penny Harvey, Kaet Heupel, Cornelius Holtorf, Fotis Ifantidis, Robert Johnston, Pierre Lemonnier, Gavin Lucas, Richard Maxwell, Sarah May, Laura McAtackney, Peter Merriman, Peter Metelerkamp, Toby Miller, Gabriel Moshenska, Paul R. Mullins, Jem Noble, Beth Laura O’Leary, Laurent Olivier, Bjørnar Olsen, Sefryn Penrose, Angela Piccini, Natasha Powers, Joshua Reno, Ann Richards, Uzma Z. Rizvi, Michael Brian Schiffer, John Schofield, Mimi Sheller, Nick Shepherd, Lucy Sibun, Liz Watkins, Timothy Webmoor, Carolyn L. White, Helen Wickstead, Laurie A. Wilkie, Stephen Hodge, Albena Yaneva, Larry J. Zimmerman

Contributors Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Gassia Artin, Anna Belfer-Cohen, María Eugenia Aubet, David Ben-Shlomo, Alison Betts, Piotr Bienkowski, Stephen J. Bourke, Aaron A. Burke, Hanan Charaf, Joanne Clarke, Susan L. Cohen, Lisa Cooper, Thomas Davis, Josette Elayi, Bill Finlayson, Peter M. Fischer, David Frankel, Hermann Genz, Ayelet Gilboa, Nigel Goring-Morris, Raphael Greenberg, Holger Gzella, James W. Hardin, Larry G. Herr, Marlies Heinz, Maria Iacovou, Zeidan A. Kafafi, Ann E. Killebrew, Horst Klengel, Sabina Kulemann-Ossen, Gunnar Lehmann, Thomas E. Levy, Marta Luciani, Stefania Mazzoni, Pierre de Miroschedji, Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, Gregory D. Mumford, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Edgar J. Peltenburg, Kay Prag, Suzanne Richard, Yorke M. Rowan, Hélène Sader, Tammi J. Schneider, Ilan Sharon, E. Susan Sherratt, Louise Steel, Margreet L. Steiner, Matthew J. Suriano, Randall W. Younker, Jennifer M. Webb, Harvey Weiss, Jeffrey R. Zorn

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aFrican arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Peter Mitchell, University of Oxford and University of the Witwatersrand, and Paul Lane, University of York, and University of the Witwatersrand

demonstrates the significance of african perspectives and the vibrancy of current research across the continent

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of African archaeology, covering the entirety of the continent’s past from the beginnings of human evolution to the archaeological legacy of European colonialism. As well as covering almost all periods and regions of the continent, it includes a mixture of key methodological and theoretical issues and debates, and situates the subject’s contemporary practice within the discipline’s history and the infrastructural challenges now facing its practitioners. Bringing together essays on all these themes from over 70 contributors, it offers a highly accessible, contemporary account of the subject.


THe arcHaeOlOGy OF deaTH and BurialEdited by Sarah Tarlow, University of Leicester, and Liv Nilsson Stutz, Emory University

detailed coverage of mortuary archaeology across a wide range of time periods and geographical locations

Written by leading, international scholars in the field, this Handbook derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.


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THe eurOPean BrOnze aGeEdited by Anthony Harding, University of Exeter, and Harry Fokkens, Leiden University

covers a wide range of topics and countries of the european Bronze age

The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.


cariBBean arcHaeOlOGyEdited by William F. Keegan, University of Florida, USA, Corinne L. Hofman, Leiden University, and Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Utuado

comprehensive range of articles from both well-known and rising scholars

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology provides an overview of archaeological investigations in the insular Caribbean, understood here as the islands whose shores surround the Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Bahama Archipelago. Though these islands were never isolated from the surrounding mainland, their histories are sufficiently diverse to warrant their identification as distinct areas of culture. Over the past 20 years, Caribbean archaeology has been transformed from a focus on reconstructing culture histories to one on the mobility and exchange expressed in cultural and social dynamics. This Handbook brings together, for the first time, examples of the best research conducted by scholars from across the globe to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.

Contributors Barbara Armbruster, Laszló Bartosiewicz, Lise Bender Jørgensen, Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Nikolaus Boroffka, Richard Bradley, Dirk Brandherm, Joanna Brück, Alice Choyke, Janusz Czebreszuk, Timothy Darvill, Philippe Della Casa, Harry Fokkens, David Fontijn, Joakim Goldhahn, Anthony Harding, Andreas G Heiss, Julian Henderson, Volker Heyd, Mads Kähler Holst, Gábor Ilon, Mandy Jay, Lubos Jirán, Albrecht Jockenhövel, Robert Johnston, Snjezana Karavanic, Tobias Kienlin Alexandra Krenn-Leeb, Johan Ling, Fulvia Lo Schiavo, Vicente Lull, Klára Marková, Peter Marshall, Rafael Micó, Kristina Mihovilic, Janet Montgomery, Claude Mordant, Franco Nicolis, William O’Brien, Christopher Pare, Mike Parker Pearson, Hermann Parzinger, Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Cristina Rihuete Herrada, Roberto Risch, Benjamin W. Roberts, Milan Salas, Geoffroy de Saulieu, Joanna Sofaer, Marie Louise Sørensen, Hans-Peter Stika, Biba Terzan, Julian Thomas, Nick Thorpe, Henrik Thrane, Marion Uckelmann, Robert Van de Noort, Marc Vander Linden, Kate Welham

Contributors E. Kofi Agorsah, Louis Allaire, Christopher F. Altes, Douglas V. Armstrong, Lesley-Gail Atkinson, Benoît Bérard, Mary Jane Berman, Arie Boomert, Richard Callaghan, Luis A. Chanlatte Baik, Michael A. Cinquino, Jago Cooper, Edwin Crespo-Torres, Susan D. deFrance, Bradley E. Ensor, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Perry L. Gnivecki, Julian Granberry, Michele H. Hayward, Michael Heckenberger, Corinne L. Hofman, Menno L. P. Hoogland, William F. Keegan, Jason E. Laffoon, Carmen A. Laguer Díaz, Juan Martínez-Cruzado, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Angus A.A. Mol, Joost Morsink, Jaime R. Pagán Jiménez, Michael P. Pateman, William J. Pestle, Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Gérard Richard, Peter E. Siegel, Peter T. Sinelli, Joshua M. Torres, Alice V. M. Samson, Jorge Ulloa Hung, Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, Kit W. Wesler, Samuel Wilson

Contributors Noemie Arazi, Ceri Ashley, Lawrence Barham, Barbara Barich, Nick Barton, Sibel Barut Kusimba, Roger Blench, Abdeljalil Bouzougar, Colin Breen, Peter Breunig, Joanna Casey, Shadreck Chirikure, Graham Connah, Els Cornelissen, Sarah Croucher, Matthew Curtis, Matthew Davies , Pierre de Maret, Savino di Lernia, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, David Edwards, Intisar Elzein, Said Ennahid, Amanda Esterhuysen, Jeff Fleisher, Robert Foley, Dorian Fuller, Elena Garcea, John Giblin Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, Olivier Gosselain,Detlef Gronenborn, Gunnar Haaland, Randi Haaland , Olivier Hanotte, Elisabeth Hildebrand Timothy Insoll, Kenneth Kelly, Carla Klehm, Chapurukha Kusimba, Adria La Violette, Marta Lahr , Paul Lane, Anna Leone, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Marlize Lombard, Diane Lyons, Kevin MacDonald, Scott MacEachern Bertram Mapunda, Peter Mitchell, Cameron Monroe,Farès Moussa, Akin Ogundiran, David Phillipson, Innocent Pikirayi, Chantal Radimilahy , Andrew Reid , François Richard, Michael Rogers, Karim Sadr, Mohamed Sahnouni, Peter Schmidt, Alex Schoeman, Sileshi Semaw, Ian Shaw, Paul Sinclair, Benjamin Smith, Darryl Stump, Natalie Swanepoel, Ibrahima Thiaw, Christian Tryon, Lyn Wadley, Derek Welsby, Stephanie Wynne-Jones

Contributors Anna Belfer-Cohen, Barbara Bramanti, James Brown, Maureen Carroll, Robert Chapman, Meredith S. Chesson, Chantal Conneller, David Edwards, Fredrik Ekengren, Melanie Giles, Alexander Gramsch, Claudine Gravel-Miguel, Erella Hovers, Gunilla Eriksson, Cressida Fforde, Lars Fogelin, Chris Fowler, Erica Hill, Morag M. Kersel, Peter Kaulicke, Susan Kus, Jacqueline I. McKinley, Magdalena S. Midgley, Liv Nilsson Stutz, Claudia Näser, Terje Oestigaard, Deirdre O’Sullivan, Colin Pardoe, Andrew Petersen, Layla Renshaw, Nathalie Richard, Julien Riel-Salvatore, John Robb, Charlotte Roberts, Geoffrey Scarre, Gillian Shepherd, Joanna Sofaer, Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, Adam Stout, Sarah Tarlow, Joe Watkins, Estella Weiss-Krejci, Howard Williams, Joshua Wright, Alice Yao

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WeTland arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Francesco Menotti, Basel University, and Aidan O’Sullivan, University College Dublin

a key resource for anyone interested in wetland archaeology, its history and practice

The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology is the most comprehensive survey of global wetland archaeology ever published. Well known for the spectacular quality of its surviving evidence, from both an archaeological and environmental perspective, wetland archaeology enables scholars to investigate and reconstruct past people’s dwellings, landscapes, material culture, and daily lives in great detail. Through concise essays written by some of the world’s leading scholars in the field, this Handbook describes the key principles, methodologies, and revealing results of past and present archaeological investigations of wetland environments. The volume provides unique insights into past human interactions with lakes, bogs, rivers, and coastal marshlands across the world from prehistory to modern times.


MeSOaMerican arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Deborah L. Nichols, Dartmouth College, USA, and Christopher A. Pool, University of Kentucky, USA

Provides broad topical coverage, from economies to rituals and beliefs, and discusses significant methodological contributions, as well as new theories and diverse theoretical perspectives

This Handbook provides a current and comprehensive guide to the recent and on-going archaeology of Mesoamerica. Though the emphasis is on prehispanic societies, it also includes coverage of important new work by archaeologists on the Colonial and Republican periods. Unique among recent works, the text brings together in a single volume article-length regional syntheses and topical overviews written by active scholars in the field.



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The Oxford Handbook of rOMan eGyPT Edited by Christina Riggs, University of East Anglia

• Multi-disciplinary approach: includes essays on archaeology, language, religion, history, and art• International field of contributors• Thoroughly illustrated throughout

Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today— east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade.

This Handbook is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research. Arranged in seven thematic sections, each of which includes essays from a variety of disciplinary vantage points and multiple sources of information, it offers new perspectives from both established and younger scholars, featuring individual essay topics, themes, and intellectual juxtapositions.


nOrTH aMerican arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Timothy R. Pauketat, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

• Presents avante-garde archaeological theories alongside time-honored and traditional approaches • Mixes grand overviews with detalied studies by regional experts • Includes over 170 vivid photographs, maps, and etailed illustrations

This volume explores 15,000 years of indigenous human history on the North American continent, drawing on the latest archaeological theories, time-honoured methodologies, and rich datasets. From the Arctic south to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean, all of the major cultural developments are covered in 53 chapters, with certain periods, places, and historical problems receiving special focus by the volume’s authors.

Contributors Bettina Arnold, Stijn Arnoldussen, Chris Ballard, Andreas Bauerochse, Tim Beach, Martin Bell, Paolo Bellintani, Kathryn Bernick, André Billamboz, Peter Bogucki, Sally Brockwell, Richard Brunning, Ciara Clarke, Bryony Coles, Dale Croes, Stephen Davis, Tim Denham, Glen Doran, Renate Ebersbach, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Charles French, Simon Haberle, Mark Harris, Fiona Haughey, Jon Henderson, Tom Higham, Charles Higham, Tomohiro Inoue, Geoffrey Irwin, Stefanie Jacomet, Dilys Johns, Marc-Antoine Kaeser, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Kristian Kristiansen, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Urs Leuzinger, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Conor McDermott, Michel Magny, Akira Matsui, Francesco Menotti, Peter Mitchell, Madonna, L. Moss, George P. Nicholas, Aidan O’Sullivan, Adrian Olivier, Pierre Pétrequin,Ruth Plets, Barbara, A. Purdy, Denis Ramseyer, Robert Sands, Jörg Schibler, Angela Schlumbaum, Gunter Schöbel, Robert Van de Noort, Wijnand A. B. Van der Sanden, Andreas Weller, Tony, J. Wilkinson, Yunfei Zheng

Contributors Guillermo Acosta Ochoa, Fabio Amador, Rani Alexander, Barbara Arroyo, Philip Arnold, Anthony Aveni, Jaime J. Awe, Christopher Beekman, Frances Berdan, George Bey, Ronald Bishop, Greg Borgstede, Richard Blanton, Jeffrey Blomster, Elizabeth Brumfiel, Marcello Canuto, David Carballo, Thomas H. Charlton, Arlen Chase, Diane Chase, Oswaldo Chinchilla, John Clark, Robert Cobean, George Cowgill, Annick Daneels Lori Boornazian Diel, Carrie Dennett, Christina Elson, Susan Evans, Gary Feinman, James Fitzsimmons, Patricia Fournier, Manuel Gandera, Sergio Gómez, Nikolai Grube, Dan Healan, John Henderson, Kenneth Hirth, Kathryn Hudson, Eduardo de Jesus Douglas, Rosemary Joyce, John Justeson, Douglas Kennett, Rex Koontz, Michael Love, Blanca Maldonado, Geoffrey McCafferty, Sherisse MaCafferty, Patricia McAnany, Emily McClung, Randall McGuire, Deborah L. Nichols, Michael Ohnersorgen, Shoshaunna Parks, Jeffrey Parsons, Dolores Piperno, Helen Pearlstein Pollard, Christopher Pool, Mary Pye, Michel Oudijk, John Pohl, Katheryn Reese-Taylor, F. Kent Reilly, Prudence Rice, William Ringle, Cynthia Robin, Eugenia Robinson, Nelly Robles, Robert M. Rosenswig, Silvia Salgado, Edward Schortman, Maëlle Sergheraert, Vernon Scarborough, Alfred Siemens, Bruce Smith, Michael Smith, Michael Spence, Travis William Stanton, Rebecca Storey, Saburo Sugiyama, Yoko Sugiura, Karl Taube, Emily Umberger, Patricia Urban, Javier Urcid, Marcie Venter, David Webster, E. Christian Wells, Jason Yaeger

Contributors Donald M. Bailey, Amin Benaissa, Katherine Blouin, Martin Bommas, Barbara E. Borg, Maria Cannata, Malcolm Choat, Paola Davoli, Mark Depauw, Jacco Dieleman, T. V. Evans, David Frankfurter, Jennifer Gates-Foster, Beatrix Gessler-Löhr, Matt Gibbs, Rudolf Haensch, Andrew Harker, Friederike Herklotz, Friedhelm Hoffmann, Andrea Jördens, Olaf E. Kaper, David Klotz, Adam Lajtar, Katja Lembke, Myrto Malouta, Martina Minas-Nerpel, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ian C. Rutherford, Sandra Sandri, Walter Scheidel, Martin Andreas Stadler, Molly Swetnam-Burland, Laurens Ernst (Rens) Tacoma, Gaëlle Tallet, László Török, Katelijn Vandorpe, Marjorie S. Venit, Arthur Verhoogt, T. G. Wilfong, Penelope Wilson, Christiane Zivie-Coche

Contributors Susan M. Alt, David G. Anderson, Robert L. Bettinger, John H. Blitz, Robert F. Boszhardt, Todd J. Braje, Claude Chapdelaine, Douglas K. Charles, Elizabeth S. Chilton, Richard R. Drass, Jelmer Eerkins, Thomas E. Emerson, Jon Erlandson, Judson Byrd Finley, Paul R. Fish, Suzanne K. Fish, Severin Fowles, Martin Gallivan, Guy Gibbon, Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, Robert L. Hall, Donald H. Holly, Jr., L Meghan C. L. Howey, Tristram R. Kidder, Adam King, Timothy A. Kohler, Stephen H. Lekson, Kent G. Lightfoot, Edward M. Luby, Herbert D. G. Maschner, Moira McCaffrey, Dale L. McElrath, Bernard K. Means, Barbara J. Mills, George R. Milner, Mark D. Mitchell, Christopher Morgan, Vergil E. Noble, Gerald A. Oetelaar, Scott G. Ortman, Robert W. Park, Timothy R. Pauketat, Deborah M. Pearsall, Peter N. Peregrine, Jennifer E. Perry, Anna Marie Prentiss, Asa R. Randall, Mark A. Rees, Kenneth E. Sassaman, Laura L. Scheiber, Stephen W. Silliman, James E. Snead, David Hurst Thomas, Christine S. VanPool, Todd L. VanPool, Mark D. Varien, Nicole Waguespack, Joe Watkins, Ronald F. Williamson, Gregory D. Wilson, Lisa Young, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Bridget M. Zavala

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The Oxford Handbook of PuBlic arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Robin Skeates, Durham University, Carol McDavid, Community Archaeology Research Institute, and John Carman, University of Birmingham

• Diverse contributions in the field of public archaeology from a variety of international contributors• An important source of debate and point of reference for seminar-based teaching and self- guided learning• Divided into four clear sections ranging from archaeological heritage and museum studies to key issues and debates affecting the practice of archaeology and the perception of archaeological remains in contemporary societies• Illustrated throughout

The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology seeks to reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology.

The Oxford Handbook of THe BrOnze aGe aeGeanEdited by Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University

• The definitive reference work for all scholars and students• Surveys archaeology, art and architecture, religion, trade, warfare, and other key aspects of the period

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 bc) and describes the most important debates and discussions within the discipline. Presented in four separate sections within the Handbook, the sixty-six commissioned articles cover topics ranging from chronological and geographical to thematic and site-specific.

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The Oxford Handbook of THe arcHaeOlOGy OF riTual and reliGiOn

Edited by Timothy Insoll, University of Manchester

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview by period and region of the relevant archaeological material in relation to theory, methodology, definition, and practice. The Handbook covers a global span—Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Americas—and reaches from the earliest prehistory (the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic) to modern times. In addition, chapters focus upon relevant themes, ranging from landscape to death, from taboo to water, from gender to rites of passage, from ritual to fasting and feasting. Written by over sixty specialists, renowned in their respective fields, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will serve both as a comprehensive introduction to its subject and as a stimulus to further research.

The Oxford Handbook of ancienT anaTOliaEdited by Sharon R. Steadman, SUNY Cortland and Gregory McMahon, University of New Hampshire

• Comprehensive profiles of little understood regions and periods • A concise guide to all the major ancient languages in Ancient Anatolia • Excellent overviews of some of the most important sites in Anatolia

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship in the 21st century. Anatolia is home to early complex societies and great empires, and was the destination of many migrants, visitors, and invaders. The offerings in this volume bring this reality to life as the chapters unfold nearly ten thousand years (ca. 10,000–323 b.c.e.) of peoples, languages, and diverse cultures who lived in or traversed Anatolia over these millennia. The contributors combine descriptions of current scholarship on important discussion and debates in Anatolian studies with new and cutting edge research for future directions of study.

Contributors Mick Aston, Kevin M. Bartoy, Marcia Bezerra, William E. Boyd, Jamie C. Brandon, Neil Brodie, John Carman, Dilip Chakrabarti, Robert C. Chidester, Tim Darvill, James M. Davidson, M. Elaine Franklin, Pedro Paolo Funari, David A. Gadsby, Mary-Catherine E. Garden, Roberta Gilchrist, Jane Grenville, Anders Gustafsson, Patrice L. Jeppson, Håkan Karlsson, Alice Beck Kehoe, Morag M. Kersel, Rachael Kiddey, Kristian Kristiansen, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Barbara J. Little, Carol McDavid, Fred McGhee, Jeanne Moe, Tim Murray, Michael Shakir Nassaney, Anthony Pace, Tim Phillips, Adrian Praetzellis, Margaret Purser, John Schofield, Robin Skeates, Laurajane Smith, Hilary Allester Soderland, Hedley Swain, Suzie Thomas, Stephen Trow, Emma Waterton, Joe Watkins

Contributors Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki, Stelios Andreou, Robin Barber, George F. Bass, Trevor Bryce, Brendan E. Burke, Bryan Burns, William Cavanagh, Anne Chapin, Eric H. Cline, Anastasia Dakouri-Hild, Jack L. Davis, Oliver Dickinson, Christos Doumas, Jan Driessen, Doniert G. Evely, Jeannette Forsén, Elizabeth French, Michael Galaty, Walter Gauss, Ioannis Georganas, Alan M. Greaves, Birgitta Hallager, Erik Hallager, Nicolle Hirschfeld, Louise Hitchcock, Peter Jablonka, Reinhard Jung, Vincenzo La Rosa, Robert Laffineur, Susan Lupack, Colin Macdonald, J. Alexander MacGillivray, Stuart W. Manning, Joseph Maran, Toula Marketou, Christopher Mee, James Muhly, Dimitri Nakassis, Thomas G. Palaima, William Parkinson, Jacke Phillips, Lefteris Platon, Cemal Pulak, Colin Renfrew, Jeremy Rutter, L. Hugh Sackett, Ilse Schoep, Joseph Shaw, Maria Shaw, Kim Shelton, Louise Steel, Helena Tomas, Peter Tomkins, Ioulia Tzonou, Lucia Vagnetti, Sofia Voutsaki, Judith Weingarten, Martha Wiencke, Assaf Yasur-Landau, John Younger

Contributors Anders Andren, Paul Bahn, Reinhard Bernbeck, Jenny Blain, Joanna Bruck, Aaron A. Burke, Roy L. Carlson, Timothy Clack, Robin Coningham, Chantal Conneller, Zoe Crossland, Karina Croucher, Bruno David, Michael Dietler, Chris Fowler, Paul Garwood, Amy Gazin-Schwartz, Olivier P. Gosselain, Gunnar Haaland, Randi Haaland, Yannis Hamilakis, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Charles Higham, Richard Hingley, Timothy Insoll, Tonno Jonuks, Jody Joy, Rosemary Joyce, Simon Kaner, Anders Kaliff, Julia Kindt, James Vernon Knight, Kevin Lane, Randall McGuire, Caroline Malone, Pierre de Maret, Nicky Milner, Kathleen Morrison, Sarah Milledge Nelson, Lukas Nickel, Terje Oestigard, Andrew Petersen, Paul Pettitt, Aleks Pluskowski, Daniel Potts, Neil Price, Jeffrey Quilter, Paul Rainbird, Tom Rasmussen, Colin Renfrew, Brian Robinson, Peter Roe, Chris Scarre, Michael J. Seymour, Michael E. Smith, Anna Stevens, Simon Stoddart, James F. Strange, Namita Sugandhi, Tim Taylor, Julian Thomas, Sam Turner, Marc Verhoeven, Martin Welch, David S. Whitley

Contributors Guillermo Algaze, Aslan, Richard H. Beal, Gary Beckman, Trevor Bryce, Gabriela Castro Gessner, Altan Çilingiro, Bleda S. Düring, Aslan, Marcella Frangipane, Kenneth W. Harl, Marie-Henriette Gates, Claudia Glatz, Peter Grave, Alan Greaves, Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., Harmanºah, Ian Hodder, Peter Jablonka, Lisa Kealhofer, Lori Khatchadourian, Fikri Kulakoðlu, Nicola Laneri, Catherine Marro, Roger Matthews, Timothy Matney, Gregory McMahon, H. Craig Melchert, Cécile Michel, A. Tuba Ökse, Sachihiro Omura, Özbal, Mihriban, Giulio Palumbi Karen Radner, Lynn Roller, Jacob Roodenberg, Michael Rosenberg, Mitchell Rothman, Antonio Sagona, G. Kenneth Sams, Klaus Schmidt, Ulf-Dietrich Schoop, Mark Schwartz, Jürgen Seeher, Sharon R. Steadman, Jason Ur, Theo van den Hout, Mary M. Voigt, Jak Yakar, Ilya Yakubovich, Paul Zimansky

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The Oxford Handbook of MariTiMe arcHaeOlOGy

Edited by Alexis Catsambis, Naval History and Heritage Command, Ben Ford, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Donny L. Hamilton, Texas A&M University, USA

• A past president of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Donny L. Hamilton is a leading figure and pioneer in the field• Will appeal to professional archaeologists as well as the diving community

The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology is a comprehensive survey of the field at a time when maritime archaeology has established itself as a mature branch of archaeology. This volume draws on the expertise of over fifty international scholars who examine the many distinct and universal aspects of the discipline.

The Oxford Handbook of anGlO-SaxOn arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Helena Hamerow, University of Oxford, David A. Hinton, University of Southampton, and Sally Crawford, Birmingham University

‘The most significant collection on the subject since david Wilson’s... a once-in-a-generation collection.’ Alex Burghart, Times Literary Supplement

Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence—settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. More recently, large-scale excavations both in towns and in the countryside, the application of computer methods to large bodies of data, new techniques for site identification such as remote sensing, and new dating methods have put archaeology at the forefront of Anglo-Saxon studies. This Handbook, written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, will both stimulate and support further investigation into those aspects of Anglo-Saxon life and culture. An essential resource for our understanding of a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history.



MaTerial culTure STudieSEdited by Dan Hicks, University of Oxford, and Mary C. Beaudry, Boston University

• Rich case studies, well illustrated, will stimulate both teaching and further enquiry• Comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography— an invaluable resource for all students and researchers

The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture Studies introduces and reviews current thinking in the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies. Drawing together approaches from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and science and technology studies, through twenty-eight specially commissioned essays by leading international researchers, the volume explores contemporary issues and debates in a series of themed sections —Disciplinary Perspectives, Material Practices, Objects and Humans, Landscapes and the Built Environment, and Studying Particular Things. From Coca-Cola, chimpanzees, artworks, and ceramics, to museums, cities, human bodies, and magical objects, the Handbook is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in materiality and the place of material objects in human social life, both past and present.


arcHaeOlOGyEdited by Barry Cunliffe, University of Oxford, Chris Gosden, University of Oxford, and Rosemary A. Joyce, University of California at Berkeley

‘an impressive group of performers... excellent... an even-handed approach is one of the strengths of this Handbook.’Clive Gamble, Times Literary Supplement

• Includes regional overviews of key regions of the world• Ranges across the history of archaeology, archaeological science, and ethics in archaeology

Archaeology is a vast subject—it is the study of human society everywhere in the world, from distant human origins 3–4 million years ago up to the present day. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology brings together over forty authors —all specialists in their own fields—to explain what archaeology is really about. This is one of the most comprehensive treatments of the subject and of the key debates ever attempted. It is designed to open up the world of archaeology to non-specialists and to provide an essential starting point for those who want to pursue particular topics in more depth.

Contributors G. Astill, M. Blackburn, J. Blair, B. Brugmann, J. Campbell, M. O. H. Carver, S. Esmonde Cleary, E. Coatsworth, S. Crawford, T. Dickinson, M. Gaimster, R. Gameson, M. Gardiner, M. Gelling, H. Gittos, C. Gosden, D. Griffiths, D. Hadley, R. A. Hall, H. Hamerow, R. Hedges, M. Henig, C. Hills, J. Hines, D. Hinton, D. Hooke, B. Hull, L. Laing, K. Leahy, C. Lee, C. Loveluck, S. Lucy, S. Marzinzik, L. Moffett, R. Morris, T. O’Connell, T. O’Connor, S. Oosthuizen, G. Owen-Crocker, T. Pestell, A. Pluskowski, A. Reynolds, J. D. Richards, C. Scull, S. Semple, N. Sykes, N. Stoodley, G. Thomas, K. Ulmschneider, L. Webster, M. Welch, H. Williams

Contributors Douglass W. Bailey, Mary C. Beaudry, Nicole Boivin, Victor Buchli, Ian Cook, Zoe Crossland, Michael Dietler, Roland Fletcher, Chris Fowler, Rodney Harrison, Lesley Head, Dan Hicks, Steve Hinchliffe, Kacy L. Hollenback, Tatyana Hulme, Andy Jones, Rosemary Joyce, Carl Knappett, John Law, Carl Lounsbury, Gavin Lucas, Lesley McFadyen, Lambros Malafouris, Hirokazu Miyazaki, Howard Morphy, Chandra Mukerji, Peter Pels, Andrew Pickering, Joshua Pollard, Robert St George, Michael B. Schiffer, Ann Stahl, Divya Tolia-Kelly, Nigel Thrift, Peter Tomkins, Sarah Whatmore

Contributors George F. Bass, Kroum N. Batchvarov, Vibeke Bischoff, Lucy Blue, Amy Borgens, Deborah N. Carlson, Filipe Castro, Arthur B. Cohn, Kevin Crisman, James P. Delgado, Joanne M. Dennis, Francisco C. Domingues, Dolores Elkin, Anton Englert, Antony Firth, Peter Fix, Ben Ford, Richard Furuta, Aniruddh S. Gaur, Robert Gearhart, Donny L. Hamilton, Fred Hocker, Robert L. Hohlfelder, Yaacov Kahanov, Margaret Leshikar-Denton, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, Thijs J. Maarleveld, Colin Martin, Paula Martin, Michael McCarthy, Carlos Monroy, Jason D. Moser, Robert S. Neyland, Søren Nielsen, John P. Oleson, Taras Pevny, Mark E. Polzer, Patrice Pomey, Rory Quinn, Jesse Ransley, Morten Ravn, Nathan Richards, Eric Rieth, Susan Rose, Timothy Runyan, Donald H. Sanders, Randy Sasaki, C. Wayne Smith, Fredrik Søreide, Mark Staniforth, J. Richard Steffy, Michael C. Tuttle, Chris Underwood, Hans K. Van Tilburg, Kamlesh H. Vora, Shelley Wachsmann, Bruno E. J. S. Werz, Christer Westerdahl

Contributors Harry Allen, Graeme Barker, Robin Boast, Cyprian Broodbank, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Charles R. Cobb, Barry Cunliffe, Terence N. D’Altroy, William Davies, Tim Denham, Richard Fullagar, P. P. Funari, Roberta Gilchrist, Chris Gosden, Lesley Head, Robert Hedges, Georgina Herrmann, Bryan C. Hood, Matthew H. Johnson, Andy Jones, Kristian Kristiansen, Li Liu, Gary Lock, Randall H. McGuire, Jonathan Marks, Yvonne Marshall, Peter Mitchell, Steven Mithen, Ian Morris, Stephanie Moser, S. Nelson, Paul Pettitt, Innocent Pikirayi, A. M. Pollard, Kathy Schick, Robin Skeates, E. Stovel, M. S. Tite, Nicholas Toth, Roger White, Jonathan Williams, A. Zarankin

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