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1	Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist Here is the fifth edition of the bestselling introduction to archaeology, which has been adopted at hundreds of colleges and universities worldwide. It includes newly expanded summaries, coverage of all the most recent major developments in archaeological method, science, technology and theory, including gender archaeology, agency, materiality and ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £16.80! \| first editions
2	Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods and Practice more books like this by Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn add to wishlist An abridged version of the bestselling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it. see all copies from £17.45! new only from £27.73!
3	Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist In this book Colin Renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the Indo-European family of ancient languages, from Anatolia and Ancient Persia, across Europe and the Indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as Sinkiang in China. ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £23.05! \| first editions
4	Peer Polity Interaction and Socio-Political Change more books like this by Colin Renfrew, John F Cherry add to wishlist Thirteen leading archaeologists have contributed to this innovative study of the socio-political processes - notably imitation, competition, warfare, and the exchange of material goods and information - that can be observed within early complex societies, particularly those just emerging into statehood. The common aim is to explain the remarkable ... see all copies from £14.62! new only from £14.62!
5	Maritime Archaeology more books like this by Keith Muckelroy, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Clive Gamble (Editor) add to wishlist Archaeology has made enormous advances recently, both in volume of discoveries and in its character as an intellectual discipline; new techniques have helped to further the range and rigour of enquiry, and encouraged interdisciplinary communication. The aim of this series is to make available to a wider audience the results of these developments. ... see all copies from £13.09! new only from £27.98! \| first editions
6	The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City more books like this by Peter Harrison, Colin Renfrew (Foreword by), Jeremy A Sabloff (Foreword by) add to wishlist The Maya metropolis of Tikal was once one of the greatest cities in the world, its skyline dominated by huge temple-pyramids. In AD 750 over 100,000 people lived there, in the heart of the Guatemalan rainforest. But why did the city flourish? What does its history reveal about Maya civilization? And why did Tikal collapse? Drawing upon over 30 ... see all copies from £34.90! first editions
7	Production and Exchange of Stone Tools: Prehistoric Obsidian in the Aegean more books like this by Robin Torrence add to wishlist Originally published in 1986, the aim of this important study was to develop methods for reconstructing the processes of prehistoric exchange. Previous archaeological work had concentrated on mapping obsidian finds relative to source areas using trace-element analysis and on investigating the effect of trade on particular cultural groups. Dr ... see all copies from £19.13! new only from £19.13!
8	Virtual Archaeology more books like this by Maurizio Forte (Editor), Alberto Siliotti (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Foreword by) add to wishlist IN see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.92! \| first editions
9	Archaeology: The Key Concepts more books like this by Colin Renfrew (Editor), Paul Bahn (Editor) add to wishlist "Archaeology: The Key Concepts" is an invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of key ideas in archaeology and their impact on archaeological thinking and method. Entries include: * thinking about landscape. * archaeology of cult and religion. * cultural evolution. * concepts of time. * urban societies. * the Antiquity ... see all copies from £13.71! new only from £14.03!
10	The Archaeology of Shakespeare: The Meaterial Legacy of Shakespeare's Theatre more books like this by Jean Wilson, Colin Renfrew (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book uses illustrations of contemporary paintings, drawings, tomb sculptures and buildings to illuminate a discussion of Shakespeare's theatre, and to give an idea of how Shakespeare's contemporaries would have seen the setting, staging and costuming of his plays. see all copies from £5.73! new only from £54.05! \| first editions
11	Centuries of Darkness: A Challenge to the Conventional Chronology of Old World Archaeology more books like this by Peter James, Colin Renfrew (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from £28.66!
12 view cover	Becoming Human: Innovation in Prehistoric Material and Spiritual Culture more books like this by Colin Renfrew (Editor), Iain Morley (Editor) add to wishlist The Upper Palaeolithic era of Europe has left an abundance of evidence for symbolic activities, such as direct representations of animals and other features of the natural world, personal adornments, and elaborate burials, as well as other vestiges that are more abstract and cryptic. These behaviours are also exhibited by populations throughout ... see all copies from £16.63! new only from £16.63!
13 view cover	Figuring It Out more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? These questions were posed by Paul Gauguin in a famous canvas painted in Tahiti that heralded the beginning of the modernist era. But they are also the questions asked by modern prehistorians in their quest to reconstruct the human story. In Figuring It Out, Colin Renfrew investigates the ... see all copies from £9.59! new only from £9.59! \| first editions
14 view cover	Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes: The Archaeology of Public Buildings more books like this by Jerry D Moore, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Wendy Ashmore (Editor) add to wishlist In this innovative volume, Jerry D. Moore discusses public architecture in the context of the cultural, political and religious life of the pre-hispanic Andes. Archaeologists have invested enormous effort in excavating and documenting prehistoric buildings, but analytical approaches to architecture remain as yet undeveloped. Architecture and Power ... see all copies from £22.40! new only from £22.40!
15 view cover	The Archaeology of Contact in Settler Societies more books like this by Francoise Audouze (Editor), Cyprian Broodbank (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor) add to wishlist Several decades of research into the archaeology of contact in North America have laid the foundations for the global exploration of the archaeology of European colonization. It is significant, however, that archaeologists, unlike historians and geographers, have yet to develop a global account of contact and its consequences. This edited work ... see all copies from £23.03! new only from £23.03! \| first editions
16 view cover	Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records-which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to discussion, and even debate, the term "prehistory" itself, giving an incisive, concise, and lively survey of ... see all copies from £8.10! new only from £9.97!
17	The Encyclopedia of ancient civilizations more books like this by Arthur Cotterell add to wishlist see all copies from £4.10! new only from £17.02! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Ancient Mind more books like this by Colin Renfrew (Editor), Ezra B. Zubrow (Editor) add to wishlist One of the most troubling problems in archaeology is to determine the manner and content of prehistoric thought. A fundamental challenge is to develop the theory, methodology and tools to understand human cognition. Cognitive archaeology as a subject is still in its infancy, and archaeologists are adopting a variety of approaches. One direction ... see all copies from £13.71! new only from £25.18! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Cycladic spirit : masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris collection more books like this by Colin Renfrew, John Bigelow Taylor add to wishlist Between 2700 and 2400 B.C., ancient craftsman in the Cycladic Islands of Greece made marble figures of a level of abstraction and simplicity of form not to be seen again in art until the works of Brancusi and Modigliani in the 20th century. Author Colin Renfrew, the world's leading scholar on Cycladic culture, approaches his subject both as ... see all copies from £23.06! new only from £35.51! \| first editions
20 view cover	Prehistoric Farming in Europe more books like this by Graeme Barker, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Clive Gamble (Editor) add to wishlist Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a masterly account of prehistoric farming in Europe on a unique scale. He makes use of modern archaeological techniques to reconstruct the lives of prehistoric farmers in ... see all copies from £15.89! new only from £27.81!
21	Arqueologia - Teorias, Metodos y Practicas more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist see all copies from £88.91! new only from £88.91!
22 view cover	Kate Whiteford: Land Drawings/Installations/Excavations more books like this by Mr. Richard Cork, Colin Renfrew, Richard Nightingale add to wishlist Kate Whiteford is renowned for her approach to material, place and process, producing work from a variety of sources, from the traditional and enduring (such as her Corryvrechan Tapestry) to the unconventional and ephemeral (her land art in locations as diverse as Venice and Kenya), with the latter placing Whiteford within a lineage that recalls ... see all copies from £16.83! new only from £19.18!
23 view cover	Art and the Early Greek State more books like this by Michael Shanks, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Clive Gamble (Editor) add to wishlist Widely known as an innovative figure in contemporary archaeology, Michael Shanks has written a challenging contribution to recent debates on the emergence of the Greek city states in the first millennium BC. He interprets the art and archaeological remains of Korinth to elicit connections between new urban environments, foreign trade, warfare, and ... see all copies from £21.77! new only from £27.98!
24 view cover	Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology more books like this by Colin Renfrew add to wishlist Art historian Colin Renfrew, the director of Cambridge University's Illicit Antiquities Research Centre, forthrightly outlines the networks of business, government, and art world interests that have long made the sordid trade in plundered artifacts a profitable, and protected, game. see all copies from £4.36! new only from £16.35!
25 view cover	An Island Polity: The Archaeology of Exploitation in Melos more books like this by Colin Renfrew, J Malcolm Wagstaff (Editor) add to wishlist The case of Melos is relevant to the understanding of the processes of early state-formation and of the integration of small-scale societies into larger political units. see all copies from £20.14! new only from £20.14! \| first editions

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