Historical Archaeology

Examining Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman frontier of northern England from the fourth century into the Early Medieval period, this book investigates a late frontier in transition from an imperial border zone to incorporation into Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, using both archaeological and documentary evidence..

 While traditional archaeologies in the East Mediterranean have tended to be reductive in their approach to material culture and how it was produced, used, and exchanged, this book reviews current research on material culture, focusing on issues such as the biography of objects, inalienable possessi..

 While traditional archaeologies in the East Mediterranean have tended to be reductive in their approach to material culture and how it was produced, used, and exchanged, this book reviews current research on material culture, focusing on issues such as the biography of objects, inalienable possessi..

Modern Conflict and the Senses investigates the sensual worlds created by modern war, focusing on the sensorial responses embodied in and provoked by the materiality of conflict and its aftermath. The volume positions the industrialized nature of twentieth-century war as a unique cultural phenomenon..

The irreversible loss of monuments and sites is increasingly becoming one of the serious consequences of conflict. Post-Conflict Archaeology and Cultural Heritage draws together papers from archaeological and heritage professionals seeking positive and pragmatic ways to deal with conflict-damaged si..

The irreversible loss of monuments and sites is increasingly becoming one of the serious consequences of conflict. Post-Conflict Archaeology and Cultural Heritage draws together papers from archaeological and heritage professionals seeking positive and pragmatic ways to deal with conflict-damaged si..

The archaeology of the recent or contemporary past has grown fast during the last decade. This development has been concurrent with a broader popular, artistic and scholarly interest in modern ruins in general. Ruin Memories explores how the ruins of modernity are conceived and assigned cultural val..