Arkæologi

(Edward Stourton)From much-loved historian Neil Oliver, comes this beautifully written, kaleidoscopic history of a place with a story like no other. The British Isles, this archipelago of islands, is to Neil Oliver the best place in the world.

Viking Britain author Thomas Williams returns with a brief history of the interaction between the Vikings and the British to tell the story of the occupation of London.

Presents a highly illustrated discourse on the symbolism and role of recessed entranceways in religious and other public buildings from the Neolithic to the present time

The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe

Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you.

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative

Original edition published under title: Pompeii. London: Routledge, 2004.

Takes a fresh approach to the study of four related disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. This title argues that these four disciplines are concerned with exploring, interpreting and describing the worlds we inhabit and the ways we perceive them.

Examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art. Early interpreters seized fancifully on resemblances between figurines from different places, but contemporary practice rejects such interpretive leaps. Lesure argues for the necessity of comparison and offers a new analytical framework.

Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest of AD 43, as revealed by archaeological evidence.

Looks behind the aspects of archaeology such as the discovery and excavation of sites, the study of human remains and animal bones, radiocarbon dating, museums and 'heritage' displays, and reveals the methods used by archaeologists. This title also explains how the subject emerged from an amateur pursuit into a serious discipline.

The German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 16th century. It draws in material from Scandinavia to Normandy and from Scotland to Kent.

The Bronze Age represents an age of unprecedented social transformations in Europe and this book argues that much of this was informed by trade, travel and regional interaction. This important 2005 work integrates European and Classical archaeology to present a significant interpretation of the social development of prehistoric Europe.

A detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs, peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic systems, religion, and culture.

The work of archaeologists is central to our understanding of Mesopoptamia's past: this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the C19th to the present day.

From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology-from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today.In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, "e;I see wonderful things."e; Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall.Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Three Stones Make a Wall traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries, from Pompeii to Petra, Troy to the Terracotta Warriors, and Mycenae to Megiddo and Masada. Cline brings to life the personalities behind these digs, including Heinrich Schliemann, the former businessman who excavated Troy, and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries advanced our understanding of human origins. The discovery of the peoples and civilizations of the past is presented in vivid detail, from the Hittites and Minoans to the Inca, Aztec, and Moche. Along the way, the book addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found?Taking readers from the pioneering digs of the eighteenth century to the exciting new discoveries being made today, Three Stones Make a Wall is a lively and essential introduction to the story of archaeology.

Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly up-to-date book, Ronald Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression, and enduring cultural significance of paganism, from the Paleolithic Era to the coming of Christianity. He draws on an array of recently discovered evidence and shows how new findings have radically transformed understandings of belief and ritual in Britain before the arrival of organized religion.   Setting forth a chronological narrative, Hutton along the way makes side visits to explore specific locations of ancient pagan activity. He includes the well-known sacred sites—Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge, Maiden Castle, Anglesey—as well as more obscure locations across the mainland and coastal islands. In tireless pursuit of the elusive “why” of pagan behavior, Hutton astonishes with the breadth of his understanding of Britain’s deep past and inspires with the originality of his insights.

Time and the Other is a classic work that critically reexamined the relationship between anthropologists and their subjects and reoriented the approach literary critics, philosophers, and historians took to the study of humankind. Johannes Fabian challenges the assumption that anthropologists live in the "e;here and now,"e; that their subjects live in the "e;there and then,"e; and that the "e;other"e; exists in a time not contemporary with our own. He also pinpoints the emergence, transformation, and differentiation of a variety of uses of time in the history of anthropology that set specific parameters between power and inequality. In this edition, a new postscript by the author revisits popular conceptions of the "e;other"e; and the attempt to produce and represent knowledge of other(s).

This is the first monograph devoted solely to the ceramics of Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. The island was by then no longer divided into kingdoms but unified politically, first under Ptolemaic Egypt and later as a province in the Roman Empire. Submission to foreign rule was previously thought to have diluted - if not obliterated - the time-honoured distinctive Cypriot character. The ceramic evidence suggests otherwise.The distribution of local and imported pottery in Cyprus points to the existence of several regional exchange networks, a division that also seems reflected by other evidence. The similarities in material culture, exchange patterns and preferential practices are suggestive of a certain level of regional collective self-awareness.From the 1st century BC onwards, Cyprus became increasingly engulfed by mass produced and standardized ceramic fine wares, which seem ultimately to have put many of the indigenous makers of similar products out of business - or forced them to modify their output. Also, the ceramic record gradually became less diverse during the Roman Period than before - developments which we today might be inclined to view as symptoms of an early form of globalisation.

The Oxford Archaeological Unit carried out excavations at the Roman `small town' of Asthall, in advance of the construction of a Thames Water pipeline. The excavation located the axial Roman road through the settlement and a complex sequence of timber and stone structures which fronted onto the road were partially revealed.

En tidligere sø ved Alken Enge syd for Skanderborg gemmer på en af de største gåder fra oldtiden. I det nu tilgroede søbassin er der gennem årene fundet i tusindvis af menneskeknogler. Knoglerne har vist sig at stamme fra mænd, som deltog i et stort slag, der fandt sted omkring begyndelsen af vor tidsregning.På baggrund af nye arkæologiske undersøgelser giver denne bog et dybdegående indblik i fundene, stedet, den dramatiske begivenhed og de omfattende konsekvenser, den fik for nærområdet.Abstracts and captions in English.

Kom med på en rejse til forunderlige Gotland & Fårö. Du rejser i trygge hænder med historiker og rejseleder, Kathrine G. Bjerregaard, som guider dig til sine personlige favoritsteder på de smukke, svenske øer. Undervejs fortæller forfatteren medrivende historier fra øernes spændende fortid, som også er en del af Danmarkshistorien. I guidebogens 1. del, Gotlandske historier, fortæller forfatteren om Gotland og Fårös omskiftelige historie fra bronzealder til nutid, om den danske erobring af Gotland og tab af samme under Christian 4., om Asger Jorns fascination af en kirkes relieffer på det sydlige Gotland, om Sveriges første forfatter Petrus de Dacia, om Ingmar Bergmans kærlighed til Fårö, og om mange flere, som alle har sat deres præg på øerne gennem fredelige og mere urolige tider frem til i dag. I 2. del, Oplevelser på Gotland & Fårö, viser forfatteren vej til sine egne yndlingssteder rundt om på øerne. Steder som hun selv vender tilbage til år efter år. Hun viser blandt meget andet vej til den blå lagune på Gotlands Nordkyst, til Slite Strandby og fortæller om sine egne favoritstrande. Hun tager læseren med på en byvandring rundt til Visbys spektakulære kirkeruiner og tårnhøje middelalder- pakhuse og giver læseren en tur rundt om bymuren med de mange, høje tårne. Læseren får også tips om hvilke gotlandske specialiteter, der med fordel kan bringes hjem og hvor, læseren, finder dem. Guiden viser vej til gårdsalg, museer, kunstneratelierer, “loppis” og gourmetrestauranter. Læseren inviteres også med på trøffeljagt i de gotlandske skove og ind i Bergmans barske filmlandskaber oppe på Fårö, der ligger som prikken over i’et. Med En historikers personlige guide til Gotland & Fårö går du ikke glip af oplevelser på Gotland og Fårö, og du får samtidigt en gennemtestet guide til øernes seværdigheder, nutid og historie. Om forfatteren Kathrine G. Bjerregaard er cand. mag i historie og har gennem flere år været rejseleder på Gotland og Fårö. Undervejs har hun forlængst forelsket sig i øerne ude i Østersøen og det er den kærlighed, som videreformidles her i guidebogen.