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Based on the methodology of the Principal Components Analysis technique, Shepherd proposes a model which seeks directly to relate the mergence of Style I symbolism with the contemporary evolution of a form of pagan kingship in north-west europe, which developed in parallel with a late-Roman/early Mediaeval form of kingship in some areas, which ...

This volume includes a description, and the results, of a field survey in the Albegna Valley and Ager Cosanus area of southern Tuscany, focusing on evidence from the first millennium BC.

This work is dedicated to the after-life beliefs and mortuary practices of the ancient Aztecs. The ultimate aim is to establish how the Aztecs understood death and to define whether the individual's life shaped his/her afterlife destiny, to analyse the rites conducted around the deceased and to establish a precise picture of the different destinations where the dead were going. Ethno-historical, archaeological, iconographical and ethnological sources were used and alaysed.

A wide-ranging study on theories and research of the Mousterian in Europe written by Marcel Otte, and a series of regional studies written in collaboration with other specialists in the field.

Examination of the Chartier sites, two stratified campsites on Kisis Channel near Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan, with detailed analysis of the surface collctions, mainly consisting of flints.

The fossil record of the Far East has been the focus of debate and confusion since the discovery of Javanese and Chinese specimen at the end of the 19th century.

The study of the structural organisation of sites, and socio-economic inferences that can be made from it, has been popular in Palaeolithic archaeology.

A study of the morphological variation of the skull in children, taking into consideration their age, sex and geographical origin. Extensive research (761 skulls were studied) has resulted in an exhaustive report which clearly fills a long-standing gap in the study of human cranial development.

Studies of the Middle Palaeolithic in Northwestern Greece have relied heavily on evidence from rockshelter sites and a single open-air site, Asprochaliko. Papagianni's study aims to redress this and focuses on lithic assemblages recovered from open-air sites in the Epirus and Corfu areas.

The aim of this book is to provide a tool for western archaeologists in the form of an overview and to show the range of ceramics of the Volga-Don Steppe during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The pottery is kept at the Volgograd museum and stems from forty-four cemeteries. The catalogue concentrates on the Yamma and Catacomb cultures and includes pottery excavated up to 1991.

In-depth study of coinage minted in Theodosian times, in particular the AE2 produced AD 379-381 under Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I. This report analyses the circulation, supply and imitation of the AE2 and its distribution in Spain.

This piece of research seeks to highlight and test a series of models for social, political, economic and settlement change in southern Mesoamerica.

A detailed study, based on a doctoral thesis, of the use of stone from the 7th to 3rd millennium BP in the region of Pais Valenciano along the east coast of Spain. The author looks at the history of investigation, the typology of stone artefacts, petrology, the acquisition of suitable raw materials, the production of objects and their function.

This study of change and continuity in the Central sierras of Argentina examines the affects of contact between the indigenous population and colonising Spaniards, at the end of the sixteenth century.

A detailed investigation of the reliability of marine shell for radiocarbon dating New Zealand, which compares paired charcoal and marine shell radiocarbon ages from archaeological sites, specifically excavated for this study, and from already dated deposits.

An innovative approach to the study of diet among the Minoans on Crete, combining archaeological, demographic and skeletal evidence with biochemical analysis of samples from excavations. In this study, Riley takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of cereals, olives and fish, the three main staple foods of the ancient diet.

'Squared limestone and basalt blocks of enormous size pave the approach to it, reliefs of lions and sphinxes surround its exterior, rows of lions in protome standing more than two metres high once formed the facades..' - the great Iron Age temple of 'Ain Dara is one of the most striking monuments of northern Syria.

This report includes evidence from the pre-Roman (Iron Age II) period in the region of Segovia based on fieldwork carried out in the 1980s. It brings together information from various museum collections, with an investigation of archaeological sites of this period and a detailed excavation project in the castle square of Cuellar.

Subtitled An ethnoarchaeologica; study of pottery production, trade and use in the Andes', this study explores the role of pottery within the wider cultural setting of present-day Andean society. Sillar shows that economic, social and ritual aspects of Andean society are completely interrelated, equiring archaeology to widen its scope.

A specialised study, based on the author's thesis, of Bronze Age jewellery found in burial contexts on mainland Greece and Crete. Konstantinidi looks at the technology and craftmanship involved in the production of jewellery before presenting a typology and catalogue of examples: head, hair and neck ornaments; arm/hand ornaments.

A study of the Beaker phenomenon in the Central Meseta of the Iberian peninsula based on the author's doctoral thesis. Following an introduction to the history of investigation into the Beaker period, Garrido-Pena looks at the sites and their characteristics, tomb types, human remains, grave goods and funerary ritual.