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Adams: Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality: A Dialectical Approach to Artifact Classification and Sorting. Paperback
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  • Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality: A Dialectical Approach to Artifact Classification and Sorting
  • Ernest W. Adams and William Y. Adams 2007
  • Paperback, 452 pages, 11 b/w illus. 10 tables, 228 x 152 mm
  • a study of the various ways in which field archaeologists set about making and using classifications to meet a variety of practical needs. The authors first discuss how humans form concepts. They then describe and analyse in detail a specific example of an archaeological classification, and go on to consider what theoretical generalizations can be derived from the study of actual in-use classifications
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Akkermans: The Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000 - 300 BC). Paperback
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  • Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000–300 BC). Paperback
  • by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz. 486 pages, 112 line diagrams, 79 half-tones, 13 maps. 2004. This is the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC.

Alberti, Politis: Archaeology in Latin America. Paperback
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  • Archaeology in Latin America. Paperback
  • Ben Alberti, Benjamin Alberti, Gustavo G. Politis, editors
  • 285 pages, tables, figures, maps. 1999, 2004. The first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by archaeologists native to the region, making their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

Alcock, Dyke: Archaeologies of Memory.
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  • Archaeologies of Memory.
  • Edited by Ruth van Dyke and Susan Alcock
  • 256 pages, 20 illustrations. 2003. A unique collection of newly written essays by archaeologists working in a variety of contexts and geographical areas, Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text that presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies.

Alcock: Classical Archaeology. Paperback
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  • Classical Archaeology. Paperback
  • Edited by Susan Alcock and Robin Osborne
  • 416 pages, 88 illustrations. 2007. This book engagingly introduces students of archaeology, ancient history and classics to current themes in the archaeology of the Greek and Roman world.

Alcock: Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Paperback
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  • Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Paperback
  • Edited by Susan E. Alcock, Terence N. D’Altroy, Kathleen D. Morrison, Carla M. Sinopoli
  • 546 pages. 2009. Scholars in anthropology, archaeology, history, and classics discuss empires from Central and South America, Europe, the East, and China

Aldhouse Green: An Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe
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  • Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe.
  • Miranda Aldhouse Green
  • 304 pages, 42 line figures, 71 photos. 2004. Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400 and investigates the various meanings with which images may have been imbued.

Allchin: A Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover
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  • Source-book of Indian Archaeology. Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover
  • edited by F.R. Allchin & Dilip K. Chakrabarti
  • vii, 291 pages

Allchin: Living Traditions: Studies in the Ethnoarchaeology of South Asia. Cloth
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  • Living Traditions: Studies in the Ethnoarchaeology of South Asia. Cloth. 16x24,5cm. 
  • by Bridget Allchin, editor
  • 391 pages, index, numerous maps, line drawings, photo's. 1995. This work is the result of a symposium held on the ethnoarchaeology of the Indian subcontinent. It consists of 19 papers by archaeologists and anthropologists from Europe, Pakistan, India and the USA who have used modern local practices to shed new light on their material.

Anderson: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Revised edition. Paperback
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  • Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. 2nd edition. Paperback
  • Benedict Anderson. xv, 240 pages, with bibliography and index. Revised edition, 2006

Andrefsky: Lithic Technology. Measures of Production, Use and Curation. Hardcover
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  • Lithic Technology. Measures of Production, Use and Curation. Hardcover
    William Andrefsky
  • 366 pages. 2008. The life history of stone tools is intimately linked to tool production, use, and maintenance.
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Andrefsky: Lithics. Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. 2nd Edition. Paperback
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  • Lithics. Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. 2nd Edition. Paperback
  • William Andrefsky, Jr.
  • 306 pages, 103 line diagrams, 36 tables. 2005. This highly illustrated book explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. An extensive and expanded glossary makes this book an invaluable reference for archaeologists at all levels.

Anthony: The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Cloth
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  • Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Cloth
  • David W. Anthony
  • 566 pages. 3 halftones, 86 line illustrations, 16 tables, 25 maps. 2007. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries, the source of the Indo-European languages and English, and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past...

Anthony: The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Paperback
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  • Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Paperback
  • David W. Anthony
  • 566 pages. 3 halftones, 86 line illustrations, 16 tables, 25 maps. 2010.
  • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries, the source of the Indo-European languages and English, and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past...
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Arnold: Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process. Paperback.
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  • Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process. Paperback
  • Dean E. Arnold. xi, 268 pages, many maps and other illustrations. 1988. This much-praised book aims to develop a theory of ceramics which will elucidate the complex relationship between ceramics and culture and society.

Aubet: The Phoenicians and the West. Politics, Colonies, and Trade. Second edition. Paperback
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  • Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies, and Trade. Second edition. Paperback
  • by Maria Eugenia Aubet
  • 432 pages, 106 figures, 3 tables. 2001. Between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the Phoenicians established the first trading system in the Mediterranean basin, from their homeland, in what is now Lebanon, to colonies in Cyprus, Tunisia, Sicily, Sardinia and southern Spain

Aufderheide: The Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback
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  • Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback
  • Arthur C. Aufderheide
  • 626 pages, 17 line diagrams 328 half-tones 6 colour plates. 2002. The fact that bodies decay after death has concerned humans throughout the ages. Many cultures have attempted to arrest this decay, so that bodies are preserved (or mummified) in a state as near to life as possible, but spontaneously mummified bodies are also found.

Ayala: Human Evolution: Trails from the Past. Paperback
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  • Human Evolution: Trails from the Past
  • Ayala, Francisco Jose, Cela-Conde, Camilo J.
  • Paperback, 448 pages, 101 line illustrations, 162 half tones, 246 x 189 mm. suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on human evolution within departments of biology, anthropology, psychology and philosophy. The book will also appeal to a more general audience seeking a readable, up-to-date and inclusive treatment of human origins and evolution.
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Bahn: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art. Cloth

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  • Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art. Cloth. ca. 25x20 cm
  • Paul G. Bahn, Foreword by Desmond Morris
  • 334 pages, 164 colour plates. 1997. The book offers the first detailed account of how the world of scholarship became aware of the existence of prehistoric art, reproducing the very earliest drawings by explorers and surveyors from the 1600s onwards to create a unique pictorial as well as discursive resource.

Bailey: Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic. Paperback.
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  • Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic. Paperback.
  • by Douglass Bailey
  • 256 pages, 35 line drawings, 3 maps, 33 half tones. 2005. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields of visual culture studies and cultural anthropology, and investigates the ways in which representations of human bodies were used by the pre-historic people to understand their own identities, to negotiate relationships and to make subtle political points.

Ballard: Archaeological Oceanography. Hardcover
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  • Archaeological Oceanography. Hardcover
  • edited by Robert D. Ballard
  • x, 283 pages. 170 color and 8 line illustrations. 2008. This book describes the latest advances that enable researchers to probe the secrets of the deep ocean, and the vital contributions these advances offer to archaeology and fields like maritime history and anthropology.

Balme, Paterson: Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses. Paperback
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  • Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses. Paperback
  • Edited by Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson
  • 464 pages, 149 illustrations. 2005

Bard: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Paperback
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  • Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Paperback
  • Kathryn Bard. 424 pages, 153 illustrations. 2007. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt is a comprehensive overview of Egyptian archaeology skillfully organized to guide the reader from Egypt's prehistoric past through the pharaonic dynasties and the Greco-Roman Period

Barker: Chambered Tombs of South-West Wales. Paperback
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  • Chambered Tombs of South-West Wales. Paperback. 21x29cm
  • Christopher Thompson Barker
  • 88 pages, 71 figures, 9 plates, bibliography. 1992

Barker: Techniques of Archaeological Excavation. Third edition, fully revised
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  • Techniques of Archaeological Excavation. Third edition, fully revised. Ca. 19x24 cm
  • Philip Barker
  • 288 pages, with glossary, bibliography, index, 95 line drawings and 42 photos. 1993

Barker: The Archaeology of Drylands. Hardback.
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  • Archaeology of Drylands. Living at the margin. Hardback
  • Graeme Barker and David Gilbertson, editors
  • 372 pages, about 100 figures, 21 tables, index. 2000. The chapters in this book discuss successes and failures of past land use and settlement in drylands, and contribute to wider debates about desertification and the sustainability of dryland settlement

Bellah: Religion in Human Evolution : From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age. Cloth
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  • Religion in Human Evolution : From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age.
  • Robert N. Bellah 2011. Hardback, 784 pages, 235 x 162 mm. Deploying the latest findings in biology, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, he traces the expansion of these cultural capacities from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (roughly, the first millennium BCE), when individuals and groups in the Old World challenged the norms and beliefs of class societies ruled by kings and aristocracies. These religious prophets and renouncers never succeeded in founding their alternative utopias, but they left a heritage of criticism that would not be quenched. Bellah's treatment of the four great civilizations of the Axial Age--in ancient Israel, Greece, China, and India--shows all existing religions, both prophetic and mystic, to be rooted in the evolutionary story he tells.
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Benjamin: Stones and Stories. An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible. Paperback
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  • Stones and Stories. An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible
  • Don C. Benjamin 2008
  • Paperback, 400 pages, illustrations, 235 x 177 mm
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Bennett: The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics. Paperback
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  • The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics.
  • Tony Bennett 1995
  • Paperback, 288 pages, 26 b&w photos, 234 x 156 mm
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Benvenisti: Sacred Landscape: Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948. Paperback
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  • Sacred Landscape: Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948. Paperback
  • by Meron Benvenisti
  • 2001

Bercht: Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Paperback
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  • Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Paperback
  • edited by Fatima Bercht, Estrellita Brodsky, John Alan Farmer and DiceyTaylor
  • 189 pages. 1998

Berendsen: Landschap in delen. Paperback
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  • Landschap in delen. Overzicht van de geofactoren. Paperback
  • H.J.A. Berendsen. 352 pagina's. 2005. Studentenprijs

Berger: In the Footsteps of Eve: The Mystery of Human Origins. Cloth
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  • In the Footsteps of Eve: The Mystery of Human Origins.
  • by Berger, Lee R. / Hilton-Barber, Brett
  • 325 pages, illustrated, index, bibliography. 2000. Argues that the discovery of one hundred thousand-year-old fossilized human footprints places the origin of human beings in southern Africa instead of the previously postulated eastern Africa.

Biers: The Archaeology of Greece. An introduction. Second edition. Paperback
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  • Archaeology of Greece. An introduction. Second edition. Paperback
  • by William R. Biers. 350 pages, text illustrations, maps, 12 colour plates. 1996

Binford: In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Record. New edition
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  • In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Record. With a New Afterword
  • by Lewis Roberts Binford
  • 260 pages. 2002

Bintliff: A Companion to Archaeology. Paperback
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  • Blackwell Companion to Archaeology. Paperback
  • By John Bintliff. 568 pages, 56 illustrations. 2006

Bintliff: The Death of Archaeological Theory? Pb
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  • The Death of Archaeological Theory?
  • Bintliff & Pearce 2011. Paperback, 96 pages, 9 b/w illus., 193 x 127 mm.
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Blake: The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory. Paperback
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  • Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory. Paperback
  • Edited by Emma Blake and A. Bernard Knapp
  • 352 pages, 17 illustrations. 2004. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork.

Blench: The Origins and Development of African Livestock. archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography. Hardback
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  • Origins and Development of African Livestock. archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography. Hardback.
  • Roger M. Blench & Kevin C. MacDonald, editors
  • 546 pages, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index. 2000. An examination of the origins, development and present situation of African domestic animals. The book synthesizes what archaeology and archaeozoology can tell us about prehistoric domestic animals in Africa, their distribution and physical characteristics

Bodel: Epigraphic Evidence. Ancient history from inscriptions. Paperback
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  • Epigraphic Evidence. Ancient history from inscriptions. Paperback
  • edited by John Bodel
  • 272 pages. 2001. This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics

Bourriau: Understanding Catastrophe: Its Impact on Life on Earth. Cloth
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  • Understanding Catastrophe: Its Impact on Life on Earth. Cloth
  • Bourriau: editor. Introduction: Geoffrey Lloyd
  • 219 pages, index, illustrations. 1992. Supernovae and stellar catastrophe. Kirshner; The extinction of the dinosaurs Alvarez and Asaro; Darwin and catastrophism Rudwick; Evolution and catastrophe theory Zeeman;  Earthquakes Vita-Finzi; Storms and cyclones Cook; Famine in history Garnsey; The case of consumption Porter; Index

Bowden: Unravelling the Landscape. An inquisitive approach to archaeology. Paperback
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  • Unravelling the Landscape. An inquisitive approach to archaeology. Paperback
  • Mark Bowden
  • 224 pages, 88 illustrations, 22 colour plates, 6 case studies. 1999. Referring to recent surveys by the staff of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and their colleagues, Bowden dispels the myths that survey is too complex and difficult, or that it is only a second-best

Boyd, Silk: How Humans Evolved. 5th edition. Paperback
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  • How Humans Evolved. 5th edition. Paperback
  • by Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk. xxv, 514 pages. 2009. The updated Fifth edition includes stronger coverage of genetics, streamlined coverage of primates, and the best of current research.

Bradley: An Archaeology of Natural Places. Paperback
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  • Archaeology of Natural Places. Paperback
  • Richard Bradley
  • 177 pages, 34 line drawings, 15 photos, tables, bibliography, notes. 2000. This work extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management

Bradley: Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe. Paperback
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  • Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe. Paperback
  • Richard Bradley
  • xiv, 234 pages, 2 tables, ca. 80 line drawings. 2005. This study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, which were all ritualized in prehistoric Europe.

Bradley: Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land. Paperback
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  • Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land. Paperback
  • by Richard Bradley
  • 296 pages, 58 drawings, 40 photos. 1997. Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist.

Bradley: The Significance of Monuments. On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe. Paperback
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  • Significance of Monuments. On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe. Paperback
  • by Richard Bradley
  • 192 pages, 46 figures, 6 maps. 1998. The text studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to over 6000 years later. Part one discusses how monuments first developed, and part two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society.

Breglia: Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage. Paperback
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  • Monumental Ambivalence: The Politics of Heritage. Paperback
  • by Lisa Breglia
  • xii, 242 pages. 2006

Brody: Illicit Antiquities: The theft of culture and the extinction of archaeology. Hardback
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  • Illicit Antiquities: The theft of culture and the extinction of archaeology. Hardback
  • Neil Brodie and Kathryn Walker Tubb, editors
  • 320 pages, 11 line figures, 19 photo's. 2001. The exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain is a serious problem worldwide. In peace and during wartime archaeological sites and cultural institutions, both on land and underwater, are attacked and their contents robbed for sale on an international 'antiquities' market.

Broodbank: An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades. Paperback.
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  • Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades. Paperback
  • Cyprian Broodbank
  • xx, 414 pages, with 15 line diagrams, 71 half-tones, 14 tables, 14 graphs, 97 maps, references and index. 2002. Broodbank presents the first modern analysis of Cycladic culture, tracing the development of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies in these islands from first colonisation through to incorporation, three millennia later, in the world system of the Minoan palaces and the wider Near East.