American Archaeology: Tracing the Roots of the New World
Dive into the fascinating archaeological findings across the Americas with our American Archaeology selection. These works explore the indigenous societies and ancient cultures of North and South America.
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Space and Communal Agency in Pre-Modern Societies
Full Price: $95.00
Discount Price: $76.00
ISBN: 9798888571934
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Explores the relationship between built environments, collective identities and political agency and the potential conflicts arising from competing or alternative social uses of the space, with case studies from ancient Egypt, Neo-Assyrian Nimrud and Hellenistic cities through Africa to the American south-west, Mexico, Peru and Southeast Asia.
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
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ISBN: 9781785700873
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
First comprehensive overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest of North America c. 700–1100 CE..
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9789464270785
Pub Date: 2024-04-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
402 Pages
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships,...
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781785706240
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
168 Pages
Thorough examination of activities at three major quarries used in the Archaic and Woodland periods.
Artifacts of Mourning
Archaeology of the Historic Burial Ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9798888571101
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
152 Pages
Fascinating account of the artifacts from excavation of over 500 burials unexpectedly discovered during development work associated with the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Explanations in Iconography
Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9798888570425
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Explores the rich, enticing field of American Indian iconography, looking at a wide variety of artefacts and traditions from several ancient American Indian cultures..
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781789259292
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Offers new insights into the wide-ranging temporal and geographical evidence for rituals in Eastern North America..
Transforming the Landscape
Rock Art and the Mississippian Cosmos
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785706288
Pub Date: 2018-04-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages
This new synthesis focuses on the widespread use of cosmograms in the vast repertoire of Mississippian rock art imagery, yielding new insights on ancient concepts of landscape, nature, ceremonialism, religion, and a more comprehensive perspective on Mississippian symbolism..
Space and Communal Agency in Pre-Modern Societies
Full Price: $95.00
Discount Price: $76.00
ISBN: 9798888571934
Pub Date: 2025-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
352 Pages
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
Full Price: $39.95
Discount Price: $31.95
ISBN: 9781785700873
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9789464270785
Pub Date: 2024-04-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
402 Pages
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781785706240
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
168 Pages
Artifacts of Mourning
Archaeology of the Historic Burial Ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9798888571101
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
152 Pages
Explanations in Iconography
Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9798888570425
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781789259292
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Transforming the Landscape
Rock Art and the Mississippian Cosmos
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785706288
Pub Date: 2018-04-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages