Books in the Cambridge Studies in Archaeology series

Drawing on anthropological research conducted over three decades, this book examines the resistance strategies of the Araucanians to unite against the Spanish. Both theoretically and empirically informed, this fascinating account will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in the colonial history and ethnography of South America and colonial archaeology.

This study vividly reconstructs the material reality of workers' lives in some of the earliest centres of capitalism. With its interdisciplinary approach, it offers unique insights into factors determining class identity. Supported throughout by illustrations, tables and graphs, this is essential reading for historical archaeologists and social scientists.

What was daily life like in Italy between 6000 and 3500 BC? In this book, first published in 2007, John Robb brings together the archaeological evidence on a wide range of aspects of life in Neolithic Italy and surrounding regions. This book will appeal to graduates and professionals interested in European archaeology and prehistory.

An innovative application of theories of memory and material culture to an early historic society, this 2006 book uses the early medieval cemetery in Britain between 400-1100 AD as a rich and complex data set, addressing the commemorative functions of funerary ritual using archaeological remains as its evidence base.

This illuminating study examines the role of archaeology in the formation of the modern Japanese nation and the ways archaeological practice is shaped by national discourse. Exploring the close interrelationship between archaeology, society and modernity, it helps explain why we do archaeology in the way that we do.

In this innovative 2007 study, Sarah Tarlow shows how the archaeology of this period manifests a widespread and cross-cutting ethic of improvement, one of the most current concepts of eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain. Written primarily for archaeologists, this book will also be of interest to social historians and historical geographers.

This volume addresses the household as a process and as a conceptual and analytical means through which we can interpret social organization. Using detailed case studies from Neolithic Greece and drawing on contemporary social theory and thought, Souvatzi examines how the household is defined socially, culturally and historically.