Books published by University of London Institute of Archaeology

Memphis was one of the great melting pots of Mediterranean and African culture during the reigns of the heirs of Alexander and under the Roman Empire, a vibrant and complex community well after the end of the age of its ancient Pharaonic founders. This book looks at Memphis. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM that illustrates this material.

Offers an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones and teeth. This guide intends to highlight for beginners the main points on which identifications can be made on the bulk of bones and teeth from a small range of common Old World mammals.

This is a guide to the field identification and laboratory analysis of metallic slags found in archaeological sites.

Collection of research papers concerning ceramic and ceramic analysis for archaeologists.

Features records of 66 diplomas or fragments which provide evidence for the Roman military and legal world.

The original research papers in the volume provide a broad review of current approaches to the study of lithic technology from the Palaeolithic to the present.

Report of key survey of archaeological sites in the southern toe of Italy to discover Neolithic sites and documenting prehistoric trade in obsidian.

Final report of a key set of archaeological surveys in a previously unstudied area of eastern Iran by one of the pioneer archaeologists of this region.

This volume contains numerous studies of a medieval religious compound from rescue excavations conducted on the island of Iona, off the coast of Scotland

Papers from an important conference on zooarchaeology, reflecting state-of-the-art work on the study of human relationship to animals in ancient times

Presents a collation of the recorded finds of Roman coins on Indian soil. This book includes chapters on the historical significance of the scarcity of Roman finds, the absence of base metal issues in the early empire, the predominance of early imperial denarii, and the difference in composition between the Julio-Claudian gold and silver hoards.

Archaeobotanical studies encounter the carbonized grains of grasses, cultivated and wild, but the vast diversity of wild species that are potentially present has made identification of archaeological material fraught with difficulties. This volume provides a tool for mastering these difficulties.

Explores the evidence left by the use of axes on wooden beams and tools found in waterlogged archaeological sites dating over 2000 years old.

A collection of papers connecting theory and method of archaeology with related disciplines of neoecology, paleoecology, and environmental science.

A collection of research articles by European scholars assessing the state of environmental archaeology and its relationship to the field; along with discussions on how to present environmental issues in prehistory to the public.

Provides a collection of papers focusing on the links between archaeology and the study of geological sediments and soils.