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Favourite Archaeology book?

Last Post 11 May 2005 04:39 PM by SteveW. 6 Replies.

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SteveW

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11 May 2005 04:39 PM
Mine's got to be Michael Shanks: Classical Archaeology of Greece. For its ideas.

the_historian

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11 May 2005 05:37 PM
Mine would be the Handbook on 20th century Defences by Bernard Lowry, with Renfrew & Bahn's Archaeology; Theories, Methods & Practise a pretty tight second. Regards,Gordon http://freewebs.com/thehistoryvault/

fugue

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25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM
Sorry for resurecting an old thread, but I just noticed it and have just finished (re)reading the best archaeology book I am yet to come across. John Barrett's Fragments from Antiquity. Heavy going with lashings of theory, but a very rewarding read. Quite apart from being the best prehistory of wessex I've ever read, the subtly with which he re-examines evidence and gets to the core of the questions we ought to be asking is sublime. The only problem with the way he says we should refocus archaeology is that it takes someone with his level of critical preception to make it work. Jonathon Smith http://www.geocities.com/archchaos1/index.htm

Paul

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25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM
Gotta love fragments. Read it the first time and didn't have a clue what was going on! Read it again and suddenly everything clicked into place. Like you say though, its a bit of a one off don't think many people could do a similar study. Shame JB hasn't published much for a while- thought the cadbury castle report was a bit dissapointing- expecting great things of his forthcoming book!

fugue

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25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM
Indeed. Last time I spoke to him though (although it was over a year and a half ago) he did not seem to enthused by it. He was saying he was a spent force as far as making an impact upon the archaeological world went. I hope I just caught him when he was having an episode of writers block because the man has a lot worth while to say. Jonathon Smith http://www.geocities.com/archchaos1/index.htm

caitieod702

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25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM
One of the best books on egyptology i have read thus far is Kent Weeks- The Lost Tomb. Its funny and a page turner

the_historian

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25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM
Hi Caitie, Welcome to the forums! Glad you enjoyed the book. Regards,Gordon http://freewebs.com/thehistoryvault/ www.photobucket.com/albums/y20/Historian

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