(Part 2) Best products from r/Archaeology

Masks of Exploit: Göbekli Tepe & Pillars of the Pharaoh System

At the heartland of Mesopotamia, today’s Republic of Turkey, an astounding discovery of the world's first temple was made, rewriting history of human civilization. Before agriculture, pottery and the wheel... 7,000 years older than the Giza Pyramids... 7,500 years older and 50 times larger than the Stonehenge. We have a great opportunity to look into its secrets because it was intentionally buried and preserved.

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In terms of actual archaeological theory (as in, not methods, techniques and practice) I'd agree absolutely - easily the best text on archaeological theory available, and damned comprehensive too.

Having called the OP lazy above, I will say that if OP is looking more for method and practice (and not theory) then Renfrew and Bahn's Archaeological Theories, Methods and Practice is probably the best overall reader available.

> The Last Days of St Pierre, The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed Thirty Thousand Lives, by Ernest Zebrowski Jr, 2002.

Awesome! Thanks so much. Was easy to find on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-St-Pierre-Volcanic/dp/0813530415

I'll check it out, thanks again!

This is the perfect book for you: What This Awl Means. Now before you pre-judge feminist theory is not what you think it is in archaeology. It's a form of epistemology that forms around the perspective of the owner of the remains. In this and other forms of this thought they take the medium of fictional reconstructions of day to day like.

Now this example uses a broad timeline IIRC but you'll get a good understanding of what culture was like for early technology users.

You might enjoy a little book that a lot of archaeologists have on the shelf; although it's meant to be funny and sort of aimed at younger readers, it also is full of good archaeological examples of how things can be (mis)interpreted.

Motel of the Mysteries

An oldie but a goodie. Not too technical, some neat pictures, it's a good read.

I'd definitely recommend Madonna Moss's "Northwest Coast Archaeology as Deep History". It's fairly recent (2011), is an easy read, and would point you deeper into the literature. It's available as a paperback (despite what Amazon says) or as an e-book, the latter is only 10$ I think.

Also, The Midden, which is the newsletter of the Archaeological Society of BC has recently gone digital and open access. Link..

>There is no record of pharaohs being interred in either of the three main pyramids, nor hieroglyphic inscriptions other than the ones the builders used as markers.

We have a large sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid. We do not believe the pyramid texts existed in their final form yet. The royal burials at Abydos of the earlier dynasties include very little writing as well. I suppose I would ask, why is text important to you?

We have the adjacent burials of queens (in minor pyramids), nobility, and high officials; why would they choose to be interred in a place not near their king?

We have the link of the jubilee/hebsed track that show that pharaohs were the ones to symbolically use the space alloted for that purpose at the Djoser pyramid, one constructed right before those we are discussing. (check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed_festival)

I will recommend to you [Verner's] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Pyramids-Mystery-Culture-Monuments/dp/0802139353/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333065397&sr=1-1) and Lehner's for layman-friendly reading on the topic.

Maybe not terribly helpful or the most pertinent in this case but D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a must for those not already familiar with the origins of the Greek myths and looking to get the basic understanding of them. It was our first required reading for my Greek Myth college course and could be helpful if you chance an encounter with anything referring to them.

I really liked The Greek Stones Speak. It was one of the books we used in a Classical Archaeology class that I took. The book is a scholarly, yet accessible and entertaining read.

Nikon D200 It's great for doing RTI, viewsheds, Gigapans, you name it.

These are amazing photos! That fourth one reminds me of the cover of the book Finders Keepers.

The Human Career is a good one as well as Principles of Human Evolution

For artefacts, this is the gold standard. Shading conventions are fairly standard and that covers them by artefact type, along with the actual drawing.

Minimally you will need a fine-pointed compass, archival pens (I use 005, 01 and 03, or .20, .25 and .35mm respectively), and an archival material to draw on. Depending on what you are drawing, other tools may also be necessary. It is also wise to do a draft in pencil before inking a final version, so it helps to do the final on something semi-transparent (e.g. Mylar drafting film) to allow you to trace through it.

I excavated this site. It was probably some of the coolest archaeology I've ever done.

There's a book out about it that is really quite good.


The Axe by the way, is not anywhere close to the coolest thing about the site. The settlement patterns, and what they tells us about aggregation, fission, and Wendat group dynamics is ridiculously cool.

https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Caesars-Bonechi-Travel-Guides/dp/8872042208


I'm pretty sure that's it. Maybe a reissue of the one I have. Mines from the late 70s or early 80s with a slightly different cover. Theres lots of photos of that particular model as well as photos of ruins and other models. It's about 75% -80% colour prints and 25% text

There is a book I have on my library list, that as soon as I finish with this book I am working on, I very much want to spend time with, Studies in Ancient Technology: Metallurgy in Antiquity - Copper and Bronze, Tin, Arsenic, Antimony and Iron (Vol 9) by Forbes](http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Ancient-Technology-Metallurgy-Antiquity/dp/9004034870/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=279OH0HZGJQ7V&coliid=I3U18ZPVGITLNC). There might be some info in it that could help you.