Method and Theory 1 Albania: An Archaeological Guide New from Oxbow Books By Oliver Gilkes Oliver Gilkes has considerable experience excavating Experimental Archaeology and Theory: Recent in Butrint and carrying out research at other Approaches to Archaeological Hypotheses Albanian sites and this book is clearly a labour of Edited by Frederick love. After providing essential background to the Foulds country’s history he selects 50 of the most interesting Experimental Archaeology sites, from Neolithic settlements and Bronze Age aims to bridge the gap in burial sites, to Classical towns and villas, medieval archaeology between churches, Venetian fortifications, and Communist empirical testing and era defence works. Plans are provided for all sites, humanistic approaches to and detailed instructions are provided to enable you understanding the material find them, particularly those that are off the beaten record. 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In the of studying the three-dimensional morphology of process he re-examines aspects of England’s story Acheulian handaxes to search for possible from the end of the last glacial period to the present. idiosyncratic indicators during the Lower Combining the personal with the academic and Palaeolithic. The papers reflect the continued reflecting on how and why archaeology goes about diversity of work that experimental archaeology is its business, the result is a fresh account of who we able to produce and show how experimentation can are and our relationship with Nature. 466p, b/w be integrated with theory to substantiate a variety illus (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2012) 9780297867838 Hb of hypotheses, whether validating information from £25.00, 9781780222448 Pb £9.99 written sources or testing the inferences of more Soviet Archaeology: Trends, Schools, and recent theoretical ideology. 144p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2013) 9781842177662 Pb £35.00 History By Leo S Klejn Re-Presenting the Past: Archaeology through Leo Klejn, an archaeologist active in Soviet Russia, Text and Image examines the peculiar phenomenon which was edited by Sheila Bonde and Stephen Houston Soviet archaeology, showing where it differs from The archaeological past exists Western archaeology and the archaeology of pre- for us through intermed- revolutionary Russia, and where it reveals iaries. 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The wider purpose and of nodes and links, as used in legacy of the European Textile Forum is as a network science and social network analysis, it foundation for the coming years. The basis for juxtaposes a range of case studies and investigates research and communication, with a market for the positives and negatives of network analysis. With exchanging tools and materials, means that each contributions by leading experts in the field, the participant can avoid individually ‘re-inventing