4th November 2005, 10:25 PM
This thread is for the readers amongst us.What arch/related books have you read recently and what would you give it out of ten? To start you off;
1.The Emergence Of a Ruling Order:English Landed Society 1650-1750.Rosenheim.J.M.1998.Addison Wesley Longman.Harlow.
A cracking read-demographics,county identities,politics,cultural identity.Well researched-informative. 8 out of 10.
2.The Book of the Dead.Wallis- Budge.E.A.1999.Gramercy.New York.
Written by the keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the BM-published first in 1895.Simply magic! 100 out of 10.
3.Inside the Neolithic Mind.Lewis-Williams and Pearce.D.2005.Thames and Hudson.London.
Just started this one but I like it so far...marks to follow!
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4th November 2005, 11:57 PM
not to be picky, but I think the Book of the Dead was written by various unknown Ancient Egyptian authors and was translated by Budge...
been really difficult trying to think of arch related books I've read (rather than used as reference texts) even vaguely recently...may have to have a think and get back to you...
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6th November 2005, 12:16 PM
I really liked Francis Pryors Britain AD. It makes sense of a lot of the inconsistencies with old school migration theories vs. continuity when applied to real archaeology.
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6th November 2005, 01:30 PM
I'm sure troll has mentioned this before, but Tim Taylor
Buried Soulis fantastic if written in a slightly annoying way at times. Would give proper reference but a certain person, not mentioning any names but it begins with T, has still got my copy...
Catherine Blackledge
The Story of V. a great book. the cultural, archaeological and scientific history of the vagina.
and just to be fair, David Friedman
A Mind of Its Own: a cultural history of the penis 
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6th November 2005, 02:03 PM
Taylor T 2002. The buried soul: how humans invented death. London: Fourth Estate.
Yes, I've got that one on the go too. Good stuff. 9.10 (so far)
Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.
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6th November 2005, 06:13 PM
I'd certainly recommend the Archaeology of Language by Renfrew. Very interesting look at the whole business of language.
(I really have worked in the field)
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6th November 2005, 06:36 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by mercenary
I really liked Francis Pryors Britain AD. It makes sense of a lot of the inconsistencies with old school migration theories vs. continuity when applied to real archaeology.
Blimey - I knew that if I lived long enough I'd eventually find someone who likes it [:0]
Everyone else I know really panned it - said he should stick with prehistory where he has a bit of an idea what's going on}
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So, I've been put off reading it by all the bad reviews but might try it eventually as I found Britain BC and Seahenge were very readable and much of what he said seemed perfectly reasonable. Indeed, it was a bit like reading site reports from before the war, pleanty of prose and opinion (rather than interpretation) but flows really well
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6th November 2005, 06:48 PM
I also read Seahenge and liked it. This is saying something because I worked on the project and expected to find interpretations not quite supported by the archaeological evidence. Not a bit of it though.
