 | Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice by Colin Renfrew
Buy used from: £4.60 The best all round introduction. The index really needs to be used as the structure can make it difficult to find what you're looking for.
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 | Pottery in Archaeology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) by Clive Orton
Buy new: £24.43 / Used from: £23.00 We all have to know about pottery, this is the book. In depth but very accessible.
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 | Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) by William Andrefsky Jr
Buy new: £22.36 / Used from: £19.53 Not bedtime reading by any stretch but extremely useful reference book.
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 | The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Richard Bradley
Buy new: £13.79 / Used from: £12.74 The most upto date readable account of current knowledge of British and Irish prehistory.
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 | Understanding the Neolithic by Julian Thomas
Buy new: £21.19 / Used from: £19.00 Modern theoretical approach to the Neolithic. Only just started reading this but I love it.
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 | Air Photo Interpretation for Archaeologists by D.R. Wilson
Buy new: £13.13 / Used from: £10.50 Excellent detail, accessible and beautifully illustrated.
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 | Unravelling the Landscape: Inquisitive Approach to Archaeology by Mark Bowden
Buy new: £11.88 / Used from: £8.45 If lumps and bumps are your thing, then this is the book for you. Great introduction to identification and recording of landscape features.
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 | Archaeological Theory: An Introduction by Matthew Johnson
Buy new: £17.79 / Used from: £13.00 The most accessible introduction to theory. A good starting point for post-processual archaeologies rather than a history of theory.
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 | A History of Archaeological Thought by Bruce G. Trigger
Buy new: £16.81 / Used from: £15.28 And this deals with the whole range of theory but mainly from an Anglo-American viewpoint. As the title implies, more of a history of the subject rather than a theory textbook.
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 | Archaeology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
Buy new: £12.70 / Used from: £10.00 Probably the most useful book you'll find on theoretical and other concepts. Short overviews that give you a basic working understanding. Essential.
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 | In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Record by LR Binford
Buy new: £17.05 / Used from: £10.75 Binford's readable work gives a great background to why ethnoarchaeology can be useful.
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 | The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies by Chris Scarre
Buy used from: £16.94 World prehistory from the very beginnings of the human species. Excellent introduction to our origins.
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 | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Timothy Darvill
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £1.50 Handy to have by your side when you're reading new material.
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