World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization introduces the range, history and significance of the archaeological collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. In 29 newly-commissioned essays written by a specialist team, the volume explores more than 136,000 artefacts from 145 countries, from the Stone Age to the modern period, and from England to Easter Island. Pioneering a new approach in museum studies, this landmark volume is an essential reference work for archaeologists around the world, and a unique introduction to the archaeological collections of one of the world’s most famous museums.

Table of Contents

1 Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum. Dan Hicks

I AFRICA: 2 Stone Age Sub-Saharan Africa. Peter Mitchell

3 Kenyan Stone Age: the Louis Leakey Collection. Ceri Shipton

4 Stone Age North Africa. Nick Barton

5 Egypt and Sudan: Mesolithic to Early Dynastic Period. Alice Stevenson

6 Egypt and Sudan: Old Kingdom to Late Period. Elizabeth Frood

7 Greco-Roman Egypt. Christina Riggs

8 Later Holocene Africa. Paul Lane

II EUROPE: 9 Palaeolithic Britain. Alison Roberts

10 Palaeolithic Continental Europe. Alison Roberts

11 Later Prehistoric and Roman Europe. Joshua Pollard and Dan Hicks

12 Post-Roman Europe. Eleanor Standley, Dan Hicks and Alice Forward

13 Oxfordshire. Matthew Nicholas and Dan Hicks

14 Neolithic and Bronze Age Malta and Italy. Simon Stoddart

15 The Aegean and Cyprus. Yannis Galanakis and Dan Hicks

16 Iron Age and Roman Italy. Zena Kamash, Lucy Shipley, Yannis Galanakis and Stella Skaltsa

III THE AMERICAS: 17 South America. Bill Sillar and Dan Hicks

18 Central America. Elizabeth Graham, Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson

19 The Caribbean. Dan Hicks and Jago Cooper

20 North America. Dan Hicks and Michael Petraglia

IV ASIA: 21 Asia and the Middle East. Dan Hicks

22 The Levant: Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Bill Finlayson

23 India and Sri Lanka. Dan Hicks, Michael Petraglia and Nicole Boivin

24 Japan. Alice Stevenson, Fumiko Ohinta and Simon Kaner

25 China. Lukas Nickel

26 Myanmar and Malaysia. Huw Barton

V OCEANIA: 27 Australia and Oceania. Dan Hicks

28 New Zealand. Yvonne Marshall

29 Easter Island and Pitcairn Island. Dan Hicks, Sue Hamilton, Mike Seager Thomas and Ruth Whitehouse

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