The most popular archaeology books of 2020

Archaeology books tell the story of the past through what people left behind. Lost cities, tombs, shipwrecks and everyday objects reveal how ancient societies lived, traded and believed. Read about famous excavations, new discoveries and the methods that let us date a pot or read a ruin. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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First Steps
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First Steps

Jeremy DaSilva

Published 2020

320 pages

Our Troth
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Our Troth

Ben Waggoner

Published 2020

386 pages

Gariwerd
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Gariwerd

Benjamin Wilkie

Published 2020

148 pages

Royal Seals
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Royal Seals

Paul Dryburgh

2020 · 2023 edition

168 pages

Mundane Methods
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Mundane Methods

Helen Holmes, Sarah Marie Hall

Published 2020

312 pages