The most popular archaeology books of 2021

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 2021.

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Becoming Hopi A History
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Becoming Hopi A History

Wesley Bernardini, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Gregson Schachner, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma

Published 2021

650 pages

Tropical Arctic
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Tropical Arctic

Jennifer McElwain, Marlene Hill Donnelly, Ian Glasspool

Published 2021

152 pages

Eureka!
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Eureka!

Wenjia Tang, Jonathan Litton

Published 2021

72 pages

Slum Acts
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Slum Acts

Veena Das

2021 · 2022 edition

160 pages