Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis
Arleta Kowalewska, Michael Eisenberg
Published 2026
592 pages
The most popular archaeology books of 2026
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 2026.
Results
Christian Life in the Greco-Roman City The Civic and Architectural Contexts of Early Christianity
Jason Borges
Published 2026
240 pages
Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice - Equitable and Sustainable Global Futures
Siân E. Halcrow, Sabrina C. Agarwal, Carlina de la Cova, Rebecca Gowland, Gwen Robbins Schug
Published 2026
256 pages
Collaborative Archaeology
Published 2026
288 pages
Population dynamics and land-use patterns in the southwestern Baltic region during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age (Scales of Transformation)
Giacomo Bilotti
Published 2026
200 pages
The Development of Social Inequality in the Carpathian Basin Between 5200 and 1000 Bce
Fynn Wilkes
Published 2026
200 pages
Archaeological Methods & Applications in Multispectral Image Processing
Lauren M. Santini, Willem VanEssendelft, Bryce Davenport
Published 2026
192 pages
Okinoshima
Simon Kaner
Published 2026
50 pages
Egyptian Stelae, Reliefs and Paintings from the Petrie Collection
H. M. Stewart
Published 2026
110 pages
Puzzles A Seminar on the 'Benefit of Christ'
Adriano Prosperi, Carlo Ginzburg
Published 2026
352 pages
From Farm to Viking-Age Trading Centre The 1994-2012 Excavations at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Mark Redknap
Published 2026
592 pages
Burials and the Black Death in Hereford New Library Excavation, Hereford Cathedral
Derek Hurst
Published 2026
352 pages
The Pictish World (Routledge Worlds)
Stephen Driscoll, Katherine Forsyth
Published 2026
824 pages
Returning to Gokstad The Art and Science of the Archaeological Revisit
Jan Bill, Hege S. Gjerde
Published 2026
260 pages
Art, Image, Power and Place Contextualising the Stone Sculpture of Anglo-Saxon England
Sarah Semple, Jane Hawkes
Published 2026
224 pages
Futuruins The Future of Ruins and Ruins of the Future
Dimitri Ozerkov
Published 2026
816 pages
Empires of the Southern Ocean
Dougald J.W. O'Reilly
Published 2026
368 pages
Post-contact archaeology of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes Region
Sarah L. Surface-Evans
Published 2026
396 pages
Untangling the intangible
Kathryn MacFarland, Erik G. Johannesson
Published 2026
268 pages
The archaeology of colonial fortifications
Michael S. Nassaney
Published 2026
440 pages
50 Viking Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme
Wendy Scott, Alex Harvey
Published 2026
96 pages
50 Stone Age Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme
Kevin Leahy
Published 2026
96 pages
How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650-850
Bryan D. Lowe
Published 2026
528 pages
Ruins and Follies of Sussex and Hampshire
Edward Couzens-Lake
Published 2026
96 pages