Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica is the first volume to explicitly incorporate how nocturnal aspects of the natural world were imbued with deep cultura

How did ancient peoples experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live in the past when total nocturnal darkness was the norm? Archaeology of

This book examines the concept of darkness through a range of cultures, histories, practices and experiences. It engages with darkness beyond its binary positio

Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies e

After Dark explores the experience of nighttime within ancient urban settings. Contributors present material evidence related to how ancient people manipulated