This is my first time watching any of your videos and I thought it was great. I got a Bachelor's in Anthropology in 1990 with a promise from my wife that when we retire I can go back and get my PhD. It's getting close and I want to get a PhD in Archeology. I have tried to stay somewhat aware of the field but now I'm starting to get very serious and this book list will be a great start for me.
You inspire me SO much Raven. My archaeology 101 professor had us watch a lot of your videos during the class (especially your plague videos, since I took the class last spring you can imagine why those were the ones my professor chose). Thank you for the book list!
WHAT!?! Nothing from the supreme archaeologist Erich Von Daniken? Just kidding. I've been somewhat interested in the Mississippian Tradition because I live at the western edge of it.
Greetings from Australia! I can recommend A Record in Stone by Simon Holdaway and Nicola Stern. This is THE book on Indigenous Australian stone tools but also the study of stone tools generally.
Thank you for making this, been waiting for something like it. My reading backlog just got significantly bigger for the holidays. I recently finished Paul Bahn's 'Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction" and it really is pretty short, but super sweet as an intro for students and armchair peeps alike, with methods/techniques, concepts and other notable stuff discussed in a 'casual' way.
Thanks a lot for the book recommendations! As someone who wants to get into real archaeology (coming from another discipline) it means a lot for me to get to know understandable and good sources of knowledge :) Greetings Raven
I'm so glad of your number one. Even in my volunteer expeditions, that was critical reading for everyone. It's the most important book for the field as a whole i can think of!
Thank You Raven!! What a wonderful list of Great books!! I was fortunate to work for a gentleman from Bowmanville, in the mid 80's, and got to visit Toronto off and on for three plus years. What a beautiful city and, of course, what a fantastic view, on your side of the border, of Niagara Falls!! They were building the baseball stadium during my visits ( I'm dating myself.) I can see why you talk so wonderfully about it!!! Can't wait to read some of the books!!!
Definitely great choices for a Top 10 list. I've read several of them during my own undergrad archaeology coursework. I would also include Keith Muckelroy's Maritime Archaeology as a good foundational book if I were doing my own Top 10 list. Thanks Raven!
I love your videos. Always so helpful and informative. Every time I am in a bit of a rut in my career as an archaeologist your videos cheer me up and give me a little nudge to keep at it. Thank you, I look forward to seeing more.
This is awesome! Maybe I'll look into some of these over winter break (as someone in an unrelated major). Also... did I hear you casually say you're living a nomadic lifestyle?? What does that even entail LMAOO
Excellent book recommendations and reviews! For underwater archaeology we'd highly recommend "Submerged History: Underwater Archaeology in Florida" by Smith, and if you like pirates you should check out "X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy" and/or "Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy" by Ewen and Skowronek. They are all great for both the public and academics.
Thanks for putting this together, appreciate you sharing suggestions! I'll definitely be picking up some of these titles. I read "A Little History of Archaeology" earlier this year and really enjoyed it, and I just picked up Colin Renfrew's "Prehistory". Haven't read it yet, but glad to see him get a mention from you.
😅 I just found this channel and I gotta say, the first half of the books you mentioned are part of my required readings for my anthropology major. Except for the the 1st one.
Great List of books!!!! Already had the one by Brian Fagan and still need to get around to reading it. For a book book recommendation I would recommend Napoleon's pyramids by William Dietrich. It is a historical fiction book that is set during Napoleons campaign in Egypt and deals with the main character trying to solve they mystery of the pyramids. Still I was surprised about some of the things that were mentioned in this book even though other parts of the book were nonsense, but fun.
I am just wondering why you hadn't considered adding Kathleen Kenyon to the list? Was she a little dated? I would have thought her excavations at Jericho and being considered the first lady of archeology would have put her near the top of the list, just for fun reading at the least.
Regarding books about the study of humans and all facets of human activity, no library can be complete without the papers and diaries of Josiah Flintabbattey Flonatin. Some of the writings of Marcus Brody would indeed be an intriguing read...but the ONE essential book I am waiting for with bated (as opposed to "baited" breath) is the epic tome YET to be written by one Raven Todd Da Silva. THAT would be MY favorite. Actually...she needs to write MORE than one book. Just saying.
I would DEFINITELY read a Marcus Brody book! It would be on the top of my list for sure haha. Oh boy.... will I ever write a book? The pressure!! Stay tuned ;)
@@DigItWithRaven I welcome you with open arms...you are hereby enthusiastically "Admitted into the company of paper blurrers." (Looking up the source...) Sir Philip Sidney 1554-1586) As for me..."My spelling is wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and letters get in the wrong places." - Pooh Bear. ANYTHING I can do to corrupt you into...I mean...charmingly persuade you into an additional career in writing...I WILL wholeheartedly do to...I mean...for you.
Where's my notification squad at?! Good to hear from you again Raven! This was a great video. I'm curious, however, as to if we'll be lucky enough to perhaps get another film reaction from you and Jude before the end of the year or perhaps sometime in the near future? Hope all is well.
@@DigItWithRaven Awesome! Don't want to sound like I'm pressuring you or whatever, but your film reactions are so much fun! I hope that we see the dream team back together soon. I don't know if this is plausible for your channel, but as I said in another comment, I'd kill to see your reactions to Forrest Gump. By the way, I hope that I am writing/spelling Jude's name right. I've seen Judtya or some other variations on other comments elsewhere, so I'm curious. I think she'd be good with a channel too if she were to have one.
@@ransomg9479 A while back...can't remember exactly when (sleep deprived writer here) but originally she was introduced as Judyta, so your spelling was close! Raven calls her "Jude", but they are best friends...which of course, comes with such privileges.
@@classicslover Oh I see, thank you. I shall try and call her Judyta if that's what she prefers. However, if I'm being honest, I'll probably forget by tomorrow and just resort back to naturally calling her Jude lol.
Really like the list! i would like to recommend some but they are in german (my favourites). there are some really helpfull ones :) i guess i need the first ones
Johnson's theory book is very readable and what I was assigned in undergrad, but I love Bruce Trigger, his stuff is great and he did a lot for bringing more obscure Marxist archaeologies into western thought
I have some questions on archaeology and the excavations and I am also doubting the excavations.Please help me.I am just a kid.My goal is to become an archaeologist.
Thank you! I came to your channel watching you react to Indiana Jones movies. I love reading and history (but I choose engineering instead XD) and I was going to ask you like which books do you recommend.
Very interesting. I am not into archaeology, but interested t know about the archaeological study into Indus Valley Civilisations/Harappa sites in India. Can you suggest a good book for a fresher? into IVC
The only book I have is archeological mysteries pretty good book especially with Central American civilization such as Mayans and Aztecs and a small bit of Incas to
Can you talk about Agartha even tho I know UA-cam is very strict with that type of subject...or at least can you give us your opinion about it? is it real? Hollow earth? Life under us? other civilizations? and can you please give us names of books that talk about this kind of things..
YESSS a history of archaeological thought it so useful, I was going to suggest it if you didn't bring it up because it is just so useful: for an Australian studying archaeology, trigger goes into the inherently racist beginnings of Australian archaeology
100% recommend the Holy grail of all archaeology students -- Archaeology Methods & Theories. Great starting place. There has been criticism on the lack of pinnacle women in archaeology mentioned. I recommend Trowel Blazers website for anyone interested 🤠
Uh, you've left out hand translating the Epic of Gilgamesh from Akkadian script cross-legged on a clay tablet with a stylus in hand ya pleb. It's a standard AR101 text for sure like...
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You pulled out the Renfrew and I was like YES!! That was my Intro to Archaeology textbook and I have used it multiple times since.
I saw Renfrew and Bahn on the miniature and click it immediately :)
Haha can't live without it!!
This is my first time watching any of your videos and I thought it was great. I got a Bachelor's in Anthropology in 1990 with a promise from my wife that when we retire I can go back and get my PhD. It's getting close and I want to get a PhD in Archeology. I have tried to stay somewhat aware of the field but now I'm starting to get very serious and this book list will be a great start for me.
Been waiting for this. Thank you so much. Most likely will be getting as many of these books as I can, and YES for another Archeology book list!
Yesss I love them all! Try and get electronic ones to save money, even though bookshelf appeal is real haha
You inspire me SO much Raven. My archaeology 101 professor had us watch a lot of your videos during the class (especially your plague videos, since I took the class last spring you can imagine why those were the ones my professor chose). Thank you for the book list!
WHAT!?! Nothing from the supreme archaeologist Erich Von Daniken? Just kidding. I've been somewhat interested in the Mississippian Tradition because I live at the western edge of it.
Greetings from Australia! I can recommend A Record in Stone by Simon Holdaway and Nicola Stern. This is THE book on Indigenous Australian stone tools but also the study of stone tools generally.
As someone who has always had a casual interest in this and is now looking to do some proper self-study, this is very useful. Thank you
Thank you for making this, been waiting for something like it. My reading backlog just got significantly bigger for the holidays. I recently finished Paul Bahn's 'Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction" and it really is pretty short, but super sweet as an intro for students and armchair peeps alike, with methods/techniques, concepts and other notable stuff discussed in a 'casual' way.
Thanks a lot for the book recommendations! As someone who wants to get into real archaeology (coming from another discipline) it means a lot for me to get to know understandable and good sources of knowledge :) Greetings Raven
I'm so glad of your number one. Even in my volunteer expeditions, that was critical reading for everyone. It's the most important book for the field as a whole i can think of!
Thank You Raven!! What a wonderful list of Great books!! I was fortunate to work for a gentleman from Bowmanville, in the mid 80's, and got to visit Toronto off and on for three plus years. What a beautiful city and, of course, what a fantastic view, on your side of the border, of Niagara Falls!! They were building the baseball stadium during my visits ( I'm dating myself.) I can see why you talk so wonderfully about it!!! Can't wait to read some of the books!!!
Definitely great choices for a Top 10 list. I've read several of them during my own undergrad archaeology coursework. I would also include Keith Muckelroy's Maritime Archaeology as a good foundational book if I were doing my own Top 10 list. Thanks Raven!
Thank you so much, I am most definitely interested in human development so I will most def check out bk #6. Appreciate all the info 🙏🏻
Raven, I've only just now come across your "favorite books" video. Wanted to thank you for the shout out about The Fifth Beginning. Appreciate it! 🙂
I love your videos. Always so helpful and informative. Every time I am in a bit of a rut in my career as an archaeologist your videos cheer me up and give me a little nudge to keep at it. Thank you, I look forward to seeing more.
This is awesome! Maybe I'll look into some of these over winter break (as someone in an unrelated major).
Also... did I hear you casually say you're living a nomadic lifestyle?? What does that even entail LMAOO
It means moving to a new residence frequently. It's not a literal nomadic lifestyle, but a figurative one.
Source: I moved 9 times in 2 years.
I hope to go to UCL in September to study Archeology and I find your advice invaluable..
Thank you.. Keep up the good work.
Excellent book recommendations and reviews! For underwater archaeology we'd highly recommend "Submerged History: Underwater Archaeology in Florida" by Smith, and if you like pirates you should check out "X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy" and/or "Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy" by Ewen and Skowronek. They are all great for both the public and academics.
Awesome vid! A part two would be cool, i love reading!!!
I will look into some of these books! and also where did you get your wall tapestry?
I've been informed to avoid Post Processual archaeology like the plague!
Thanks for putting this together, appreciate you sharing suggestions! I'll definitely be picking up some of these titles. I read "A Little History of Archaeology" earlier this year and really enjoyed it, and I just picked up Colin Renfrew's "Prehistory". Haven't read it yet, but glad to see him get a mention from you.
Very interesting! Thank you!
Love to see the for dummies book reviewed.
😅 I just found this channel and I gotta say, the first half of the books you mentioned are part of my required readings for my anthropology major. Except for the the 1st one.
I read the big book of Bimbibilie . It helps with out of hand judgment on hills and brooks .
Great List of books!!!! Already had the one by Brian Fagan and still need to get around to reading it. For a book book recommendation I would recommend Napoleon's pyramids by William Dietrich. It is a historical fiction book that is set during Napoleons campaign in Egypt and deals with the main character trying to solve they mystery of the pyramids. Still I was surprised about some of the things that were mentioned in this book even though other parts of the book were nonsense, but fun.
ooo.. just in time for holiday shopping!
Great vid! And wow zero dislikes. Can't wait for more
I am just wondering why you hadn't considered adding Kathleen Kenyon to the list? Was she a little dated? I would have thought her excavations at Jericho and being considered the first lady of archeology would have put her near the top of the list, just for fun reading at the least.
Bahn too !
Regarding books about the study of humans and all facets of human activity, no library can be complete without the papers and diaries of Josiah Flintabbattey Flonatin. Some of the writings of Marcus Brody would indeed be an intriguing read...but the ONE essential book I am waiting for with bated (as opposed to "baited" breath) is the epic tome YET to be written by one Raven Todd Da Silva. THAT would be MY favorite. Actually...she needs to write MORE than one book. Just saying.
I would DEFINITELY read a Marcus Brody book! It would be on the top of my list for sure haha. Oh boy.... will I ever write a book? The pressure!! Stay tuned ;)
@@DigItWithRaven I welcome you with open arms...you are hereby enthusiastically "Admitted into the company of paper blurrers." (Looking up the source...) Sir Philip Sidney 1554-1586) As for me..."My spelling is wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and letters get in the wrong places." - Pooh Bear. ANYTHING I can do to corrupt you into...I mean...charmingly persuade you into an additional career in writing...I WILL wholeheartedly do to...I mean...for you.
Where's my notification squad at?! Good to hear from you again Raven! This was a great video. I'm curious, however, as to if we'll be lucky enough to perhaps get another film reaction from you and Jude before the end of the year or perhaps sometime in the near future? Hope all is well.
We're hoping to try a distanced one as we're in different countries! Once we figure out the logistics, there's nothing holding us back!!
@@DigItWithRaven Awesome! Don't want to sound like I'm pressuring you or whatever, but your film reactions are so much fun! I hope that we see the dream team back together soon. I don't know if this is plausible for your channel, but as I said in another comment, I'd kill to see your reactions to Forrest Gump. By the way, I hope that I am writing/spelling Jude's name right. I've seen Judtya or some other variations on other comments elsewhere, so I'm curious. I think she'd be good with a channel too if she were to have one.
@@ransomg9479 A while back...can't remember exactly when (sleep deprived writer here) but originally she was introduced as Judyta, so your spelling was close! Raven calls her "Jude", but they are best friends...which of course, comes with such privileges.
@@classicslover Oh I see, thank you. I shall try and call her Judyta if that's what she prefers. However, if I'm being honest, I'll probably forget by tomorrow and just resort back to naturally calling her Jude lol.
@@ransomg9479 (laughs) Yeah, I don't know what she prefers! But I am sure you will be well thought of for making the effort! Good job.
Renfrew is Awesome
Statistics for Archaeologists：A Common Sense by Robert Drennan.
Really like the list! i would like to recommend some but they are in german (my favourites). there are some really helpfull ones :) i guess i need the first ones
Johnson's theory book is very readable and what I was assigned in undergrad, but I love Bruce Trigger, his stuff is great and he did a lot for bringing more obscure Marxist archaeologies into western thought
Theory isn’t too scary!! It’s very thought provoking and gives a lot of history!
i have a Book of Philip Barker and another one of edward harris...in italy they are the best
I have some questions on archaeology and the excavations and I am also doubting the excavations.Please help me.I am just a kid.My goal is to become an archaeologist.
Thank you! I came to your channel watching you react to Indiana Jones movies. I love reading and history (but I choose engineering instead XD) and I was going to ask you like which books do you recommend.
i dig the content Raven. I have books about romans/england and classical history.
What is the name of 1st book is red in color
Digging Deeper by Eric Cline is a great book for people new to the field too
Very interesting. I am not into archaeology, but interested t know about the archaeological study into Indus Valley Civilisations/Harappa sites in India. Can you suggest a good book for a fresher? into IVC
The only book I have is archeological mysteries pretty good book especially with Central American civilization such as Mayans and Aztecs and a small bit of Incas to
I love the term "armchair-digging". 🤣
Can you talk about Agartha even tho I know UA-cam is very strict with that type of subject...or at least can you give us your opinion about it? is it real? Hollow earth? Life under us? other civilizations? and can you please give us names of books that talk about this kind of things..
YESSS a history of archaeological thought it so useful, I was going to suggest it if you didn't bring it up because it is just so useful: for an Australian studying archaeology, trigger goes into the inherently racist beginnings of Australian archaeology
100% recommend the Holy grail of all archaeology students -- Archaeology Methods & Theories. Great starting place. There has been criticism on the lack of pinnacle women in archaeology mentioned. I recommend Trowel Blazers website for anyone interested 🤠
I think this has been addressed in recent editions - I have the Seventh Edition and there is a box section on Pioneering Women in Archaeology!
The Osteology Bible! 💀💀
The link to the book on Greece sends you to the book on Roman History :((
Ah noo! Thanks for letting me know, it's all fixed now
Cool!
Uh, you've left out hand translating the Epic of Gilgamesh from Akkadian script cross-legged on a clay tablet with a stylus in hand ya pleb. It's a standard AR101 text for sure like...
Pic your poison ☠️ and choose wisely!??😂🤣😀
Is there a book on archaeological erotica? Seriously.
Based archaeoshagger