Archaeology is cross-disciplinary by nature, and so many of the most interesting books published in archaeology today look at a broad sweep of ideas, how cultures change, how environment affects us, how different styles of the same thing are expressed across the world.
1. The Archaeology of Rock Art
This collection of articles includes discussion of rock art sites around the world, and was edited by Christopher Chippindale and Paul S. C. Taçon.2. Floods, Famines, and Emperors
Subititled: El Niño and the Fate of Civilizations, this book is Brian Fagan's discussion of the impact of climate changes on civilizations, with specific emphasis on the El Niño/La Niña climatic events.3. Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
We of the present can learn to cope with our problems by studying the past; and environmental disasters is something we as a species have had lots of experience of. This 1999 book by Charles L. Redman provides the details.4. The Mummy Congress
Journalist and science writer Heather Pringle provides a comprehensive introduction to the current archaeological study of mummies.5. Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Richard A. Gould provides an introduction to the underwater archaeology of the world, focusing on shipwrecks of all kinds, combined with a deep level discussion of the history of shipmaking, from the earliest canoes to World War II.
