SCFA, formerly the Standing Committee for University Professors and Heads of Archaeology, represents the teaching departments of Archaeology in Britain's universities.

A Short Reading List

This list is not exhaustive, but aims to provide some of the main publications that will be of interest to someone considering taking a degree in archaeology.

Andrews, K. and Doonan, R. 2003 Test Tubes and Trowels: Using Science in Archaeology. Stroud: Tempus.

Barker, G. (ed.) 1999 Companion Encyclopaedia of Archaeology.  London:  Routledge.

Bintliff, J. (ed.) 2004 A Companion to Archaeology.  Oxford: Blackwell.

Boyd, R., & Silk, J. (2006) How Humans Evolved. 4th edit. W.W. Norton.

Collis, J. 2004 Digging Up the Past: An Introduction to Archaeological Excavation.  London: Sutton.

Cunliffe, B. (ed.) 2001 The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cunliffe, B. 2008. Europe between the Oceans. 9000 BC - AD 1000. New Haven, Yale University Press.

Darvill, T.C. 2003 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Deetz, J. 1996 In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life.  New York: Anchor.

Drewett, P. 1999 Field Archaeology: An Introduction.London:  Routledge.

Gamble, C. 2004 Archaeology: The Basics.  London: Routledge.

Gater, J. and Gaffney, C. 2003 Revealing the Buried Past: Geophysics for Archaeologists.  Stroud: Tempus.

Greene, K. 2002 Archaeology: An Introduction (Fourth Edition).  London: Routledge.

Hodder, I. and Hutson, S. 2003 Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Johnson, M.H. 1999 Archaeological Theory: An Introduction.  Oxford: Blackwell.

Klein, R. 1999 The Human Career.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mays, S. 1998 The Archaeology of Human Bones. London:  Routledge.

Monaghan J. and P. Just (2000) Social & Cultural Anthropology: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press.

O’Connor, T. 2004 The Archaeology of Animal Bones.  London: Sutton.

Parker Pearson, M. 2003 The Archaeology of Death and Burial.  London: Sutton.

Praetzellis, A. 2000 Death by Theory: A Tale of Mystery and Archaeological Theory.  Walnut Creek: Altamira.

Ralston, I. and Hunter, J. (eds.) 1998 The Archaeology of Britain: An Introduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution.  London: Routledge.

Renfrew, C. and P. Bahn  2004 Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice.   London:  Thames and Hudson.

Renfrew, C. and P. Bahn 2005 Archaeology: The Key Concepts. London:  Routledge.

Scarre, C. 2005 The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies.  London: Thames and Hudson.

Tilley, C., Keane, W., Kuchler, S., Rowlands, M. and Spyer, P. 2006 Handbook of Material Culture.  London: Sage.

Trigger, B. 1990 A History of Archaeological Thought.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press.

Wenke, R. and Olszewski, D. I. (2006). Patterns in Prehistory. Humankind's First Three Million Years. Fifth ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.