After looking at my archaeology books I read in 2023, I realised there wasn’t as much range as there could be so I have created this Archaeology Reading Challenge. The prompts are included below but you can also follow along on Storygraph where you can track your progress and see books other people doing the challenge have read or are going to read. Join here!
Most of the prompts are vague on purpose so as long as it fits and is archaeology related it is perfectly fine! Let me know any other prompts or reading challenge ideas you might like to see and be sure to share your progress on social media (@louisearchaeology on Instagram, @louisearchaeo on Twitter).
Prompts with what I am planning to read
A book about an archaeologist: Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson
A book on Prehistory: Inside the Neolithic Mind by James David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce
A book on the Romans: Domina by Guy de la Bedoyere
A book on Ancient Egypt: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
A book on Ancient Greece: Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day by Philip Matyszak
A book on the Vikings or Anglo-Saxons: Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
A book on something Medieval : The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
A book on mythology: Divine Might by Natalie Haynes
A book focused within Europe: Ancestral Journeys by Jean Manco
A book focused within the Americas: The Maya – A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall and Amara Solari
A book focused within Asia: The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
A book focused within Africa: The Golden Rhinoceros – Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle
A book focused within Oceania: First Footprints by Scott Cane
A book covering an entire civilisation: Ancient Greece by Thomas R. Martin
A book focused on a particular object or food (or a history of through objects): Bog Bodies Uncovered by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
A fiction book with an archaeology theme: Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
On something you wish everyone knew about: Neanderthals Rediscovered by Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse
On something entirely new: How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
A book on one archaeological site: How to build Stonehenge by Mike Pitts
A book on museums or a museum exhibit: Museum Makers by Rachel Morris
Link to join the challenge! https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/799ab07a-a26c-40c2-9ccf-c9d7e8eb2c77
Louise Bedford 
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