Archaeology
Literature and information resources for Archaeology
Main content
The library provides access to a wide selection of books, theses and journals in archaeology, in printed or electronic form. Oria, the search box above, is used to search the catalogue. If you are unable to locate a book you may make a purchase request or interlibrary loan. For assistance in literature search please contact your academic librarian below.
A selection of new books
Digital resources
On the shelves
Books in archaeology are found at the Library of humanities with books on history. Most books are classified in two major subdivisions: The ancient world until 500 AD, numbers 930-939. More recent history has the numbers 940-949. Within these two groups, books are classified according to geographical region. Relevant literature is also found with Art history, no. 732-733 and religious studies, no. 290-299. Technical literature is frequently found at the Library of science.
Lower floor
| Archaeology and history of the ancient world until 500 AD | ||
| 930.1: Theory, method, prehistory (before 4000 BC) and interdisciplinary works. | ||
| 931: China | 936.1-2: British Isles | 937: Italy |
| 932: Egypt | 936.3: Germanic | 938: Greece |
| 933: Levant | 936.4: Keltic | 939: other |
| 934: India | 936.6: Iberia | |
| 935: Mesopotamia | 936.8: Scandinavian prehistory and bronze age | |
| Archaeology and history of the Middle ages and later | ||
| 941.013-19 and 942.01-05: British Isles | ||
| 948.022: Scandinavian Iron age, Viking age in general | ||
| 948.101/.501/.901 and 949.12: Iron age: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Island | ||
Second and first floor
| 292: Classical religions | 732: Rock art |
| 293: Germanic and Norse religion | 733: Ancient sculpture |
| 299: Other religions, e.g. Celtic and Egyptian | 734: Midieval sculpture |
| 363.69: Cultural heritage preservation |