| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Physical description |
656 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 588-637) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. The framework of archaeology. -- 1. The searchers: the history of archaeology. -- 2. What is left?: the variety of the evidence. -- 3. Where?: survey and excavation of sites and features. -- 4. When?: dating methods and chronology. -- 5. How were societies organized?: social archaeology. -- 6. What was the environment?: environmental archaeology. -- 7. What did they eat?: subsistence and diet. -- 8. How did they make and use tools?: technology -- |
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9. What contact did they have?: trade and exchange. -- 10. What did they think?: cognitive archaeology, art and religion. -- 11. Who were they like? what were they like?: the archaeology of people. -- 12. Why did things change?: explanation in archaeology. -- Part 3. The world of archaeology. -- 13. Archaeology in action: five case studies. -- 14. Whose past?: archaeology and the public. |
| Other author |
Bahn, Paul G.
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| Subject |
Archaeology.
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| ISBN |
0500284415 (paperback) |
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