Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice

✍ Scribed by Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Archaeology for today’s student

Retaining its hallmark concision and authoritative presentation of the most recent breakthrough discoveries, methods, and interpretations, the Fourth Edition sets a new standard for learning support. To provide even greater student engagement, the book is supported by two new and important resources: an Active Archaeology Notebook with 20 class-tested activities; and InQuizitive for Archaeology―an engaging, adaptive learning tool that strengthens concept mastery and application. 295

✦ Table of Contents

Archaeology Essentials, 4E
Title Page
Copyright Information
Contents
Preface
1. Searching for the Past: 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 and What Did They Eat?: Environment, Subsistence, and Diet
7. How Were Artifacts Made, Used, and Distributed?: Technology, Trade, and Exchange
8. What Were They Like?: The Bioarchaeology of People
9. What Did They Think?: Cognitive Archaeology
10. Why Did Things Change?: Explanation in Archaeology
11. Whose Past?: Archaeology and the Public
12. The Future of the Past: Managing Our Heritage
Glossary
Illustration Credits
Useful Websites
Index