Archaeology essentials theories, methods, practice with 303 illustrations / Colin Renfrew & Paul Bahn.

Author/creator Renfrew, Colin, 1937- author.
Other author Bahn, Paul G., author.
Format Book
EditionFourth edition.
PublicationLondon : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Searching for the past -- The history of archaeology -- What is left? -- The variety of the evidence -- Where? -- Survey and excavation of sites and features -- When? -- Dating methods and chronology -- How were societies organized? -- Social archaeology -- What was the environment and what did they eat? -- Environment, subsistence, and diet -- How were artifacts made, used, and distributed? -- Technology, trade, and exchange -- What were they like? -- The bioarchaeology of people -- What did they think? -- Cognitive archaeology -- Why did things change? -- Explanation in archaeology -- Whose past? -- Archaeology and the public -- The future of the past -- Managing our heritage.
Abstract A guide to all aspects of archaeology, this work provides a readable and compact introduction to archaeology for those new to the field. Long-established techniques are carefully explained as well as exciting new methods as the authors describe the ways in which archaeologists seek to explain and interpret the remote past of humankind.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Renfrew, Colin, 1937- Archaeology essentials. Fourth edition
Genre/formTextbooks.
Genre/formTextbooks.
ISBN9780500841389 (paperback)
ISBN0500841381 (paperback)

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