Archaeology: The BasicsRoutledge, 2002 M01 4 - 256 pages From archaeological jargon to interpretation, Archaeology: The Basics provides an invaluable overview of a fascinating subject and probes the depths of this increasingly popular discipline, presenting critical approaches to the understanding of our past. Lively and engaging, Archaeology: The Basics fires the archaeological imagination whilst tackling such questions as:
This ultimate guide for all new and would-be archaeologists, whether they are students or interested amateurs, will prove an invaluable introduction to this wonderfully infectious discipline. |
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action activity agriculture analogy analysis anthropological archaeology approach archaeological culture archaeological imagination archaeological record assemblages basic behaviour Binford biological bones boundaries Bronze Bronze Age Chapter Childe’s Christopher Tilley civilisation Colin Renfrew complex concepts context culture history define entities essence ethnicity ethnographic Europe evolution example excavation explanation Figure François Bordes function gender habitus Hodder hominid human hunters and gatherers Ian Hodder identity important individual inference interaction interpretive archaeology investigation involved issues landscape of habit lives material culture meaning Mesoamerica middle-range theory modern monuments nationalism natural selection Neanderthals Neolithic Neolithic Revolution networks objects ofthe past organisation origins Palaeolithic patterns Post-processualism pots pottery prehistoric processual archaeology processualists production questions Raedwald recognise region relationships research designs sample scale seriation Shorncote similar social society space spatial stasis stone stratigraphic structure style Sutton Hoo symbolic techniques technocomplex understanding variation