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In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology
ISBN: 9780673525246 | 0673525244
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 10/1/1996
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Brian M. Fagan begins with a summary history of the subject, overviewing the objectives and processes of archaeological research and the basic principles of culture, context, and dating methods. He describes how archaeologists find, excavate, and analyze sites, artifacts, and food remains, reinforcing complex material throughout with diverse examples. The book examines some of the major theoretical approaches to archaeological interpretation and shows how archaeologists use such techniques as ethnographic analogy, middle range theory, and controlled experimentation to interpret the past. The closing chapters summarize major theoretical debates and advances as well as discuss the role of archaeology in the modern world. The ninth edition places new emphasis on remote sensing techniques for archaeological survey, addresses the study of gender and ethnic diversity from the archaeological record, and assesses the importance of archaeology in the modern world. Comprehensively illustrated, the book contains a guide to further reading and a glossary of major archaeological sites mentioned in the text.
| To the Reader | |
| To the Instructor | |
| Introducing Archaeology | p. 2 |
| The Beginnings of Scientific Archaeology: Sixth Century B.C. to the 1950s | p. 30 |
| Science, Ecology, and Decoding the Past: the 1950s to the 1990s | p. 48 |
| The Archaeological Record | p. 58 |
| Doing Archaeological Research | p. 78 |
| Culture, Data, and Context | p. 88 |
| Time: Relative Chrono... MORE | p. 107 |
| Time: Chronometric Dating | p. 128 |
| Finding and Assessing Archaeological Sites | p. 150 |
| Archaeological Excavation | p. 177 |
| Identifying and Classifying Data | p. 210 |
| Technology and Artifacts | p. 229 |
| Subsistence and Diet | p. 264 |
| Analogy, Middle-Range Theory, and the Living Past | p. 301 |
| Settlement Archaeology and Spatial Analysis | p. 321 |
| Exchange, Social Organization, and Religious Life | p. 358 |
| The Archaeology of People and Groups | p. 383 |
| Constructing Culture History | p. 400 |
| Explaining the Past | p. 415 |
| Managing the Past and Public Archaeology | p. 436 |
| Archaeology and You | p. 460 |
| Glossary | p. 465 |
| Bibliography | p. 481 |
| Credits | p. 516 |
| Index | p. 520 |
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