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In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology
ISBN: 9780130307316 | 0130307319
Edition: 10thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001
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For courses in Introduction to Archaeology, Method and Theory in Archaeology. This comprehensive narrative uses an international perspective throughout while outlining the basic principles, methods, and theoretical approaches of modern archaeology. It gives students a basic grounding on the subject, the career opportunities it offers, and a look at some of the spectacularand not so well knowndiscoveries that illuminate our past. Written by a master of the genre, the text emphasizes 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.
| PART I: BACKGROUND TO ARCHAEOLOGY | 1 | (30) | |||
| 2 | (29) | |||
| PART II: A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY: SIXTH CENTURY B.C. THROUGH A.D. 2000 | 31 | (31) | |||
| 32 | (19) | ||||
| 51 | (11) | |||
| PART III: BASIC PROCESSES AND PRINCIPLES | 62 | (91) | |||
| 63 | (22) | |||
| 85 | (14) | |||
| 99 | (21) | |||
| 120 | (33) | |||
| PART IV: RECOVERING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA | 153 | (71) | |||
| 154 | (33) | |||
| 187 | (37) | |||
| PART V: ANALYZING THE PAST: ARTIFACTS AND TECHNOLOGY | 224 | (57) | |||
| 225 | (22) | |||
| 247 | (34) | |||
| PART VI: ENVIRONMENTS, LIFEWAYS, PEOPLE, AND THE INTANGIBLE | 281 | (186) | |||
| 282 | (28) | |||
| 310 | (40) | |||
| 350 | (21) | |||
| 371 | (34) | |||
| 405 | (35) | |||
| 440 | (27) | |||
| PART VII: EXPLAINING CULTURE CHANGE IN THE PAST | 467 | (27) | |||
| 468 | (26) | |||
| PART VIII: CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 494 | (21) | |||
| 495 | (20) | |||
| PART IX: CAREERS AND RESOURCES | 515 | ||||
| 516 |
