"College edition." Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-650) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The nature and aims of archaeology -- Part I: The framework of archaeology. The searches : 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 -- Part II: Discovering the variety of human experience. How were societies organized? : social archaeology ; What was the environment? : environmental archaeology ; What did they eat? : subsistence and diet ; How did they make and use tools? : technology ; What contact did they have? : trade and exchange ; What did they think? : cognitive archaeology, art, and religion ; Who were they? What were they like? : the bioarchaeology of people ; Why did things change? : explanation in archaeology -- Part III: The world of archaeology. Archaeology in action : five case studies ; Whose past? : archaeology and the public ; The future of the past : how to manage the heritage? ; The new searchers : building a career in archaeology.
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