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Title:

The Oxford handbook of archaeology / edited by Barry Cunliffe, Chris Gosden, Rosemary A. Joyce.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xvii, 1161 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Archaeology.

Other Authors:

Cunliffe, Barry W.
Gosden, Chris, 1955-
Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

VII. Issues and debates. Community archaeology / Yvonne Marshall. The formative century, 1860-1960 / Robin Boast -- The theoretical scene, 1960-2000 / Matthew H. Johnson -- Into the future / Andrew Jones -- Technologies / Marcia-Anne Dobres -- II. Tools of the trade. Measuring the passage of time : achievements and challenges in archaeological dating / A.M. Pollard -- Human activity in a spatial context / Gary Lock -- Data collection by excavation / Roger White -- Mastering materials / M.S. Tite -- III. Early humans. The nature of humanness / Jonathan Marks -- Early hominids / Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick -- The emergence of homo sapiens sapiens / William Davies -- The neanderthals / Paul Pettitt -- Peopling the world / Steve Mithen -- IV. Strategies for survival. Hunters and gatherers / Peter Mitchell -- Early farming and domestication / G. Barker -- Studying human diet / Robert Hedges -- V. Complex societies and the formation of early states. Cultural complexity / Ian Morris -- Trade and interaction / Robin Skeates -- China : state formation and urbanization / Li Liu -- Mesoamerica / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- The central Andean region in prehistory / Terence N. D'Altroy -- VI. Some regional overviews. The Mediterranean and its hinterland / Cyprian Broodbank -- The archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa / Innocent Pikirayi -- Pre-Islamic Central Asia / Georgina Herrmann -- The circumpolar zone / Bryan C. Hood -- East Asia / S. Nelson -- Australasia / Lesley Head, Harry Allen, Tim Denham, and Richard Fullagar -- The Pacific Islands / Chris Gosden -- North America / Charles R. Cobb and Randall H. McGuire -- South American archaeology / P.P. Funari, A. Zarankin, and E. Stovel -- VII. Issues and debates. Indigenous voices, archaeology, and the issue of repatriation / Jonathan Williams -- Sex and gender / Roberta Gilchrist -- Archaeological representation : the consumption and creation of the past / Stephanie Moser -- Community archaeology / Yvonne Marshall.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

ISBN:

0199271011 (hardback)
9780199271016 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)277205272

LCCN:

2008942637

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)