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Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice—Third Edition
Colin Renfrew and Paul G. Bahn

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Format: Paperback, 640pp.
ISBN: 9780500281475
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date: 3rd edition June 2000

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The third edition of this best-selling introduction to what archaeologists do and how they do it has been entirely revised and updated in the light of new views, discoveries, and data. Developments in the technology and scope of archaeology are reflected in an increased emphasis on aspects ranging from GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and information on the Internet to gender archaeology and the latest thinking on post-processualism and cognitive archaeology. The profound impact of advances in genetics and linguistics is assessed, and some sections of the book--the dating of rock art, for example--have been totally rewritten in the light of recent events.

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Sets the new standard for excellence in this field.
—Antiquity


 
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Colin Renfrew is Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University, and is the author of many books including Before Civilization and Archaeology and Language. Paul Bahn is a prehistorian and the author or editor of numerous books including The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology and the standard introduction to cave art, Journey Through the Ice Age.

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Introduction

The Nature and Aims of Archaeology

PART 1: THE FRAMEWORK OF ARCHAEOLOGY
1. The Searchers
The History of Archaeology
2. What is Left?
The Variety of Evidence
3. Where?
Survey and Excavation of Sites and Features
4. When?
Dating Methods and Chronology

PART 2: DISCOVERING THE VARIETY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
5. How Were Societies Organized?
Social Archaeology
6. What Was the Environment?
Environmental Archaeology
7. What Did They Eat?
Subsistence and Diet
8. How Did They Make and Use Tools?
Technology
9. What Contact Did They Have?
Trade and Exchange
10. What Did They Think?
Cognitive Archaeology, Art and Religion
11. Who Were They? What Were They Like?
The Archaeology of People
12. Why Did Things Change?
Explanation in Archaeology

PART 3: THE WORLD OF ARCHAEOLOGY
13. Archaeology in Action
Four Case Studies
14. Whose Past?
Archaeology and the Public


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