Companion to Archaeology

Name: Companion to Archaeology
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ISBN: 9781405149792

ISBN-10: 1405149795

ISBN-13: 9781405149792

Edition: 2004

Authors: Timothy Earle, Christopher S. Peebles, John Bintliff

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A Companion to Archaeology features essays from 27 of the world's leading authorities on different types of archaeology that aim to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist. Shows that contemporary archaeology is an astonishingly broad activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of approaching the material record of past societies. Includes essays by experts in reading the past through art, linguistics, or the built environment, and by professionals who present the past through heritage management and museums. Introduces the reader to a range of archaeologists: those who devote themselves to the philosophy of archaeology, those who see…

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List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Thinking About Archaeology



Analytical Archaeology




The Great Dark Book: Archaeology, Experience and Interpretation




Current Themes and Novel Departures



Archaeology and the Genetic Revolution




Archaeology and Language: Methods and Issues




The Archaeology of Gender




Archaeology and Social Theory




Materiality, Space, Time and Outcome




Archaeological Perspectives on Local Communities




Archaeology and Technology




Time, Structure and Agency: the Annales, Emergent Complexity and Archaeology




Major Traditions in Archaeology in Contemporary Perspective



Archaeological Dating




Chronology of the Human Narrative




Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples: Attitudes Towards Power in Ancient Oaxaca




Classical Archaeology




The Archaeologies of Recent History: Historical, Post-Medieval, and Modern World




Animal Bones and Plant Remains




Ecology in Archaeology: From Cognition to Action




The Archaeology of Landscape




Archaeology and Art




Putting Infinity up on Trial: A Consideration of the Role of Scientific Thinking in Future Archaeologies




Experiencing Archaeological Fieldwork




Archaeology and the Public



Public archaeology: A European Perspective




Persistent Dilemmas in American Cultural Resource Management




Museum Studies




Relating Anthropology and Archaeology




Archaeology and Politics




Archaeology and Green Issues



Index