In the Beginning
Fagan, Brian M
In the Beginning An Introduction to Archaeology - 9th ed. - New York Harper Collins College Publishers 1997 - 555p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Background to archaeology......1 Introducing Archaeology...........2 2. A short history of archaeology : Sixth century B C through a d 1990.............29 THe beginning of science archaeology, sixth century b c to the 1950.............30 Science, Ecology and decoding the past: THe 1950s to the 1990s.............48 3. Basic processes and Principles...........57 The archaeological record..............58 Doing archaeological research..........78 Culture, data and context............88 Time: Relative Chronology..........107 Time: Chronometric dating ...128 4. Recovering archaeological data.............149 Finding and assessing archaeological Sites............150 Archaeological excavation......177 5. Analyzing the past: Artifacts and technology ..............209 Identifying and classifying data......210 Technology and artifacts ............229 6. Reconstructing past lifeways.............263 Subsistence and diet...........264 analogy, middle-range theofy, and the living past .............301 Settlement archaeology and spatial analysis.....321 Exchange, social organization, and religious life..........358 The archaeology of people And groups........383 7. Interpreting culture change in the past .......399 Constructing culture history.........400 Explaining the past........415 8. Cultural resource management........435 Managing the past and public archaeology.........436 Archaeology and you...........460
0673525244 4212
Archaeology
W30.1 / F131
In the Beginning An Introduction to Archaeology - 9th ed. - New York Harper Collins College Publishers 1997 - 555p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Background to archaeology......1 Introducing Archaeology...........2 2. A short history of archaeology : Sixth century B C through a d 1990.............29 THe beginning of science archaeology, sixth century b c to the 1950.............30 Science, Ecology and decoding the past: THe 1950s to the 1990s.............48 3. Basic processes and Principles...........57 The archaeological record..............58 Doing archaeological research..........78 Culture, data and context............88 Time: Relative Chronology..........107 Time: Chronometric dating ...128 4. Recovering archaeological data.............149 Finding and assessing archaeological Sites............150 Archaeological excavation......177 5. Analyzing the past: Artifacts and technology ..............209 Identifying and classifying data......210 Technology and artifacts ............229 6. Reconstructing past lifeways.............263 Subsistence and diet...........264 analogy, middle-range theofy, and the living past .............301 Settlement archaeology and spatial analysis.....321 Exchange, social organization, and religious life..........358 The archaeology of people And groups........383 7. Interpreting culture change in the past .......399 Constructing culture history.........400 Explaining the past........415 8. Cultural resource management........435 Managing the past and public archaeology.........436 Archaeology and you...........460
0673525244 4212
Archaeology
W30.1 / F131