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Archaeology : discovering our past / Robert J. Sharer, Wendy Ashmore.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub. Co., c1993.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 684 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 155934041X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930.1 20
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Contents

Introduction

Chapters:

1. Viewing the Past

2. The Origins of Archaeology

3. Contemporary Approaches

4. Constructs: The Nature of Archaeological Data

5. Archaeological Research

6. Archaeological Reconnaissance and Surface Survey

7. Excavation

8. Field Processing and Classification

9. Temporal Frameworks

10. Analysis of Artifacts

11. Analysis of Eco facts

12. Analysis of Features

13. Analogy and Archaeological Interpretation

14. Technology and Environment

15. Social Systems

16. Ideological and Symbol Systems

17. Frameworks for the Past

18. Challenges to Archaeology

Index


Includes bibliographical references (p. 624-662) and index

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