In the beginning : an introduction to archaeology / Brian M. Fagan.
Publication details: New York : Longman, c1997.Edition: 9th. editionDescription: xx, 555 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0673525244
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND TO ARCHEOLOGY
1. Introduction
A SHORT HISORY OF ARCHEOLOGY: SIXTH CENTURY B.C THROUGH A.D 1990
2.The beginning of scientific archaeology: sixth century B.C TO THE 1950s
3. Science, ecology, and decoding the past: the 19050s to the 1990s
BASIC PROCESS AND PRINCIPLES
4. The archaeological record
5. Doing archaeological research
6. Culture, data and context
7. Time: Relative chronology
8. Time: Chronometric dating
RECOVERING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
9. Finding and assessing archaeological sites
10. Archaeological excavation
ANALYZING THE PAST: ARTIFACTS DATA TECHNOLOGY
11.Identifying and classifying data
12. Technology and artifacts
RECONSTRUCTING PAST VLIFEWAYS
13. Subsistence and diet
14. Analogy, middle-range theory, and the living past
15. Settlement archaeology and spatial analysis
16. Exchange, social organization, and religious life
17. The archaeology of people and groups
INTERPRETING CULTURE CHANGE IN THE PAST
18. Constructing culture history
19. Explaining the past
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
20. Managing the past and public archaeology
21. Archaeology and you
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-515) and index P. 520-555
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