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Archaeology is a vast subject - it is the study of human society everywhere in the world, from distant human origins 3-4 million years ago up to the present day. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology brings together 35 authors - all specialists in their own fields - to explain what archaeology is really about. This is one of the most comprehensive treatments of the subject and of the key debates ever attempted. It is designed to open up the world of archaeology to non-specialists and to provide an essential starting point for those who want to pursue particular topics in more depth.
| ISBN | 0199271011 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780199271016
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1898 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 253 | | Publication date | 26 Mar 2009 | | Width (mm) | 181 | | DEWEY | 930.1 | | Spine width (mm) | 61 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate | | Pages | 1184 | |
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| I | | The Name and Nature of Archaeology | | | | 1 | | The discipline of archaeology by Kristian Kristiansen | | 3 | | 2 | | The formative century, 1860-1960 by Robin Boast | | 47 | | 3 | | The theoretical scene, 1960-2000 by Matthew H. Johnson | | | | 4 | | Into the future by Andrew Jones | | 89 | | 5 | | Technologies by Marcia-Anne Dobres | | 115 | | II | | Tools of the Trade | | | | 6 | | Measuring the passage of time: achievements and challenges in archaeological dating by A. M. Pollard | | 145 | | 7 | | Human activity in a spatial context by Gary Lock | | 169 | | 8 | | Data collection by excavation by Roger White | | 189 | | 9 | | Mastering materials by M. S. Tite | | 210 | | III | | Early Humans | | | | 10 | | The nature of humanness by Jonathan Marks | | 237 | | 11 | | Early hominids by Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick | | 254 | | 12 | | The emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens by William Davies | | 290 | | 13 | | The Neanderthals by Paul Pettitt | | 332 | | 14 | | Peopling the world by Steven Mithen | | 371 | | IV | | Strategies for Survival | | | | 15 | | Hunters and gatherers by Peter Mitchell | | 411 | | 16 | | Early farming and domestication by G. Barker | | 445 | | 17 | | Studying human diet by Robert Hedges | | 484 | | V | | Complex Societies and the Formation of Early States | | | | 18 | | Cultural complexity by Ian Morris | | 519 | | 19 | | Trade and interaction by Robin Skeates | | 555 | | | More... | | |
an impressive group of performers... excellent... an even-handed approach is one of the strengths of this handbook Clive Gamble, Times Literary Supplement  Be the first to write a customer review
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