Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice
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Summary
New to this Edition * Updated treatment of postcolonial approaches and indigenous archaeology， with coverage of the ontological turn in archaeology， and new examples of community archaeology in southern Africa and Australia。 * New discoveries and research across the globe， such as archaeological evidence of social hierarchies at the ancient city of Liangzhu， China， and recent evidence of Neanderthal art in France and Spain。 * A more inclusive picture of archaeology， raising the profile of women in the discipline's history， and describing the development of archaeology in China and Japan。 * In Chapter Five， updated treatment of social organization， with critical evaluations of Service's model， and new coverage of heterarchies。 * New box features include: forensic archaeology; change in the Amazon; ancient microbes; paleoproteomics; Must Farm; evidence of feasting at Stonehenge; Neanderthal art; and ceramic styles and learning。 * New book design， including， for each chapter， distinct introductions that offer a general overview of each topic covered。
Reviews
Finn
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Bought when I started Archaeology some 20 years ago， but never got around to actually reading it。 I didn't finish archaeology either so it just stood there in my bookcase， looking pretty next to Paul Bahn's History of Archaeology。And then in 2020， the covid-19 pandemic hit and all of a sudden I had a loooooooot of time to read so I thought it a good time to finally give this one a shot。The target audience for this book are students of archaeology and scientific studies of the past。 It's written Bought when I started Archaeology some 20 years ago， but never got around to actually reading it。 I didn't finish archaeology either so it just stood there in my bookcase， looking pretty next to Paul Bahn's History of Archaeology。And then in 2020， the covid-19 pandemic hit and all of a sudden I had a loooooooot of time to read so I thought it a good time to finally give this one a shot。The target audience for this book are students of archaeology and scientific studies of the past。 It's written and reads as a textbook with plenty of examples， fieldcases and studies past and present on determining the past。 Anyone interested in the finer points of archaeology and how the science has evolved since the time British noblemen "burrowed" the Pantheon stèles， will find a great source in this book。Be warned， it's an epic read！ ;） 。。。more
Ruth
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Well-written， very useful
Zihao Fan
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textbook， a window for understanding the Anglo-Saxon archaeology tradition
Yorgos Theodosiadis
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Πολύ ενδιαφέρον， τόσο για τον φοιτητή όσο και για κάθε ενδιαφερόμενο που τον ενδιαφέρει να μάθει για τη θεωρία και τις μεθόδους της αρχαιολογίας αλλά και για την αρχαιολογία στην πράξη！
Martina Roces
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Required to read this for school LOL but I loved it！ Would recommend it for anyone who is interested in learning what archaeology is really about。
Naré Ghazarian
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The best first steps into Archaeology。 ❤️👌This book is about everything！
Peter Murray
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A perfect balance of breadth and detail， introducing the beginner to all of the tools archaeologists employ from the pre-dig survey， to excavation， to analysis， accompanied by actual field examples to illustrate use of the tools。 The book also includes a history of - as well as the strengths and weaknesses of - the major schools of archaeological thought， accompanied by actual field examples of these theories in action。 The authors take great pains to delineate what archaeological endeavor can e A perfect balance of breadth and detail， introducing the beginner to all of the tools archaeologists employ from the pre-dig survey， to excavation， to analysis， accompanied by actual field examples to illustrate use of the tools。 The book also includes a history of - as well as the strengths and weaknesses of - the major schools of archaeological thought， accompanied by actual field examples of these theories in action。 The authors take great pains to delineate what archaeological endeavor can explain， and the limitations of what can truly be known （how much can we really know about what "they thought"？）。 Elegantly and efficiently written， and key references for each section conveniently provided。 。。。more
Max Vertrauen
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It's a really good， detailed book that gives a peek into the wast field of Archeology and all it's beauty。 It's a really good， detailed book that gives a peek into the wast field of Archeology and all it's beauty。 。。。more
Marikiya
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El padrenuestro en lo que a manuales de arqueología se refiere。
Samantha
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A great 'base' for archaeology。 Incredibly detailed and well informed， plus language that is easy to understand yet not patronising。 Would recommend for those with a general interest or beginning in archaeology， yet is still incredibly useful for those who are more advanced。 A great 'base' for archaeology。 Incredibly detailed and well informed， plus language that is easy to understand yet not patronising。 Would recommend for those with a general interest or beginning in archaeology， yet is still incredibly useful for those who are more advanced。 。。。more
Muriel McIvor
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Too botch easy to read scholarly book。
S
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Another staple from archaeology programs that sits on my bookshelf。
Lili Kyurkchiyska
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Отне ми много време да я прочета， но накрая мога с удоволствие да кажа， че си заслужаваше усилието да не я изоставя。 It took such a long time for me to read it but at the end I can say with delight that it's worth the efforts。 Отне ми много време да я прочета， но накрая мога с удоволствие да кажа， че си заслужаваше усилието да не я изоставя。 It took such a long time for me to read it but at the end I can say with delight that it's worth the efforts。 。。。more
Jaime
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A book every archaeologist should probably have on their shelves。 This is a fairly comprehensive overview of methods in the field of archaeology， though it's only an overview。 Each topic can， and should， be delved into more deeply if you're a professional archaeologist， but this makes a great introductory text and reference volume。 The only caveat to that being that the theory section is too brief and a bit of a mess。 For a great overview of contemporary archaeological theory， I much prefer some A book every archaeologist should probably have on their shelves。 This is a fairly comprehensive overview of methods in the field of archaeology， though it's only an overview。 Each topic can， and should， be delved into more deeply if you're a professional archaeologist， but this makes a great introductory text and reference volume。 The only caveat to that being that the theory section is too brief and a bit of a mess。 For a great overview of contemporary archaeological theory， I much prefer something like Matthew Johnson's 'Archaeological Theory: An Introduction'。 。。。more
Mer Less
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very well structured， recommended to all archaeology undergrads
Athena Macmillan
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One of my two constant companions for the past semester， this is basically the bible for the field of Archaeology and physical anthropology。 Its scope is vast and the information therein is dense。 My only qualms is the fact the anthropology and archaeology in particular is an ever changing field and there were aspects of this， even the most recent version， that were becoming slightly out of date in terms of some postulation。 Otherwise an excellent and reliable text。
Lauren
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✔️
Rebecca
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This is a very comprehensive textbook， covering everything from surveying methods， analysis methods through to explaining the various schools of archaeological thought and pondering ethical debates about dealing with artefacts and human remains。 Reading it independently means that I don't have access to a university faculty or lecturers who can demonstrate some of the more specialist scientific methods to preserve materials， establish their dates etc。 Some of that science went a little over my h This is a very comprehensive textbook， covering everything from surveying methods， analysis methods through to explaining the various schools of archaeological thought and pondering ethical debates about dealing with artefacts and human remains。 Reading it independently means that I don't have access to a university faculty or lecturers who can demonstrate some of the more specialist scientific methods to preserve materials， establish their dates etc。 Some of that science went a little over my head whereas a proper university-level archaeology student would be given more help in understanding it。 But the fact that the book tells you these methods， explains the theories - it is all there for when you need to refer back to it。 I also liked the fact that the book highlights the cases of a number of people working in the field of archaeology。 These case studies look at how they got into the subject， what they do and where they work - highlighting that there are many pathways and specialisms to follow in archaeology - providing that you can get the chance to study/practice it in the first place。 。。。more
Hillary Borders
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Read for Archaeology
Miriam
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I learned that faience is "pre-glass" and was made by coating a core material of powdered quartz with a vitreous alkaline glaze。 It was used in predynastic Egypt （before 3000 BC） for beads and pendants。 Real glass appeared in Mesopotamia about 2500 BC as beads。 I learned that faience is "pre-glass" and was made by coating a core material of powdered quartz with a vitreous alkaline glaze。 It was used in predynastic Egypt （before 3000 BC） for beads and pendants。 Real glass appeared in Mesopotamia about 2500 BC as beads。 。。。more
Sunny Sturnna
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curious to learn the accent people ant their through archaeological knowledge
Jean-michel Pigeon
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Excellent livre portant sur les méthodes et concepts en archéologie
'Lana
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My editions a little long in the tooth now and still smells of blackcurrant juice but it's a joy to have learnt from its esteemed pages。 Aah， Uni。 My editions a little long in the tooth now and still smells of blackcurrant juice but it's a joy to have learnt from its esteemed pages。 Aah， Uni。 。。。more
Brittany
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This was used as a textbook in my introduction to archealogy。 This textbook consistently cut itself off with boxes of somewhat related examples。 Often Iwould read a sentence only to find out the rest of the sentence was two pages away。 The boxes seem to have no logical interuption point！ I found that annoying！ The material in the text was good， but I'm giving it another star for the big， interesting pictures of things talked about。 This was used as a textbook in my introduction to archealogy。 This textbook consistently cut itself off with boxes of somewhat related examples。 Often Iwould read a sentence only to find out the rest of the sentence was two pages away。 The boxes seem to have no logical interuption point！ I found that annoying！ The material in the text was good， but I'm giving it another star for the big， interesting pictures of things talked about。 。。。more
Snicketts
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The best text book I ever read！
Nostalgia Reader
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A pretty decent introduction to the field。 Although I had issues with the class I took， the book did not contribute to any issues。 It's quite dense at times， and some definitions are never really defined （I got the companion volume Archaeology: The Key Concepts to help expand my understanding of some ideas）。The beginning chapters are pretty good， but the later ones are jumbled and annoying。 The chapter about archaeological approaches （processual， post-processual， etc。） was not at all helpful and A pretty decent introduction to the field。 Although I had issues with the class I took， the book did not contribute to any issues。 It's quite dense at times， and some definitions are never really defined （I got the companion volume Archaeology: The Key Concepts to help expand my understanding of some ideas）。The beginning chapters are pretty good， but the later ones are jumbled and annoying。 The chapter about archaeological approaches （processual， post-processual， etc。） was not at all helpful and was not formatted in a way that made any sense。 The chapters about archaeological ethics were interesting， but also just showed how whiny and cis-centric archaeology still is。。。 "But why don't the native peoples want us to dig up their ancestors remains *pouty 3 year old voice & foot stomp*， it's SCIENCE AND WE WILL KILL YOUR ANCESTORS FOR IT。" Ugh， so disgusting--archaeology as described in this book is annoyed with all cultural ethics。The index is TERRIBLE though。 Terms that you would think would be there in some form or another， are no where to be found。 Very annoying for open-book quizzes。 。。。more
Lahar
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osum
Isabel
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Great texts against tedious ones。 The technical approach is helpful and understandable， but the layout of complementary boxes is terrible - although they present interesting issues to the chapter， the boxes among the major text make the reader lose all track of ideas。 A good book， but it could be better。
Ziggy Denyer
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Wonderful introduction to Archaeology！ Used it in my studies and just as something to read！
Graziano
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