| Description |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Authors' Note -- 1 Fossils, Cities, and Civilizations: The Birth of a Science -- What Is Archaeology? -- The Beginnings of Archaeology -- The Three Ages and the Antiquity of Humankind -- The Discovery of the Ancient Civilizations -- The Ancient Egyptians -- The Assyrians and Sumerians -- Troy and Mycenae -- Asia: Scrolls and Shoulder Blades -- African Phoenicians? -- Early American Archaeology -- The "Moundbuilders" -- Maya Civilization |
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Southwestern Archaeology and the Direct Historical Approach -- Diversity, Diffusion, and Human Progress -- "From Them to Us": Unilinear Evolution -- Diffusionism: How Did Civilization Spread? -- The Development of Modern Scientific Archaeology -- Scientific Excavation -- Archaeology and Ecology -- Scientific Methods -- "From Them to Us": Contemporary Archaeological Theory -- Ecological/Evolutionary Approaches -- Historical Materialist Approaches -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Note -- Further Reading -- 2 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory |
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The Tourist, the Collector, and the Archaeologist -- Who Needs and Owns the Past? -- What Do Archaeologists Do? -- Anthropology, Archaeology, and History -- Archaeologists On the Job -- Many Sites, Many Archaeologists -- Why Does Archaeology Matter? -- Mysteries of the Past -- Tall Tales: Pseudoarchaeology -- Archaeology and Human Diversity -- Archaeology as a Political Tool -- Archaeology and Economic Development -- The Irresistible Lure of the Past -- The Prehistory of Humankind According to Archaeologists -- Early Prehistory -- The Origins and Spread of Modern Humans |
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The Origins of Food Production -- The Origins of States (Civilizations) -- European Expansion -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Further Reading -- 3 Culture and Context -- Human Culture -- Cultural Systems -- Culture Change -- The Goals of Archaeology -- Stewardship: Preserving the Past -- Constructing Culture History -- Reconstructing Ancient Lifeways -- Social Organization and Religious Beliefs -- Explaining Cultural and Social Change -- Understanding the Archaeological Record -- The Archaeological Record -- Archaeological Sites -- Artifacts, Features, and Ecofacts -- Context -- Summary |
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Questions for Discussion -- Further Reading -- 4 Space and Time -- Space -- The Law of Association -- Assemblages and Subassemblages -- Time -- Linear and Cyclical Time -- Relative Chronology -- The Law of Superposition -- Artifacts and Relative Chronology -- Absolute Chronology -- Historical Records and Objects of Known Age -- Tree-Ring Dating (Dendrochronology) -- Chronometric Chronology -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Potassium-Argon Dating -- Some Other Dating Methods -- Luminescence Dating -- Electronic Spin Resonance -- Uranium Series Dating -- Fission Track Dating -- Summary |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Questions for Discussion |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Durrani, Nadia
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| ISBN |
9781000440294 |
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100044029X |
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