Archaeology: A Brief IntroductionFor introductory level courses in Archaeology and as a supplement for courses in Physical Anthropology where the instructor would like to integrate archaeology. This introduction to the fundamental principles of method and theory in archaeology, is the only book that also exposes students to archaeology as a career.The book begins with the goals of archaeology, then goes on to consider the basic concepts of culture, time, and space, and the finding and excavation of archaeological sites. |
Contents
Archaeology | 2 |
Types of Archaeology | 8 |
Anthropological Archaeology | 16 |
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activities agriculture American ancient animal bones archaeo archaeological record archaeological sites archaeological survey archaeologists argon artifact patterns artifacts associated attributes behavior burial buried campsites caves ceremonial centers Chapter clay complex context cross dating cultural process cultural system culture change decoration dendrochronology developed digging distribution early environment example Figure fish food remains fragments Gordon Willey hearths historical household human culture hunter-gatherers hunters hunting ice sheets identified Indians James Deetz Koster site layers living Mary Leakey Maya mental template Mesoamerica Mexico miles mounds objects Olduvai Gorge Olmec organic past piles Pleistocene potsherds pottery prehistoric radiocarbon dates reflect relative chronology religious research design samples sequence seriation settlement patterns shell midden sherds skeleton social soil space stone axes stone tools storage pits surface surviving techniques Tehuacán Teotihuacán thousand years ago tion Tollund traces trade tree-ring trenches types Valley vegetable vessel village