The concise Oxford dictionary of archaeology / Timothy Darvill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darvill, Timothy.

Series:

Oxford paperback reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Dictionaries.

Archaeology.

Antiquities.

Antiquities--Dictionaries.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

x, 506 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Oxford concise dictionary of archaeology

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

The most wide-ranging, comprehensive, up-to-date dictionary of its kind. Over 4,000 entries feature coverage of principles, techniques, artefacts, people, places, equipment, and descriptive terms -- from amphora to ziggurat. An essential reference source for students and professional archaeologists.

Contents:

1. Principal international conventions and recommendations concerning the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and artefacts 489

2. Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Cenozoic era 490

3. Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary system in northwest Europe 491

4. Principal geostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions of the late Devensian and Flandrian stages in the British Isles 492

5. Correlation of the principal geostratigraphic stages of the Pleistocene series in Europe and North America 493

6. Principal periods, industrial stages, and traditions of the British Bronze Age 494

7. Principal cultural phases in the Americas 495

8. Egyptian rulers and dynasties 500

9. Roman emperors 503

10. Leaders, rulers, kings, and queens of England to AD 1066 505.

ISBN:

0192800051

OCLC:

52324607