Companion encyclopedia of archaeology / edited by Graeme Barker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Graeme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Archaeology--Encyclopedias.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xlv, 1219 pages)) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive, fully illustrated Companion answers the need for an in-depth archaeology reference that provides authoritative coverage of this complex and interdisciplinary field. The work brings together the myriad strands and the great temporal and spatial breadth of the field into two thematically organized volumes. In twenty-six authoritative and clearly-written essays, this Companion explores the origins, aims, methods and problems of archaeology. Each essay is written by a scholar of international standing and illustrations complement the text.

Contents:

COMPANION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHAEOLOGY; Copyright; Contents; Volume 1; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; General introduction; Part I: Origins, Aims and Methods; 1 Discovering the past; 2 The development of archaeological theory: explaining the past; 3 The nature of archaeological evidence; 4 Field archaeology; 5 Establishing archaeological chronologies; 6 Reconstructing the environment and natural landscape; 7 Studying people; 8 Studying structures; 9 Studying artefacts; 10 Preserving and presenting the evidence

Part II: Themes and Approaches; 11 Culture and identity; 12 The organization of society; 13 Settlement and territory; 14 Food and farming; 15 Production and exchange in prehistory; 16 Production and exchange in historical archaeology; 17 Population dynamics; 18 Cognition: thought, ideas, and belief; Part III: Writing Archaeological History; 19 Human evolution; 20 Hunter-gatherer societies; 21 Early agricultural societies; 22 The development of rank societies; 23 Urbanization and state formation; 24 The development of empires; 25 Post-collapse societies; 26 Europe in the Middle Ages

27 Archaeology and Islam; 28 Archaeology of the modern state: European colonialism; 29 The archaeology of industrialization; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92193-4

1-280-10450-3

0-203-01759-5

9780203017593

OCLC:

551888922