Archaeology: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 1136860290
- ISBN-13
- 9781136860294
- Series
- Archaeology
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06-17
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Kevin Greene, Tom Moore
Description
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Referencing -- Glossary and index -- CHAPTER 1 The Idea of the Past -- CHAPTER 2 Discovery and Investigation -- CHAPTER 3 Excavation -- CHAPTER 4 Dating the past -- CHAPTER 5 Archaeological science -- CHAPTER 6 Making sense of the past -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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