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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454915003321

Titolo

Companion encyclopedia of archaeology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graeme Barker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-280-10450-3

0-203-01759-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarkerGraeme

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Anthropology

Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Approaches11 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 Islam28 Archaeology of the modern state: European colonialism; 29 The archaeology of industrialization; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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.