LEADER 03480nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910454915003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-10450-3 010 $a0-203-01759-5 035 $a(CKB)111056485513110 035 $a(EBL)179248 035 $a(OCoLC)551888922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126021 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126021 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10030085 035 $a(PQKB)10850896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179248 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179248 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054724 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10450 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485513110 100 $a19980428d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCompanion encyclopedia of archaeology$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Graeme Barker 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (1266 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-06448-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOMPANION 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 327 $aPart 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 327 $a27 Archaeology and Islam28 Archaeology of the modern state: European colonialism; 29 The archaeology of industrialization; Index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aArchaeology$vEncyclopedias 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAnthropology. 615 0$aArchaeology 676 $a930.1 701 $aBarker$b Graeme$0153265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454915003321 996 $aCompanion encyclopedia of archaeology$91965236 997 $aUNINA