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Archaeology : a very short introduction / Paul Bahn ; with illustrations by Bill Tidy.

By: Bahn, Paul GContributor(s): Tidy, Bill, 1933-Material type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on DemandVery short introductions: 10.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: 1 online resource (111 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191540097; 0191540099; 9780191606380; 0191606383; 9786611769925; 6611769927; 9781281769923; 1281769924Subject(s): Archaeology | Archaeology -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Archaeology.DDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: CC165 | .B27 2000Other classification: 15.30 | K85 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Intro -- Preliminaries -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Development of Archaeology -- 2 Making a Date -- 3 Technology -- 4 How Did People Live? -- 5 How Did People Think? -- 6 Settlement and Society -- 7 How and Why Did Things Change? -- 8 Minorities and Sororities -- 9 Presenting the Past to the Public -- 10 The Future of the Past -- Further Reading -- Index.
Summary: This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology-a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past.
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"First published as an Oxford University Press paperback 1996. Reissued 2000"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.

Intro -- Preliminaries -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Development of Archaeology -- 2 Making a Date -- 3 Technology -- 4 How Did People Live? -- 5 How Did People Think? -- 6 Settlement and Society -- 7 How and Why Did Things Change? -- 8 Minorities and Sororities -- 9 Presenting the Past to the Public -- 10 The Future of the Past -- Further Reading -- Index.

This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology-a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past.

English.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul G. Bahn obtained a doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge and is an acknowledged expert on Ice Age cave art. He is the author and editor of several books on archaeology and resides in the U.K.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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