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Controversies in Archaeology
by Alice Beck Kehoe  Publisher Comments Alice Beck Kehoe offers introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text, using examples from Native American origins to ancient astronauts....
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Time Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the Past
by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments University of California Professor of Anthropology Brian Fagan offers a fascinating look at how the key archaeological discoveries of the past 50 years were made--and how new techniques and devices have led to new insights into ancient civilizations. of...
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Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice
by Colin Renfrew Publisher Comments Fourth edition. The bestselling introduction to what archaeologists do and how they do it - completely revised, redesigned and brought utterly up to date. Good basic stock....
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Arrowheads and Projectile Points (Artifacts and Collectibles)
by Lar Hothem Publisher Comments Projectile points of American Indians have long been objects of interest to students and historians. This arrowhead book has hundreds of photos, information about geographic origin, methods of production, sizes, and a special section on detecting fakes...
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Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research
by Norman Yoffee Publisher Comments Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that "all history becomes subjective," that, in fact, "properly there is no history, only biography." Today, Emerson's observation is hardly revolutionary for archaeologists; it has become conventional wisdom that the...
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Archaeological Concepts for the Study of the Cultural Past (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry)
by Alan P., Iii Sullivan Book News Annotation In North America, unlike Britain or Europe, archaeology is considered a subfield of cultural anthropology as opposed to a discipline in its own right; the resulting theoretical tension and their historical close connections may have inhibited...
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Essential Tensions in Archaeological Method and Theory (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry)
by Todd L Vanpool Publisher Comments One size does not fit all in archaeology Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry James M. Skibo, series editor ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY, SOME SAY, seems to have fragmented into a thousand fundamentalisms. By working on a broader set of empirical issues than...
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Introducing Archaeology (06 Edition)
by Robert J. Muckle Book News Annotation Muckle (archaeology, Capilano College, Vancouver, BC) offers a concise and economical text for introductory archaeology courses as they are taught in most colleges and universities in North America: with a focus on methods. The development of the book...
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Geoarchaeology: The Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation
by George Rapp Publisher Comments An indispensable book for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology, including those with limited earth-science experience, this new edition of Geoarchaeology builds on the success and innovation of the first edition and...
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California Series in Public Anthropology
by Randall Mcguire Publisher Comments This book develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that archaeology is an inherently political activity, Randall H. McGuire builds on the history of archaeological theory and Marxist...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
by Timothy Darvill Publisher Comments With over 4,000 entries covering the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language, this up-to-date dictionary is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive of its kind. There is coverage of principles, theories, techniques...
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Frauds Myths & Mysteries Science & 5TH Edition
by Kenneth L Feder Publisher Comments Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly...
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Traces of the Past PB (Contemporary Issues in Museum Cultures)
by Joseph B Lambert Publisher Comments Where Stonehenge’s giant bluestones come from? Was the fall of the Roman Empire hastened by lead poisoning? How did amber get from the Baltic to Belize? In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich...
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Asa Monographs #12: The Politics of the Past
by P Gathercole Publisher Comments This stimulating collection demonstrates the inadequacy of a history that is always written by the "winners." Drawing on original studies from Africa, North America, Australia and the Pacific in order to make its points, b /b b i The Politics of the Past...
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In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts: A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
by Stephen L Dyson Publisher Comments The stories behind the acquisition of ancient antiquities are often as important as those that tell of their creation. This fascinating book provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of classical archaeology, explaining how and why...
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Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice (Topics in Contemporary Archaeology)
by Andrew Jones Publisher Comments Considers the divide between ???scientific??? and ???theoretical??? archaeology, and suggests that they are not necessarily conflicting....
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The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know about the Past
by Jane R Mcintosh Publisher Comments The Practical Archaeologist is an introduction to archaeology with a user-oriented approach. Researchers of all ages will learn how archaeologists work and how they interpret the evidence they discover. More than 200 full-color and black-and-white...
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Dating Techniques for the Archaeologist
by Henry N Michael Publisher Comments Modern dating methods have revolutionized the placing in time of prehistoric events, and many earlier estimates have been completely revised. "The end of the Ice Age has been brought forward in time, the beginning of urbanization has been pushed back..."...
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Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World
by Jeremy Sabloff Publisher Comments Senior archaeologist Jeremy Sabloff points students to ways in which archaeology is can be relevant to the understanding and amelioration of modern problems....
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Archaeology the Key Concepts
by Colin Renfrew Publisher Comments Written by the leading authors Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn, "Archaeology: The Key Concepts" is an invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the key terms and their impact on archaeological thinking and method. Entries...
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