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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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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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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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Archaeology : Theories, Methods and Practice (4TH 04 Edition)
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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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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Traces of the Past (97 Edition)
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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Interpretative Archaeology
by Christopher Tilley Publisher Comments This fascinating volume integrates recent developments in anthropological and sociological theory with a series of detailed studies of prehistoric material culture. The authors explore the manner in which semiotic, hermeneutic, Marxist, and post...
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Picking the Lock of Time: Developing Chronology in American Archaeology
by James Truncer Synopsis Exploring the issue of chronology--the crucial determination of the age of an artifact or site--these essays document the contributions of early American archaeologists, both well known and obscure, who helped crack the "chronology problem." The...
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Bible and Radiocarbon Dating: Archaeology, Text and Science
by Thomas E Levy Book News Annotation Archaeologists, Biblical historians, Egyptologists, and radiocarbon dating specialists gathered in an Oxfordshire village to discuss problems and solutions of dating Iron Age (ca 1200-586 BCE) sites linked to Biblical history. Oddly, they do not seem...
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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 Synopsis 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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The Archaeology of Bruce Trigger: Theoretical Empiricism
by Ronald F Williamson Publisher Comments Bruce Trigger has merged the history of archaeology with new perspectives on how to understand the past. He is a critical analyst and architect of social evolutionary theory, an Egyptologist, and an authority on aboriginal cultures in north-eastern North...
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Geoarchaeology : Earth-science Approach To Archaeological Interpretation (2ND 06 Edition)
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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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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Asa Monographs #12: The Politics of the Past
by P Gathercole Synopsis 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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Archaeology a Brief Introduction 8TH Edition
by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 348) and index....
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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 the Key Concepts
by Colin Renfrew Synopsis 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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Animal Bones Interpreting the Past
by James Rackham Publisher Comments The bones of animals are common finds on many excavations. Interesting as evidence of the occurrence of animals, both domestic and wild, at various times throughout history, bones can also yield information about the human societies that hunted or kept...
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