Archaeology: Theories, Methods and PracticeThames & Hudson, 2008 - 656 pages This best-selling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it has now been completely revised. Structured according to the key questions that archaeologists ask themselves, it provides coverage of all the major developments in methods, science, technology, and theory.For the fifth edition, the voices of indigenous archaeologists have been included, and there is updated coverage of archaeological ethics and Cultural Resource Management. Recent findings are discussed, and there is expanded coverage of topics such as bioarchaeology and geoarchaeology. |
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... important commodity used for lighting and in products such as soap . In 1977 , prompted by the discovery in Spanish archives that Red Bay had been an important whaling center , the Canadian archaeologist James A. Tuck began an ...
... important commodity used for lighting and in products such as soap . In 1977 , prompted by the discovery in Spanish archives that Red Bay had been an important whaling center , the Canadian archaeologist James A. Tuck began an ...
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... important to calibrate the machine used for archaeological lead isotope analysis against a sample previously analysed by TIMS , to confirm that the new data can be compared with the available TIMS database of lead isotope ratios of ores ...
... important to calibrate the machine used for archaeological lead isotope analysis against a sample previously analysed by TIMS , to confirm that the new data can be compared with the available TIMS database of lead isotope ratios of ores ...
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... important center in the 7th century and became the seat of an archbishop in AD 735. Not a great deal is yet known of the buildings of Anglian , or Anglo- Saxon York , but they must have contained an arch- bishop's church , an important ...
... important center in the 7th century and became the seat of an archbishop in AD 735. Not a great deal is yet known of the buildings of Anglian , or Anglo- Saxon York , but they must have contained an arch- bishop's church , an important ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 9 |
How Did They Make and Use Tools? | 10 |
BOX FEATURES | 11 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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