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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... monuments , particularly among segmentary societies . These involve questions about the size or scale of the monuments ; their spatial distribution in the landscape ; and clues about the status of individuals buried in certain monuments ...
... monuments , particularly among segmentary societies . These involve questions about the size or scale of the monuments ; their spatial distribution in the landscape ; and clues about the status of individuals buried in certain monuments ...
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... monument construction ( the earlier Neolithic , C. 4000–3000 BC ) , the most frequent monuments are long earthen burial mounds , termed long barrows , which are up to 70 m ( 230 ft ) in length . They lie mainly on the chalklands of ...
... monument construction ( the earlier Neolithic , C. 4000–3000 BC ) , the most frequent monuments are long earthen burial mounds , termed long barrows , which are up to 70 m ( 230 ft ) in length . They lie mainly on the chalklands of ...
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... monuments . In the earlier Neolithic the scale of monuments is commensurate with an egalitarian , segmentary society . APPROX . WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION A different way of viewing the landscape around Stonehenge based on the ...
... monuments . In the earlier Neolithic the scale of monuments is commensurate with an egalitarian , segmentary society . APPROX . WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION A different way of viewing the landscape around Stonehenge based on the ...
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Introduction | 9 |
How Did They Make and Use Tools? | 10 |
BOX FEATURES | 11 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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