A companion to archaeology
By: edited by John L. Bintliff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780470998601
Subjects: Archaeology
Description: This companion features essays from 27 of the world's leading authorities on different types of archaeology, aiming to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Analytical Archaeology; 2 The Great Dark Book: Archaeology, Experience, and Interpretation; 3 Archaeology and the Genetic Revolution; 4 Archaeology and Language: Methods and Issues; 5 The Archaeology of Gender; 6 Archaeology and Social Theory; 7 Materiality, Space, Time, and Outcome; 8 Archaeological Perspectives on Local Communities; 9 Archaeology and Technology; 10 Time, Structure, and Agency: The Annales, Emergent Complexity, and Archaeology; 11 Archaeological Dating; 12 Chronology and the Human Narrative