Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Volume 1Graeme Barker The 26 articles in this new Companion Encyclopedia provide an invaluable compendium of the themes, issues and background of this popular, but complex field. This two-volume set offers definitive coverage of the field as a whole, and is divided into three thematic sections:Part I "Origins, Aims and Methods" features articles on the history and theory of the discipline, and the techniques used in the study of archaeological evidence. Part II "Problems and Approaches" examines how archaeologists approach such themes as culture, identity, society, territory, population and beliefs across the traditional boundaries of period and place. Part III "The Development of Human Society" integrates the concerns which are addressed in the previous two sections and draws together the methods and approaches in studying hunter-gatherer societies, developing models for state formation, examining medieval demographic trends, and understanding early modern and industrial societies. |
Contents
Early agricultural societies 839 | xvii |
Preface and acknowledgements | xxx |
Discovering the past | 3 |
explaining the past | 48 |
The archaeology of industrialization 1160 | 75 |
The nature of archaeological evidence | 81 |
Field archaeology | 128 |
Establishing archaeological chronologies | 182 |
Studying people | 266 |
Studying structures | 310 |
Studying artefacts | 344 |
Preserving and presenting the evidence | 389 |
Culture and identity | 431 |
The organization of society | 470 |
Settlement and territory | 505 |
Food and farming | 546 |
Index 1198 | 191 |
Reconstructing the environment and natural landscape | 222 |
Production and exchange in prehistory | 608 |
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