Title:
The Oxford handbook of archaeology / edited by Barry Cunliffe, Chris Gosden, Rosemary A. Joyce.
Author:
Cunliffe, Barry W.
Gosden, Chris, 1955-
Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956-
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Call Number:
CC165 .O94 2009
Abstract:
This handbook provides an authoritative guide to the full range of archaeological activities past and present. It will give the reader a sense of the history of the subject and of the main theoretical debates, as well as a taste of the excitement generated by archeological exploration.
ISBN:
9780199271016
Physical Description:
xvii, 1161 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents:
The discipline of archaeology / Kristian Kristiansen -- The formative century, 1860-1960 / Robin Boast -- The theoretical scene, 1960-2000 / Matthew H. Johnson -- Into the future / Andrew Jones -- Technologies / Marcia-Anne Dobres -- Measuring the passage of time : achievements and challenges in archaeological dating / A.M. Pollard -- Human activity in a spatial context / Gary Lock -- Data collection by excavation / Roger White -- Mastering materials / M.S. Tite -- The nature of humanness / Jonathan Marks -- Early hominids / Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick -- The emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens / William Davies -- The Neanderthals / Paul Pettitt -- Peopling the world / Steven Mithen -- Hunters and gatherers / Peter Mitchell -- Early farming and domestication / G. Barker -- Studying human diet / Robert Hedges -- Cultural complexity / Ian Morris -- Trade and interaction / Robin Skeates -- China : state formation and urbanization / Li Liu -- Mesoamerica / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- The central Andean region in prehistory / Terence N. D'Altroy -- The Mediterranean and its hinterland / Cyprian Broodbank -- The archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa / Innocent Pikirayi -- Pre-Islamic Central Asia / Georgina Herrmann -- The circumpolar zone / Bryan C. Hood -- East Asia / S. Nelson -- Australasia / Lesley Head ... [et al.] -- The Pacific Islands / Chris Gosden -- North America / Charles R. Cobb and Randall H. McGuire -- South American archaeology / P.P. Funari, A. Zarankin, and E. Stovel -- Indigenous voices, archaeology, and the issue of repatriation / Jonathan Williams -- Sex and gender / Roberta Gilchrist -- Archaeological representation : the consumption and creation of the past / Stephanie Moser -- Community archaeology / Yvonne Marshall.
