Archaeology: The Basics Fagan Brian M.
Archaeology: The Basics Fagan Brian M. Archaeology: The Basics, rewritten for this fourth edition, is a short, engaging book that takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating world of…
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Archaeology: The Basics Fagan Brian M.
Archaeology: The Basics, rewritten for this fourth edition, is a short, engaging book that takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating world of archaeology and archaeologists.Written in a non-technical style by two experienced archaeologists and writers about the past, the book begins by introducing archaeology as a unique way of studying the entire span of the human past from our origins some six million years ago to today. After a brief look at early archaeological discoveries, they introduce today's multidisciplinary archaeology. The authors stress that archaeology is a global study of human biological and cultural diversity.
How do we find archaeological sites and how do we explore them? Then they go on to describe the archaeological record, the archives of the past and the importance of contexts of time and space. Two chapters laced with examples