Archaeology (Sixth Edition)读书介绍
类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
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书籍 | 656页 | 2012 | Thames & Hudson |
定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
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GBP 32.00 | 2012-03-01 … | 2022-04-04 … | 42 |
CONTENTS
• 656 pages cover the entire subject, from technical methods to theoretical approaches; from the history of archaeology to excavation and explanation in archaeology
• Over 700 illustrations, including world maps, charts, diagrams and reconstructions
• Over 100 box features on major topics, from underwater archaeology to radiocarbon dating, from the origins of farming to the collapse of civilizations, with summaries of 30 influential excavations
• In-depth case studies on five important projects in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Southeast Asia and England
• Full reference section, including a glossary of archaeological terms and a comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• Now in full colour for the first time
• The most radical revision since the first edition
• Chapters reshaped, streamlined and reorganized, plus a new final chapter on Building a Career in Archaeology
• Rewritten and expanded coverage of field survey and excavation
• New discoveries such as Neanderthal DNA, the Frome hoard and the Staffordshire hoard; new theories about the meaning of Stonehenge and nature of Maya territories
• Eleven new box features: Lasers in the Jungle; Jamestown Rediscovery; Excavating the Amesbury Archer; Bayesian Analysis; Dating the Earliest West Europeans; Doggerland; Amber from the Baltic; Early Musical Behaviour; Finding a Neolithic Family; Ancient Cannibals?; and the Portable Antiquities Scheme
• New extensive case study on the field project at Upper Mangrove Creek, Australia
• Website for students: http://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/web/archaeology/
作者简介Colin Renfrew is Disney Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and former Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. He is the author and editor of many books, including Before Civilization, Archaeology and Language, Figuring it Out, and Prehistory; and co-editor of The Archaeology of Measurement, The Sapient Mind, and (with Paul ...
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