Includes bibliographical references (page 385) and index.
Fossils, cities, and civilizations: the birth of a science -- Introducing archaeology and prehistory -- Culture and context -- Explaining the past -- Space and time -- They sought it here, they sought it there: the process of research and finding archaeological sites -- Excavation -- Archaeological classification and ancient technologies -- The present and the past -- Ancient climate and environment -- Come tell me how you lived -- Settlement and landscape -- The archaeology of people -- Managing the past -- So you want to become an archaeologist?