an introduction to study skills, topics and methods /
Jim Grant, Sam Gorin and Neil Fleming.
New York :
Routledge,
2002.
1 online resource (xxviii, 323 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index.
Part, Part I Understanding archaeological resources -- chapter 1 Archaeological Reconnaissance -- chapter 2 Excavation -- chapter 3 Post-excavation Analysis -- chapter 4 Understanding Dating in Archaeology -- chapter 5 Archaeological Interpretation -- chapter 6 Managing the Past -- chapter 7 Presenting the Past -- part, Part II Studying themes in archaeology -- chapter 8 Religion and Ritual -- chapter 9 The Archaeology of Settlement -- chapter 10 Material Culture and Economics -- chapter 11 Social Archaeology -- part, Part III Examination success and beyond -- chapter 12 Doing an Archaeological Project -- chapter 13 Preparing for your Archaeology Examination -- chapter 14 Where to Next? -- Studying Archaeology in the UK -- chapter 15 Finding the Best Information.
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Designed for students studying archaeology for the first time, this comprehensive and user-friendly text is specially designed to assist learning. The book introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts and themes and provides the skills necessary to understand these step-by-step; explains how to interpret the material students may meet in examinations and how to succeed with different types of assignments and exam questions; supports study with case studies, key sites, key reading, tasks and skills development; and illustrates concepts and commentary with over 200 photographs and drawings of excavation sites, methodology and processes, tools and equipment.-- Provided by publisher