3rd Edition
A Brief History of Archaeology Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century
286 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
286 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
286 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A Brief History of Archaeology details early digs and covers the development of archaeology as a multidisciplinary science, the modernization of meticulous excavation methods during the twentieth century, and the important discoveries that led to new ideas about the evolution of human societies.
Spanning more than two thousand years of history, this short account of the discipline of... Read more
1. “The Backward Looking Curiosity” 2. The Antiquity of Humankind 3. Pharaohs and Assyrians 4. Human Progress and the Three Ages 5. Early American Archaeology 6. Scriptures and Civilizations
7. The Birth of Culture History 8. Egypt, Iraq, and Beyond 9. Archaeology Coming of Age, 1920 to 1940 10. Culture History and Beyond 11. Radiocarbon Dating and World Prehistory 12. The “New Archaeology”? 13. After Processualism 14. The Future
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Biography
Nadia Durrani is a Cambridge University-trained archaeologist and writer, with a Ph.D. from University College London. She is the editor and founder of Past Worlds magazine, former editor of two of Britain’s leading archaeology magazines, and author and editor of many books and articles on world archaeology.
Brian M. Fagan is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
