4th Edition

The Archaeology Coursebook An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills

By Jim Grant, Sam Gorin, Neil Fleming Copyright 2015
692 Pages
by Routledge

692 Pages
by Routledge

692 Pages
by Routledge

This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and key studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject. The... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Understanding Archaeological Resources  1. Archaeological Reconnaissance  2. Archaeological Excavation  3. Post-Excavation Analysis and Archaeological Materials  4. Understanding Dating in Archaeology  5. Archaeological Interpretation  Part 2: Studying Themes in Archaeology  6. Human Origins 7. The Sites and People in the Landscapre: Settlement Archaeology 8. Economics A- Forgaing to Farming: The Exploitation of Plants and Animals 9. Economics B: Extraction, Manufacture, Material Culture and Exchange 10. People and Society in the Past  11. The Archaeology of Religion and Ritual Part 3: Issues in World Archaeology 12. Managing Archaeological Heritage13. Archaeology and the Present: Whose past is it anyway?

Biography

All three authors have considerable experience in teaching archaeology, examining and field archaeology. Jim Grant is Vice Principal at Cirencester College. Sam Gorin was formerly a Curriculum Director at Newark and Sherwood College. He has been widely involved in field archaeology in the East Midlands. Neil Fleming is Upper-Sixth House Master at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham.