Exploring Prehistory: How Archaeology Reveals Our Past - Softcover

Crabtree, Pam; Campana, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072978147 ISBN 13: 9780072978148

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

This new introduction to archaeology integrates world prehistory with discussion of archeological methods and techniques. It introduces archaeological methods gradually and in context through the use of Archaeology in Practice boxes which give students a more complete understanding of the tools archaeologists use to uncover the past and the reasons why they use those tools. Comprehensive Case Studies focus not just on specific sites but also on why these sites are important in the broader archaeological context. Exploring Prehistory has been developed with the aim of offering a better way to introduce students to archaeology’s unique understanding of human societies.

About this title

About the Author:

Pam J. Crabtree, who received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University, where she has worked since 1990. Professor Crabtree was an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University from 1985 to 1990 and a research fellow at the Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology of the University of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1984. She has written many scholarly articles on zoo archaeology and animal domestication, co-edited Animal Use and Culture Change (with Kathleen Ryan), and edited Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072978147
• ISBN 13: 9780072978148
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512