Archaeology and Prehistory - Softcover

CRABTREE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078405165 ISBN 13: 9780078405167

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Synopsis

With a single textbook, you can now give students a comprehensive introduction to world prehistory and a thorough understanding of exactly how archaeologists go about doing their work. This new introduction to archaeology integrates discussion of archaeological methods and techniques with coverage of world prehistory. 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. "Archaeology and Prehistory" has been developed with the aim of offering a better way to introduce students to archaeology's unique understanding of human societies.

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From the Publisher:

By introducing archaeological methods gradually, as they pertain to a thorough, up-to-date survey of world prehistory, the text gives students a more complete understanding of the tools archaeologists use to uncover the past and the reason why they use those particular tools.
Maps in every chapter show locations of major sites and landforms so students can better grasp the geography of prehistoric settlements.
Comprehensive Case Studies focus not just on specific sites but also on why these sites are important in the broader archaeological context.
Plentiful figures and photos allow students to visualize sites, artifacts, and landscapes.
Archaeology in Practice boxes in every chapter allow for integrated coverage of theory and application or method.
Thoroughly modern, up-to-date introduction to archaeology includes discussion of the latest research, sites, discussions, and debates as well as the field's historical underpinnings.

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 zooarchaeology and animal domestication, co-edited Animal Use and Culture Change (with Kathleen Ryan), and edited Medieval archaeology: An Encyclopedia. Douglas V. Campana is a Research Associate in Anthropology at New York University and an archaeologist for the National Park Service at the Valley Forge Center for Cultural Resources. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1981. Dr. Campana has published scholarly articles on Near Eastern prehistory and bone tool technology, and edited Before Farming: Hunter-Gatherer Society and Subsistence. He has conducted archeological research in Israel, the West Bank, and Europe; his research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Leakey Foundation, and the National Geographic Society. As an archaeologist for the federal government, Dr. Campana has directed archaeological excavation throughout the Mid-Atlantic states. He is currently excavating a portion of George Washington's Revolutionary War encampment at Valley Forge.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0078405165
• ISBN 13: 9780078405167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768