Archaeology and Society

Reconstructing the Prehistoric Past
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-81728-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology

This reissue of the 1957 3rd edition of this book describes how archaeologists go about their work, how ancient sites are found, what methods are used to explore them, how finds are dated, and within what limits archaeological evidence is able to tell us how people lived before the dawn of recorded history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Grahame

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Introductory: Archaeology and Prehistory 2. Avenues of Discovery 3. Survival of the Evidence 4. Excavation 5. Chronology 6. Reconstruction: Economic Life 7. Reconstruction: Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual Life 8. Prehistory and Today

Über Autor(innen)

Grahame Clark, Fellow of Peterhouse and Disney professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.