Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 312 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Edition: 4th Edition August 19, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072978821
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072978827
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

Product Description
This brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology follows the same organizing principle as the text Archaeology: Discovering Our Past but features less detail. Archaeological methods and theory are covered comprehensively--at a reasonable level of detail--in under 300 pages. Illustrative examples and case studies present a temporal and geographic balance of both Old and New World sites. Abundant student aids include maps of archaeological areas, extensive illustrations, chapter introductions and summaries, a guide to further reading at the end of each chapter, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology (Paperback) I'm currently a student and i'm taking an Introducion to Archaeology course because I've always been interested in learning a little bit about archaeology. This is the book that I have to use for my class and most of the time I dread having to read the books in any of my classes, but this book is an exception. Even if I wasn't taking the course in college, I would enjoy reading this book. It gives you an overview of what archaeologists do for a living and tells of many excavations and other archaeological discoveries. Unlike most textbooks, it not only gives definitions and gives information about the subject, but it tells stories that will interest you and actually make you want to read the book for a change. If you want to read about what archaeology is about, I recommend reading this book. It has a lot of good information and it's interesting.