In the Beginning : An Introduction to Archaeology (Hardcover, 14 ed)

PART I BACKGROUND TO ARCHAEOLOGY 1 Introducing Archaeology 2 The Beginnings of Scientific Archaeology: Sixth Century B.C. to the 1950s 3 The Many-Voiced Past: Archaeological Thought from the 1950s to Now PART II THE BASICS 4 Matrix and Preservation 5 Doing Archaeological Research 6 Culture, Data, and Context 7 Dating the Past PART III RECOVERING THE DATA 8 They Sought It Here, They Sought It There: Finding the Past 9 How to Excavate PART IV A NALYZING THE PAST: ARTIFACTS AND TECHNOLOGY 10 Classifying Artifacts 11 Technologies of the Ancients PART V STUDYING ENVIRONMENTS AND PEOPLE 12 Ancient Environments 13 Studying Subsistence 14 The Living Past 15 Landscape and Settlement 16 Interactions: People of the Past 17 Archaeology and the Intangible PART VI MANAGING THE PAST 18 Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and Public Archaeology 19 Archaeology and Contemporary Society PART VII CAREERS AND RESOURCES 20 So You Want to Become an Archaeologist? Useful Addresses Glossary Bibliography Credits Index