Archaeology 6th edition

512 Pages·2012·7.29 MB·English

by  Robert L. Kelly

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Archaeology
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Archaeology
Sixth Edition
Robert L. Kelly
University of Wyoming
David Hurst Th omas
American Museum of Natural History
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BRIEF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxi
Chapter 1 Meet Some Real Archaeologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2 The Structure of Archaeological Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Chapter 3 Doing Fieldwork: Surveying
for Archaeological Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Chapter 4 Doing Fieldwork: Why Archaeologists
Dig Square Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Chapter 5 Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Chapter 6 Chronology Building: How to Get a Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Chapter 7 The Dimensions of Archaeology:
Time, Space, and Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Chapter 8 Taphonomy, Experimental Archaeology,
and Ethnoarchaeology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Chapter 9 People, Plants, and Animals in the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Chapter 10 Bioarchaeological Approaches to the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Chapter 11 Reconstructing Social and Political
Systems of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Chapter 12 The Archaeology of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Chapter 13 Understanding Key Transitions
in World Prehistory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Chapter 14 Historical Archaeology: Insights
on American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Chapter 15 Caring for America’s Cultural Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Chapter 16 Archaeology’s Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
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