Ebook: Archaeology

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Referencing; Glossary and index; CHAPTER 1 The Idea of the Past; CHAPTER 2 Discovery and Investigation; CHAPTER 3 Excavation; CHAPTER 4 Dating the past; CHAPTER 5 Archaeological science; CHAPTER 6 Making sense of the past; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.;Looks behind the aspects of archaeology such as the discovery and excavation of sites, the study of human remains and animal bones, radiocarbon dating, museums and 'heritage' displays, and reveals the methods used by archaeologists. This title also explains how the subject emerged from an amateur pursuit into a serious discipline.