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In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology 10/e
Brian M. Fagan Emeritus
Published July 2000 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2001, 584 pp., Cloth
ISBN: 0-13-030731-9
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$85.20
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Companion Website
Summary

Unique online study resource...the Companion Website™ -- www.prenhall.com/fagan

Prentice Hall's exclusive Companion Website™ that accompanies In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology, Tenth Edition, offers unique tools and support that make it easy for students and instructors to integrate this online study guide with the text. The site is a comprehensive resource that is organized according to the chapters within the text and features a variety of learning and teaching modules:

For Students:

  • Study Guide Modules contain a variety of exercises and features designed to help students with self-study. These modules include:
    • Chapter objectives that help students organize key concepts to be learned
    • Essay questions that help strengthen critical thinking skills
    • Quizzes with multiple-choice and true-false questions that supply instant scoring and feedback on student mastery of core material
    • Built-in e-mail routing option that gives students the ability to forward essay responses and graded quizzes to their instructors.
  • Reference Modules contain Web Destinations and Net Search options that provide the opportunity to expand upon the information presented in the text. Whether through a directory of websites relevant to the subject matter of a chapter or by simplifying key-term searching by automatically inserting terms from a chapter into major search engines, these reference features enable students to quickly reach related information on the web.
  • Communication Modules include tools such as Live Chat and Message Boards to facilitate online collaboration and communication.
  • Personalization Modules include our enhanced Help feature that contains a text page for browsers and plug-ins.

For Instructors:

  • Syllabus Manager™ tool provides an easy-to-follow process for creating, posting, and revising a syllabus online that is accessible from any point within the Companion Website™. This resource allows instructors and students to communicate both inside and outside of the classroom at the click of a button.

The Companion Website™ makes integrating the Internet into your course exciting and easy. Join us online at the address above and enter a new world of teaching and learning possibilities and opportunities.
Features

NEW CHAPTER STRUCTURE
  • NEW - “What Happened in Prehistory?”—Section has been added immediately following the preface.

    • Offers beginning students a brief summary of world prehistory as a reference point for the examples which appear in the main text. Ex.___

  • NEW - Combined previous two chapters on Time into one new chapter entitled, “How Old Is It?”(Ch. 7)

    • Provides more concise coverage. Ex.___

  • NEW - Extensive update of the Archaeological Excavation chapter. (Ch. 9)

    • Reflects current worldwide advances pertaining to organizing, planning, types, tools, and special problems of excavations. Ex.___

  • NEW - Added chapter on environmental reconstruction and short- and long-term climatic change. (Ch. 12)

    • Shows students the remarkable advances in paleoclimatology in recent years, especially in the study of short-term climatic shifts—like the well-known El Niños. Ex.___

  • NEW - Coverage of the “intangible”—Features current topics of gender; ethnicity; and the study of ancient religion. Complete chapter on ancient religion and the archaeology of religion and beliefs. (Ch. 17)

    • Provides students with very topical, cutting edge coverage not found in any other texts. Ex.___

  • NEW - Added chapter on “Becoming an Archaeologist.”(Ch. 20)

    • Offers students some frank and hard-hitting advice about archaeology as a career. Ex.___

NEW TOPICAL COVERAGE
  • NEW - Updated theoretical coverage on a global basis throughout.

    • Allows instructors to cover their own specialty within a broad context, and not just North America or Mesoamerica—which are the dominant themes in some other texts. Gives students an expansive view of a rapidly changing field.. Ex.___

  • NEW - Material on archeology in contemporary society.

    • Explores this field as it goes through a major revolution, with a shrinking academic sector facing extraordinary challenges in training the professional archaeologists of the 21st Century. Ex.___

  • NEW - Emphasis on cultural resource management, public archaeology, and ethics.

    • Familiarizes students with new, significant material as it relates to various topics throughout the text. Ex.___

  • Well-focused coverage of contemporary issues throughout—e.g., environmental reconstruction; groups; human interactions; stewardship; and archeological survey.

    • Makes students aware of the hot issues in the field. Ex.___

INCREASED PEDAGOGY
  • NEW - More case studies throughout.

    • Shows students examples from all over the world that reflect the latest research. Ex.___

  • NEW - Box program—Features three new categories of boxes that highlight key discoveries, methods and sites from a global perspective: Discovery; Doing Archaeology; Sites.

    • Brings the concepts of archaeology to life by using concrete examples. Ex.___

  • NEW - Improved art program.

    • Illustrates the text with photos that reflect new studies and better images. Ex.___

  • NEW - Companion Website.

    • Via the Internet, this interactive study tool allows students to test their mastery of the content as well as link to active archaeological sites. Ex.___

  • An internationally known author—With outstanding academic credentials.

    • Introduces students to the words and lifetime experiences of a popular writer in the field with an international reputation. Ex.___

  • Jargon-free text.

    • Enables instructors to use the same easy-to-understand approach in the classroom setting. Offers students a popular style they can enjoy reading and learning without being talked down to or intimidated. Ex.___

  • Chapter-end guides to further reading.

    • Encourages students to expand their knowledge and studies on a given topic of particular interest to them. . Ex.___
Table of Contents

What Happened in Prehistory?

I. BACKGROUND TO ARCHAEOLOGY.

 1. Introducing Archaeology.

II. A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY: SIXTH CENTURY B.C. THROUGH A.D. 2000.

 2. The Beginnings of Scientific Archaeology: Sixth Century B.C. to the 1950s.

 3. Science, Ecology, and the Many-Voiced Past: The 1950s to Today.

III. BASIC PROCESSES AND PRINCIPLES.

 4. Matrix and Preservation.

 5. Doing Archaeological Research.

 6. Culture, Data, and Context.

 7. How Old Is It?

IV. RECOVERING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA.

 8. Finding and Assessing Archaeological Sites.

 9. Archaeological Excavation.

V. ANALYZING THE PAST: ARTIFACTS AND TECHNOLOGY.

10. Classifying Artifacts.

11. Technologies of the Ancients.

VI. ENVIRONMENTS, LIFEWAYS, PEOPLE, AND THE INTANGIBLE.

12. Ancient Environments.

13. Subsistence and Diet.

14. Analogy, Middle-Range Theory, and the Living Past.

15. Settlement Archaeology.

16. Interactions: People of the Past.

17. Archaeology of the Intangible.

VII. EXPLAINING CULTURE CHANGE IN THE PAST.

18. Theoretical Approaches: From Culture History to Postprocessualism.

VIII. CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

19. Managing the Past and Public Archaeology.

IX. CAREERS AND RESOURCES.

20. Becoming an Archaeologist.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Photo Credits.

Index.



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