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Brief History of Archaeology, A: Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century 1/e
Brian M. Fagan Emeritus
Published March 2004 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2005, 304 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-177698-3
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Summary

This brief but comprehensive book tells the story of how archaeology changed from a romantic adventure into a science. Its vivid narrative combines tales of archaeological discovery with the changing social conditions and theoretical perspectives that helped turn archaeology into a sophisticated discipline. Containing a simple, jargon-free style—and a lifetime of teaching experience—this writer shares with readers his unrivaled experience as an archeologist and an author. KEY TOPICS: Unique coverage includes both major discoveries, and significant, theoretical and methodological developments of the history of archaeology—from a global perspective. MARKET: For anyone interested in an interpretation of our archeological past that will yield an understanding of today—its beginnings, and the ideas that nurtured it.

Features

  • Unique, comprehensive coverage–Includes both major discoveries and significant theoretical and methodological developments of the history of archaeology from a global perspective.

    • Presents students with equal emphasis on all parts of the world, focuses on the broad issues of the past, and eliminates the need for other volumes.

  • Simple, jargon-free, narrative style–Written by an internationally known archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience as an accurate and successful writer of textbooks.

    • Makes the text easy-to-understand and accessible to beginning students.

  • Well-chosen illustrations throughout.

    • Enhance the text presentation and student comprehension.

  • Book-end Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms.

    • Lists and provides additional information on the more important sites mentioned in the text.

  • Chapter-end Guides to Further Reading.

    • Give students easy access to sources for additional research and the broader world of archaeology.

  • An international perspective.

    • Shows students that archaeology is a global enterprise, not just a narrowly focused view of the past.



Table of Contents



 1. “The Backward Looking Curiosity.”


 2. The Antiquity of Humankind.


 3. Pharaohs and Assyrians.


 4. Human Progress and the Three Ages.


 5. Early American Archaeology.


 6. Scriptures and Civilizations.


 7. The Birth of Culture History.


 8. Egypt, Iraq, and Beyond.


 9. Archaeology Coming of Age, 1920-1940.


10. Culture History and Beyond.


11. Radiocarbon Dating and World Prehistory.


12. The “New Archaeology”?


13. After Processualism.


14. The Future.


Glossary of Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms.


Index.


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