Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past

by Mark Q. Sutton

Overview

Archaeology: The Science of the Human provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is, how it operates, and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods.

This volume introduces the basic components of archaeology, including sites, artifacts, ecofacts, remote sensing, and excavation. It discusses how archaeologists obtain and classify information and how they analyze this information to formulate and test models of what happened in the past. Cultural resource management is described, along with the laws and regulations that deal with archaeology around the world. Archaeology is placed in the context of contemporary issues, from environmental problems to issues affecting indigenous populations. The sixth edition has been updated and simplified to create a more streamlined volume to meet the needs of the students and teachers for whom it is designed, reflecting the latest developments in archaeological techniques and approaches.

Allowing students to understand the theoretical and scientific aspects of archaeology and how various archaeological perspectives and techniques help us understand how and what we know about the past, Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past is an ideal introduction to archaeology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000351217
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	131 MB
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About the Author

Mark Q. Sutton is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Bakersfield, USA

Table of Contents

Part I What is Archaeology?

1 The Science of Archaeology

2 Backgrounds of Archaeology

3 The Development of Contemporary Archaeology

Part II Obtaining Information about the Past

4 The Archaeological Record

5 Conducting Fieldwork

6 Classification and Analysis of Artifacts

7 Determining Time

8 Bioarchaeology: Human Remains

Part III Interpreting the Past

9 Environment and Adaptation

10 Understanding Past Settlement and Subsistence

11 Interpreting Past Cultural Systems

12 Understanding Change

Part IV Public Archaeology

13 Cultural Resource Management

14 Archaeology in Today’s World