Year: 2007
Author: Deborah M. Pearsall
Genre: Archeology
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS
ISBN: ISBN 10: 0-12-548030-X
English language
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 2209

The encyclopedia of archeology covers all aspects of archeology, including the nature and diversity of archeology as a scientific discipline, the practice of archeology, archeology in everyday life, and the future of discipline.
All three volumes are collected in one file with bibliotes in the Latin alphabet.
Archaeology is a subject that fascinates us. From Egyptian tombs to a frozen Alpine wayfarer, from cities buried under volcanic ash to stone arrow heads turned up by the plow, archaeology is in the news and in our backyards. It is paradoxical, that is, subject to, so easily.
Superficial media treatments and picture book atlases and site guides on the one hand, jargon-heavy scholarly books and narrowly focused articles on the other-there are few ways to learn about the real world of archaeology. The Encyclopedia of Archeology, in turn, changes this, in making all aspects of archaeology accessible to the broad audience of the general scientific community, educators, students, and avocational archaeologists.
Professional archaeologists and anthropologists will also find the encyclopedia a ready source of up-to-date information on specialties. The Encyclopedia of Archeology encompasses all aspects of archaeology, including the nature and diversity of the archaeological discipline, the academic discipline, the practice of archaeology, archaeology in the everyday world, and the future of the discipline.
Featured in the Encyclopedia of Archaeology are articles by leading authors that summarize archaeological knowledge at the beginning of the 21st century, highlighting important sites and issues, and tracing the development of prehistoric cultures around the globe. No existing work provides the breadth and depth of coverage as the Encyclopedia of Archaeology.
Also available online via ScienceDirect (2007) - featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.
Audience:
The primary audience is university, research, and special libraries worldwide. Secondary audience is individuals interested in archaeology.

Subject Area Contents:
Analysis of Artifacts:
Ceramics and Lithics;
Analysis of Botanical, Faunal, and Human Remains;
Archaeology as a Discipline;
Archaeology in the Everyday World;
Burials/Cemeteries;
Chronology Building;
Divisions of Time and History;
DNA and Molecular Approaches;
Ethics;
Explanation in Archaeology;
Future of Archaeology;
Geographic Overviews of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas;
Goals of Archaeology;
Historic Roots;
Interpreting the Record;
Inter-Regional Studies;
Interpreting the Record;
Law;
Major Sites and Problems;
Mapping Sites;
Methods (Practice of Archaeology);
Non-Site Archaeology;
Scientific Archaeology;
Site Discovery;
Spatial Analysis;
Special Conditions;
The Archaeologist's Laboratory;
Traditions and Schools of Thought;
Underwater Archaeology

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