A Companion to ArchaeologyISBN: 978-0-631-21302-4
Hardcover
568 pages
February 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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A Companion to Archaeology features essays from 27 of the
world’s leading authorities on different types of archaeology
that aim to define the field and describe what it means to be an
archaeologist.
- Shows that contemporary archaeology is an astonishingly broad
activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of
approaching the material record of past societies.
- Includes essays by experts in reading the past through art,
linguistics, or the built environment, and by professionals who
present the past through heritage management and museums.
- Introduces the reader to a range of archaeologists: those who devote themselves to the philosophy of archaeology, those who see archaeology as politics or anthropology, and those who contend that the essence of the discipline is a hard science.