Description
Book SynopsisArchaeology stories are often in the news- from recent discoveries like the burial sites of St Paul and King Herod, to the 2 million year old human footprint in Egypt. It's up to archaeologists to find the pieces of the puzzle and fit them together into a picture of the past.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Archaeology: Seeing Past People Today 7
Chapter 1: What Archaeology Is 9
Chapter 2: What Archaeology Isn’t and Why That’s Important 23
Chapter 3: So You Want to Do Archaeology? What Kind? 33
Chapter 4: How Archaeologists Think and Work 53
Part II: Archaeological Fieldwork: The Adventure Begins! 65
Chapter 5: Supplies and Equipment You Need 67
Chapter 6: Archaeological Survey: Finding Where to Dig 75
Chapter 7: The Archaeological Dig 95
Chapter 8: Laws, Ethics, and Safety in Field Archaeology 121
Part III: After the Dig: You’ve Only Just Begun 133
Chapter 9: Processing Excavated Materials in the Laboratory 135
Chapter 10: Studying and Analyzing What You’ve Excavated 151
Chapter 11: Reconstructing the Past: Piecing Together the Puzzles 171
Part IV: Archaeology Reconstructs the Whole Human Past 193
Chapter 12: Early Humans: Original Cave Guys & Gals 195
Chapter 13: The Last 10,000 Years: Climate Change and Early Food Production 211
Chapter 14: Ancient States 235
Chapter 15: Historic Archaeology: Reinterpreting the More Recent Past 259
Part V: Archaeology Is for Everyone 279
Chapter 16: The Uses of Archaeological Findings 281
Chapter 17: How You Can Explore Archaeology 297
Chapter 18: Controversies and Sensational Findings 307
Part VI: The Part of Tens 327
Chapter 19: Ten-Plus Archaeological Places to Visit in the U.S 329
Chapter 20: More Than Ten Archaeological Sites to Visit Outside the United States 335
Chapter 21: Ten Fun Archaeological Experiences 343
Appendix 347
Index 355
