By: Timothy Darvill

Paperback

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This is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of archaeology available. Over 4,000 A-Z entries explain the terms encountered in academic and popular archaeological literature, in lectures, and on television. Topics covered include artifacts, techniques, terminology, people, sites, and periods, and specialist areas such as industrial and maritime archaeology. This second edition is fully revised and updated, with 150 new entries on archaeological sites, terms, movements, and people, plus extended coverage of archaeological resource management and archaeological theory. While the dictionary's primary focus is on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas, as these are the regions where archaeology has become best established, it also includes key archaeological sites around the world. A quick-reference section covers chronological periods, Egyptian rulers and dynasties, Roman rulers and dynasties, rulers of England to AD 1066, and principal international conventions and recommendations. New to this edition are recommended, up-to-date web links for over 100 entries on the Dictionary of Archaeology companion website, regularly updated to keep links completely current.

Review from previous edition:

' a significant achievement ... a wealth of information ... it will be invaluable to professional and amateur alike.' Professor Barry Cunliffe

Preface Abbreviations The Dictionary Quick Reference 1: Principal international conventions and recommendations converning the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and artefacts 2: Principal stratgraphic subdivisions of the Cenozoic era 3: Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary system in northwest Europe 4: Principal geostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions of the late Devensian and Flandrian stages in the British Isles 5: Correlation of the principal geostratigraphic stages of the Pleistocene series in Europe and North America 6: Principal periods, industrial ages, and traditions of the British Bronze Age 7: Principal cultural phases in the Americas 8: Egyptian rulers and dynasties 9: Roman emperors 10: Leaders, rulers, kings, and queens of England to ad 1066 11: Selected archaeological websites and portals

ISBN: 9780199534043
ISBN-10: 0199534047
Series: OPR
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 560
Published: 31st July 2008
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 12.8  x 3.2
Weight (kg): 0.414