Archaeology 8ed
Theories, Methods and Practice
By: Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn
Paperback | 19 August 2020 | Edition Number 8
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* Updated treatment of postcolonial approaches and indigenous archaeology, with coverage of the ontological turn in archaeology, and new examples of community archaeology in southern Africa and Australia.
* New discoveries and research across the globe, such as archaeological evidence of social hierarchies at the ancient city of Liangzhu, China, and recent evidence of Neanderthal art in France and Spain.
* A more inclusive picture of archaeology, raising the profile of women in the discipline's history, and describing the development of archaeology in China and Japan.
* In Chapter Five, updated treatment of social organization, with critical evaluations of Service's model, and new coverage of heterarchies.
* New box features include: forensic archaeology; change in the Amazon; ancient microbes; paleoproteomics; Must Farm; evidence of feasting at Stonehenge; Neanderthal art; and ceramic styles and learning. * New book design, including, for each chapter, distinct introductions that offer a general overview of each topic covered.
About the Author
Colin Renfrew is Disney Professor Emeritus and former Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Paul Bahn is the author or editor of numerous books, including the standard introduction to cave art, Images of the Ice Age, as well as The First Artists (with Michel Lorblanchet).
Industry Reviews
'Popular with students on both sides of the Atlantic ... immaculately fact-checked and proofed ... it is the book's intellectual ambition that really gives it the edge. And it is this that makes Renfrew and Bahn's Archaeology a book that anyone with a strong curiosity about the world around them can enjoy' - Mike Pitts, British Archaeology
ISBN: 9780500294246
ISBN-10: 0500294240
Published: 19th August 2020
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 672
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 8
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 19 x 3.5
Weight (kg): 1.5
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