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• ISBN: 076741196X
• ISBN: 9780767411967
• Physical Description: xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Publisher: Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub., �2000.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Introduction -- Archaeologists and Archaeology -- Archaeology as a Science -- Archaeology and History -- Archaeology and Anthropology -- Archaeology as a Profession -- 2. Archaeology's Past -- Origins of Archaeology -- Emergence of Modern Archaeology -- 3. Contemporary Approaches to Archaeology -- Cultural History Approach -- Normative Model of Culture -- Cultural History Research -- Cultural History Frameworks -- Cultural Process Approach -- Ecological and Materialist Models of Culture -- Cultural Process Research -- Cultural Process Frameworks -- Postprocessual Approach -- Postprocessual Model of Culture -- Postprocessual Research -- Postprocessual Frameworks -- 4. How Archaeology Works -- Archaeological Data -- Artifacts -- Features -- Ecofacts -- Sites -- Regions -- Deposition and Transformation -- Research Design -- Data Sampling -- Research Stages.

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Archaeology.