This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology
- a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, & academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, & surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from deep caves to mountain tops, from pebble tools to satellite photographs, from excavation to abstract theory, archaeology interacts with nearly every other discipline in its attempts to reconstruct the past. In this new edition, Paul Bahn brings the text up to date, including information about new discoveries & interpretations in the field, & highlighting the impact of developments such as the potential use of DNA & stable isotopes in teeth, as well the effect technology & science are having on archaeological exploration.