Since its first edition Renfrew & Bahn's Archaeology Theories Methods & Practice has been the leading educational source on what archaeologists do & how they do it The text is organized around the key questions that archaeologists ask about the past & details the practical & theoretical ways in which answers to those questions are sought The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised & updated with sixteen additional pages & new material on the latest developments in the subject & coverage of many recent discoveries The book is newly designed with additional box features & extensive drawings charts & photographs all in full colour This is a truly global introduction to archaeology &
Includes:: examples from every part of the world New boxes include coverage of the discovery of Richard III's burial; excavations at the Neolithic Ness of Brodgar in the Orkney Islands; snow patch archaeology on mountain tops & in the far north; Roman glassware traded to ancient Japan; the Museum of London's excavation of a Roman & later medieval site in the heart of the city; fresh analysis of Grauballe Man a Danish Iron Age bog body; & work on the origins of farming at Jerf el Ahmar Syria