CONTENTS

• 656 pages cover the entire subject, from technical methods to theoretical approaches; from the history of archaeology to excavation and explanation in archaeology

• Over 700 illustrations, including world maps, charts, diagrams and reconstructions

• Over 100 box features on major topics, from underwater archaeology to radiocarbon dating, from the origins of farming to the collapse of civilizations, with summaries of 30 influential excavations

• In-depth case studies on five important projects in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Southeast Asia and England

• Full reference section, including a glossary of archaeological terms and a comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Now in full colour for the first time

• The most radical revision since the first edition

• Chapters reshaped, streamlined and reorganized, 
plus a new final chapter on Building a Career in Archaeology

• Rewritten and expanded coverage of field survey 
and excavation

• New discoveries such as Neanderthal DNA, the Frome 
hoard and the Staffordshire hoard; new theories about 
the meaning of Stonehenge and nature of Maya territories

• Eleven new box features: Lasers in the Jungle; Jamestown Rediscovery; Excavating the Amesbury Archer; Bayesian Analysis; Dating the Earliest West Europeans; Doggerland; Amber from the Baltic; Early Musical Behaviour; Finding a Neolithic Family; Ancient Cannibals?; and the Portable Antiquities Scheme

• New extensive case study on the field project at Upper Mangrove Creek, Australia

• Website for students: http://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/web/archaeology/