The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology by Brian M Fagan
This overview of archaeology is intended for students of archaeology and anthropology.
The match between authors and topics is impressiveFagan has somehow persuaded top archaeologists to write about what they know best. The Oxford Companion is aimed at students and serious professionals as well as the general public, and has strong entries dealing with ideas, political issues and intellectual principles. * Warwick Bray, Nature *
The 700 articles in its 840 pages are arranged alpgabetically, cross-referenced, and supplemented with maps and chronological tables. * Church Times *
A first place to start for all your future enquiries. * Anthony Sinclair, Antiquity, Volume 71, Number 272, June 1997 *
What is the difference between a companion, a dictionary, an encyclopedia ... In the case of The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, the answer is its sheer readability ... this volume may be pleasurably read from cover to cover ... It maintains a quality of writing and depth of analysis across a huge variety of topics ... this book is an authoritative and clearly written global assessment of archaeology that judiciously balances the well publicised with the less well known. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Like all Oxford Companions, it aspires to be the definitive overview of the subject. * Church Times *
An excellent overview of what it is that archaeologists do and have done ... It ranges widely from the expected (Giza, Easter Island and so forth) to the unexpected (archaeology in science fiction), via some helpful, intelligent entries. * New Scientist *
The 700 articles in its 840 pages are arranged alpgabetically, cross-referenced, and supplemented with maps and chronological tables. * Church Times *
A first place to start for all your future enquiries. * Anthony Sinclair, Antiquity, Volume 71, Number 272, June 1997 *
What is the difference between a companion, a dictionary, an encyclopedia ... In the case of The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, the answer is its sheer readability ... this volume may be pleasurably read from cover to cover ... It maintains a quality of writing and depth of analysis across a huge variety of topics ... this book is an authoritative and clearly written global assessment of archaeology that judiciously balances the well publicised with the less well known. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Like all Oxford Companions, it aspires to be the definitive overview of the subject. * Church Times *
An excellent overview of what it is that archaeologists do and have done ... It ranges widely from the expected (Giza, Easter Island and so forth) to the unexpected (archaeology in science fiction), via some helpful, intelligent entries. * New Scientist *
Brian M. Fagan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is internationally known for his books and articles on archaeology for general readers, among them The Rape of the Nile, The Adventure of Archaeology, and Time Detectives. Charlotte Beck is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College. George Michaels is a Mayan archaeologist and an Instructional Consultant at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Chris Scarre is Assistant Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. Neil Asher Silberman is an independent scholar.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195076189 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195076184 |
| Title | The Oxford Companion to Archaeology |
| Author | Brian M Fagan |
| Series | Oxford Companions |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1997-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
| Prizes | Winner of Named as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by CHOICE. |
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