The most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of archaeology available. Over 4,000 entries cover artefacts, techniques, terminology, people, places, and periods. The second edition includes strong coverage of archaeological resource management and archaeological theory. An essential book for amateurs and professionals alike.
The most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of archaeology available. Over 4,000 entries cover artefacts, techniques, terminology, people, places, and periods. The second edition includes strong coverage of archaeological resource management and archaeological theory. An essential book for amateurs and professionals alike.
Timothy Darvill is Professor of archaeology at Bournemouth University, and is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He graduated from Southampton University and has worked for the Western Archaeological Trust and the Council for British Archaeology. He has directed a number of excavations, was secretary of the Committee for Archaeology in Gloucestershire, and secretary of CBA Group 13. He has also served on the Council of the National Trust and was chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. He is currently chairman of the board of directors of the Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd. His previous publications include numerous reports and papers in academic and popular journals, and he has written several books including: The Archaeology of the Uplands (1986), Prehistoric Britain (1987), and Prehistoric Britain from the Air (1997), England: An Archaeological Guide (2002), and Stonehenge: the biography of a landscape (2006) .
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* Preface * Abbreviations * The Dictionary * Quick Reference * 1: Principal international conventions and recommendations converning the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and artefacts * 2: Principal stratgraphic subdivisions of the Cenozoic era * 3: Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary system in northwest Europe * 4: Principal geostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions of the late Devensian and Flandrian stages in the British Isles * 5: Correlation of the principal geostratigraphic stages of the Pleistocene series in Europe and North America * 6: Principal periods, industrial ages, and traditions of the British Bronze Age * 7: Principal cultural phases in the Americas * 8: Egyptian rulers and dynasties * 9: Roman emperors * 10: Leaders, rulers, kings, and queens of England to ad 1066 * 11: Selected archaeological websites and portals
* Preface * Abbreviations * The Dictionary * Quick Reference * 1: Principal international conventions and recommendations converning the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and artefacts * 2: Principal stratgraphic subdivisions of the Cenozoic era * 3: Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary system in northwest Europe * 4: Principal geostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions of the late Devensian and Flandrian stages in the British Isles * 5: Correlation of the principal geostratigraphic stages of the Pleistocene series in Europe and North America * 6: Principal periods, industrial ages, and traditions of the British Bronze Age * 7: Principal cultural phases in the Americas * 8: Egyptian rulers and dynasties * 9: Roman emperors * 10: Leaders, rulers, kings, and queens of England to ad 1066 * 11: Selected archaeological websites and portals
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