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Doing Archaeology: A Subject Guide for Students

Donald Henson

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Part I: Defining Archaeology 1. What is archaeology? 2. How did archaeology begin? Part II: People and Places, Past and Present 3. Which pasts do we study? 4. Understanding Our Place in Nature 5. Understanding People 6. Where Archaeologists Work Part III: Archaeology in Today's World 7. World Archaeology 8. Archaeology's Value 9. Some Key Debates in Archaeology 10. Archaeology as Part of Heritage 11. Activist Archaeology Part IV: Doing Archaeology 12. How to do Archaeology 13. Studying Archaeology 14. Archaeology is Fun

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Part I: Defining Archaeology 1. What is archaeology? 2. How did archaeology begin? Part II: People and Places, Past and Present 3. Which pasts do we study? 4. Understanding Our Place in Nature 5. Understanding People 6. Where Archaeologists Work Part III: Archaeology in Today's World 7. World Archaeology 8. Archaeology's Value 9. Some Key Debates in Archaeology 10. Archaeology as Part of Heritage 11. Activist Archaeology Part IV: Doing Archaeology 12. How to do Archaeology 13. Studying Archaeology 14. Archaeology is Fun

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Part I: Defining Archaeology 1. What is archaeology? 2. How did archaeology begin? Part II: People and Places, Past and Present 3. Which pasts do we study? 4. Understanding Our Place in Nature 5. Understanding People 6. Where Archaeologists Work Part III: Archaeology in Today's World 7. World Archaeology 8. Archaeology's Value 9. Some Key Debates in Archaeology 10. Archaeology as Part of Heritage 11. Activist Archaeology Part IV: Doing Archaeology 12. How to do Archaeology 13. Studying Archaeology 14. Archaeology is Fun

Key concepts: Archaeology, Post-medieval archaeology, Prehistoric archaeology, Conflict archaeology, Historical archaeology, Material culture, Archaeological theory, Subject (documents)

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