discovering our past a brief introduction to archaeology
this brief inexpensive introduction to the techniques methods and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology follows the same organizing principle as the text archaeology discovering our past but features less detail . archaeological methods and theory are covered comprehensively at a reasonable level of detail in under 300 pages . illustrative examples and case studies present a temporal and geographic balance of both old and new world sites . abundant student aids include maps of archaeological areas extensive illustrations chapter introductions and summaries a guide to further reading at the end of each chapter a glossary a bibliography and an index .