Product Description

This dictionary covers the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language, focusing especially on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas. It is specially designed for students, tourists, reporters, journalists, and anyone with an amateur or professional interest in archaeology. With over 5,000 entries, it provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of theory and methods; people and places; artefacts and materials; and sites and monuments. Legislation relating to the United Kingdom and the USA is also covered, and the archaeology of a selection of key sites from around the world described. A quick reference section provides tables showing the main chronological periods and traditions for various parts of the Old World and the Americas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1174433 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 544 pages

Review
"A useful ready-reference archeological resource."--Library Journal
"An ambitious work."--Booklist

About the Author
Professor Timothy Darvill is Professor of Archaeology at Bournemouth University. Between 1982-5 he worked for the Western Archaeological Trust and the Council for British Archaeology. He was Secretary of the Committee for Archaeology in Gloucestershire, Secretary of CBA Group 13, and Chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. He has been the director of Timothy Darvill Archaeological Consultants, specializing in the provision of archaeological input to major development
projects such as the Channel Tunnel landfill sites in Kent, and the Stonehenge Visitor's Centre in Wiltshire.