Langbeschreibung
`...this important and well-compiled source book... With its comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographies, many techical terms, and sophisticated intellectual explorations...it is an invaluable source for all archaeologists (including Classicists), and is a graduate student's treasure. This volume will become a staple of graduate seminars for years to come, and, to use the oft-used cliché, really does belong on every archaeologist's bookshelf.'Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Archaeology at the Millennium: Of Paradigms and Practice.- An Aspect of Archaeology's Recent Past and Its Relevance in the New Millennium.- First Hominids to Complex Hunter-Gatherers.- Paleoanthropology at the Millennium.- Fully Modern Humans.- Holocene Hunter-Gatherers.- The Transition from Hunter-Gatherers to Agricultural Villages.- The Transition to Food Production.- Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality.- Craft Production Systems.- Warfare and the Evolution of Culture.- The Rise of Archaic States.- Understanding Ancient State Societies in the Old World.- State Formation in the New World.- Classical Archaeology and Anthropological Archaeology in North America: A Meeting of Minds at the Millennium?.- Empires.- Conclusion.- The Archaeology of the Future.