文档介绍：ARCHAEOLOGY
An Introduction
The History, Principles and Methods of
Modern Archaeology
Third Edition Fully Revised
Kevin Greene
First published 1983 by Ltd
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.
© Kevin Greene, 1983, 1990, 1995
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Contents
List of illustrations 4 10The authenticity of artefacts 129
Acknowledgements 6 11 Conclusions 129
Note on references 6
Preface 7 5 SCIENCE AND ARCHAEOLOGY 130
1 Is archaeology a science? 130
1 THE IDEA OF THE PAST 8 2 The examination of objects and raw
1 Human origins 9 materials 130
2 Avenues of investigation 15 3 Conservation 137
3 Archaeology and the Enlightenment 18 4 The environment 139
4 The recognition of human artefacts 24 5 Climate 141
5 The discovery of civilizations 30 6 Rocks and soils 141
6 Achievements of early antiquarians 35 7 Plant remains 143
8 Animal remains 146
2 DISCOVERY, FIELDWORK AND 9 Human remains 152
RECORDING 37 10Statistics 155
1 The discovery of new archaeological 11 Experimental archaeology 156
sites 37 12 Conclusion 158
2 Fieldwalking and site recording 38
3 Aerial photography 41 6 MAKING SENSE OF
4 Geophysical surveying 46 THE PAST 159
5 Archaeology and the landscape 51 1 Where is archaeology at the end of the
6 A Mediterranean field survey project 53 twentieth century? 159
7 GIS 56 2 Archaeological theory 160
8 Conclusions 57 3 Soc