Table of Contents

Barry Cunliffe: Introduction
1. The Name and Nature of Archaeology
Kristian Kristiansen: The discipline of archaeology
Robin Boast: The formative century, 1860-1960
Matthew H. Johnson: The theoretical scene, 1960-2000
Andy Jones: Into the future
Marcia-Anne Dobres: Technologies
2. Tools of the Trade
A. M. Pollard: Measuring the passage of time, achievements and challenges in archaeological dating
Gary Lock: Human activity in a spatial context
Roger White: Data collection by excavation
M. S. Tite: Mastering materials
3. Early Humans
Jonathan Marks: The nature of humanness
Nicholas Toth & Kathy Schick: Early hominids
William Davies: The emergence of Home sapiens sapiens
Paul Pettitt: The Neanderthals
Steven Mithen: Peopling the world
4. Strategies for Survival
Peter Mitchell: Hunters and gatherers
Graeme Barker: Early farming and domestication
Robert Hedges: Studying diet
5. Complex Societies and the Formation of Early States
Ian Morris: Cultural complexity
Robin Skeates: Trade and interaction
Li Liu: China: state formation and urbanization
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel: Mesoamerica
Terence N. D'Altroy: The central Andean region in prehistory
6. Some Regional Overviews
Cyprian Broodbank: The Mediterranean and its hinterland
Innocent Pikirayi: The archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa: an overview
Georgina Herrmann: Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Bryan C. Hood: The Circumpolar zone
S. Nelson: East Asia
Lesley Head, Harry Allen, Tim Denham & Richard Fullagar: Australasia
Chris Gosden: Pacific Islands
Charles R. Cobb & Randall H. McGuire: North America
P. P. Funari, A. Zarankin & E. Stovel: South American archaeology
7. Issues and Debates
Jonathan Williams: Indigenous voices and repatriation
Roberta Gilchrist: Sex and gender
Stephanie Moser: Archaeological representation: the consumption and creation of the past
Yvonne Marshall: Community archaeology

About the Author

Barry Cunliffe is Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has excavated widely in Britain, the Channel Islands, France, and Spain, and written a number of books on archaeology, including Facing the Ocean (OUP, 2001) and The Celts (OUP, 2003). He has presented many radio and television programmes and is currently Trustee of the British Museum and Commissioner of English Heritage.
Chris Gosden is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He has excavated in Britain, Europe, Central Asia, and Papua New Guinea, and has written a number of books on archaeology and museum studies, including Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2003).
Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of California at Berkeley.

Reviews

an impressive group of performers... excellent... an even-handed approach is one of the strengths of this handbook
*Clive Gamble, Times Literary Supplement*