The Archaeology Coursebook: An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills (3rd Ed)
by Jim Grant, Sam Gorin and Neil Fleming
Routledge | December 2013 | ISBN-10: 041546286X | PDF | 480 pages | 34.4 mb

This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and case studies in this third edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject.

The Archaeology Coursebook:
-    introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts, and themes, and provides the necessary skills to understand them
-    explains how to interpret the material students may meet in examinations and how to succeed with different types of assignments and exam questions
-    supports study with case studies, key sites, key terms, tasks and skills development
-    illustrates concepts and commentary with over 300 photos and drawings of excavation sites, methodology and processes, tools and equipment
-    links from its own website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415462860 to other key websites in archaeology at the right level
-    contains new material on "Issues in Modern Archaeology", "Sites and People in the Landscape" and "People and Society in the Past", new case studies, methods, examples, boxes, photographs and diagrams; as well as updates on examination changes for pre-university students.

This is definitely a book no archaeology student should be without.

About the Authors
Jim Grant is a Chief Examiner in A Level Archaeology and Assistant Principal at Cirencester College. He has experience as a field archaeologist.
Sam Gorin is Chief Moderator for A Level Archaeology and was formerly a Curriculum Director at Newark and Sherwood College. He has been widely involved in field archaeology in the East Midlands.
Neil Fleming is a Chief Examiner in A Level Archaeology and Upper-Sixth House Master at Christ's Hospital, Horsham. He is a highly experienced teacher of archaeology who also has field archaeology experience.

Brief Contents
Part I Understanding archaeological resources 1
1 Archaeological reconnaissance 3
2 Excavation 25
3 Post-excavation analysis 62
4 Understanding dating in archaeology 95
5 Archaeological interpretation 110
Part II Studying themes in archaeology 131
6 Religion and ritual 133
7 The archaeology of settlement 197
8 Material culture and economics 233
9 People and society in the past 291
Part III Issues in world archeology 339
10 Managing the past 341
11 Presenting the past 363
Part IV Examination success and beyond 377
12 Studying for success in archaeology exams 379
13 Doing an archaeological project 400
14 Additional resources 423
Appendix Answers and mark schemes 429
Glossary of terms and abbreviations 430
Bibliography 439
Index 444