THE PRACTICAL ARCHAEOLOGIST is a key reference to the world of modern archaeology. It explains in full, clear and, above all, practical detail just how we know what we know about the past and how our knowledge is increasing all the time.

MORE THAN 200 ILLUSTRATIONS, MANY IN COLOUR

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY?

The key historical figures in archaeology; the search for early man; the development of excavation techniques; contemporary advances

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST AT WORK

How sites develop: aerial photography and remote sensing: fieldwalking and surveying techniques; choosing sites: organizing an excavation; tools and their uses; practical excavation; recording the finds; conservation and analysis; the importance of dating

UNDERSTANDING THE PAST

Historical and economic archaeology: experiments in reconstruction; social organization; the use of computer picturing the past