This is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary
of archaeology available. Over 4,000 A-Z entries explain the terms
encountered in academic and popular archaeological literature, in
lectures, and on television. Topics covered include artifacts,
techniques, terminology, people, sites, and periods, and specialist
areas such as industrial and maritime archaeology. This second edition
is fully revised and updated, with 150 new entries on archaeological
sites, terms, movements, and people, plus extended coverage of
archaeological resource management and archaeological theory. While the
dictionary's primary focus is on Europe, the Old World, and the
Americas, as these are the regions where archaeology has become best
established, it also includes key archaeological sites around the world.
A quick-reference section covers chronological periods, Egyptian rulers
and dynasties, Roman rulers and dynasties, rulers of England to AD 1066,
and principal international
conventions and recommendations. New to this edition are recommended,
up-to-date web links for over 100 entries on the Dictionary of
Archaeology companion website, regularly updated to keep links
completely current.