The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

Contents
Front Matter
List of Contributors
Introduction
The Name and Nature of Archaeology
The Discipline of Archaeology
The Formative Century, 1860–1960
The Theoretical Scene, 1960–2000
Into the Future
Technologies
Tools of the Trade
Measuring the Passage of Time: Achievements and Challenges in Archaeological Dating
Human Activity in a Spatial Context
Data Collection by Excavation
Mastering Materials
Early Humans
The Nature of Humanness
Early Hominids
The Emergence of Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The Neanderthals
Peopling the World
Strategies for Survival
Hunters and Gatherers
Early Farming and Domestication
Studying Guman Diet
Complex Societies and the Formation of Early States
Cultural Complexity
Trade and Interaction
China: State Formation and Urbanization
Mesoamerica
The Central Andean Region in Prehistory
Some Regional Overviews
The Mediterranean and its Hinterland
The Archaeology of Sub-Saharan Africa
Pre-Islamic Central Asia
The Circumpolar Zone
East Asia
Australasia
The Pacific Islands
North America
South American Archaeology
Issues and Debates
Indigenous Voices, Archaeology, and the Issue of Repatriation
Sex and Gender
Archaeological Representation: the Consumption and Creation of the Past
Community Archaeology
End Matter
Subject Index
Index of Personal Names: Includes all referenced authors