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About this book
A modern, comprehensive compilation of more than 7,000 entries covering themes, concepts, and discoveries in archaeology written in nontechnical language and tailored to meet the needs of professionals, students and general readers. The main subject areas include artifacts; branches of archaeology, chronology; culture; features; flora and fauna; geography; geology; language; people; related fields; sites; structures; techniques and methods; terms and theories; and tools.
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`Kipfer has included a whole wealth of terms and topics that have tangential, yet meaningful, relationships with the world of archaeology. ... An appended timeline, which traces the development of writing over the millennia, is another attractive feature of this new dictionary.'
Odyssey, March/April 2001
Odyssey, March/April 2001
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology
Authors: Barbara Ann Kipfer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5133-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46158-3Published: 30 April 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-5133-8Published: 29 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 708
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology