The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

Barry Cunliffe is Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has excavated widely in Britain, the Channel Islands, France, and Spain, and written a number of books on archaeology, including Facing the Ocean (OUP, 2001) and The Celts (OUP, 2003). He has presented many radio and television programmes and is currently Trustee of the British Museum and Commissioner of English Heritage.Chris Gosden is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He has excavated in Britain, Europe, Central Asia, and Papua New Guinea, and has written a number of books on archaeology and museum studies, including Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2003).Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of California at Berkeley.

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• 1. THE NAME AND NATURE OF ARCHAEOLOGY ; 2. TOOLS OF THE TRADE ; 3. EARLY HUMANS ; 4. STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL ; 5. COMPLEX SOCIETIES AND THE FORMATION OF EARLY STATES ; 6. SOME REGIONAL OVERVIEWS ; 7. ISSUES AND DEBATES