Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology

by Wendy Ashmore, Robert J. Sharer, Robert J Sharer

Book Overview

A brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology. Derived from the authors' Archaeology: Discovering Our Past, this book follows the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072978821
• ISBN13: 9780072978827
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Not like most college textbooks

I'm currently a student and i'm taking an Introducion to Archaeology course because I've always been interested in learning a little bit about archaeology. This is the book that I have to use for my class and most of the time I dread having to read the books in any of my classes, but this book is an exception. Even if I wasn't taking the course in college, I would enjoy reading this book. It gives you an overview of what archaeologists do for a living and tells of many excavations and other archaeological discoveries. Unlike most textbooks, it not only gives definitions and gives information about the subject, but it tells stories that will interest you and actually make you want to read the book for a change. If you want to read about what archaeology is about, I recommend reading this book. It has a lot of good information and it's interesting.