This book covers the processes and techniques used by archaeologists, in the past and today, the power of archaeology, and what archaeology has taught us about ancient, and surprisingly recent, history.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1 Archaeology in the beginning …
• 2 Before you dig …
• 3 The excavation
• 4 Recording what you find
• 5 Making sense of it all …
• 6 The first people – hunters and gatherers
• 7 The archaeology of the first farmers
• 8 Chiefs and chiefdoms … the archaeology of inequality
• 9 The archaeology of states
• 10 Historical and contemporary archaeology
• 100 Ideas
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements
• About the author