Introducing Archaeology, First Edition

by Robert J. Muckle

"Introducing Archaeology" is a concise and economical text designed for first-year archaeology courses, with materials presented in a straightforward and clear manner. The text situates archaeology historically and in the contemporary world, contextualizing the discipline within academia, industry, politics, popular culture, and social movements. It also addresses the national and international regulations and codes of ethics that govern much of archaeology today. Archaeological methods comprise the core of the text with a focus on reconstructing culture history, ecological adaptations, and the social and ideological aspects of culture.

This text is accompanied by an instructor's manual on CD-Rom that includes chapter outlines, lecture suggestions, discussion questions, power-point presentation, and a test bank.

Special Combined Price: "Introducing Archaeology" may be ordered together with "Reading Archaeology" at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-55402-668-5.

Genres: Nonfiction, Archaeology, Science

257 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2006

Reviews

[Stacey Camp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm obviously a little biased since I'm second author on this book :) thanks for reading!

[Riversue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good range of peer-reviewed papers - many from the mass market press like Scientific America

[Corrie's Book Nook · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never know how to rate or review textbooks I read for school. That being said...

This semester for my anthology course, we learned what Archaeology is, and what it most certainly is not (definitely NOT Indiana Jones!). Muckle did a great job compiling the many facets of archaeology, and, explaining them in a way that was both informative and fun. The additional resources at the end of every chapter proved very useful. I may have gone down the Google rabbit hole a time or two over the timeline of this course.

[Riversue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful introductory text that covers the basics in a compelling but easy to read manner.