The Oxford Companion To Archaeology

Oxford University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very good. Very good large softcover in printed wraps. 4to. (9.97 x 7.92 x 2 inches) Cover has scuffing and wear. Clean text free of marks or underling. Previous owner wrote place of purchase in the upper righthand corner of the half title page. Includes maps, tables, and an index. 864 pp.

Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. When we think of archaeology, most of us think first of its many spectacular finds: the legendary city of Troy, Tutankhamun's golden tomb, the three-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, the mile-high city at Machu Picchu, the cave paintings at Lascaux. But as marvelous as these discoveries are, the ultimate goal of archaeology, and of archaeologists, is something far more ambitious. Indeed, it is one of humanity's great quests: to recapture and understand our human past, across vast stretches of time, as it was lived in every corner of the globe. Now, in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, readers have a comprehensive and authoritative overview of this fascinating discipline, in a book that is itself a rare find, a treasure of up-to-date information on virtually every aspect of the field.