Handbook of Archaeological Theories
- ISBN-10
- 0759100322
- ISBN-13
- 9780759100329
- Category
- Archaeology
- Pages
- 598
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Herbert D. G. Maschner, R. Alexander Bentley, Christopher Chippindale
Description
This handbook, a companion to the authoritative Handbook of Archaeological Methods, gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists on all aspects of the latest thinking about archaeological theory. It is the definitive resource for understanding how to think about archaeology.
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