Overview

Full Product Details

9780199735785

Table of Contents

Reviews

The volume is undoubtedly comprehensive in its coverage. It has entries that cover not only the expected topics, major sites, cultures, countries, and archaeologists, and key methods and techniques, but also much that is not found in most encyclopaedic books on archaeology....Backed up by 24 pages of close-set index, the volume provides a readily accessible source of information on just about anything archaeological that the reader might wish to pursue. --AJA Book Reviews This is an important reference, an absolutely wonderful browsing book, and an extremely good starting point for those beginning to research almost any of the fascinating topics associated with archaeology. --Richard B. Lane, Science Books & Films Authoritative, well written, and the only recent work of its kind. This companion fills a gap in the reference literature for archaeology and should be purchased for all reference collections. --Library Journal

"""The volume is undoubtedly comprehensive in its coverage. It has entries that cover not only the expected topics, major sites, cultures, countries, and archaeologists, and key methods and techniques, but also much that is not found in most ""encyclopaedic"" books on archaeology....Backed up by 24 pages of close-set index, the volume provides a readily accessible source of information on just about anything archaeological that the reader might wish to pursue.""--AJA Book Reviews ""This is an important reference, an absolutely wonderful browsing book, and an extremely good starting point for those beginning to research almost any of the fascinating topics associated with archaeology.""--Richard B. Lane, Science Books & Films ""Authoritative, well written, and the only recent work of its kind. This companion fills a gap in the reference literature for archaeology and should be purchased for all reference collections.""--Library Journal"

Author Information

Neil Asher Silberman is the Director of Programs at the Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts- Amherst and President of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation. The former director of the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, Silberman has written nine books on archaeology, including David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition (Free Press 2006), The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origins of Its Sacred Texts (Free Press 2001; both co-written with Israel Finkelstein), and Heavenly Powers: Unraveling the Secret History of the Kabbalah (Putnam 1998).

Tab Content 6

Countries Available