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This innovative lab book is designed to teach readers how the think like archaeologists by involving them in the process of solving problems that archaeologists actually encounter. Using data to enhance theory and then using theory to explain and reconstruct the daily lives of ancient civilizations, author Thomas C. Patterson includes 12 realistic and self-contained problems that are of particular theoretical or practical interest to archaeologists today. The problems follow a logical progression from questions concerning spacetime framework to those dealing with the structure of ancient societies and how they changed. The activities that occur between excavation and explanation provide the link that relates archaelogical theory to the practice of archaeology. This book provides valuable insight into these activities, taking the mystery out of what archaeologists actually do.
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