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Oxford Handbook of Archaeology

Cunliffe, Barry

This massive offering, bringing together thiry-five contributions from leading archaeologists does not really attempt to form a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and still less act as a textbook or practical guide to fieldwork. Instead it provides an overview of some of the most interesting and lively theoretical debates, and shows just how broad a subject archaeology is with a selection of topics which is anything but traditional. The focus is explicitly global, with the regional surveys containing almost as much on the polar regions as on Europe. It is also overwhelmingly concerned with the long duree with the latest ideas on evolution, the dawn of agriculture and state formation all accorded considerable space in preference to historical archaeology. Overall it is a fine, thought-provoking and authoritative guide to the big issues in archaeology, from a refreshingly modern and intersdisciplinary standpoint. 1161p b/w figs (Oxford UP 2009)

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