The Archaeology Coursebook ─ An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills

This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and case studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject.

The Archaeology Coursebook:

introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts, and themes, and provides the necessary skills to understand them

explains how to interpret the material students may meet in examinations and how to succeed with different types of assignments and exam questions

supports study with case studies, key sites, key terms, tasks and skills development

illustrates concepts and commentary with over 600 photos and drawings of excavation sites, methodology and processes, tools and equipment

Reflecting changes in archaeological practice and with new case studies, methods, examples, boxes, photographs and diagrams; as well as updates on examination changes for pre-university students, this is definitely a book no archaeology student should be without.

Jim Grant is a Chief Examiner in A Level Archaeology and Assistant Principal at Cirencester College. He has experience in field Archaeology.

Sam Gorin is Chief Moderator for A Level Archaeology and was formerly a Curriculum Director at Newark and Sherwood College. He has been widely involved in field archaeology in the East Midlands.

Neil Fleming is a Chief Examiner in A Level Archaeology and Upper Sixth House Master at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham. He is a highly experienced teacher of archaeology who has field archaeology experience.