Contents
- 656 pages cover the entire subject, from technical methods to theoretical approaches; from the history of archaeology to excavation and explanation in archaeology
- Over 700 illustrations, including world maps, charts, diagrams and reconstructions
- Over 100 box features on major topics, from underwater archaeology to radiocarbon dating, from the origins of farming to the collapse of civilizations, with summaries of 30 influential excavations
- In-depth case studies on five important projects in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Southeast Asia and England
- Full reference section, including a glossary of archaeological terms and a comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading

New to this Edition
- Now in full colour for the first time
- The most radical revision since the first edition
- Chapters reshaped, streamlined and reorganized, 
plus a new final chapter on Building a Career in Archaeology
- Rewritten and expanded coverage of field survey 
and excavation
- New discoveries such as Neanderthal DNA, the Frome 
hoard and the Staffordshire hoard; new theories about 
the meaning of Stonehenge and nature of Maya territories
- Eleven new box features: Lasers in the Jungle; Jamestown Rediscovery; Excavating the Amesbury Archer; Bayesian Analysis; Dating the Earliest West Europeans; Doggerland; Amber from the Baltic; Early Musical Behaviour; Finding a Neolithic Family; Ancient Cannibals?; and the Portable Antiquities Scheme
- New extensive case study on the field project at Upper Mangrove Creek, Australia