Fully revised and updated edition. "An essential book for every archaeology student as well as the trowel… It is such an accessible and well-informed summary on the subject that every student, or more precisely every amateur interested in archaeology, will certainly find room for this book in their library." Minerva

"Popular among students on both sides of the Atlantic… thoroughly checks the facts and evidence… The intellectual ambition of the book is to reach the extremes. And that is what makes Renfrew and Bahn's Archaeology a book that anyone with great curiosity about the world around us can enjoy." Mike Pitts, British Archaeology

NEW ELEMENTS IN THIS EDITION

• Updated discussion of post-colonial approaches and Indigenous archaeology, covering the ontological turn in archaeology, and new examples of community archaeology in Southern Africa and Australia
• New discoveries and research worldwide, such as archaeological evidence for social hierarchies in the ancient city of Liangzhu in China and new insights into Neanderthal art in France and Spain
• A more inclusive view of archaeology, highlighting the profile of women in the history of science and describing the evolution of archaeology in China and Japan
• In the fifth chapter, updated assessment of social organization, with critical evaluations of the Service model and new coverage of heterarchies
• New frameworks including: forensic archaeology, human-induced changes in the Amazon, human microbes, paleo-proteomics, the Must Farm site, evidence for feasts at Stonehenge, Neanderthal art, ceramic rhythms, and education
• New book design: each chapter includes a separate introduction offering a general overview of the topic