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The archaeology of time / Gavin Lucas.

By: Lucas, GavinContributor(s): Gavin LucasMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.Publication details: , London : Routledge , 2005Description: ix,150p. :22cmISBN: 9780415311984Subject(s): Archaeology | Social Science | Time | TempsDDC classification: 930.1 LUC

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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Beyond chronology; Time and the archaeological record; Time in past societies; Case study: the life and times of a Roman jar; Conclusions: forgetting the past; Bibliography; Index

Summary: It might seem obvious that time lies at the heart of archaeology, since archaeology is about the past. However, the issue of time is complicated and often problematic, and although we take it very much for granted, our understanding of time affects the way we do archaeology

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It might seem obvious that time lies at the heart of archaeology, since archaeology is about the past. However, the issue of time is complicated and often problematic, and although we take it very much for granted, our understanding of time affects the way we do archaeology

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