Digging into Archaeology A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities by Paskey, Amanda Walcott, Cisneros, AnnMarie Beasley

Table of Contents: “…1: Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology -- 2: History (up until the 1960s) -- 3: History (the 1960s and beyond) -- 4: The Archaeological Record and Site Formation Processes -- 5: Artifact Preservation -- 6: How to Find Archaeological Sites -- 7: Excavation -- 8: Dating Methods – Relative and Absolute Dating -- 9: Artifact Analysis -- 10: Reconstructing Environments and Subsistence Patterns -- 11: Social Archaeology -- 12: Bioarchaeology -- 13: Archaeological Interpretation and Application of Theory -- 14: Historical Archaeology -- 15: New Frontiers in Archaeology -- 16: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Archaeology…”
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Introduction to Anthropology by Hasty, Jennifer, Lewis, David G., Snipes, Marjorie M.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 2 Methods: Cultural and Archaeological -- Chapter 3 Culture Concept Theory: Theories of Cultural Change -- Chapter 4 Biological Evolution and Early Human Evidence -- Chapter 5 The Genus Homo and the Emergence of Us -- Chapter 6 Language and Communication -- Chapter 7 Work, Life, and Value: Economic Anthropology -- Chapter 8 Authority, Decisions, and Power: Political Anthropology -- Chapter 9 Social Inequality -- Chapter 10 The Global Impact of Human Migration -- Chapter 11 Forming Family through Kinship -- Chapter 12 Gender and Sexuality -- Chapter 13 Religion and Culture -- Chapter 14 Anthropology of Food -- Chapter 15 Anthropology of Media -- Chapter 16 Art, Music, and Sport -- Chapter 17 Medical Anthropology -- Chapter 18 Human-Animal Relationship -- Chapter 19 Indigenous Anthropology -- Chapter 20 Anthropology on the Ground…”
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Explorations An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology

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Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Table of Contents: “…White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk -- 3. Archaeological reconstructions -- 4. A precious artifact from Sumer, the Warka Vase -- 5. …”
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Introduction to Human Osteology by Hall, Roberta, Beals, Kenneth, Neumann, Holm, Neumann, Georg, Madden, Gwyn

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