The Archaeology Coursebook is an unrivalled guide to students studying archaeology for the first time. Comprehensive and user-friendly, it will interest pre-university students and teachers as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts. Specially designed to assist learning it: * introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts and themes and provides the skills necessary to understand these step by step * 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 reading, tasks and skills development * illustrates concepts and commentary with over 200 photographs and drawings of excavation sites, methodology and processes, tools and equipment