HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Bell & Hyman Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, lightly faded to top edgeand head and tail of spine, VG+* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.95, colour photographic cover, some very minor shelf wear to top and bottom edges. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations. Slight mark at edge of fep VG+* Illustrations: B/w and Colour Photos & drawings throughout.* Pages: 185 pp. text. vii pp. Acknowledgements, bibliography & Index at rear.* Product Description:- Contents, Part 1 - What is Archaeology, Part 2 - The Lie of the Land, Part 3 - Excavation, Part 4 - Processing the Finds, Part 5 - Understanding the Past and Part 6 Excavation in Action. A lay-persons? guide to archaeology, how the archaeologist works and how the post-excavation process reveals the past. NEAR FINE copy with only very minor shelf wear to reduce it to VG+.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 167
Title: The Archaeologist's Handbook
Author: McIntosh, J
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG+/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0713526548
ISBN 13: 9780713526547
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Place of Publication: London Uk 192
Date Published: 1986-06-01
Bookseller catalogs: Archaeology;

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