Reading Archaeology: An Introduction

Designed as a supplement to introductory texts in archaeology, this reader offers selections from scholarly journals and books as well as from semi-scientific periodicals and the popular press. Readings are chosen based on their ability to stimulate student interest, correlate with core material taught in introductory courses, and introduce students to the diversity of archaeological literature in all its major forms.

Reading Archaeology pairs well with Muckle's core text, Introducing Archaeology, which uses the same thematic organization, but can easily be used with any other introductory archaeology text. The collection has a stronger focus on scholarly readings (and less on the popular press) than competing readers.