Contains 58 biographies of the world's best-known archaeologists, arranged chronologically...

Contains 500 entries from the ancient Greeks to the present day, along with photographs of sites and maps...

Contains more than 2000 articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences...

Entries that relate to the history of archaeology from the 16th century to the present, organized around personalities, techniques, controversies, and conflicts...

Contains 700 "entries on a range of subjects, including engaging biographies of the great figures in the field, extensive coverage of the methods used in archaeological research, together with essays that examine human evolution and the many general facets of culture...