This second edition of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology gathers all the terms and techniques in current use in the field of archaeology, more than 9,700 total, up from the original 7,000. The original publication compiled a comprehensive dictionary that addressed both traditional and applied archaeology, the data gathered in the dictionary serves as a resource guide for both the amateur and the professional.

Clustered into 20 categories of archaeological data, this dictionary defines the terms and techniques of archaeology. It describes major premises, important concepts, and scientific methods used in the field. There is a balance of New World and Old World coverage, theory, method, and practice. The original edition’s 7,000 entries was the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of its kind which has now been updated to reflect the evolution of the field.

Authored by a professional archaeologist and lexicographer, this work compiles technical knowledge of the field in a user-friendly format.

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Barbara Ann Kipfer

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Barbara Ann Kipfer is a lexicographer, author, and archaeologist. Barbara holds doctorates in Archaeology, Linguistics, and Buddhist studies. She is the author of 14,000 things to be happy about (with 1.5 million copies in print) and 80 other books including thesauri, reference books, spiritually themed books, and list books. Her websites are referencewordsmith.com and thingstobehappyabout.com.

Dr. Kipfer holds an MPhil and PhD in Linguistics (University of Exeter), a PhD in Archaeology (Greenwich University), an MA and PhD in Buddhist Studies (Akamai University), and a BS in Physical Education (Valparaiso University).

Dr. Kipfer is Senior Lexicographer of Zeta Global and has worked for Google, Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, Answers.com, Ask Jeeves, Bellcore/Telcordia, General Electric Research, IBM Research, idealab/Knowledge Adventure, The Chicago Tribune, and WolframAlpha. She is a Registered Professional Archaeologist. Before she was a lexicographer, she was a sportswriter and sports editor.

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Book Title: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology
Authors: Barbara Ann Kipfer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58292-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58291-3Published: 24 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58292-0Published: 10 May 2021
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: CXI, 1622
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: History, general, Archaeology

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