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Start your research in reference sources (handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries, etc.) to be sure you have a good foundation in your topic. Most of these sources will include bibliographies of important secondary and primary sources, which can save you time!
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowOxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest and most trusted reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
The Oxford Handbook of ArchaeologyPublication Date: 2009The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology is designed to open up the world of archaeology to non-specialists and to provide an essential starting point for those who want to pursue particular topics in more depth.
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary WorldPublication Date: 2013This Handbook is the first comprehensive survey of an exciting and rapidly expanding sub-field and provides an authoritative overview of this newly emerging focus on the archaeology of the present and recent past.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of ArchaeologyPublication Date: 2009The most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of archaeology available.
Encyclopedia of ArchaeologyPublication Date: 2008Encompasses all aspects of archaeology, including the nature and diversity of archaeology as a scientific discipline, the practice of archaeology, archaeology in the everyday world, and the future of the discipline.
The New Encyclopedia of the American WestPublication Date: 1998
