ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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loginThe field of archaeology is eminently suited to presentation in an encyclopedic format. Archaeological datais by nature detailed, amenable to cataloguing and vast. The information gathered by archaeologists is alsoinfinitely expandable. Archaeologists broaden our understanding of the past every time they turn a newshovelful of earth or sift another bucket load of soil. The boundaries of archaeological knowledge areconstantly being pushed forward and something new is learned with every excavation. Historicalarchaeology is one kind of archaeology that is doing much to increase our understanding of the past, and, atthe beginning of the twenty-first century, the field is adding fresh information to our storehouse ofknowledge at an unprecedented rate.
