Books by Ian (Stanford University) Hodder

* Revised and updated edition of a highly successful text on theoretical approaches to archaeology. * Brings together some of the major exponents and innovators in the discipline to introduce their individual areas of specialism.

Presents the argument that Neolithic symbolism, including figurines, decorated pottery, burial rituals as well as other symbols found in archaelogical settlement sites, hold the key to understanding social and economic changes central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life.

* The latest contribution to debates about archaeological theory by this leading figure in the field. * Provides a provocative, yet accessible, overview of the most important new school of archaeological thought and practice to have emerged over last 20 years.