The Archaeologist's Field Handbook

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook
Author: Heather Burke
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2008-10-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0759112274
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The Archaeologist's Field Handbook: North American Edition is a hands-on manual that provides step-by-step guidance for archaeological field work. Specially designed for students (both undergraduate and graduate) and avocational archaeologists, this informative guide combines clear and accessible information on doing fieldwork with practical advice on cultural heritage management projects. The Archaeologist's Field Handbook presents firmly grounded (pun intended!), essential, practical archaeological techniques and clearly elucidates the ethical issues facing archaeology today. A wealth of diagrams, photos, maps and checklists show in vivid detail how to design, fund, research, map, record, interpret, photograph, and present archaeological surveys and excavations. The Archaeologist's Field Handbook is an indispensable tool for new and aspiring archaeologists as they venture into the field.

Archaeology

Archaeology
Author: Richard Michael Stewart
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780787281298
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Archaeology: Basic Field Methods introduces archaeological field methods and provides a basis for understanding the links between the nature of archaeological evidence, the recognition of that evidence in the field, and the techniques involved in the search for and recovery of archaeological evidence in a variety of settings. Outstanding Features: Provides a basic introduction to sediments, soils, stratigraphy, and geomorphology. Discusses ethical concerns and codes of professional conduct. Discusses cultural resource management (CRM) and its impact on the practice of field archaeology. Contains exercises and discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

Field Methods in Archaeology

Field Methods in Archaeology
Author: Thomas R Hester
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315428393
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Field Methods in Archaeology has been the leading source for instructors and students in archaeology courses and field schools for 60 years since it was first authored in 1949 by the legendary Robert Heizer. Left Coast has arranged to put the most recent Seventh Edition back into print after a brief hiatus, making this classic textbook again available to the next generation of archaeology students. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative overview of the variety of methods used in field archaeology, from research design, to survey and excavation strategies, to conservation of artifacts and record-keeping. Authored by three leading archaeologists, with specialized contributions by several other experts, this volume deals with current issues such as cultural resource management, relations with indigenous peoples, and database management as well as standard methods of archaeological data collection and analysis.

Handbook of Archaeological Methods

Handbook of Archaeological Methods
Author: Herbert D. G. Maschner
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 1502
Release: 2005
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780759100787
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The Handbook of Archaeological Methods comprises 37 articles by leading archaeologists on the key methods used by archaeologists in the field, in analysis, in theory building, and in managing cultural resources. The book is destined to become the key reference work for archaeologists and their advanced students on contemporary archaeological methods.

Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual

Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual
Author: Guy D. R. Sanders
Publisher: Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Archaeology
ISBN: 9780692878101
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"Corinth Excavations has long held a special place in American archaeology in Greece as the primary training excavation for graduate students associated with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. As a result, the field manual has had a particular influence among American excavators and projects in Greece, among Mediterranean archaeologists, and in archaeology classrooms"-- Page 4 of cover.

Field Methods in Archaeology

Field Methods in Archaeology
Author: Thomas R Hester
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315428407
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Field Methods in Archaeology has been the leading source for instructors and students in archaeology courses and field schools for 60 years since it was first authored in 1949 by the legendary Robert Heizer. Left Coast has arranged to put the most recent Seventh Edition back into print after a brief hiatus, making this classic textbook again available to the next generation of archaeology students. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative overview of the variety of methods used in field archaeology, from research design, to survey and excavation strategies, to conservation of artifacts and record-keeping. Authored by three leading archaeologists, with specialized contributions by several other experts, this volume deals with current issues such as cultural resource management, relations with indigenous peoples, and database management as well as standard methods of archaeological data collection and analysis.

Lithic Analysis

Lithic Analysis
Author: George H. Odell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1441990097
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This practical volume does not intend to replace a mentor, but acts as a readily accessible guide to the basic tools of lithic analysis. The book was awarded the 2005 SAA Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis. Some focuses of the manual include: history of stone tool research; procurement, manufacture and function; assemblage variability. It is an incomparable source for academic archaeologists, cultural resource and heritage management archaeologists, government heritage agencies, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of archaeology focused on the prehistoric period.