Field Archaeology

Field Archaeology
Author: Peter Drewett
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781135361228

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Peter Drewett's comprehensive survey explores every stage of the dig process, from the core work of discovery and excavation to the final product: the published archaeological report. Main topics covered are: how an archaeological site is formed finding and recording archaeological sites planning excavations, digging the site and recording the results post-fieldwork planning, processing and finds analysis interpreting the evidence publishing the report. Illustrated with 100 photographs and line drawings, and using numerous case studies, Field Archaeology is the essential introductory guide for archaeology students, and is certain to be welcomed by the growing number of enthusiasts for the subject.

Field Methods in Archaeology

Field Methods in Archaeology
Author: Thomas R Hester,Harry J Shafer,Kenneth L Feder
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781315428390

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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.

Field Archaeology from Around the World

Field Archaeology from Around the World
Author: Martin Carver,Bisserka Gaydarska,Sandra Monton-Subias
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319098187

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Field practice in archaeology varies greatly throughout the world, mainly because archaeological sites survive in very different ways in different counties. Many manuals see this as a problem - to be defeated by the imposition of standardised procedures. In this book we relish the variety of field practice, seeing it rather as the way the best archaeologists have responded creatively to the challenges of terrain, research objectives and the communities within which they work. While insisting on the highest levels of investigation, we celebrate the different designs, concepts, scientific detection methods and recording systems applied - so embracing standards, but not standardisation. The book is organised in four parts: Part 1 offers a summary of field procedures. Part 2 reviews the principal methods applied, above and below ground, and how the results are analysed. Part 3 illustrates the huge variety confronted by field workers with a series of exemplary commercial and academic projects enacted in downland, jungle, desert, permafrost, road schemes and towns. Approaches also differ according to the traditional methodologies that have evolved in particular countries. In Part 4 we give examples of some the strongest and oldest of those practised on four continents. ​

A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology

A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology
Author: Martha Joukowsky
Publsiher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1980
Genre: Archaeology
ISBN: UOM:39076001548424

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A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology

A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology
Author: John Oswin
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2009-07-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540766926

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Geophysics operations in archaeology have become well known through exposure on television. However, the technique is presented as the action of specialists and something of a mystery, where people walk about with strange contraptions, and results appear from a computer. This is not the case, however. Some scientific knowledge is needed in order to understand how the machines work and what they detect but otherwise it is only necessary to know how to handle the instruments, how to survey a field and how to interpret the computer results. This book provides all the relevant information. It explains geophysics operations in archaeology, describes the science that gives the soil properties to measure and the means by which the instruments make their measurements. Dr John Oswin is in charge of the geophysics operation of the Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society and his work has recently been the subject of a television programme. He has taught many students how to use geophysical equipment.

Field Archaeology

Field Archaeology
Author: R. J. C. Atkinson
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Archaeology
ISBN: 1138805882

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This book, first published in 1946 and re-editioned in 1953, provides a simple introduction to the principles and practice of out-of-doors research in archaeology. It covers in detail all the main procedures with which the student should be familiar, including the use of maps and air-photographs, excavation, the drawing of plans, photography, the recording and interpretation of evidence, and the final publication of results.

The Archaeology of Garden and Field

The Archaeology of Garden and Field
Author: Naomi F. Miller,Kathryn L. Gleason
Publsiher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1997-09
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0812216415

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Cultivation and land use practices the world over reflect many aspects of people's relationship to each other and to the natural world. The Archaeology of Garden and Field explores the cultivation of land from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century through excavation, experimentation, and the study of modern cultural traditions. The Archaeology of Garden and Field contains a wealth of information distilled from the combined experiences of the editors and contributors. Whether one's interest is the Old World or the New, prehistory or the present, this book provides a starting point for anyone who has ever wondered how archaeologists find and interpret the ephemeral traces of ancient cultivation.

Field Archaeologist s Survival Guide

Field Archaeologist   s Survival Guide
Author: Chris Webster
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2016-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781315428444

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Chris Webster’s handy, informative guide outlines what it takes to become an archaeological technician, a field worker in cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology. Based on his popular blog feature, Shovelbums Guide, Webster offers young archaeologists useful advice about CRM work, including writing, cooking in hotel rooms, hand-mapping, surviving unemployment, life after archaeology, and more. It provides tools new CRM archaeologists need to get hired and to live life on the road in a fluctuating job market, as well as details on how to succeed as a field archaeologist. Appendices cover sample job hunting documents and checklists for fieldwork. If you will be pursuing a position in this dynamic, challenging field, this book is a must-read both before you apply for that first job and once you get one.