The Archaeologist's Field Handbook

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759112278
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 10/09/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 448
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Heather Burke is a senior lecturer in the department of Anthropology at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and has many years' experience as a consulting archaeologist.Claire Smith is President of the World Archaeological Congress and a research professor at the Institute of the Advanced Study for Humanity, the University of Newcastle, Australia.Larry J. Zimmerman is a professor of anthropology and museum studies and Public Scholar of Native American Representation at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis&Eiteljorg Museum.

Table of Contents


Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2
Chapter One: Preparing for Fieldwork
Chapter 3
Chapter Two: Navigation, Mapping (and Life in the Field)
Chapter 4
Chapter Three: Finding Sites
Chapter 5
Chapter Four: Site Survey and Mapping
Chapter 6
Chapter Five: Basic Excavation Techniques
Chapter 7
Chapter Six: Recording Historical Sites
Chapter 8
Chapter Seven: Recording Pre-Contact and Early Post-Contact Sites
Chapter 9
Chapter Eight: Managing Cultural Heritage
Chapter 10
Chapter Nine: Photography and Illustration
Chapter 11
Chapter Ten: Getting Your Results Out There: Writing, Publication, and Interpretation
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