Experimentation and interpretation : the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past / edited by Dana C.E. Millson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millson, Dana C. E.

Theoretical Archaeology Group (England). Conference (2008 : Southampton, England)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental archaeology--Europe--Congresses.

Experimental archaeology.

Experimental archaeology--England--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Congresses.

Material culture--Europe--History--Congresses.

Material culture.

Material culture--England--History--Congresses.

Archaeology--Methodology--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Philosophy--Congresses.

Europe--Antiquities--Congresses.

Europe.

England--Antiquities--Congresses.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 142 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In December 2008, a session on Experimental Archaeology was held at TAG in Southampton. Although at first it seemed out-of-place to discuss a topic stemming from science at a theory conference, the contributions demonstrated that many of the best archaeological projects today are those which use methodology and interpretation from both the sciences and the arts. The contributions from the session, which focus on sites and material culture spanning from the Mesolithic to the Late Medieval periods, are presented in these proceedings. They range from the history of experimentation in archaeology

Contents:

Introduction / Dana C.E. Millson

Cache or carry : food storage in prehistoric Europe / Penny Cunningham

Creating a history of experimental archaeology / Jodi Reeves Flores

Breaking the sound barrier : new directions for complexity, transformation, and reconstructive practice in experimental Neolithic archaeoacousitics / Claire Marshall

Experimental archaeology after simplicity : implications for reflexivity of insights that a "common world" is not a "given" / Stephanie Koerner

Experiment or demonstration? : making fermentable malt sugars from the grain and a discussion of some of the evidence for this activity in the British Neolithic / Merryn Dineley

Experiments in beaker construction technologies / Harriet Hammersmith

Luminescence dating of medieval brick from Essex : an example of the physical sciences addressing archaeological questions / Thomas Gurling.

Notes:

Papers from a session held at the annual Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG) Conference in Southampton, England, Dec. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781842178409

1842178407

9781842178423

1842178423

9781299485112

1299485111

OCLC:

839388961