Archaeology in practice : a student guide to archaeological analyses / edited by Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology -- Methodology.

Archaeology--Laboratory manuals.

Archaeology -- Laboratory manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses offers students in archaeology laboratory courses a detailed and invaluable how-to manual of archaeological methods and provides insight into the breadth of modern archaeology. Written by specialists of material analyses, whose expertise represents a broad geographic range Includes numerous examples of applications of archaeological techniques Organized by material types, such as animal bones, ceramics, stone artifacts, and documentary sources, or by themes, such as dating, ethics, and re

Contents:

Finding sites / Andrew David

Consulting stakeholders / Larry Zimmerman

Rock art / Jo McDonald

Stratigraphy / Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson

Dating / Simon Holdaway

An introduction to stone artifact analysis / Sue O'Connor and Chris Clarkson

Residues and usewear / Richard Fullagar

Ceramics / Linda Ellis

Animal bones / Terry O'Connor

Plant remains / Wendy Beck

Molluscs and other shells / Sandra Bowdler

Sediments / Gary Huckleberry

Historic artifacts / Susan Lawrence

Historical sources / Barbara Little

Producing the record / Peter White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-23795-3

9786610237951

1-4051-4886-1

9781405148863

OCLC:

62268700