The Archaeologist's Field Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Archaeologist's Field Handbook write by Heather Burke. This book was released on 2008-10-09. The Archaeologist's Field Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology
A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology write by Martha Joukowsky. This book was released on 1980. A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation
The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation write by Bradley A. Rodgers. This book was released on 2004-07-02. The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a Foreword by an archaeologist, not a conservator, but as Brad Rodgers says, “Conservation has been steadily pulled from archaeology by the forces of specialization”(p. 3),andhewantstoremedythatsituationthroughthismanual. He seesthisworkasa“calltoactionforthenon-professionalconservator,”permitting “curators, conservators, and archaeologists to identify artifacts that need prof- sional attention and, allow these professionals to stabilize most artifacts in their own laboratories with minimal intervention, using simple non-toxic procedures” (p. 5). It is the mission of Brad’s manual to “bring conservation back into arch- ology” (p. 6). The degree of success of that goal depends on the degree to which archaeologists pay attention to, and put to use, what Brad has to say, because as he says, “The conservationist/archaeologist is responsible to make preparation for an artifact’s care even before it is excavated and after its storage into the foreseeable future”. . . a tremendous responsibility” (p. 10). The manual is a combination of highly technical as well as common sense methods of conserving wood, iron and other metals, ceramics, glass and stone, organicsandcomposits—afarbetterguidetoartifactconservationthanwasava- able to me when I ?rst faced that archaeological challenge at colonial Brunswick Town, North Carolina in 1958—a challenge still being faced by archaeologists today. The stage of conservation in 1958 is in dramatic contrast to the procedures Brad describes in this manual—conservation has indeed made great progress. For instance,acommonprocedurethenwastoheattheartifactsredhotinafurnace—a method that made me cringe.
A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology
A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology write by John Oswin. This book was released on 2009-07-21. A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 Methods in Archaeology
Field Methods in Archaeology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Field Methods in Archaeology write by Thomas R Hester. This book was released on 2016-09-16. Field Methods in Archaeology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
