Practical Archaeology

Practical Archaeology
Author: Brian D. Dillon
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1993-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1938770242

Useful and instructive papers advocating the value of practical considerations in the field, addressing common problems from the real world of archaeology and proposing real solutions that have proven successful through trial and error. Includes papers on the chemical reduction of clay matrices, methods of establishing precise provenience in archaeological excavations, surface collecting with the aid of transits, simplified mapping techniques, the use of X rays in artifact analysis, archaeological surveying from muleback, choosing and maintaining an archaeological field vehicle, and the use of small boats in archaeological investigations.

Practical Archaeology

Practical Archaeology
Author: Brian D. Dillon
Publisher: University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeol
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1989
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice

Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice
Author: Ethan Watrall
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 081307228X

Exploring the use of digital methods in heritage studies and archaeological research The two volumes of Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice bring together archaeologists and heritage professionals from private, public, and academic sectors to discuss practical applications of digital and computational approaches to the field. Contributors thoughtfully explore the diverse and exciting ways in which digital methods are being deployed in archaeological interpretation and analysis, museum collections and archives, and community engagement, as well as the unique challenges that these approaches bring. In this volume, essays address methods for preparing and analyzing archaeological data, focusing on preregistration of research design and 3D digital topography. Next, contributors use specific case studies to discuss data structuring, with an emphasis on creating and maintaining large data sets and working with legacy data. Finally, the volume offers insights into ethics and professionalism, including topics such as access to data, transparency and openness, scientific reproducibility, open-access heritage resources, Indigenous sovereignty, structural racial inequalities, and machine learning. Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice highlights the importance of community, generosity, and openness in the use of digital tools and technologies. Providing a purposeful counterweight to the idea that digital archaeology requires expensive infrastructure, proprietary software, complicated processes, and opaque workflows, these volumes privilege perspectives that embrace straightforward and transparent approaches as models for the future. Contributors: Lynne Goldstein | Ethan Watrall | Brian Ballsun-Stanton | Rachel Opitz | Sebastian Heath | Jolene Smith | Philip I Buckland | Adela Sobotkova | Petra Hermankova | Theresa Huntsman | Heather Richards-Rissetto | Ben Marwick | Li-Ying Wang | Carrie Heitman | Neha Gupta | Ramona Nicholas | Susan Blair | Jeremy Huggett

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology
Author: Paul Goldberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2013-05-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118688198

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology provides an invaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic site formation processes and their investigation. provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies. Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at: www.blackwellpublishing.com/goldberg “This is one of the best textbooks that I have read in years. I enjoyed reviewing it, and found it well-written and thorough in its coverage of the traditional earth science aspects of geoarchaeology. The non-traditional aspects were intriguing and equally thorough... I predict that this book will become the textbook of choice for geoarchaeology classes for several years.” Geomorphology 101 (2008) 740–743

Theory and Practice in Archaeology

Theory and Practice in Archaeology
Author: Ian Hodder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134797338

In this latest collection of his articles, of which seven are written especially for this volume, Ian Hodder captures and continues the lively controversy of the 1980s over symbolic and structural approaches to archaeology. The book acts as an overview of the developments in the discipline over the last decade; yet Hodder's brief is far wider. His aim is to break down the division between the intellectual and the "dirt" archaeologist to demonstrate that in this discipline more than any other, theory must be related to practice to save effectively our rapidly diminishing heritage.

A Practical Handbook of Archaeology

A Practical Handbook of Archaeology
Author: Christopher Catling
Publisher: Southwater Pub
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781844767939

A hands-on resource for new and amateur archaeologists provides hundreds of step-by-step photographs, maps and illustrations from excavations around the world.

The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Archaeology

The Illustrated Practical Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Author: Christopher Catling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780754820574

Gives advice on how to get involved in local research projects, restoration initiatives and actual excavations in the field --

Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality

Archaeological Typology and Practical Reality
Author: William Y. Adams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521048672

A study of the various ways in which field archaeologists set about making and using classifications to meet a variety of practical needs. The authors discuss how humans form concepts. They then describe and analyse in detail a specific example of an archaeological classification, and go on to consider the theoretical generalizations that can be derived from the study of actual in-use classifications.

Techniques of Archaeological Excavation

Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
Author: Philip Barker
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780713471694

Philip Barker's survey of current excavation techniques - at once authoritative and stimulating - was immeadiately hailed as the standard work and is one of the most widely used archaeological field manuals. Now in its third edition, it has again been revised, updated and expanded to include the latest developments in archaeological techniques.