AltaMira Press
Pages: 448
Trim: 7 x 9
978-0-7591-0883-7 • Paperback • October 2008 • $88.00 • (£68.00)
978-0-7591-1227-8 • eBook • October 2008 • $83.50 • (£64.00)
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 and Eiteljorg Museum.
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
It is a hands-on field manual that provies a step-by-step guide to undertaking and successfully completing a wide variety of archaeological fieldwork projects. The book is intended not only for archaeologists; explores firmly grounded, essential, practical techniques and elucidates the ethical issues facing archaeology today. The title is illustrated with diagrams, photos, photographs, and presents surveys and excavations.
— Wonderpedia
...some wonderful bits...
— L. L. Johnson, Vassar College; Choice Reviews
I enjoyed this book and it fills a gap in academic reading for students…. I believe this to be a good book for students of archaeology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and an interesting read for those fascinated by the mechanics of archaeology…. This book has a most definite place on South African archaeology bookshelves as well as its target readership of North America.
— South African Archaeological Bulletin