This brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology follows the same organizing principle as the text Archaeology: Discovering Our Past but features less detail. Archaeological methods and theory are covered comprehensively--at a reasonable level of detail--in under 300 pages. Illustrative examples and case studies present a temporal and geographic balance of both Old and New World sites. Abundant student aids include maps of archaeological areas, extensive illustrations, chapter introductions and summaries, a guide to further…mehr
This brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology follows the same organizing principle as the text Archaeology: Discovering Our Past but features less detail. Archaeological methods and theory are covered comprehensively--at a reasonable level of detail--in under 300 pages. Illustrative examples and case studies present a temporal and geographic balance of both Old and New World sites. Abundant student aids include maps of archaeological areas, extensive illustrations, chapter introductions and summaries, a guide to further reading at the end of each chapter, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Wendy Ashmore is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Her research centers on settlement patterns, household archaeology, gender, and ancient space and place in southeastern Mesoamerica. Publications include Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguï¿, Guatemala (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2007), and edited volumes on Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns (New Mexico, 1981), Household and Community in the Mesoamerican Past (with R. R. Wilk, New Mexico, 1988), Archaeologies of Landscape: Contemporary Approaches (with A. B. Knapp, Blackwell, 1999), and Integrating the Diversity of 21st-Century Anthropology: The Life and Intellectual Legacies of Susan Kent (with M.-A. Dobres, S. M. Nelson, and A. Rosen, American Anthropological Association, 2006), together with numerous articles and book chapters on these and related topics.
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Chapter 1. Introduction Archaeologists and Archaeology Archaeology as a Science Archaeology and History Archaeology and Anthropology Archaeology as a Profession Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 2. Archaeology's Past The Origins of Archaeology The Emergence of Modern Archaeology Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 3. Contemporary Approaches to Archaeology Culture History Culture Process Emmergent Approaches Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 4. How Archaeology Works Archaeological Data Artifacts . Features . Ecofacts . Sites . Regions Deposition and Transformation Research Design Data Sampling . Research Stages Archaeological Research Projects Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 5. Fieldwork Archaeological Survey Discovering Archaeological Sites . Methods of Discovery . Locating Archaeological Sites . Site Survey Excavation Stratigraphy .Excavation Methods . Provenience Control . Recording Archaeological Data Data Processing Classification Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 6. Analyzing the Past Artifacts Lithic Artifacts . Ceramic Artifacts . Metal Artifacts . Organic Artifacts Ecofacts Floral Ecofacts . Faunal Ecofacts . Human Remains . Features Constructed Features . Cumulative Features Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 7. Dating the Past Seriation Stylistic Seriation . Frequency Seriation Sequence Comparison Stratigraphy Geochronology Obsidian Hydration Floral and Faunal Methods Dendrochronology . Bone Chemistry Radiometric Methods Radiocarbon . Potassium-Argon . Argon-Argon . Uranium Series . Fission-Track Archaeomagnetism Limited and Experimental Methods Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 8. Reconstructing the Past Analogy Abuse of Analogy . Specific and General Analogy . Sources of Analogs Identifying Activities in Space Technology . Social Systems . Ideological Systems Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 9. Understanding the Past Cultural History Interpretation Processual Interpretation Postprocessual and Emergent Interpretations Understanding the Past from Multiple Approaches Agriculture and Cultural History . Agriculture and Cultural Process . Agriculture and Postprocessualism . Combining Approaches Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 10. Archaeology Today Looting and Antiquities Collecting Destruction in the Name of Progress Cultural Resource Management Effects of Nationalism, Colonialism, and War Working with Descendant Communities The Responsibilities of Archaeology Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Glossary Bibliography Index
Chapter 1. Introduction Archaeologists and Archaeology Archaeology as a Science Archaeology and History Archaeology and Anthropology Archaeology as a Profession Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 2. Archaeology's Past The Origins of Archaeology The Emergence of Modern Archaeology Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 3. Contemporary Approaches to Archaeology Culture History Culture Process Emmergent Approaches Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 4. How Archaeology Works Archaeological Data Artifacts . Features . Ecofacts . Sites . Regions Deposition and Transformation Research Design Data Sampling . Research Stages Archaeological Research Projects Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 5. Fieldwork Archaeological Survey Discovering Archaeological Sites . Methods of Discovery . Locating Archaeological Sites . Site Survey Excavation Stratigraphy .Excavation Methods . Provenience Control . Recording Archaeological Data Data Processing Classification Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 6. Analyzing the Past Artifacts Lithic Artifacts . Ceramic Artifacts . Metal Artifacts . Organic Artifacts Ecofacts Floral Ecofacts . Faunal Ecofacts . Human Remains . Features Constructed Features . Cumulative Features Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 7. Dating the Past Seriation Stylistic Seriation . Frequency Seriation Sequence Comparison Stratigraphy Geochronology Obsidian Hydration Floral and Faunal Methods Dendrochronology . Bone Chemistry Radiometric Methods Radiocarbon . Potassium-Argon . Argon-Argon . Uranium Series . Fission-Track Archaeomagnetism Limited and Experimental Methods Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 8. Reconstructing the Past Analogy Abuse of Analogy . Specific and General Analogy . Sources of Analogs Identifying Activities in Space Technology . Social Systems . Ideological Systems Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 9. Understanding the Past Cultural History Interpretation Processual Interpretation Postprocessual and Emergent Interpretations Understanding the Past from Multiple Approaches Agriculture and Cultural History . Agriculture and Cultural Process . Agriculture and Postprocessualism . Combining Approaches Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Chapter 10. Archaeology Today Looting and Antiquities Collecting Destruction in the Name of Progress Cultural Resource Management Effects of Nationalism, Colonialism, and War Working with Descendant Communities The Responsibilities of Archaeology Summary For Further Reading Virtual Explorations Glossary Bibliography Index
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