How to do archaeology the right way / Barbara A. Purdy.

Despite field conditions that often include bug bites, bad food, and nonexistent plumbing, legions of amateur archaeologists regularly take to the field - sometimes a muddy one - to dig up ceramic pots, animal bones, and stone spearheads. This book explains how and why the professionals do it. In no...

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Main Author: Purdy, Barbara A.
Corporate Author: Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Artifacts and the lifestyles of the people who made them
  • Survey and excavation
  • Analysis
  • Dating artifacts and archaeological sites
  • Degradation, preservation, and curation
  • Rules and regulations.