Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Contract Abstracts and CRM Archeology
Author: Contract Abstracts
Author: Publications in Archeology
Author: A Companion to Archaeology
Author: John BintliffPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998601
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
A Companion to Archaeology features essays from 27 of the world’s leading authorities on different types of archaeology that aim to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist. Shows that contemporary archaeology is an astonishingly broad activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of approaching the material record of past societies. Includes essays by experts in reading the past through art, linguistics, or the built environment, and by professionals who present the past through heritage management and museums. Introduces the reader to a range of archaeologists: those who devote themselves to the philosophy of archaeology, those who see archaeology as politics or anthropology, and those who contend that the essence of the discipline is a hard science.
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
Author: Joseph A. TainterPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429972210
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
Periodicals Holdings of the U.S. Army Engineer Experiment Station Library
Author: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
Author: Michael B SchifferPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483214826
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 5 presents the progressive explorations in methods and theory in archeology. This book provides information pertinent to the developments in urban archeology. Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of cultural resource management developed to assess the significance of, and to manage the cultural resources on public lands. This text then explores the basic aspects of natural and human-caused changes on the portion of the archaeological resource base consisting of archaeological sites. Other chapters consider the practice of urban archeology in the United States, with emphasis on the relationships between human behavior and material culture in an urban setting. This book discusses as well the applications of computer graphics in archeology. The final chapter deals with the types of skeletal and population changes that accompany malnutrition. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologist, archaeologists, urban planners, and graduate students.
Report to the President and the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. Advisory Council on Historic PreservationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Technical Brief
Author: Soils in Archaeological Research
Author: Vance T. HollidayPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199882088
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists. Not only are they primary reservoirs for artifacts, they often encase entire sites. And soil-forming processes in themselves are an important component of site formation, influencing which artifacts, features, and environmental indicators (floral, faunal, and geological) will be destroyed and to what extent and which will be preserved and how well. In this book, Holliday will address each of these issues in terms of fundamentals as well as in field case histories from all over the world. The focus will be on principles of soil geomorphology , soil stratigraphy, and soil chemistry and their applications in archaeological research.