Archaeology : discovering our past / Robert J. Sharer, and Wendy Ashmore.
Publication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2003.Edition: 3rd editonDescription: xxii, V Pages, 621 P . : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0767427270 (acidfree paper)
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Content
Chapter 1. Viewing the Past
UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES THROUGH OUR PAST
DESTRUCTION OF OUR HERITAGE
WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY?
ARCHAEOLOGY AND PSEUDOARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
HISTORICAL AND PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND CULTURE
ARCHAEOLOGY AS A PROFESSION
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: PATTY JO WATSON: ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE
Chapter 2. The Origins of Archaeology
THE GROWTH OF THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
ANTIQUARIANS AND THE ORIGINS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
THE TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY
THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY
Chapter 3. Contemporary Approaches
CULTURE HISTORY
CULTURAL PROCESS
EMERGENT PERSPECTIVES
THE INTERPLAY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: KENT V. FLANNERY: COPING WITH EXPLANATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY: ADVICE FROM THE MASTER
Chapter 4. Constructs: The Nature of Archaeological Data
THE FORMS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
THE DETERMINANTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
THE STRUCTURE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA
APPROACHES TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA GATHERING
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: STEVEN A. LEBLANE: OF POTS AND PILLAGE
Chapter 5. Archaeological Research
THE SCOPE OF RESEARCH
RESEARCH PROJECTS
RESEARCH DESIGN
A CASE STUDY IN RESEARCH DESIGN: MODERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT COPÁN, HONDURAS
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: MARY CARROLL: USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHEOLOGY
Chapter 6. Archaeological Reconnaissance and Surface Survey
OBJECTIVES OF RECONNAISSANCE AND SURFACE SURVEY
LITERATURE, LUCK, AND LEGENDS
METHODS OF RECONNAISSANCE AND SURFACE SURVEY
APPROACHES TO RECONNAISSNCE AND SURFACE SURVEY
RELIABILITY OF SURFACE COLLECTION
SITE DEFINITION BY RECONNAISSANCE AND SURFACE SURVEY
Chapter 7. Excavation
STRATIFICATION AND STRATIGRAPHY
APPROACHES TO EXCAVATION
EXCAVATION METHODOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: DAVID W. SEDAT: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FIELD ARCHAEOLOGIST
Chapter 8. Field Processing and Classification
DATA PROCESSING
CLASSIFICATION
Chapter 9. Temporal Frameworks
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AGE DETERMINATION
GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL AGE DETERMINATION
FAUNAL AND FLORAL ASSOCIATIONS
RADIOMETRIC AGE DETERMINATION
ARCHAEOMAGNETIC AGE DETERMINATION
CALENDRICAL AGE DETERMINATION
EVALUATING AGE DETERMINATION METHODS
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Chapter 10. Analysis of Artifacts
LITHIC ARTIFACTS
CERAMIC ARTIFACTS
METAL ARTIFACTS
ORGANIC ARTIFACTS
ARTIFACTS AND SAMPLING
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: RONALD L. BISHOP: POTTERY IN THE HIGH TECH LAB
Chapter 11. Analysis of Ecofacts
FLORAL REMAINS
FAUNAL REMAINS
HUMAN REMAINS
SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
ECOFACTS AND SAMPLING
Chapter 12. Analysis of Features
CONSTRUCTED FEATURES
CUMMULATIVE FEATURES
FEATURES AND SAMPLING
Chapter 13. Analogy and Archaeological Interpretation
USING ANALOGY IN INTERPRETATION
MISUSE OF ANALOGY
SPECIFIC ANALOGY
GENERAL ANALOGY
SOURCES FOR ANALOGY
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: ROBERT J. BLUMENSCHINE: LETTING LIONS SPEAK FOR FOSSIL BONES
Chapter 14. Technology and Environment
RELATING CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
RECONSTRUCTING TECHNOLOGY
RECONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENT
RECONSTRUCTING SUBSISTENCE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: PAYSON D. SHEETS: DAWN OF A NEW STONE AGE IN EYE SURGERY
Chapter 15. Social Systems
EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY
POPULATION RECONSTRUCTION
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS FROM BURIALS
EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL IDENTITIES
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: LYNNE GOLDSTEIN: EXCAVATING BURIALS TODAY
Chapter 16. Ideological and Symbol Systems
RECOGNIZING AND ANALYZING SYMBOLS
ABSTRACT AND DEPICTIVE MATERIAL SYMBOLS
WRITING, NOTATION, AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
WORLDVIEWS
IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL CHANGE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: MARGARET W. CONKEY: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF GENDER
Chapter 17. Frameworks for the Past
CULTURE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORKS
CULTURAL PROCESSUAL FRAMEWORKS
EMERGENT FRAMEWORKS
MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE PAST
CAUSES OF PREHISTORIC CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter 18. Challenges to Archaeology
MAJOR SOURCES OF CHALLENGE
FACING THE CHALLENGES TO ARCHAEOLOGY
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT WORK: DORTHY LIPPERT: THE MIRROR, THE BRIDGE, AND THE LONG ROAD HOME: MY WORK AS A NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST
Includes bibliographical references (B/1-B/49) and index.
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