Handbook Of Archaeological Methods

by Maschner, Herbert D. G.; Chippindale, Christopher; Aldenderfer, Mark; Andrefsky, William; Arnold, J Barto; Arthur, John W.; Buzon, Michele R.; Chippindale, Christopher; Costin, Cathy Lynne; Eng, Jacqueline T.; Fagan, Brian; Ferguson, T J.; Feulner, Mark A

• ISBN13: 9780759100787
• ISBN10: 0759100780
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-17
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

The Handbook of Archaeological Methods comprises 37 articles by leading archaeologists on the key methods used by archaeologists in the field, in analysis, in theory building, and in managing cultural resources. The book is destined to become the key reference work for archaeologists and their advanced students on contemporary archaeological methods.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(39)
Herbert D. G. Maschner
Short History of Archaeological Methods, 1870 to 1960	40	(35)
Brian Fagan
Part 1 IN THE FIELD
Logistics of Fieldwork and Collecting Field Data	75	(31)
John M. Steinberg
Archaeological Survey	106	(27)
Brian Leigh Molyneaux
Excavation	133	(43)
Michael A. Glassow
Sequence and Stratigraphy	176	(40)
Barbara J. Mills
Rafael Vega-Centeno
Ethnoarchaeology	216	(54)
John W. Arthur
Kathryn J. Weedman
Maritime Archaeology	270	(39)
Mark A. Feulner
J. Barto Arnold III
Part 2 ANALYTIC METHODS
Radiocarbon Dating	309	(28)
Paul B. Pettitt
Other Dating Techniques	337	(36)
Alistair W. G. Pike
Paul B. Pettitt
Geographic Information Systems	373	(50)
Mark Gillings
David Wheatley
Terrestrial Remote Sensing in Archaeology	423	(55)
Kenneth L. Kvamme
Archaeological Chemistry	478	(23)
Joseph B. Lambert
Statistics for Archaeology	501	(53)
Mark Aldenderfer
Systems and Simulacra: Modeling, Simulation, and Archaeological Interpretation	554	(49)
James McGlade
Experimental Archaeology	603	(40)
Izumi Shimada
Reflexive Methods	643	(30)
Ian Hodder
Part 3 APPLYING ANALYTIC METHODS
Pottery	673	(42)
Carl Knappett
Lithic Studies	715	(58)
William Andrefsky Jr.
Paleoethnobotanical Methods and Applications	773	(62)
Gayle J. Fritz
Zooarchaeology	835	(36)
R. Lee Lyman
Bioarchaeological Methods	871	(48)
Michele R. Buzon
Jacqueline T. Eng
Patricia M. Lambert
Phillip L. Walker
Rock Art Analysis	919	(58)
David S. Whitley
Lawrence L. Loendorf
Part 4 FRAMEWORKS FOR METHODS
Demography	977	(25)
Richard R. Paine
Geoarchaeology	1002	(32)
Christopher L. Hill
Craft Production	1034	(74)
Cathy Lynne Costin
Historical Archaeology	1108	(30)
Kenneth G. Kelly
Trade and Exchange	1138	(41)
Marilyn A. Masson
Regional Analysis in Archaeology	1179	(48)
John Kantner
Part 5 MANAGING ARCHAEOLOGY
Managing Archaeological Resources	1227	(43)
Francis P. McManamon
Curation of Data	1270	(36)
W. Fredrick Limp
Funding Archaeological Research	1306	(33)
Michael Love
Colleagues, Talking, Writing, Publishing	1339	(33)
Christopher Chippindale
Working with and Working for Indigenous Communities	1372	(35)
Joe Watkins
T. J. Ferguson
Index	1407	(48)
About the Contributors	1455