Archaeological methodology & techniques
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The Public Archaeology of Death
Howard Williams, Benedict Wills-Eve, Jennifer Osborne
From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the grave of Richard III, archaeologists have studied, displayed and debated rich and varied evidence of the burial and commemoration of the dead from past times to the present day. Mortuary data is not only a key window into the human past, it defines and resonates t...
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Searching for Structure in Pottery Analysis
Alan F. Greene, Charles W. Hartley
Searching for Structure in Pottery Analysis addresses the theoretical and methodological imperatives involved in (re)integrating descriptive, structural, and compositional analytical methods in a series of contributions from a diverse group of experts in archaeological pottery. Drawing on the life's...
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Walking through Jordan
Michael P Neeley, Geoffrey A Clark, PM Michele Daviau
The objective of Walking through Jordan is to acknowledge and honor the singular achievements and wider impacts of Jordan's most prominent survey archaeologist, Burton MacDonald. MacDonald is a biblical scholar by training who has written extensively about the Iron Age and early Christianity. Howeve...
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Framing Archaeology in the Near East
This volume presents a series of studies by scholars working in Middle Eastern archaeology who actively apply social theory to interpret their fieldwork. It aims to highlight the value of using social theory in the interpretation of field work in a region where, traditionally, such approaches have n...
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The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, Aren Maeir, Merilyn Copland, Oded Borowski, Ithaq Shai, Chris McKinny, Joe Uziel, Tim Frank, Eric Welch, Seung Ho Bang, Elizabeth R. Arnold, Edward F. Maher, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Jill Citron Katz, Erin Darby, Amihai Mazar, Rafael Y. Lewis, Shira Gur-Arieh, Michael Dee, Brita Lorentzen, Piotr Bienkowski, Sarah Kielt Costello, Jennie Ebeling, Rona Avissar Lewis, Helen Dixon, Jonathan S. Greer, Aaron Brody, Deirdre N. Fulton, Naama Yahalom-Mack, Leann Pace, Laura Wright
The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant is a user-friendly exploration of basic concepts within archaeology and the techniques and methods used by archaeologists in the field. It is intended for students and lay readers alike, such as those participating in community archaeology for the...
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Archaeology from the Ploughsoil
Colin Haselgrove, Martin Millet, Ian Smith
First published in 1985, this collection of essays has proved popular for those teaching archaeological field methods. It deals with methodological problems in a general way, but also illustrated by some case studies from both Britain and the continent, from regional strategies to the intensive stud...