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877385
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Grant, Jim,1958-
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The archaeology coursebook : : an introduction to themes, sites, methods and skills /\ Jim Grant, Sam Gorin and Neil Fleming.
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| Edition Statement
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Fourth edition.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2015.
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1 online resource
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1315727838
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: 131754109X
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: 1317541103
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: 1317541111
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: 9781315727837
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: 9781317541097
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: 9781317541103
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: 9781317541110
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0415526884
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9780415526883
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-652) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Brief Contents; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustration acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; What is new?; How the book is structured; How to use this text; Conventions; Getting started; Archaeology and related subjects; Some key archaeological concepts; PART I UNDERSTANDING ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES; 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE; How sites are found; Reconnaissance methods; Desktop study or 'desk-based assessment'; Historical documents; Maps; Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
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Analysis of inorganic materialsLithics; Ceramics; Metals; Analysis of organic materials; Organic artefacts; Soil; Faunal remains; Human remains; Key study: Eulau: human remains and Neolithic relationships; Plants; Invertebrates; How do archaeologists reconstruct ancient landscapes?; Key study: The decline of the Maya; Archaeometry; DNA analysis; Characterisation studies; X-ray fluorescence (XRF); Optical emission spectrometry; Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS); Neutron activation analysis (NAA); Isotope analysis; You are what you eat; Carbon isotopes in the food chain.
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Key study: Contrasting approaches: Empingham and East Kent Access RoadRemote sensing; Satellite survey; Lidar; Sonar; Exploring lost landscapes; 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION; Approaches to archaeological excavation; Excavation: rescue or research?; Similarities and differences; To excavate or not?; Planning for excavation; Key study: The Chester Amphitheatre project; Excavation strategies; Why context is everything: the theory of stratification; How to dig?; Trenches; Test pits; Area excavation; Box-grid or quadrant systems; Key Study: Boxgrove; Recognising features and the planum method.
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Key study: Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)Oral accounts; Surface surveys; Surveying features; Key study: Surveying an abandoned landscape on St Kilda; Recording standing buildings; Sampling in archaeological fieldwork; Fieldwalking; Limitations of fieldwalking; Alternatives to fieldwalking; Geochemical prospection; Geophysical surveys; Resistivity survey; Magnetometer surveying; Caesium vapour (CV) magnetometers; Other non-invasive methods; Combining geophysics techniques at Binchester Fort; Aerial photography; Shadow marks; Cropmarks; Soil marks.
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The process of excavationRecovery of environmental material; Sieving; Flotation; Soil sampling; Metal detection; On-site conservation; What records do archaeologists create?; Context sheets; Plans; Section drawings; Harris matrix; Photographs; Special cases; Archaeology of standing buildings; Wetland archaeology; Underwater archaeology; Urban archaeology; Excavating and recording human skeletons; Forensic archaeology; After excavation; 3 POST-EXCAVATION ANALYSIS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; Post-ex; Initial processing and conservation; Visual examination and recording.
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| Abstract
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This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and key studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject. The Archaeology Coursebook:introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts and themes, and provides the necessary skills to understand themexplains how to interpret the material students may meet.
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Archaeology-- Examinations, Study guides.
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Archaeology-- Methodology.
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Archaeology-- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Archaeology-- Methodology.
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Archaeology-- Study and teaching (Higher)
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HISTORY-- Ancient-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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930.1076
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CC83
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Fleming, Neil,1955-
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Gorin, Sam,1946-
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