Archaeologist's Fieldwork Guide

The new edition of the most comprehensive, practical, and user-friendly guide of its kind, providing quick reference to the information needed by archaeologists doing fieldwork
 
The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Guide is the must-have companion for anyone planning and performing fieldwork, whether a student going into the field for the first time or a professional archaeologist with years of real-world experience. Designed to be an all-in-one informational toolkit, the Guide is packed with the technical and practical information archaeologists need to know when in the field--supported by more than 400 lists and checklists, planning aids, measurement charts and tables, analysis and classification guides, sample forms, abbreviations and codes, and much more.
 
Fully revised throughout, the second edition features two entirely new chapters on technology in the field and the archaeology laboratory, incorporating current tools and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS), 3D data capture and modeling, DNA extraction, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanning, remotely controlled drones, and underground mapping. New and updated coverage includes flotation samples and processing, oxidizable carbon ratio dating, phytolith sampling, and water screening.
* Covers classification and typology, creating forms and records, measurement and conversion, laboratory handling and processing, artifact mapping, drawing, and photographing
* Offers new and updated material on legislation regarding archaeological fieldwork and emerging topics such as community engagement and public archaeology.
* Provides up-to-date definitions and explanations of key terms and new diagrams, line drawings, and glosses
* Includes a guide to research publication, an extensive bibliography, references to relevant associations and publications, and information on where to buy supplies
 
The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Guide, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate archaeology students, students taking courses in anthropology, ethnography, and cultural resource management (CRM), archaeology enthusiasts and volunteers, and professional archeologists at any level.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
 
1 Classification and Typology
 
Appliqué types
 
Artifact industries
 
Assemblage types
 
Attributes, basic categories of
 
Attributes of flakes illo
 
Basket parts
 
Basketry types
 
Binford pipestem chronology
 
Bone classification and description
 
Bottle mold types/bottle manufacturing types
 
Bottle parts
 
Boundary types
 
Burial types and descriptions
 
Button attributes
 
Cemetery types
 
Ceramics attributes
 
Ceramics bases
 
Ceramics basic body shapes
 
Ceramics classification by attributes
 
Ceramics decoration types
 
Ceramics fluid/liquid decoration types
 
Ceramics fragment size classification
 
Ceramics identification chart
 
Ceramics rim classes
 
Ceramics type-function classification
 
Ceramics vessel parts
 
Ceramics ware-fabric classification
 
Ceramics ware-fabric classification, historical
 
Clay types
 
Coinage types
 
Context types
 
Data types, historical
 
Debitage types (lithic)
 
Effigy classification
 
Figurine description
 
Glass attributes
 
Glass classification
 
Glaze classification
 
Ground stone attributes
 
Ground stone uses
 
Invertebrate classification
 
Lithics attributes
 
Lithics use-wear traits
 
Materials basic categories
 
Metal artifact categories
 
Mohs scale of hardness
 
Munsell sheets illo
 
Nail classification
 
Particle size descriptions
 
Perforation types
 
Plant remains categories
 
Projectile point attributes
 
Projectile point parts and measures
 
Shell classification
 
Site by function
 
Site by type
 
Soil classification, general
 
Soil horizons and subdivisions
 
Soil layers
 
Soil particle shape
 
Soil structure types
 
Soil taxonomy
 
Soil textural classes
 
Stone tool classification, flaked or chipped
 
Stone tool classification, ground
 
Stone tool parts
 
Stratigraphical context and relationship types
 
Survey classes
 
Survey methods of inspection
 
Timber/jointing description terms
 
Tin can types
 
Tooth types
 
Tyler Scale/grades of clastic sediments
 
Units and spatial divisions
 
Vertebrate classification
 
Wentworth Grain Size Classification
 
2 Forms and Records
 
Agreement between landlord/property owner and survey party
 
Artifact/field specimen inventory or catalog (1, 2)
 
Artifact (provenience) label/tag (1, 2)
 
Basketry record
 
Building/structure inventory form
 
Bulk sample log
 
Bulk soil sample label/tag
 
Burial record
 
Catalog card
 
Catalog form/site catalog form/field catalog/catalog log
 
Ceramic recording form
 
Coin catalog card
 
Context recording form
 
Crew attendance sheet
 
CRM Federal bid form requirements
 
CRM Phase I field notes and records
 
CRM Phase I shovel test bag label
 
CRM Phase II field notes and records
 
CRM Phase II artifact bag label
 
CRM Phase III field notes and records
 
Daily field report
 
Daily vehicle log
 
Datable sample form
 
Debitage form (lithic)
 

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Barbara Ann Kipfer, Kipfer Barbara Ann
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.03.2023
• EAN: 9781119845317
• ISBN: 978-1-119-84531-7
• Seiten: 512
• Abmessung: 192 mm x 25 mm x 250 mm
• Gewicht: 878 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte; Anthropologie, Archäologie, Feldforschung, Anthropology, Archaeology, Allg. Archäologie, Methoden u. Theorie der Archäologie, Allg. Anthropologie, Archaeological Methods & Theory