Communicating Archaeology

A volume of essays on communicating archaeology by every imaginable means provides an excellent tribute to the work of Bill Putnam - always a communicator. Learning by doing (Philip Rahtz), field archaeology in the 70s and 80s (John Hinchliffe), ignore good communication at your peril (Andrew Lawson), the IFA: what it means to be a member of a professional body (Timothy Darvill), talking to ourselves (Ellen McAdam), commissioning knowledge or making archaeology for books (Peter Kemmis Betty), arcane to ARC: the York experience (Andrew Jones), the National Curriculum (Mike Corbishley), past experience: the view from teacher education (Tim Copeland), child's play: archaeology out of school (Kate Pretty), university archaeology: ivory tower or white elephant? (Kevin Andrews) , liberal adult education in the second half of the twentieth century (Trevor Rowley), the local societies (John Manley) , archaeology in museums (Roger Peers).

Summary

These papers on archaeology and education were given at a conference at Bournemouth University in 1995, held to honour Bill Putnam whose life has been spent in Extra-Mural and University teaching.

Product details

• Authors: John Beavis, Alan Hunt
• Assisted by: John Beavis (Editor), Alan Hunt (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1999
• EAN: 9781900188937
• ISBN: 978-1-900188-93-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 239 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences, Occasional Paper S.; Bournemouth Conservation; Bournemouth University School; Bournemouth Conservation; Bournemouth University School
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity