Archaeological Science & Methodology Books

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1. An Archaeology of Land Ownership

   Edited by Maria Relaki, Despina Catapoti

   Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership. A host of studies has argued about land ownership on the basis of the simple co-existence of artefacts on the landscape; other studies have tended to extrapolate land ownership from more indirect...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-88618-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Field Archaeology: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Drewett

   Peter Drewett's comprehensive survey explores every stage of the dig process, from the core work of discovery and excavation to the final product: the published archaeological report. Main topics covered are: how an archaeological site is formed finding and recording archaeological...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-55119-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation: an international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains

   Edited by Nicholas Marquez Grant, Linda Fibiger

   Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-58857-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Archaeology of Human Bones, 2nd Edition

   By Simon Mays

   The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. This completely revised edition reflects the latest developments in scientific techniques for studying human skeletons and the latest applications of those...

   April 2010 | 978-0-415-48091-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Archaeological Investigation

   By Martin Carver

   Drawing its numerous examples from Britain and beyond, Archaeological Investigation explores the procedures used in field archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to publication. Divided into four parts, it argues for a set of principles in part one, describes work in the...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-48919-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology

   By Sarah H. Parcak

   This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the field of satellite remote sensing for archaeology and how it can be applied to ongoing archaeological fieldwork projects across the globe. It provides a survey of the history and development of the field, connecting satellite remote sensing...

   March 2009 | 978-0-415-44878-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Archaeology Coursebook: An Introduction to Themes, Sites, Methods and Skills, 3rd Edition

   By Jim Grant, Sam Gorin, Neil Fleming

   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 case studies in this third edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and...

   2008 | 978-0-415-46286-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture

   By Linda Hurcombe

   This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated, Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery...

   2007 | 978-0-415-32092-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The British Lower Palaeolithic: Stones in Contention

   By John McNabb

   Taking as its central theme the issue of whether early Hominins organized themselves into societies as we understand them, John McNabb looks at how modern researchers recognize such archaeological cultures. He examines the existence of a stone tool culture called the Clactonian to...

   2007 | 978-0-415-42728-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Archaeological Surveying and Mapping: Recording and Depicting the Landscape

    By Philip Howard

    A comprehensive and practical guide to surveying for archaeologists, with clear instructions in, archaeological mapping, recording field work and detailed case studies from the UK, Europe and the US. Philip Howard provides a user’s guide to methods and instruments of surveying to enable...

    2006 | 978-0-415-30663-8 | Paperback (Routledge)