1st Edition
Making Archaeology Happen Design versus Dogma
By Martin Oswald Hugh Carver
Copyright 2011
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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‘Archaeology is for people’ is the theme of this book. Split between the academic and commercial sectors, archaeological investigation is also deeply embedded in the needs of local communities, making it simultaneously an art, science and social science. Such a multi-disciplinary discipline needs special methods and creative freedom, not repetitive responses. Carver argues that commercial... Read more
Chapter 1 A Visit to the Ancestors; Chapter 2 Mega, Macro, Micro, Nano: Dialogues with Terrain; Chapter 3 On the Street: Archaeologists and Society; Chapter 4 Design on Tour; Chapter 5 From Procurement to Product: A Road Map; Chapter 6 Making Archaeology Happen;
Biography
Martin Carver is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, editor of the journal Antiquity, and the author of Archaeological Investigation (Routledge, 2009). He has undertaken or advised on field projects in England, Scotland, Sweden, France, Italy, and Algeria, including numerous commercial projects and major research campaigns at Sutton Hoo and Portmahomack.
