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Anthropological research framing for archaeological geophysics : material signatures of past human behavior /

Anthropological Research Framing for Archaeological Geophysics addresses the gap between humanistic anthropological archaeology and geophysical archaeology. It initiates and invites professional dialogue toward providing archaeological geophysics with anthropological premises.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Jason Randall, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Subjects:
Geophysics in archaeology.
Prehistoric peoples > Research.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Research.
Social archaeology > Research.
Ethnoarchaeology > Research.
Archaeology > Methodology.
Anthropology > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • Geophysical technology commonly applied in archaeology
  • Bridging gaps
  • The nature of a problem
  • Toward using AGP anthropologically in archaeology
  • Introduction to research frames : relations between research procedures and research goals
  • Success at Verberie
  • Failure at 13DB674 in Iowa or a redefinition of success?
  • Framing testable humanistic hypotheses for AGP
  • Ideas for how to do this.