How to do archaeology the right way /

Purdy answers the questions "How do archaeologists know where to dig?" and "Why do they excavate a particular site?" and she discusses the months of planning, surveying, mapping, testing, fund raising and permit acquisition that precede excavation. She also includes information o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Purdy, Barbara A. (Author), Austin, Robert J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Artifacts and the lifestyles of the people who made them
  • Survey and excavation methods and their importance
  • Analysis of materials recovered from archaeological sites
  • Dating artifacts and archaeological sites
  • Degradation, preservation, and curation
  • The cultural and environmental heritage entombed in Florida's waterlogged sites
  • Cultural resource laws and regulations
  • Applying archaeological methods in cultural resource management.