Archaeology: Discovering Our Past

3. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7674-2727-2
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO

Buch, Englisch, 744 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 1288 g

This is the only textbook which is organized to follow the steps of the actual process of archaeological research in order to present the methods and theoretical frameworks of archaeology, from the planning and actual conduct of field research, to the different ways archaeological data is interpreted to produce an understanding of the past. It is also the only such textbook to give the reader a series of firsthand accounts of what its like to do archaeology, written by a variety of practicing archaeologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharer, Robert

Ashmore, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionChapter 1. Viewing the Past Understanding Ourselves through Our PastDestruction of Our HeritageWhat Is Archaeology?Archaeology and PseudoarchaeologyArchaeology and ScienceArchaeology and HistoryHistorical and Prehistoric ArchaeologyArchaeology, Anthropology, and CultureArchaeology as a ProfessionArchaeologists at Work: Patty Jo Watson: Archaeology and ScienceChapter 2. The Origins of Archaeology The Growth of the Scientific DisciplinesAntiquarians and the Origins of ArchaeologyThe Transition to Professional ArchaeologyThe Emergence of Modern ArchaeologyChapter 3. Contemporary Approaches Culture HistoryCultural ProcessEmergent PerspectivesThe Interplay of Archaeological PerspectivesArchaeologists at Work: Kent V. Flannery: Coping with Explanation in Archaeology: Advice from the MasterChapter 4. Constructs: The Nature of Archaeological Data The Forms of Archaeological DataThe Determinants of Archaeological DataThe Structure of Archaeological Data Approaches to Archaeological Data GatheringArchaeologists at Work: Steven A. LeBlane: Of Pots and PillageChapter 5. Archaeological Research The Scope of ResearchResearch ProjectsResearch DesignA Case Study in Research Design: Modern Archaeological Research at Copán, HondurasArchaeologists at Work: Mary Carroll: Using Information Technology in ArcheologyChapter 6. Archaeological Reconnaissance and Surface SurveyObjectives of Reconnaissance and Surface SurveyLiterature, Luck, and LegendsMethods of Reconnaissance and Surface SurveyApproaches to Reconnaissnce and Surface SurveyReliability of Surface CollectionSite Definition by Reconnaissance and Surface Survey Chapter 7. ExcavationStratification and StratigraphyApproaches to ExcavationExcavation MethodologyArchaeologists at Work: David W. Sedat: A Day in the Life of a Field Archaeologist Chapter 8. Field Processing and ClassificationData ProcessingClassification Chapter 9. Temporal FrameworksArchaeological Age DeterminationGeological and Geochemical Age DeterminationFaunal and Floral AssociationsRadiometric Age DeterminationArchaeomagnetic Age DeterminationCalendrical Age DeterminationEvaluating Age Determination MethodsExperimental Methods Chapter 10. Analysis of Artifacts Lithic ArtifactsCeramic ArtifactsMetal ArtifactsOrganic ArtifactsArtifacts and SamplingArchaeologists at Work: Ronald L. Bishop: Pottery in the High Tech LabChapter 11. Analysis of Ecofacts Floral RemainsFaunal RemainsHuman RemainsSoils and SedimentsEcofacts and SamplingChapter 12. Analysis of FeaturesConstructed FeaturesCummulative FeaturesFeatures and Sampling Chapter 13. Analogy and Archaeological InterpretationUsing Analogy in InterpretationMisuse of AnalogySpecific AnalogyGeneral AnalogySources for AnalogyArchaeologists at Work: Robert J. Blumenschine: Letting Lions Speak for Fossil Bones Chapter 14. Technology and Environment Relating Culture and EnvironmentReconstructing TechnologyReconstructing EnvironmentReconstructing SubsistenceArchaeologists at Work: Payson D. Sheets: Dawn of a New Stone Age in Eye SurgeryChapter 15. Social Systems Exchange SystemsSettlement ArchaeologyPopulation ReconstructionSocial Implications from BurialsEvidence of Social IdentitiesArchaeologists at Work: Lynne Goldstein: Excavating Burials TodayChapter 16. Ideological and Symbol SystemsRecognizing and Analyzing SymbolsAbstract and Depictive Material SymbolsWriting, Notation, and Measurement SystemsWorldviewsIdeology and Cultural ChangeArchaeologists at Work: Margaret W. Conkey: The Archaeological Study of GenderChapter 17. Frameworks for the Past Culture Histor

Über Autor(innen)

Sharer, Robert
Robert J. Sharer is Shoemaker Professor in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the American Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. He has published over 100 scholarly articles, and several monographs reporting the results of his archaeological research, including a three-volume Chalchuapa report (1978), and a one-volume Verapaz report (1987). He is general editor of the Quirigua Reports, with four volumes published (1979, 1983, 1993, and 2007), and general editor of the forthcoming Early Classic Copan Acropolis Reports. He has co-edited five books, including Regional Perspectives on the Olmec (1989) and Understanding Early Classic Copï¿n (2004), and is the author of Quirigua: A Classic Maya Center and Its Sculpture (1990), Everyday Life in Maya Civilization (1996), and three editions of The Ancient Maya, the most recent a completely revised work in collaboration with Loa P. Traxler.

Ashmore, Wendy
Wendy Ashmore is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Her research centers on settlement patterns, household archaeology, gender, and ancient space and place in southeastern Mesoamerica. Publications include Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguï¿, Guatemala (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2007), and edited volumes on Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns (New Mexico, 1981), Household and Community in the Mesoamerican Past (with R. R. Wilk, New Mexico, 1988), Archaeologies of Landscape: Contemporary Approaches (with A. B. Knapp, Blackwell, 1999), and Integrating the Diversity of 21st-Century Anthropology: The Life and Intellectual Legacies of Susan Kent (with M.-A. Dobres, S. M. Nelson, and A. Rosen, American Anthropological Association, 2006), together with numerous articles and book chapters on these and related topics.