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The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion

ISBN: 978-1-405-11886-6

September 2006

Wiley-Blackwell

496 pages

Description

The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion is the only current one-volume collection of the practical information and material needed by archaeologists doing fieldwork.

  • Designed as a literal companion to fieldwork: a concise informational toolkit to be carried into the field
  • Provides lists and checklists, planning help, recording and measurement charts and tables, analysis and classification guides, information on drafting and artifact drawing, abbreviations, sample forms, and legislation concerning archaeological fieldwork
  • Offers additional information for processing research, such as a guide to research publication and an extensive bibliography for further resources
  • An invaluable aid not only to students undertaking fieldwork for the first time, but also to seasoned archaeologists
About the Author
Barbara Ann Kipfer has a Ph.D. in Archaeology from Greenwich University. She is the author of the 7,000-headword Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology (2000). Kipfer has worked as a lexicographer for more than 25 years and is the author of more than 30 books.
Features

  • The only current one-volume collection of the practical information and material needed by archaeologists doing fieldwork

  • Designed as a literal companion to fieldwork: a concise informational toolkit to be carried into the field

  • Provides lists and checklists, planning help, recording and measurement charts and tables, analysis and classification guides, information on drafting and artifact drawing, abbreviations, sample forms, and legislation concerning archaeological fieldwork

  • Offers additional information for processing research, such as a guide to research publication and an extensive bibliography for further resources

  • An invaluable aid not only to students undertaking fieldwork for the first time, but also to seasoned archaeologists