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Non-Destructive Techniques Applied to Landscape Archaeology
^BNon-Destructive Techniques Applied to Landscape Archaeology edited by Marinella Pasquinucci and Frédéric Trément D. The fourth book in the Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes series. The contributors to this book outline non-destructive methods such as remote sensing, aerial photography and reconnaissance, magnetic and radar techniques, seismic and acoustic methods, soil phosphate surveys and geochemical analysis with ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £55.00, Our Price GB £10.00

Digital Archives from Excavation and Fieldwork
by Julian Richards and Damian Robinson
A straightforward guide which provides advice on preparing and depositing digital archives which also includes recommendations for archive curators and collecting agencies and copyright considerations. The book contains practical information and guidelines for depositing an archive with the Archaeological Data Service and the principals behind archiving archaeological data in a digital form. 76p (Archaeological Data Service/Oxbow Books ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.00

Photography in Archaeology and Conservation
by Peter Dorrell
First published in 1989, this second edition has been revised and updated, and provides a comprehensive, guide to the many uses of photography in archaeology. Accessible to both the amateur and the experienced photographer, Dorrell offers a well-illustrated explanation of the techniques involved, with sections on equipment and materials, survey and site photography, architectural photography, the recording of different types of artefacts, ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.00

Pottery in Archaeology
by Clive Orton, Paul Tyers and Alan Vince
Pottery is often the most common find on a site, and can provide the archaeologist with information on many aspects of the past, including chronology, trade, and technology. Scientific developments and statistical techniques have contributed still further to the analysis of pottery in recent years. Divided into three parts (history and potential; a guide to pottery processing and recording; themes in ceramic studies) this book details the routine ...
Paperback. Price GB £33.00

On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing
edited by Gary Lock and Kayt Brown
These nine papers, based on the 4th World Archaeological Congress held in South Africa in 1999, take a critical view of computer usage in archaeology and study its impact on the discipline and especially in terms of archaeological method and theory. Contents: Introduction (Gark Lock & Kayt Brown); Computers and archaeological cultural change (J Huggett); Archaeological computing and disciplinary theory (J Gidlow); ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £20.00, Our Price GB £5.00

Towards Reflexive Method in Archaeology: the example of Catalhöyük
edited by Ian Hodder and Team Members
In the early 1990s the University of Cambridge reopened excavations at the Neolithic site of Catalhöyük in central Turkey, abandoned since the 1960s. In this volume, Ian Hodder explains his vision of archaeological excavation, where careful examination of context and an awareness of human bias allows researches exciting new insights into prehistoric cognition. The aim of the volume is to discuss some of the reflexive or postprocessual ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £40.00, Our Price GB £14.95

Internet für Archäologen. Eine Praxisorientierte Einführung
by Stefan Altekamp & Paul Tiedemann
This guide to the internet for the archaeologist begins with an introduction, then lists lots of sites and their addresses, then considers your own! Although a lot is familiar to me - a casual browser - I found plenty of new information; and it is ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £16.95, Our Price GB £8.00

Archaeology Research Trends
edited by Alex R. Suarez and Marc N. Vasquez
A mixed bag of papers which showcase current methods and techniques in archaeology. Topics include formation processes in a Brazilian shellmound, the archaeology of human-environment interactions, congenital pathologies in prehistoric Californian Amerinds, using ancient DNA to assess domestication. mathematical analysis of architectural design, the use of stress diagrams in the understanding of ancient buildings, linear and non-linear analysis of ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.50

Archaeology Field Dictionary: English-Russian-English
by Nikita Khrapunov
The novelty of this publication lies primarily in its concept: the dictionary is aimed for practical use during fieldwork, which is to say direct communication with other scholars. Accordingly, the author's aim was to select and include in the dictionary terms that are most widely used in the practical language of archaeologists. The dictionary also contains words that are absolutely necessary for communication in the field (i.e. names of tools, ...
Paperback. Price GB £9.99

Archaeology: What it is, where it is, and how to do it
by Paul Wilkinson
This book has been written as a practical introduction to the subject of archaeology and as a handbook to all the most important areas of archaeological investigation and recording. The book sets out the many different kinds of evidence used in archaeological work and describes how the evidence is obtained, recorded and used. The landscape, both rural and urban, constitutes a vital historical document. It can be unravelled by observation, ...
Paperback. Price GB £11.99