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Archaeology Field Dictionary: English-Russian-English (Big Version)
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, ...
Approaches to Archaeological Illustration: A Handbook
by Melanie Steiner
This handbook is primarily designed to raise standards and is intended for students and for those working in archaeological illustration. It is a showpiece of some fine illustrators, working in quite different ways.
Drawings of objects, made from different materials, are shown at their original drawn size as well as at their subsequent, reduced, published scale, so that the techniques used by the draftsman can be clearly seen and ...
Paperback. Price US$24.95
Developing Linguistic Corpora: A Guide to Good Practice
edited by Martin Wayne
A linguistic corpus is a collection of texts which have been selected and brought together so that language can be studied on the computer. Today, corpus linguistics offers some of the most powerful new procedures for the analysis of language, and the impact of this dynamic and expanding sub-discipline is making itself felt in many areas of language study. In this volume, a selection of leading experts in various key areas of corpus construction ...
Paperback. Price US$30.00
Paperback. Price US$30.00
Garden Archaeology: A Handbook
by Christopher Currie
Garden Archaeology looks at the methods used for this sub-discipline. The book traces the development of the genre with particular reference to the advances made in the last 20 years. Chapters deal with the historical background to gardens and designed landscapes, excavation techniques in the era of development archaeology as well in the research field, survey, geophysics, air photography and environmental sampling techniques. The latter chapter ...
Paperback. Price US$20.00
Creating and Using Virtual Reality (AHDS Guide)
by Kate Fernie, Julian D. Richards
The essence of virtual reality lies with computer-based three-dimensional environments. Often termed 'worlds', these conceptual models can be navigated, interacted with and updated in real-time. This Guide to Good Practice is intended for individuals and organizations who are interested in potential ways to use virtual reality within the arts and humanities. It concentrates on the most widely used form of virtual reality today, desk-top virtual ...
Air Photo Interpretation for Archaeologists
by D R Wilson
The best introduction and guide to the study and identification of archaeological and historical sites from the air, now reprinted. Although the text is little changed from the 1982 edition, the book includes a 29 page section of colour photographs which is a welcome addition to this study. Prehistoric barrows, Roman villas, roads and trackways, enclosures, gardens, pits and even pig pens are just some of the things readily observed from above. ...
Paperback. Price US$32.99
Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts
Morrison, Alan
A basic guide to transferring texts and archiving them (books, manuscripts) into electronic form or similar digital resources, with lots of pointers to specialised information. c.80p (Oxford Text Archive, Oxbow Books 2000)
Paperback. Price US$24.00
Geoarchaeology: The Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation
by George Rapp and Christopher L. Hill
A detailed and far-ranging textbook which frames geologic concepts within an archaeological context, offering specific examples that demonstrate how geologic methods can be used to interpret the human past. The contents list is huge, but a few of the topics covered are-sediments and soils, provenance studies, geologic surveying, mapping and remote sensing, artifact identification and human-environment interaction. 274p, 63 illus (Yale UP ...
Paperback. Price US$33.00
Making Faces: Using forensic and archaeological evidence
by John Prag and Richard Neave
The compelling story of pioneering work in reconstructing the facial appearance of ancient people from their skulls. A Minoan priestess, 'Lindow Man' and most spectacularly Philip II of Macedon spring to life through the work of numerous specialists ranging from dentists to geneticists and archaeologists to radiologists. Now very reasonably priced in paperback. 256p, 130 b/w and 20 col illus (British Museum Press 1997/9)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$39.95, Our Price US$9.98
Hardback. Price US$39.95
Archaeological Chemistry
by A. Mark Pollard and Mark Heron
Wide-ranging survey of the analytical techniques which can be used to establish what an artefact is made of, where it came from and how it was changed through burial in the ground. After a short review of the history of archaeological chemistry, a well-referenced and practical guide is given to the various analytical technques. Following this are a series of longer, generalized case-studies, showing how structural analysis is only the first stage ...
Paperback. Price US$46.00
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