How to Do Archaeology the Right Way

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A01=Barbara Purdy
A01=Robert J. Austin
Analysis of materials recovered from archaeological sites
and curation
Applying archaeological methods in cultural resource management
Archaeology
Artifacts
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Author_Robert J. Austin
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cultural and environmental heritage entombed in Florida's waterlogged sites
Cultural resource laws and regulations
Dating artifacts and archaeological sites
Degradation
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lifestyles of people
Methodology
preservation
Survey and excavation methods

Product details

  • ISBN 9780813061696
  • Weight: 596g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Jan 2016
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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With more than 50 years of field experience between the two authors, this highly regarded volume reveals how responsible archaeologists locate, excavate, and analyze sites, middens, and remains. This second edition contains new, emended, and greatly expanded chapters about recently discovered sites and the development of sophisticated technologies to record and analyze their contents more rapidly and efficiently. The volume also showcases new dating techniques and methods in excavation, preservation, and curation.
Barbara A. Purdy, professor emerita of anthropology and curator emerita in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, USA is the author of numerous books, including Florida’s People during the Last Ice Age.

Robert J. Austin is an independent cultural resource consultant. He has conducted archaeological fieldwork throughout Florida, the eastern and western United States, the Caribbean, and Africa for more than 35 years.

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