A MUST-HAVE book for Field Archaeology…

 

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Field Methods in Archaeology

Thomas J. Hester, Harry Shafer, and Kenneth Feder

December 2008, 448 pages, $69.00 Paper

 

"If you think that learning the methods professional archaeologists use in the field is difficult, or beyond your abilities, then read this book → it will change your mind! Books of this kind are terribly difficult to locate and this is a MUST-HAVE book, actually a tool that will serve you a long time! This book's authors do a great job summarizing the logic of methodology by showing how archaeology has evolved as a discipline. I've near worn out my copy, referring to it constantly to answer on-the-fly questions in the field, and the nearly 100 page Appendix, with its excellent conversion charts and awesome bibliography will never outlive its usefulness to me. 

- Bob Wishoff, dirtbrothers.org 


"A very readable and well illustrated guide to field archaeology…does an excellent job covering the major facets." 

- American Anthropologist 

 

 

Field Methods in Archaeology has been the leading source for instructors and students in archaeology courses and field schools for 60 years since it was first authored in 1949 by the legendary Robert Heizer. Left Coast has arranged to put the most recent Seventh Edition back into print after a brief hiatus, making this classic textbook again available to the next generation of archaeology students. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative overview of the variety of methods used in field archaeology, from research design, to survey and excavation strategies, to conservation of artifacts and record-keeping. Authored by three leading archaeologists, with specialized contributions by several other experts, this volume deals with current issues such as cultural resource management, relations with indigenous peoples, and database management as well as standard methods of archaeological data collection and analysis.

 

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