Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 7 is a collection of papers that deals with the study of gender, discovering new sites, and using remote sensing. Some papers describe the prestate societies in the Americas, intrasite archaeological records organization, and geomagnetic dating methods. One paper explains that an explicit framework for the archaeological study of gender should be formulated alongside the existing explicit theory of human social action. Organization of gender behaviors is connected to task differentiation, material culture, cultural solidarity, integration, extradomestic trade. Another paper notes that the extent of social differentiation seems to depend less on the number of people in a society than on its organizational divisions. It emphasizes that the total population and maximal community-size can also determine the number of administrative levels. One paper discusses the approaches and techniques in dealing with the problems of discovering unseen sites, name, their visibility and obtrusiveness. The individual archaeologists can apply remote sensing applications to pursue a cultural resource management or in a certain explanatory archaeological situation. Another paper explains how to obtain accuracy in dating objects and cultural events using geomagnetic methods. The collection is suitable for professional or amateur archaeologists, sociologists, anthropologist, and scientist involved in the analysis of artifacts.
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Contents of Previous Volumes
1 Archaeology and the Study of Gender
Introduction
A Feminist Critique of Archaeology
Toward an Archaeological Approach to the Study of Gender
Some Conclusions
References
2 Too Many Types: An Overview of Prestate Societies in the Americas
Introduction
Prestate Sedentary Societies: The Classification Problem
Problem Orientation and Data Selection
Data Analysis and Interpretation
Conclusions
Appendix 1: Sample Cases
References
3 The Nature of Organization of Intrasite Archaeological Records and Spatial Analytic Approaches to Their Investigation
Introduction
Theoretical and Operational Goals of Intrasite Spatial Analysis
Goals
The Appropriateness of Contingency Relations between Some of the Operational Goals of Spatial Analysis
Appropriateness of the Goal of Assessing the Form of Arrangement of Artifacts
Appropriateness of the Goal of Searching for Site-Wide Patterns of Co-Arrangement of Artifact Types
A Model of the Nature of Organization of Intrasite Archaeological Records
Definitions: Activity Sets, Depositional Sets, Activity Areas, and Depositional Areas
The Polythetic, Overlapping Character of Activity Sets and Depositional Sets
Processes Responsible for the Polythetic, Overlapping Organization of Activity Sets and Depositional Sets
Characteristics of Activity Areas and Use-Areas
A Review of Previously Used Spatial Analytic Techniques and Evaluation of Their Appropriateness for Intrasite Analysis
Introduction
Methods for Assessing Whether Artifacts Cluster in Space
Methods for Assessing Whether Artifact Types Are Co-Arranged
Methods for Delimiting Spatial Clusters of Artifacts
More Appropriate Methods for Intrasite Spatial Analysis
Methods for Assessing Whether Artifacts Cluster in Space
A Method for Assessing Whether Artifact Types Are Co-Arranged
Methods for Delimiting Spatial Clusters of Artifacts
Conclusion
References
4 Discovering Sites Unseen
Introduction
The Constituents of Sites
Techniques for Discovering Sites
Factors that Affect Site Discovery Using Subsurface Probes
Summary and Prognosis
References
5 Remote Sensing Applications in Archaeology
Introduction
Recording the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Limitations of Archaeological Remote Sensing
The Development of Aerial Archaeology and Cultural Resources Remote Sensing
Finding and Acquiring Aerial Photographs
Aerial Photointerpretation
Cultural Resources Photogrammetry
Terrestrial Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing in Archaeological Survey, Sampling, and Regional Studies
Remote Sensing and Archaeological Sampling
Projection from Samples
Remote Sensing and Archaeological Prediction
Visual versus Digital Classification-Pros and Cons
Conclusions: Archaeological Remote Sensing-Past, Present, and Future
References
6 Geomagnetic Dating Methods in Archaeology
Introduction
The Geomagnetic Field
The Acquisition of Remanent Magnetism by Fired Clay and Sediments
Laboratory Equipment and Procedures
The Early History of Archaeomagnetism and Related Developments in Other Areas of Paleomagnetism
Archaeomagnetic Dating Using Secular Variation of Direction Recorded in Baked Clay
Modern Studies of Secular Variation of Direction Recorded in Baked Clay
Secular Variation of Direction Recorded in Sediments of Archaeological Interest
Paleointensity
Reversals and Excursions
Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1: Magnetic Units
Appendix 2: Index of Definitions of Technical Terms
References
Index
