Digging Up the Past
An Introduction to Archaeological Excavation
Published on 7. November 1996
192 pages
978-0-7509-5418-1 (ISBN)
Description
This concise and fully illustrated introduction to methods of excavation describes a technique that is essential for all kinds of archaeology. It presents new ideas on excavation techniques and challenges traditional approaches to site organisation and recording. John Collis uses his 40 years of excavation experience to recommend practical solutions to problems, and considers the impact of computerisation and other technical innovations. He also describes the history and development of archaeological excavation which provides a background to the methods employed today. This practical common sense guide should find a place on the bookshelf of everyone who practices archaeology on a professional or amateur basis, and is illuminating reading for anyone who wants to understand how archaeologists can recover the past by digging in the soil.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
20,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-5418-1 (9780750954181)
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Paradigms
- 2 Site Preparation
- 3 On Site
- 4 Finding Things
- 5 Contexts
- 6 Making the Record
- 7 Finds Processing
- 8 Stone Buildings
- 9 Wooden Buildings
- 10 Pits, Ditches and Banks
- 11 Burials
- 12 Sampling
- 13 Summary
- Appendix
- Bibliography
