Digging into Archaeology A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities

This book is intended for use in a variety of introductory archaeology settings, such as in lectures and lab courses. This text can complement an existing traditional text or completely replace a standard text. It can be used for its activities or as a study resource. When we wrote this text, we des...

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Main Authors: Paskey, Amanda Walcott (Author), Cisneros, AnnMarie Beasley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Academic Senate for California Community Colleges [2020]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology
  • 2: History (up until the 1960s)
  • 3: History (the 1960s and beyond)
  • 4: The Archaeological Record and Site Formation Processes
  • 5: Artifact Preservation
  • 6: How to Find Archaeological Sites
  • 7: Excavation
  • 8: Dating Methods – Relative and Absolute Dating
  • 9: Artifact Analysis
  • 10: Reconstructing Environments and Subsistence Patterns
  • 11: Social Archaeology
  • 12: Bioarchaeology
  • 13: Archaeological Interpretation and Application of Theory
  • 14: Historical Archaeology
  • 15: New Frontiers in Archaeology
  • 16: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Archaeology