Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork: Exploring On-Site Relationships Between Theory and Practice

by Hannah Cobb, Oliver J.T. Harris, Cara Jones, et al.

Book Overview

Digging, recording, and writing are the three main processes that archaeologists undertake to analyze a site, yet the relationships between these processes is rarely considered critically. Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that each of these processes involves at least a bit of subjective interpretation. As a group of archaeologists work together to reconstruct an objective view of the past, at a particular time, at a particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489995390
• ISBN13: 9781489995391
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"