Field archaeology from around the world: Ideas and approaches
Field practice in archaeology varies greatly throughout the world, mainly because archaeological sites survive in very different ways in different counties. Many manuals see this as a problem - to be defeated by the imposition of standardised procedures. In this book we relish the variety of field...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2020
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| Online Access: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/75235 |
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| Institution: | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Field practice in archaeology varies greatly throughout the world, mainly because archaeological sites survive in very different ways in different counties. Many manuals see this as a problem - to be defeated by the imposition of standardised procedures. In this book we relish the variety of field practice, seeing it rather as the way the best archaeologists have responded creatively to the challenges of terrain, research objectives and the communities within which they work. While insisting on the highest levels of investigation, we celebrate the different designs, concepts, scientific detection methods and recording systems applied - so embracing standards, but not standardisation |
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