Overview
- Presents archaeological laboratory work in a quality-assurance framework
- Provides international examples of the practice of archaeological analysis
- Introduces basic concepts of archaeological measurement and analysis along with more quantitative sections that will serve as continuing reference to practicing archaeologists
Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Descriptive Statistics in Archaeology
- Archaeological analysis
- Laboratory methods in archaeology
- Quality assurance in archaeological research
- Archaeology Research design
- Measurements and Errors in Archaeology
- Classification and Grouping in archaeology
- Designing and Using Archaeological Databases
- Visualizing Archaeological Data
- archaeology and research design and sampling
- Probability, Modelling, and Statistical Inference
- Basic Artifact Conservation and Lab Management
- Stone Artifacts
- Laboratory health and safety
- Bone and Shell Tools
- archaeological animal remains
- archaeology and Seriation
- Chronometric Dating
- Archaeological Illustration and Publication
About this book
This second edition of the classic textbook, The Archaeologist’s Laboratory, is a substantially revised work that offers updated information on the archaeological work that follows fieldwork, such as the processing and analysis of artifacts and other evidence. An overarching theme of this edition is the quality and validity of archaeological arguments and the data we use to support them. The book introduces many of the laboratory activities that archaeologists carry out and the ways we can present research results, including graphs and artifact illustrations.
Part I introduces general topics concerning measurement error, data quality, research design, typology, probability and databases. It also includes data presentation, basic artifact conservation, and laboratory safety. Part II offers brief surveys of the analysis of lithics and ground stone, pottery, metal artifacts, bone and shell artifacts, animal and plant remains, and sediments, as well as dating by stratigraphy, seriation and chronometric methods. It concludes with a chapter on archaeological illustration and publication.
A new feature of the book is illustration of concepts through case studies from around the world and from the Palaeolithic to historical archaeology.The text is appropriate for senior undergraduate students and will also serve as a useful reference for graduate students and professional archaeologists.
Reviews
“I expect this new edition to become a key textbook for my archaeological lab sciences courses, and I recommend it to others who are teaching similar classes. … this book should age better than others and remain a valuable teaching resource for many years to come.” (Ellery Frahm, American Antiquity, February 23, 2021)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Archaeologist's Laboratory
Book Subtitle: The Analysis of Archaeological Evidence
Authors: Edward B. Banning
Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47992-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47990-9Published: 28 July 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47992-3Published: 27 July 2020
Series ISSN: 1568-2722
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XLVII, 375
Number of Illustrations: 246 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: History, general, Archaeology, Anthropology