| Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology Contributor(s): Wilkins, Jayne (Editor), Anderson, Kirsten (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552382494 ISBN-13: 9781552382493 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 Annotation: Tools of the Trade features papers from the 2005 Chacmool Archaeological Conference. Each chapter discusses tools for archaeological study, including DNA analysis, ceramic petrography, space syntax, and Geographic Information Systems. As a collective volume, Tools of the Trade covers a diversity of geographic regions and time periods, such as Mesoamerica, Plio-Pleistocene Africa, and ancient Polynesia. This volume examines the origins of tool use and technological development, and asks the question: What does it mean to be us and how can we find out? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 930.102 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 344 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Tools of the Trade: Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology presents a collection of academic papers from the 2005 Chacmool archaeological conference, which includes a wide range of contributions from international archaeologists, senior professors, and students alike. Each chapter focuses on the discussion and application of unique and innovative 'tools' for archaeological analysis and interpretation, including micro- and macro-botanical analysis, experimental study, off-site survey, lithic use-wear, ceramic petrography, DNA analysis, chaîne opératoire, space syntax, and Geographic Information Systems. As a collective volume, Tools of the Trade: Methods, Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology also covers an impressive diversity of geographic regions and time periods, such as Precolumbian Mesoamerica, Plio-Pleistocene Africa, prehistoric and historic North America, and ancient Polynesia. Finally, this volume provides a somewhat introspective look at the origins of tool use, technological development, and the means by which we have become the only species to ask the questions: What does it mean to be us and how can we find out? With contributions by: Kristen Anderson Tobin C. Bottman Ryan T. Brady Susan Cachel Leslie G. Cecil Ruth Conroy Dalton Eugene M.Gryba Leslie Main Johnson Ciler Kirsan Purple Kumai E.G. Langemann Amber E. MacKenzie Go Matsumoto Maria Victoria Monsalve Jose Roberto Pellini Meaghan M. Peuramaki-Brown Jason W. Roe Michael J. Shott Nicholas Waber Joshua J. Wells Jayne Wilkins Pamela R. Willoughby D.Y. Yang Tobin C. Bottman Ryan T. Brady Susan Cachel Leslie G. Cecil Ruth Conroy Dalton Eugene M. Gryba Leslie Main Johnson Ciler Kirsan Purple Kumai E. Gwyn Langemann Amber E. MacKenzie Go Matsumoto Maria Victoria Monsalve Jose Roberto Pellini Meaghan M. Peuramaki-Brown Jason Roe Michael J. Shott Nicholas Waber Joshua J. Wells Pamela R. Willoughby Dongya Y. Yang |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilkins, Jayne: - Jayne Wilkins received her master's degree in Archaeology at the University of Calgary in 2008 and is currently completing her PhD at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include lithic analysis, hunter-gatherer archaeology, the African Stone Age, and modern human origins. She has participated in the excavation and analysis of archaeological sites in South Africa, Mozambique, and Alberta, Canada.Anderson, Kirsten: - Kirsten Anderson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Canadian Plains and the use of three-dimensional spatial analysis for the identification of hearth-related activities. |