The archaeologist's fieldwork companion
By: Barbara Ann Kipfer.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781405118859; 9781405118866
Subjects: Archaeology -- Field work
Description: "The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion is the only current collection of the practical information and material needed by archaeologists doing fieldwork. Specifically designed as a one-volume resource to be carried into the field, this concise informational toolkit provides detailed sections on classification and typology, creating forms and records, measurement and conversion, mapping, drawing, and photographing, and help with planning, along with a section of lists and checklists, and a resources section containing information on relevant associations and publications, the law and ethics relating to archaeology, and where to buy supplies. A final section contains extensive lists of abbreviations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classification and typology; title: Forms and records; title: Lists and checklists; title: Mapping, drawing, and photographing; title: Measurement and conversion; title: Planning help.