Dug to death
Subtitle: a tale of archaeological method and mayhem
By: Adrian Praetzellis.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Archaeology -- Methodology.; Archaeology -- Field work.; Archaeology -- Case studies.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Zealand.; Archaeology and state -- New Zealand.; Public contracts -- New Zealand.; New Zealand -- Antiquities.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Hannah Green has been asked to manage a contract archaeology project and needs to teach her team about research design, survey methods, archival research, professional ethics, curation and field safety. This textbook-as-novel introduces the hows and whysof field methodology in an entertaining way.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A beginning and an end : contract archaeology & safety; title: A shock : archaeological site & survey; title: A performance : historical research & primary records; title: A visitation : myth & professional ethics; title: A climb : consult & research design; title: A wolf : context & budget estimate; title: An offer : structure and content & professional distance; title: An assumption : objectivity & curation; title: A story : TPQ & archaeological survival; title: A sinking feeling : dug to death & dig; title: An end and a beginning : publication & empiricist.