Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology by Wilkins, Jayne

Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781552382493)

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Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology by Wilkins, Jayne

Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology

$40.95
Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology by Wilkins, Jayne

Tools of the Trade: Techniques and Innovative Approaches in Archaeology

$40.95
Format: Paperback
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Tools of the Trade presents a collection of academic papers 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 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?



Author: Jayne Wilkins
ISBN-10: 1552382494
ISBN-13: 9781552382493
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2009
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d

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Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 23
By Jayne Wilkins
By Jayne Wilkins
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Jayne Wilkins 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.

Kirsten Anderson focuses on prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Canadian Plains and the use of three-dimensional spatial analysis for the identification of hearth-related activities.

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, 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, and Dongya Y. Yang

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