Artifacts / / Charles R. Ewen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453731903321
• Autore: Ewen Charles Robin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Walnut Creek, California : , : AltaMira Press, , 2003; ©2003
• ISBN: 0-7591-1623-7; 1-299-78215-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: Archaeologist's Toolkit ; ; Volume 4
• Disciplina: 930.1/028
• Soggetti: Archaeology - Methodology; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities - Collection and preservation; Antiquities - Analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Introduction; 2 The Material Assemblage; Artifacts; Ecofacts; Context; Range of Material Included; Prehistoric; 3 Artifacts and Archaeological Theory; Culture History; Processual; Postprocessual; Cultural Resource Management; Conclusion; Part II Preparing for Analysis; 4 Excavating Artifacts; Recording Context; Collecting; 5 Processing; Artifact Check-in; Cleaning; Rough Sorting; 6 Cataloging; Accessioning; Inventory; Labeling; 7 Further Preparation; Reconstruction and Cross-mending; ConservationPhotography; Part III Analysis; 8 Materials Analysis; Lithics; Ceramics; Metal; Glass; Organic Artifacts; 9 Classification; Objectives; Emic versus Etic; Classification Schemes; Quantification; Databases; Card Catalogs; Electronic Data; 10 Data Manipulation; Objectives; Statistical Analyses; Patterning; Dating; Spatial Analyses; Replication; 11 Specialized Analyses; Chronometric Dating; Faunal; Floral; Petrography; Bioarchaeology; 12 Curation; Artifacts; Project Records; Part IV Final Thoughts; 13 Conclusion; Future Directions; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author and Series Editors
• Sommario/riassunto: How can you ensure that you are learning everything your artifacts have to teach you? Ewen explores a variety of methods and techniques used to prepare, protect, and analyze artifacts once they are in the lab. In brief, user-friendly sections, he outlines the basic principles of identification, classification, quantification, data manipulation, and analysis. Students will find that Ewen's suggestions point out fruitful areas of analysis, yet do not dictate the researcher's approach. Examples drawn from 16th century Spanish sites in the Americas introduce students to the hows and whys of archae