How to do archaeology the right way / Barbara A. Purdy and Robert J. Austin.

Author/creator Purdy, Barbara A. author.
Other author Austin, Robert J., author.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
PublicationGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Archaeology--Methodology.

Contents Artifacts and the lifestyles of the people who made them -- Survey and excavation methods and their importance -- Analysis of materials recovered from archaeological sites -- Dating artifacts and archaeological sites -- Degradation, preservation, and curation -- The cultural and environmental heritage entombed in Florida's waterlogged sites -- Cultural resource laws and regulations -- Applying archaeological methods in cultural resource management.
Abstract Purdy answers the questions "How do archaeologists know where to dig?" and "Why do they excavate a particular site?" and she discusses the months of planning, surveying, mapping, testing, fund raising, and permit acquisition that precede excavation. She also includes information on the rules and regulations governing digs, on artifact analysis, dating, and preservation, and on the ways in which excavation affects the balance of nature.
General noteOriginally published: 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015031795
ISBN9780813061696 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813061695 (alk. paper)