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Names: Silliman, Stephen W., 1971– editor.
Title: Engaging archaeology : 25 case studies in research practice / edited by Stephen W. Silliman (University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, US).
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030730 (print) | LCCN 2017031283 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119240525 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119240532 (epub) | ISBN 9781119240501 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119240518 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Archaeology–Research–Case studies. | Archaeologists–Case studies. | Archaeology–Philosophy–Case studies. | Excavations (Archaeology)–Case studies. | Antiquities–Collection and preservation–Case studies.
Classification: LCC CC83 (ebook) | LCC CC83 .E54 2018 (print) | DDC 930.1–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030730
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Figure 1.1 | World map showing locations of research projects discussed in the volume, marked by chapter number. |
Figure 2.1 | The western walls at Pucarani, the biggest hillfort in the northwestern Titicaca basin. |
Figure 3.1 | The ancestral Jemez province and Jemez Mountains obsidian sources. |
Figure 4.1 | Fieldwork in Glaumbær and Meðalheimur, Iceland. |
Figure 5.1 | Map of Ganeshwar Jodhpura Cultural Complex survey sites based on 2003 survey. |
Figure 6.1 | Section of Riwi, Square 1, East and South Walls, Kimberley, Australia. |
Figure 7.1 | Maps and human population trends for the Kuril Islands. |
Figure 8.1 | Cliff face with pictograph, northwestern Ontario. |
Figure 9.1 | Photograph of fieldwork during the Central Amazon Project. |
Figure 11.1 | Arkona Site Cluster, southern Ontario. This map depicts the cluster of Late Woodland sites excavated in the Arkona area by CRM archaeologists, and the focus of the research program discussed in this chapter. Inset are settlement plans for the two larger sites excavated from this cluster. Map courtesy of Chris Watts. |
Figure 12.1 | Map of Tigray, Ethiopia. |
Figure 14.1 | Aerial view and map of Osun Grove, Nigeria. |
Figure 15.1 | Photograph of collaboration in the Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School, Connecticut. |
Figure 16.1 | Map of northwestern Honduras showing places mentioned. |
Figure 17.1 | Location of the excavation areas of the Petra North Ridge Project. |
Figure 18.1 | Map, photograph, and artifacts of Bonneville Estates Rockshelter in the Great Basin. |
Figure 19.1 | Trim Castle, Co. Meath (Ireland). |
Figure 20.1 | Diagrams of classificatory systems. |
Figure 21.1 | Ford Diagram of 36 lots of Actuncan pottery generated by Tim Hunt and Carl Lipo’s Frequency Seriation Tool 3.0. |
Figure 22.1 | Plan of Çatalhöyük East and West, showing excavation areas. |
Figure 23.1 | Both sides of a slate mold from Lincoln, Massachusetts, and exhibition label. |
Figure 24.1 | Simulation results for the La Draga bow. |
Figure 26.1 | Diagramming a research question. |
Table 1.1 | Chart of major topics (other than regions – see Figure 1.1) covered by all chapters. |
Table 10.1 | Excavation samples sizes at select house sites in the ‘Opunohu Valley. |