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Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses offers to students taking archaeology laboratory courses a detailed and invaluable how-to manual of archaeological methods. Written by specialists in material analyses, whose expertise represents a broad geographical range, Archaeology in Practice provides insight into the breadth of modern archaeology. Each chapter is organized either by material types, such as animal bones, ceramics, stone artifacts, and documentary sources, or by themes, such as dating, ethics, and report writing. Archaeology in Practice is written in a style that is accessible to students, and each chapter is amply referenced to provide readers with a guide to further resources on particular techniques and their applications. In addition, the book is enlivened and illustrated by boxed case studies throughout the main text.Balme, Jane is the author of 'Archaeology In Practice A Student Guide To Archaeological Analyses', published 2005 under ISBN 9780631235743 and ISBN 0631235744.
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