Artifacts

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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 archaeological lab work. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Not designed as a step-by-step guide, this volume aims to stimulate the reader into thinking more deeply about artefacts. * Oxbow Book News *