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Digging Deeper : How Archaeology Works / Eric H. Cline.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) : 21 b/w illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691211398
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930.1072 23
LOC classification:
  • CC75.5 .C55 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- PREFACE. A Petrified Monkey’s Paw -- DIGGING DEEPER 1. How Do You Know Where to Dig? -- DIGGING DEEPER 2. How Do You Know How to Dig? -- DIGGING DEEPER 3. How Old Is This and Why Is It Preserved? -- DIGGING DEEPER 4. How Do We Know What They Ate, Wore, and Looked Like? -- DIGGING DEEPER 5. Do You Get to Keep What You Find? -- EPILOGUE. Back to the Future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., an accessible primer to the archaeologist's craftAn archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Eric H. Cline has conducted fieldwork around the world, from Greece and Crete to Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. In Digging Deeper, Cline answers the questions archaeologists are most frequently asked, such as: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? How do you know what people from the past ate, wore, and looked like? Adapted from Cline's acclaimed book Three Stones Make a Wall, this lively little volume is brimming with insights and practical advice about how archaeology really works. Whether you are an armchair archaeologist or embarking on your first excavation, Digging Deeper is an essential primer on the art of the dig.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- PREFACE. A Petrified Monkey’s Paw -- DIGGING DEEPER 1. How Do You Know Where to Dig? -- DIGGING DEEPER 2. How Do You Know How to Dig? -- DIGGING DEEPER 3. How Old Is This and Why Is It Preserved? -- DIGGING DEEPER 4. How Do We Know What They Ate, Wore, and Looked Like? -- DIGGING DEEPER 5. Do You Get to Keep What You Find? -- EPILOGUE. Back to the Future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., an accessible primer to the archaeologist's craftAn archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Eric H. Cline has conducted fieldwork around the world, from Greece and Crete to Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. In Digging Deeper, Cline answers the questions archaeologists are most frequently asked, such as: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? How do you know what people from the past ate, wore, and looked like? Adapted from Cline's acclaimed book Three Stones Make a Wall, this lively little volume is brimming with insights and practical advice about how archaeology really works. Whether you are an armchair archaeologist or embarking on your first excavation, Digging Deeper is an essential primer on the art of the dig.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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