A guide to archaeological field methods / edited by Robert F. Heizer.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Palo Alto, California : The National Press , c1959.Edition: 3rd. rev. edi. 1958 ; Second printing, third rev. edition 1959Description: ix, 162 p. : illus. ; 26 cmUniform titles:
  • A guide to archaeological field methods.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CC75 G85 1959
Contents:
I. Introduction -- II. Areal Site Survey -- III. Interpretation of Data -- IV. Preparation for Excavation -- V. Methods of Excavation -- VI. Recording Excavation Data and Collecting Artifacts -- VII. Features and their Recording -- VIII. Excavation and Recording of Skeletal Remains -- IX. Structural Remains -- X. Recovery and Significance of Unmodified Faunal Remains -- XI. Stratigraphy -- XII. Photographic Records -- XIII. Care and Preservation of Archaeological Specimens -- XIV. Field Specimen Catalogue -- XV. Typology -- XVI. Classification Systems for Archaeological Cultures -- XVII. Recording Local Collections -- XVIII. State and Federal Regulations Concerning Archaeological Sites -- XIX. The Names and Distribution of Recent California Indian Tribes -- XX. Chronological Methods -- XXI. General Reference Bibliography -- XXII. References Cited in Text -- XXIII. Appendix. Archaeology as a career, by John Howland Rowe.
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First published in 1949 under title : A manual of archaeological field methods.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-150) and index.

I. Introduction -- II. Areal Site Survey -- III. Interpretation of Data -- IV. Preparation for Excavation -- V. Methods of Excavation -- VI. Recording Excavation Data and Collecting Artifacts -- VII. Features and their Recording -- VIII. Excavation and Recording of Skeletal Remains -- IX. Structural Remains -- X. Recovery and Significance of Unmodified Faunal Remains -- XI. Stratigraphy -- XII. Photographic Records -- XIII. Care and Preservation of Archaeological Specimens -- XIV. Field Specimen Catalogue -- XV. Typology -- XVI. Classification Systems for Archaeological Cultures -- XVII. Recording Local Collections -- XVIII. State and Federal Regulations Concerning Archaeological Sites -- XIX. The Names and Distribution of Recent California Indian Tribes -- XX. Chronological Methods -- XXI. General Reference Bibliography -- XXII. References Cited in Text -- XXIII. Appendix. Archaeology as a career, by John Howland Rowe.

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