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Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 10 focuses on the progress of methodologies, approaches, techniques, and principles employed in archaeological method and theory. The selection first elaborates on the formation of ethnographic collections, colonization of islands by humans, and shellfish gathering and Shell midden archaeology. Discussions focus on archaeological excavation and interpretation of Shell middens, shellfish gathering in practice and theory, island geometrical properties relevant to colonization, archaeological applications of biogeographical principles, and principles of museum collecting. The text then takes a look at the formation processes of archaeobotanical record and archaeofaunas and butchery studies, including identification of taphonomic agents, a taphonomic approach to the analysis of butchering, approaches to understanding differential preservation, cultural transformations of the archaeobotanical record, and environmental transformation processes. The book examines bioarchaeological interpretations of subsistence economy and behavior from human skeletal remains, as well as activity patterns in the archaeological past, changing directions in bioarchaeology, and health and disease in the archaeological past. The selection is a valuable reference for archaeologists and researchers interested in archaeological method and theory.
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"The best single source on method and theory that has been published."--POPULAR ARCHAEOLOGY..".exhibits the diversity of content which has come to be a strength of the Advances series."--JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE"I heartily recommend its purchase to all individuals and organizations involved in the life sciences and management of tropical oceans."--SEAWIND (Peter J. Rubec, Ph.D.)"The topics of ethnographic collections, island biogeography, shell midden archaeology, preservation of archaeobotanical remains, butchering and archaeofaunal assemblages, and the bioarchaeology of subsistence economy are covered. This is one of the better volumes in the series with many useful essays."--NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST
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Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 10
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Volume 10 The Formation of Ethnographic Collections: The Smithsonian Institution in the American Southwest by Nancy Parezo. Colonization of Islands by Humans: a Biogeographical Perspective by William Keegan. Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology by Gregory Waselkov. Formation Processes of the Archaeolbotanical Record by Charles Miksicek. Archaeolfaunas and Butchery StudiesP: a taphononic Perspective by H Lee Lyman. Bioarchaeological Interpretation of Subsistance Economy and Behavior from Human Skeletal Remains by Clark Larsen. ; 455 pages. Seller Inventory # 120383
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Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory
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