|
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological methodology & techniques
|
Buy Now
Experimental Archaeology (Paperback, New)
Loot Price: R1,030
Discovery Miles 10 300
|
|
|
Experimental Archaeology (Paperback, New)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Experimental archaeology is an approach to the study of life in the
past which attempts to throw light on early man's activities by
practical reconstruction. This book, first published in 1979, picks
out the major trends in experimental archaeology but the choice of
work described is selective and represents the author's interest in
archaeological experiment as an important means of retrieving and
explaining evidence about early societies. The first chapter is an
historical treatment of experimental archaeology, questioning the
evidence and devising new approaches. The following chapters look
at ocean voyages, the production of food and the building of
houses, the manufacture and use of tools and weapons, achievements
in arts and music, the erection of monumental struc-tures for the
dead and, finally, modern attempts to experience 'life in the
past'. The conclusion sums up the achievements and the potential of
experimental archaeology and stresses the great opportunities that
exist for future work. Anyone, from the amateur to the professional
archaeologist or ethno-grapher, will find this book stimulating and
enlightening, and it will be invaluable to all students and
teachers. It provides an approach which helps archaeologists tackle
the perennial problem - how the surviving relics can throw light on
the life of the past. Professor John Coles has been a Fellow of the
British Academy since 1978, and until 1986 was Professor of
European Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Dr. Coles is
best known in British archaeology for his work in three fields;
first in the archaeology of the Bronze Age, both in this country
and in Europe; second, for his remarkably percipient and pioneering
work on experimental archaeology; third, for his work with his wife
Bryony on the wetland sites of the British Isles, and particularly
in the Somerset Levels. John Coles is the best type of humane
archaeologist; a scholar who understands both the scientific and
theoretical complexities of his discipline without having succumbed
to the many pseudo-scientific interpretations of the subject which
have so bedeviled it over the last thirty years.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
