Down to earth archaeology / / William Y. Adams ; edited by Julie R. Anderson.
Down to Earth Archaeology collects sixteen archaeological papers by Professor William Y. Adams chosen by the author, who added introductory commentary to each. These articles were written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career for different purposes and for different audi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, 2022. ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Archaeopress archaeology.
Sudan Archaeological Research Society publication ; 25. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 pages) :; illustrations (some colour), 1 map (colour), charts, plans. |
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Table of Contents:
- Editor's Preface / Julie R. Anderson
- Preface. Genesis of a Maverick
- PERSPECTIVES. 1. Three Questions for the Archaeologist (1992)
- 2. Science and Ethics in Rescue Archaeology (1984) - 3. Three Perspectives on the Past: The Historian, The Art Historian, and The Prehistorian (1987)
- STRATEGY. 4. Strategy of Salvage Archaeology (1973)
- 5. Organizational Problems in International Salvage Archaeology (1968)
- 6. Ends and Means in Large-Scale Excavations: Meinarti, Kulubnarti, and Qasr Ibrim (1995)
- CLASSIFICATION. 7. Principles and Pragmatics of Pottery Classification: Some Lessons from Nubia (1975)
- 8. Archaeological Classification: Theory Versus Practice (1988)
- 9. Purpose and Scientific Concept Formation (1987)
- DATING. 10. From Pottery to History: The Dating of Archaeological Deposits by Ceramic Statistics (1989)
- 11. Times, Types, and Sites: The Interrelationship of Ceramic Chronology and Typology (1987)
- CERAMICS. 12. The Archaeologist and The Ceramologist (1981)
- 13. On the Argument from Ceramics to History: A Challenge Based on Evidence from Medieval Nubia (1979)
- INTERPRETATION. 14. On Migration and Diffusion as Rival Paradigms (1978)
- 15. Paradigms in Sudan Archaeology (1981)
- 16. The Archaeologist as Detective (1973).