Archaeologist's Fieldwork Guide

Designed for novices and professionals alike, The Archaeologist’s Fieldwork Guide contains everything you need to know while planning, performing, and processing fieldwork. Packed with up-to-date technical and practical information, this invaluable all-in-one toolkit contains more than 400 lists and checklists, planning aids, measurement charts and tables, analysis and classification guides, sample forms, abbreviations and codes, diagrams and illustrations, and much more.

Alphabetically organized chapters allow easy access to information on topics such as classification and typology, measurement and conversion, artifact mapping and drafting, forms and records, laboratory procedures, legal and ethical guidelines, and project design. This second edition features two new chapters on geographic information systems (GIS), 3D data capture and modeling, DNA extraction, LiDAR scanning, underground mapping, flotation samples and processing, oxidizable carbon ratio dating, phytolith sampling, water screening, and more tools and technologies used in the archaeology lab and the field.

Easy-to-read and perfect to be carried into the field, The Archaeologist’s Fieldwork Guide, Second Edition is a must-have for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, and cultural resource management (CRM), archaeology enthusiasts and volunteers, as well as professional archaeologists of all levels involved in fieldwork.