Heather Burke is a senior lecturer in the department of Anthropology at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and has many years' experience as a consulting archaeologist.Claire Smith is President of the World Archaeological Congress and a research professor at the Institute of the Advanced Study for Humanity, the University of Newcastle, Australia.Larry J. Zimmerman is a professor of anthropology and museum studies and Public Scholar of Native American Representation at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and Eiteljorg Museum.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter One: Preparing for FieldworkChapter 3 Chapter Two: Navigation, Mapping (and Life in the Field)Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Finding SitesChapter 5 Chapter Four: Site Survey and MappingChapter 6 Chapter Five: Basic Excavation TechniquesChapter 7 Chapter Six: Recording Historical SitesChapter 8 Chapter Seven: Recording Pre-Contact and Early Post-Contact SitesChapter 9 Chapter Eight: Managing Cultural HeritageChapter 10 Chapter Nine: Photography and IllustrationChapter 11 Chapter Ten: Getting Your Results Out There: Writing, Publication, and Interpretation

It is a hands-on field manual that provies a step-by-step guide to undertaking and successfully completing a wide variety of archaeological fieldwork projects. The book is intended not only for archaeologists; explores firmly grounded, essential, practical techniques and elucidates the ethical issues facing archaeology today. The title is illustrated with diagrams, photos, photographs, and presents surveys and excavations.

Heather Burke is a senior lecturer in the department of Anthropology at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and has many years' experience as a consulting archaeologist.Claire Smith is President of the World Archaeological Congress and a research professor at the Institute of the Advanced Study for Humanity, the University of Newcastle, Australia.Larry J. Zimmerman is a professor of anthropology and museum studies and Public Scholar of Native American Representation at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and Eiteljorg Museum.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter One: Preparing for FieldworkChapter 3 Chapter Two: Navigation, Mapping (and Life in the Field)Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Finding SitesChapter 5 Chapter Four: Site Survey and MappingChapter 6 Chapter Five: Basic Excavation TechniquesChapter 7 Chapter Six: Recording Historical SitesChapter 8 Chapter Seven: Recording Pre-Contact and Early Post-Contact SitesChapter 9 Chapter Eight: Managing Cultural HeritageChapter 10 Chapter Nine: Photography and IllustrationChapter 11 Chapter Ten: Getting Your Results Out There: Writing, Publication, and Interpretation

It is a hands-on field manual that provies a step-by-step guide to undertaking and successfully completing a wide variety of archaeological fieldwork projects. The book is intended not only for archaeologists; explores firmly grounded, essential, practical techniques and elucidates the ethical issues facing archaeology today. The title is illustrated with diagrams, photos, photographs, and presents surveys and excavations.

Heather Burke is a senior lecturer in the department of Anthropology at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and has many years' experience as a consulting archaeologist.Claire Smith is President of the World Archaeological Congress and a research professor at the Institute of the Advanced Study for Humanity, the University of Newcastle, Australia.Larry J. Zimmerman is a professor of anthropology and museum studies and Public Scholar of Native American Representation at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and Eiteljorg Museum.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter One: Preparing for FieldworkChapter 3 Chapter Two: Navigation, Mapping (and Life in the Field)Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Finding SitesChapter 5 Chapter Four: Site Survey and MappingChapter 6 Chapter Five: Basic Excavation TechniquesChapter 7 Chapter Six: Recording Historical SitesChapter 8 Chapter Seven: Recording Pre-Contact and Early Post-Contact SitesChapter 9 Chapter Eight: Managing Cultural HeritageChapter 10 Chapter Nine: Photography and IllustrationChapter 11 Chapter Ten: Getting Your Results Out There: Writing, Publication, and Interpretation

It is a hands-on field manual that provies a step-by-step guide to undertaking and successfully completing a wide variety of archaeological fieldwork projects. The book is intended not only for archaeologists; explores firmly grounded, essential, practical techniques and elucidates the ethical issues facing archaeology today. The title is illustrated with diagrams, photos, photographs, and presents surveys and excavations.