Archaeology
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- Digging into Archaeology: A Brief OER Introduction to Archaeology with Activities (Paskey and Cisneros)
- This book is intended for use in a variety of introductory archaeology settings, such as in lectures and lab courses. This text can complement an existing traditional text or completely replace a standard text. It can be used for its activities or as a study resource. When we wrote this text, we designed the chapters to be brief, providing concise and to-the-point information.
- Archaeology (Ruth)
- Archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture specifically artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes.
- Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook (Lemke)
- Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook, is designed to assist students in the Intro to Archaeology course by giving them questions and assignments to reinforce what is learned in the classroom lectures.
- Writing as Material Practice - Substance, Surface and Medium (Piquette et al.)
- Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing — the ways in which materials, techniques, color, scale, orientation and visibility inform the creation of inscribed objects and spaces, as well as structure subsequent engagement, perception and meaning making. Covering a temporal span of some 5000 years, from c.3200 BCE to the present day.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introduction - Developing an Approach to Writing as Material Practice (Kathyrn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse)
- 2: The Twisting Paths of Recall - Khipu (Andean Cord Notation) as Artifact (Frank Salomon)
- 3: Writing as Material Technology - Orientation within Landscapes of the Classic Maya World (Sarah E. Jackson)
- 4: Writing (and Reading) as Material Practice - The World of Cuneiform Culture as an Arena for Investigation (Roger Matthews)
Thumbnail: Ancient cemetery in England (Pixabay license; Pexels via Pixabay)