Virtual Dig: A Simulated Archaeological Excavation of a Middle Paleolithic Site in France, with Student CD-ROM (Win-PC only)

Dibble, Harold L.; McPherron, Shannon; Roth, Barbara

ISBN 10: 007282476X / ISBN 13: 9780072824766

Published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Virtual Dig: A Simulated Archaeological Excavation of a Middle Paleolithic Site in France, with Student CD-ROM (Win-PC only)
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007282476X
• ISBN 13: 9780072824766
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 15 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • ARCHEOLOGY

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Synopsis

This combination of workbook and CD-ROM (Win PC only) functions as a "virtual field school" that gives students the opportunity to carry out an excavation using real data. Based on excavations at the Middle Paleolithic site of Combe-Capelle in France, the exercises included in Virtual Dig ask students to access the CD's database to analyze and interpret findings.

About the Author

Barbara Roth is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 1989. Her research interests include prehistoric hunter-gathers and lithic technology. She excavated at the French Middle Paleolithic sites of La Quina and Combe Capelle, and analyzed lithics from Combe Capelle with Harold Dibble.