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Title: The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know About the Past
Publisher: Facts on File, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0816014000
ISBN 13: 9780816014002
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Book Type: Book

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This reference to the world of modern archaeology provides a practical understanding of what archaeology is, how archaeologists work, and how they interpret the evidence they find. This revised edition focuses on such critical new developments as: CAT scans, DNA analysis and facial reconstruction; computers and archaeology, including virtual reality reconstruction of buildings and pyramids; spectacular royal burials at Sipan; advances in the study of diet, including the chemical composition of human bones and food residues on vessels; new dating technologies; satellite and ground surveys, and what they reveal about Maya lifeways; new analyses of the Sutton Hoo ship burial, including "sand ghosts"; the latest ideas on megaliths and studies of the bones they contain; and techniques of underwater archaeology.

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. . .[an] enjoyable book. . . . Highly recommended. -- The Book Report, March/April 2000

Praise for the previous edition: "...a first rate book..." -- Scientific American

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