Report of the 1980 Conference Proceedings, Institute of Archaeology, The Rock Art Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.

Prehistoric Indian Rock Art: Issues and Concerns (Cotsen Monograph)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

A new, revised manual of archaeological illustrating, largely written by and for students, intended to aid the archaeologist with no formal training in art or drafting. Discussed under separate sections are basic tools and techniques, the rendering of maps, architectural floor plans and reconstructions, stratigraphic sections, relief monuments, ceramics, ceramic figurines, lithic artifacts, burials, artifacts of shell and bone, and illustrating from photographs.

Student's Guide to Archaeological Illustrating (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Politics & Social Sciences

Dillon, Brian

Archaeology

Ancient Images on Stone: Rock Art of the Californias

Van Tilburg, Jo Anne

355p, illus. (Cotsen Institute 1983)

Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country Part II: Southern Oregon (Cotsen Monograph)

Loring, J. Malcolm

A rich picture of village life in the 7th and 6th millennia BC, as seen through the excavations of an important site in Greece. Especially noteworthy is the extensive corpus ofmaterials relating to domestic cult practice (figurines and vessels). Also included are specialist studies of faunal and floral remains, lithics, and radiocarbon dates.

Achilleion: A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6400-5600 BC (ne-sett)

History

Gimbutas, Marija Alseikaitė

Winn, Shan

Shimabuku, Daniel

Europe

Includes a surface restudy with a detailed topographic map, a reexamination of the sculptures found by M. Stirling, an examination of the low mounds, and an assessment of prehistoric settlement.

Settlement Archaeology of Cerros de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico (Cotsen Monograph)

Stark, Barbara L.

Americas

The aim of this book is to draw together as much information as possible about flint and its properties. The author deals with the origin of chert and its chemical properties, its visible and mechanical properties, and describes the changes that occur in chert as a result of heat treating and natural processes such as weathering and patination. Two appendices outline procedures for chert source analysis projects, and provide basic information about chert types.

An Archaeologist's Guide to Chert and Flint (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Luedtke, Barbara E.

Conservation treatments and techniques for the archaeologist in the field, emphasizing how to conserve an excavated object before it is taken to a trained conservator offsite. Safety procedures and conservation supplies and materials are recommended. Techniques for lifting, cleaning, consolidating, marking, and storing are discussed, along with methods for treating specific artifact materials (e.g., amber, wood). Appendixes cover impressions and chemical preparations. `This manual is for archaeologists in the field who do not have an on-site conservator. It tells them how to lift, handle and pack objects for transport to the laboratory, and also how to carry out any necessary first-aid. It is based on experience in Europe, the Middle East and America and is widely applicable to sites of all periods, even up to relatively modern where some organic remains may be found. It is extremely easy to use, having four chapters on principles, such as safety, supplies and general treatments, followed by a fifth chapter on individual materials arranged alphabetically from amber to wood. This is the only book of its kind currently available and it will be a useful aide memoire for conservators, both in the field and the laboratory, as well as for archaeologists and other field workers. It will also be useful as a teaching manual for archaeology degrees where a conservation awareness is taught.' - Andrew Oddy.

A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Sease, Catherine

Useful and instructive papers advocating the value of practical considerations in the field, addressing common problems from the real world of archaeology and proposing real solutions that have proven successful through trial and error. Includes papers on the chemical reduction of clay matrices, methods of establishing precise provenience in archaeological excavations, surface collecting with the aid of transits, simplified mapping techniques, the use of X rays in artifact analysis, archaeological surveying from muleback, choosing and maintaining an archaeological field vehicle, and the use of small boats in archaeological investigations.

Practical Archaeology: Field and laboratory techniques and logistics (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Conservation treatments and techniques for the archaeologist in the field, emphasizing how to conserve an excavated object before it is taken to a trained conservator offsite. Safety procedures and conservation supplies and materials are recommended. Techniques for lifting, cleaning, consolidating, marking, and storing are discussed, along with methods for treating specific artifact materials (e.g., amber, wood). Appendixes cover impressions and chemical preparations. `This manual is for archaeologists in the field who do not have an on-site conservator. It tells them how to lift, handle and pack objects for transport to the laboratory, and also how to carry out any necessary first-aid. It is based on experience in Europe, the Middle East and America and is widely applicable to sites of all periods, even up to relatively modern where some organic remains may be found. It is extremely easy to use, having four chapters on principles, such as safety, supplies and general treatments, followed by a fifth chapter on individual materials arranged alphabetically from amber to wood. This is the only book of its kind currently available and it will be a useful aide memoire for conservators, both in the field and the laboratory, as well as for archaeologists and other field workers. It will also be useful as a teaching manual for archaeology degrees where a conservation awareness is taught.' - Andrew Oddy.

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Prehistoric Indian Rock Art: Issues and Concerns (Cotsen Monograph)

Student's Guide to Archaeological Illustrating (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Ancient Images on Stone: Rock Art of the Californias

Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country Part II: Southern Oregon (Cotsen Monograph)

Achilleion: A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece, 6400-5600 BC (ne-sett)

Settlement Archaeology of Cerros de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico (Cotsen Monograph)

An Archaeologist's Guide to Chert and Flint (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

Practical Archaeology: Field and laboratory techniques and logistics (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)

A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist (ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS)