Avoiding Archaeological Disasters
Title | Avoiding Archaeological Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Darby C Stapp |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2016-07-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1315433311 |
You think it can’t happen to you, but it can. One day, months into your construction project, your front end load operator runs into bones and wooden slats. Your county coroner says it is not a crime scene, and refers you to the local archaeology department. The archaeologist tells you that it is a very important discovery. Work stops. Archaeological discoveries happen all the time in the course of projects. Most are manageable, some are less so, and some are mismanaged, wasting time and money. If you are not prepared, the consequences can be disastrous. This book is for project engineers, project managers, construction managers, the staff of affected government agencies, and archaeological consultants. In its pages you receive enough information, enough archaeological perspective, to intelligently work with the various parties involved in your project and avoid an archaeological disaster.
Avoiding Archaeological Disasters
Title | Avoiding Archaeological Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Darby C Stapp |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2016-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 131543332X |
This book is for project engineers and managers, government staff and consultants to help avoid unforseen archaeological problems in construction and development projects.
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change
Title | Surviving Sudden Environmental Change PDF eBook |
Author | Jago Cooper |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2012-04-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1607321688 |
Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities-ranging from Arctic to equatorial regi
Ethics and Archaeological Praxis
Title | Ethics and Archaeological Praxis PDF eBook |
Author | Cristóbal Gnecco |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014-11-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1493916467 |
Restoring the historicity and plurality of archaeological ethics is a task to which this book is devoted; its emphasis on praxis mends the historical condition of ethics. In doing so, it shows that nowadays a multicultural (sometimes also called “public”) ethic looms large in the discipline. By engaging communities “differently,” archaeology has explicitly adopted an ethical outlook, purportedly striving to overcome its colonial ontology and metaphysics. In this new scenario, respect for other historical systems/worldviews and social accountability appear to be prominent. Being ethical in archaeological terms in the multicultural context has become mandatory, so much that most professional, international and national archaeological associations have ethical principles as guiding forces behind their openness towards social sectors traditionally ignored or marginalized by their practices. This powerful new ethics—its newness is based, to a large extent, in that it is the first time that archaeological ethics is explicitly stated, as if it didn’t exist before—emanates from metropolitan centers, only to be adopted elsewhere. In this regard, it is worth probing the very nature of the dominant multicultural ethics in disciplinary practices because (a) it is at least suspicious that at the same time archaeology has tuned up with postmodern capitalist/market needs, and (b) the discipline (along with its ethical principles) is contested worldwide by grass-roots organizations and social movements. Can archaeology have socially committed ethical principles at the same time that it strengthens its relationship with the market and capitalism? Is this coincidence just merely haphazard or does it obey more structural rules? The papers in this book try to answer these two questions by examining praxis-based contexts in which archaeological ethics unfolds.
Maritime Heritage in Crisis
Title | Maritime Heritage in Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Richard M. Hutchings |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1315400014 |
Maritime heritage landscapes are undergoing a period of unprecedented crisis, severely impacted by coastal development, population growth and climate change. Presenting archaeology and CRM as a grave threat, this volume offers an important lesson on the relationship between neoliberal heritage regimes and global ecological breakdown.
Cultural Resources Archaeology
Title | Cultural Resources Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas William Neumann |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780759118461 |
Most students who pursue a career in archaeology will find employment in cultural resource management (CRM), rather than in academia or traditional fieldwork. It is CRM, the protection and preservation of archaeological and other resources, that offers the jobs and provides the funding. Few textbooks, however, are dedicated to teaching students the techniques and practices of this field. Cultural Resources Archaeology, now brought completely up date in this second edition and replete with new case studies from the western U.S., fills in the gap. Drawing on their decades of teaching and field experience, the authors walk students through the intricacies of CRM. They clearly describe the processes of designing a project, conducting assessment, testing, doing essential mitigation work (Phases I, II, and III), and preparing reports. The book's emphasis on real-world problems and issues, use of extensive examples from around the country, and practical advice on everything from law to logistics make it an ideal teaching tool for archaeology students who dream of becoming practicing archaeologists.
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change
Title | Surviving Sudden Environmental Change PDF eBook |
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Pages | 256 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
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