Format:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781444302882
Content:
Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive summary of the archaeological process as applied in an underwater context. Long awaited second edition of what is popularly referred to as the NAS Handbook Provides a practical guide to underwater archaeology: how to get involved, basic principles, essential techniques, project planning and execution, publishing and presenting Fully illustrated with over 100 drawings and new colour graphics New chapters on geophysics, historical research, photography and video, monitoring and maintenance and conservation.
Content:
Intro -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The NAS Handbook - Why It Was Written -- 2 Underwater Archaeology -- WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY? -- WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER? -- WHAT IS NOT ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER? -- CLOSELY RELATED AND COMPLEMENTARY -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 3 Getting Involved in Underwater -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 4 Basic Principles - Making -- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERWATER SITES -- SITE TYPES -- THE RANGE OF EVIDENCE ON AN -- LINKS BETWEEN CATEGORIES -- USING THE EVIDENCE -- DATING -- ENVIRONMENT AND SITE-FORMATION -- THE DETERIORATION OF WOOD -- CULTURE AND SITE-FORMATION PROCESSES -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 5 Project Planning -- THE PROJECT DESIGN -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 6 Safety on Archaeological Sites Under -- RISK ASSESSMENTS -- DIVING PROJECT PLAN -- CODES OF PRACTICE -- CONTROL OF DIVING OPERATIONS -- WORKING UNDER WATER -- POTENTIAL DIVING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- SAFETY DURING EXCAVATION -- INTER-TIDAL SITE SAFETY -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 7 International and National Laws -- JURISDICTION - WHERE DO THE LAWS APPLY? -- THE REGIME IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS -- INTERNATIONAL SALVAGE LAW -- UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE AND -- OWNERSHIP OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL -- ABANDONMENT OF OWNERSHIP -- NATIONAL LEGISLATION -- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS -- CASE STUDIES -- FURTHER INFORMATION -- 8 Archaeological Recording -- THE NEED FOR RECORDING -- RECORDING SYSTEMS -- PLANNING THE RECORDING: WHAT TO -- RECORDING INFORMATION ON SITE -- RECORDING TIMBERS -- RECORDING CONTEXTS -- RECORDING STRATIGRAPHY -- RECORDING ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE -- RECORDING SAMPLES -- RECORDING SURVEY RESULTS -- RECORDING PLANS AND SECTIONS -- RECORDING PHOTOGRAPHIC RESULTS -- CONSERVATION RECORDS -- IDENTIFYING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL -- TAGS AND LABELLING -- STORING THE INFORMATION -- COMPUTING OPTIONS AND ISSUES.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781405175913
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781405175913
Language:
English
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