Arkeologiska metoder & tekniker

Utnämnd till "Årets bok om svensk historia 2016" av Nättidningen Svensk Historia Först befolkades nuvarande Sverige av stenåldersjägare. Efter några tusen år anslöt bönderna. Det har DNA-tekniken nyligen lärt oss. Men bara några få proce...

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THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SENSATION THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD, FROM THE CREATOR OF NETFLIX'S ANCIENT APOCALYPSE, STARRING KEANU REEVES 'One of the intellectual landmarks of the decade' Literary Review 'Readers wi...

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De förhållandevis sentida spåren efter de obesuttna - som torpare, backstugusittare, hantverkare och arbetare - finns överallt i jordbrukets, skogens och städernas landskap, men har sällan uppmärksammats av den traditionella arkeologin. Ändringen ...

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Det här är en kemist och naturvetenskapligt skolad kulturanalytikers redogörelse för hur man kan arbeta med forntiden med hjälp av de färdigheter han besitter. Nord undersöker hur framställningen av metaller, keramik, glas, färgämnen, läkemedel, k...

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Huge advances in our ability to sequence ancient DNA have revolutionised what we know about the earliest human populations. David Reich explains the science, and tells the emerging story of our complex and often surprising ancestry - the extraordi...

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The work is well illustrated throughout with digital maps and models being used to support case studies, as well as for suggesting new hypotheses relevant to this discipline.

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Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual provides an im...

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Utnämnd till "Årets bok om svensk historia 2016" av Nättidningen Svensk Historia Först befolkades nuvarande Sverige av stenåldersjägare. Efter några tusen år anslöt bönderna. Det har DNA-tekniken nyligen lärt oss. Men bara några få procent av nu l...

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Tuberculosis has plagued humans and animals for thousands of years. Though apparently in decline with the advent of effective chemotherapy and improved living conditions, sanitation, and diet during the first half of the 20th century, TB has reawa...

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Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range o...

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Arkeologi som kultur- och samhällsvetenskap är helt beroende av att källmaterialet kan tidsbestämmas. Kronologiskt arbete har därför tagit mycket av arkeologernas uppmärksamhet i anspråk. Då naturvetenskapliga metoder ännu bara kan fylla en del av...

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The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries that humans suffered from in antiquity. In order to give a vivid picture of ancient disease and trau...

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Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardous places. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as the domain o...

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Fieldwork in archaeology has been transformed over the past three decades. Drawing on a wealth of experience in excavating some of the most complex, deeply-stratified sites in Britain, Steve Roskams describes the changes that have taken place in t...

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With contributions from 70 experienced practitioners from around the world, this second edition of the authoritative Handbook of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology provides a solid foundation in both the practical and ethical components of fore...

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Geographical Information Systems has moved from the domain of the computer specialist into the wider archaeological community, providing it with an exciting new research method. This clearly written but rigorous book provides a comprehensive guide...

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I Att datera textilier presenteras samtliga dräkter, klädesplagg och inredningstextilier som i Sverige daterats med hjälp av kol-14 metoden. Det har varit intressant att undersöka hur olika textila material, som varit utsatta för olika betingelser...

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THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SENSATION THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD, FROM THE CREATOR OF NETFLIX'S ANCIENT APOCALYPSE, STARRING KEANU REEVES'One of the intellectual landmarks of the decade' Literary Review'Readers will hugely enjoy their ...

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Every year hundreds of human skeletal remains are brought to the surface by engineering works, quarrying or planned archaeological exploration. These remains provide vital clues to unraveling man's antiquitytheir position and location, relati...

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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a part...

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This book provides an up to date introduction to the exciting, but complex, new scientific methodologies that are increasingly used in archaeological study. Written by an international team of specialists, it provides clear and engaging overviews ...

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Sommaren 1942 inledde Riksantikvarieämbetet undersökningar i anslutning till vattenkraftsutbyggnaden i Jämtland. Det var startpunkten för ett av kulturminnesvårdens största dokumentationsprojekt under 1900-talet. Från en översiktlig arkeologisk in...

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Geoarchaeology is the archaeological subfield that focuses on archaeological information retrieval and problem solving utilizing the methods of geological investigation. Archaeological recovery and analysis are already geoarchaeological in the mos...

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This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated, Archaeological Artefacts and Material Cu...

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This is a beginner's guide to unearthing the past. It is an invaluable tool for amateur archaeologists with 300 step-by-step photographs, maps and illustrations from excavations around the world. This is the ultimate hands-on resource for new enth...

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How do archaeologists think? How do they use the scattered and often-fragmentary remains from the pastboth historical and excavatedto create meaningful, sensible interpretations of human history? In Archaeological Thinking, Charles E. Orser Jr., p...

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A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over the last twenty years, and in which the author ha...

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This edition does not include illustrations.'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigo...

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A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over the last twenty years, and in which the author ha...

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This edition does not include illustrations.Acclaimed science writer Heather Pringle uncovers the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his theories of a prehistoric Aryan master race.What happ...

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