From Concepts of the Past to Practical Strategies: The Teaching of Archaeological Field Techniques
Although several manuals on fieldwork techniques exist, and although most definitions of archaeology would specify excavation and fieldwork as the core of archaeological enquiry, From Concepts of the Past to Practical Strategies: The Teaching of Archaeological Field Techniques, Peter Ucko, Qin Ling and Jane Hubert, eds, is the first to undertake a comparative assessment of how such techniques are taught to university students in many different parts of the world. Buy this book
The book is the result of a three-day international conference held by the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA) in Beijing in 2006. The contributors, who come from many parts of the world – Africa, Australia, India, Southeast Asia, South and North America and Europe – present strong arguments on the core theme, concepts of the past, and describe fieldwork practices and teaching in their own countries. This is a ground-breaking work both in its theoretical breadth and range of practical information. It will be invaluable to students and teachers of archaeology and heritage management, educationalists and historians.
Contributors: J O Aleru, Brigitte Cech, Sarah Colley, Rafael Cruz Antillón, Caleb Adebayo Folorunso, Dorian Q Fuller, Luan Fengshi, Marta Luciani, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Timothy D Maxwell, Gustav Milne, Surapol Natapintu, Mike Parker Pearson, Dominic Perring, Innocent Pikirayi, Qin Ling, Stephen Shennan, B J Tubosun, Peter Ucko, Wang Tao, Gamini Wijesuriya, Seonbok Yi, Zhang Chi, Zhao Hui, and Zhao Zhijun
Editors
Peter Ucko was Professor of Comparative Archaeology and Director of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, until 2005. He continued his work until his death in June 2007.
Qin Ling is Lecturer in the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University.
Jane Hubert is Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at St George’s, University of London.
Contents
- Contributors 9
- Foreword | Zhao Hui and Stephen Shennan 11
- Preface | Peter Ucko, Qin Ling and Jane Hubert 13
- Colour Plates | 15-32
Part 1 • Background and Theory 33-86
- Chapter 1 From Concept to Practice in Field Archaeology | Stephen Shennan 35
- Chapter 2 Early Archaeological Fieldwork Practice and Syllabuses in China and England | Wang Tao and Peter Ucko 45
- Chapter 3 Field Archaeology Training at Peking University | Zhao Hui 77
Part 2 • Teaching of Fieldwork Methods 87-164
- Chapter 4 Field Archaeology Training in China Set within a Global Context | Qin Ling and Peter Ucko 89
- Chapter 5 Some Issues in the Training and Practice of Field Archaeology | Luan Fengshi 109
- Chapter 6 Fieldwork and Training Methods in Field Archaeology at the Site of Baligang | Zhang Chi 117
- Chapter 7 The Challenges to Archeological Fieldwork Training at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria | C A Folorunso, J O Aleru and B J Tubosun 129
- Chapter 8 Teaching Field Archaeology in Korea: Issues for the 21st Century | Seonbok Yi 143
- Chapter 9 Archeological Field Training for a Variety of Different Types of Sites: From the Near Eastern Tell to the Prehistoric Settlement Camp | Marta Luciani 149
Part 3 | Assessment of Student Fieldwork 165-206
- Chapter 10 Evaluating Student Fieldwork Training: A Review of Current Approaches within the UK | Dominic Perring 167
- Chapter 11 Assessment of Archaeological Skills: Implications for Theory and Practice | Sarah Colley 183
- Chapter 12 University Strategies in Teaching Fieldwork Techniques – a View from an Independent Practitioner | Brigitte Cech 193
Part 4 | Increasing the Content 0f Fieldwork Training 207-254
- Chapter 13 Archaeological Science in Field Training | Dorian Q Fuller 209
- Chapter 14 Flotation Techniques and their Application in Chinese Archaeology | Zhao Zhijun 233
- Chapter 15 Archive Awareness in Fieldwork Training | Gustav Milne 239
- Chapter 16 Conservation Awareness in Archaeological Training | Gamini Wijesuriya 245
Part 5 | Archaeology as a World Affair 255-302
- Chapter 17 Excavation Training in a Variety of Socio-Cultural Situations | Mike Parker Pearson 257
- Chapter 18 Concepts of the Past and International Collaboration: An Example from Mexico | Timothy D Maxwell and Rafael Cruz Antillón 267
- Chapter 19 Digging a Site, Nation beside Nation. The Case of Çatalhöyük, Anatolia, Turkey | Arkadiusz Marciniak 281
Part 6 | The Public and Archaeology 303-328
- Chapter 20 Public Involvement in Archaeological Excavations in Southern Africa | Innocent Pikirayi 305
- 21 Recent Community Involvement in an Archaeological Site in Central Thailand | Surapol Natapintu 321
Appendix: Conference Programme 329
- Index of Sites 333
- General Index 337 | Buy this book