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Using Science to Revive Old Excavations
The Archaeological Conservancy
06/05/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/17938
Abstract
The value (and excitement) of archaeological field work doesn’t end when the pits are backfilled, the artifacts are analyzed, and the reports written. At least that’s true if the collections are safely curated in a well-run museum. Specimens collected long ago can often be revisited with new research methods to reveal new information of scientific and educational value. This is why archaeologists save archaeological collections long after they were initially studied. Here, I give two examples of recent scientific analyses of specimens from one of the first excavations I ever directed.
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- Title
- Using Science to Revive Old Excavations
- Creators
- William D. Lipe (Author)
- Publication Details
- The Archaeological Conservancy
- Academic Unit
- Cedar Mesa Research Materials
- Identifiers
- 99900517401301842
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/;In copyright
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Blog