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This text reviews the theory, concepts, and basic methods involved in archaeological analysis. Its aim is to familiarize both students and professionals with the principles that underlie many kinds of archaeological analysis, to encourage sound laboratory practice, and to demonstrate some of the common theoretical issues that different kinds of analyses all share. Banning opens with a discussion of the nature and presentation of - and the errors in - data and briefly reviews archaeological systematics, database and research design, sampling and quantification, modelling data, and basic artifact handling and conservation. Chapters on lithics, pottery, faunal, botanical, and soil remains follow and chapters on seriation, interpreting dates, and archaeological illustration close out the book. Intended as a text for students in upper-division undergraduate and graduate-level courses as well as a manual for professional researchers and cultural resource management practitioners, the book is abundantly illustrated and referenced and includes a glossary of key terms. Suggested laboratory exercises to accompany the text are available on a Web site.

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This book looks like a real boon. Teachers will welcome it; Where's my Banning?! will become a common cry among students; and it will be welcome among contract archaeologists and amateur groups too. <br>(Antiquity, 75, 2002) <br> [a ]] I use this text in my upper level introductory lab course. [...] The Archaeologist's Laboratory provides the breadth and detail that allows instructors to pick and choose what they want to use. [...]Overall, I consider this to be the best archaeological lab. book on the market. The students all agreed that the text was clearly written and easy to understand. If ordered as a text for a class of six or more students, the price is reduced... In sum, both my students and I highly recommend this text. <br>(Lisa Nagaoka, University of North Texas (Geoarchaeology, An International Journal, 17: 8, 2002) <br> Banning has succeeded admirably well in producing a fine work for his target audience. [...]Banning's clear writing style and ability to boil down challenging concepts so that they are easily understandable for the undergraduate student (and the professors who must instruct them!) make this an immensely useful reference tool. <br>(Randall W. Younker, Andrews University (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 328, 2002)

This book looks like a real boon. Teachers will welcome it; Where's my Banning?! will become a common cry among students; and it will be welcome among contract archaeologists and amateur groups too. (Antiquity, 75, 2002) [!] I use this text in my upper level introductory lab course. [...] The Archaeologist's Laboratory provides the breadth and detail that allows instructors to pick and choose what they want to use. [...]Overall, I consider this to be the best archaeological lab. book on the market. The students all agreed that the text was clearly written and easy to understand. If ordered as a text for a class of six or more students, the price is reduced... In sum, both my students and I highly recommend this text. (Lisa Nagaoka, University of North Texas (Geoarchaeology, An International Journal, 17:8, 2002) Banning has succeeded admirably well in producing a fine work for his target audience. [...]Banning's clear writing style and ability to boil down challenging concepts so that they are easily understandable for the undergraduate student (and the professors who must instruct them!) make this an immensely useful reference tool. (Randall W. Younker, Andrews University (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 328, 2002)

This book looks like a real boon. Teachers will welcome it; Where's my Banning?! will become a common cry among students; and it will be welcome among contract archaeologists and amateur groups too. (Antiquity, 75, 2002) [!] I use this text in my upper level introductory lab course. [...] The Archaeologist's Laboratory provides the breadth and detail that allows instructors to pick and choose what they want to use. [...]Overall, I consider this to be the best archaeological lab. book on the market. The students all agreed that the text was clearly written and easy to understand. If ordered as a text for a class of six or more students, the price is reduced... In sum, both my students and I highly recommend this text. (Lisa Nagaoka, University of North Texas (Geoarchaeology, An International Journal, 17:8, 2002) Banning has succeeded admirably well in producing a fine work for his target audience. [...]Banning's clear writing style and ability to boil down challenging concepts so that they are easily understandable for the undergraduate student (and the professors who must instruct them!) make this an immensely useful reference tool. (Randall W. Younker, Andrews University (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 328, 2002)

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