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Item Code: IDE111by Sir Mortimer WheelerHardcover (Edition: 2004)Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 81-215-1137-2 Language: English Size: 8.9" X 5.9" Pages: 232 (B & W Illus: 31, Figures: 21) 534 gms |
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times since 2nd Oct, 2008R.E.M. Wheeler's Archaeology from the Earth has long been recognized as a classic. Both for its passionate statement concerning the purpose of archaeology and the lucid and methodical exposition of the techniques of excavation, this volume still remains unmatched. Although there has been an explosion of forensic techniques in the recovery and analysis of various kinds of archaeological data since then, there cannot be a better introduction to the actual task of excavation than what Wheeler wrote on the basis of his British and Indian experience.
| List of Plates | ix | |
| List of Figures | xi | |
| I. | Introductory | 1 |
| II. | Historical | 6 |
| III. | Chronology | 23 |
| IV. | Stratigraphy | 40 |
| V. | The Layout of an Excavation | 62 |
| VI. | The Excavation of a Structure | 72 |
| VII. | On Digging Town-sites | 86 |
| VIII. | Burials | 93 |
| IX. | Watch-Makers' Jobs | 105 |
| X. | Tactics and Strategy | 114 |
| XI. | Staff | 130 |
| XII. | Tools | 153 |
| XIII. | The Pottery-Shed | 157 |
| XIV. | The Field-Laboratory | 169 |
| XV. | Photography | 174 |
| XVI. | Publication and Publicity | 182 |
| XVII. | What Are We Digging Up, and Why? | 200 |
| Select Bibliography | 218 | |
| Index | 219 |
