New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Metric Survey Specifications for Cultural Heritage
Second Edition
by Paul Bryan, Bill Blake and Jon Bedford
Metric survey forms an essential part of the conservation cycle and provides a valuable
source of base mapping for analytical projects. In supplying metric survey data
to buildings curators, conservators, architects and archaeologists, surveyors need to
know what makes survey work for cultural heritage. A proven specification is a valuable
tool for use in achieving this goal. Getting the right survey for the right job is
important. This specification provides a guide to the user and the supplier of metric
survey data. It explains the services expected and performance indicators to ensure
the successful management of metric survey projects. It is a revised and updated
second edition of Metric Survey Specifications for English Heritage - the standard specification that English Heritage has successfully
used to procure metric survey for the last nine years. The new title reflects a more generic approach that, it is hoped,
will make the specifications easier to apply across the cultural heritage profession. This edition also covers the collection of
terrestrial laser-scan data, which is increasingly applicable to the survey of historic buildings and landscapes.
256p, 27 illus, paperback, 9781848020382, $80.00, English Heritage, November 2009.
Retrieval of Materials
with Water Separation Machines
by Sarah E Peterson,
with contributions by Philip P Betancourt
The primary purpose for utilizing a water separation, or flotation, machine
is the recovery of organic remains, such as charred seeds, charcoal, or
small bones, which would otherwise be permanently lost; the machine
is thus of great value for archaeological excavation.
Contents: Goals for Using Water Separation Machines; History of Water
Separation Machines; General Components of a Water Separation Machine;
Retrieval of Soil; Sorting and Study of Remains; Contamination; Case Studies.
27p, paperback, 9781931534536, $9.95, INSTAP Academic Press, May 2009,
INSTAP Archaeological Excavation Manual 1.
Production Technology of Faience
and Related Early Vitreous Materials
by M S Tite and A J Shortland
This monograph brings together the results of many years of research
into production technology of early vitreous materials: glazed steatite,
faience, Egyptian blue and green frits, and glazed pottery and bricks
from Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley and Europe spanning the
period from the 5th millennium BC to Roman times. For each group of
material, the book presents the available analytical and microstructural
data which are then interpreted to provide information on the raw materials
and methods of fabrication employed in their production.
232p, 101 figs, 46 tbls, hardback, 9781905905126, $70.00, Oxford University School of Archaeology, December 2008.
world archaeology
Handbook of Geographic Information
Systems and Archaeology
by Mark Aldenderfer
Of the many approaches to spatial analysis and visualization
that have been developed over the past 30 years
and applied to archaeological problems, arguably the
most influential of these is the geographic information
system (GIS). Despite its importance, there is at present
no single volume treatment of the fundamentals of GIS
written specifically for archaeologists and the unique
problems they face in implementing them. This volume
introduces GIS to archaeologists in a comprehensive and
useful manner. The volume is divided into three sections:
Section I defines GIS and places it into the broader context
of spatial thinking in archaeology. Section II turns to
more practical matters, including discussions of spatial
data models and structures, projections and coordinate
systems, sources of geographic data, geographic databases,
and representation and visualization of geographic
data. Section III illustrates how GIS has been applied in
archaeology through a discussion of best practice, case
studies that give the reader a sense of both the strengths
and weaknesses of GIS in archaeological research.
288p, 75 b/w illus, Equinox Publishing, December 2009,
Equinox Handbooks in Anthropological Archaeology.
paperback, 9781904768630, $39.95
hardback, 9781904768623, $150.00(s)
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