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An Overview of Southern Veracruz Archaeology

Ancient Mesoamerica, 1994
AbstractDespite an ancient history as rich as any in Mesoamerica, the archaeology of southern Veracruz, Mexico, remains underrepresented in both Spanish and English publications. This paper provides background information on southern Veracruz archaeology.
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Marine Archaeology in Alaska - An Overview

Offshore Technology Conference, 2011
Abstract Ongoing exploration and development activities in the Arctic and on the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) require marine archaeological assessments. Current United States requirements are based on known archaeological sites, and predictive models for potential submerged archaeological sites.
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Space Based Monitoring of Archaeological Looting: An Overview in Peruvian Archaeological Areas

2017
Illegal excavations represent one of the main risks which affect archaeological heritage throughout the world. Actions oriented to prevent looting can be supported by satellite technologies which can provide reliable information to: (i) detect and quantify looting phenomenon even over large and inaccessible areas, (ii) set up tools to undertake ...
Lasaponara R, Masini N
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Field Method in Archaeology: Overview

2014
Archaeological investigation is a science that responds to the needs of research, to the way that information has survived in the ground and to the present ownership and stakeholders of the site or landscape in question. Research objectives, terrain, and the social context therefore have to be matched for every field project in a project design.
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Peruvian archaeology, 1946–80: An analytic overview

World Archaeology, 1982
Abstract Peruvian archaeology is a rapidly growing, cosmopolitan discipline that has undergone considerable change since the Viru Valley Project in the mid‐1940s. Using a historical perspective; we elucidate evolutionary changes and the broader intellectual and political contexts in which they occurred, placing equal emphasis on the emerging Peruvian ...
Richard P. Schaedel, Izumi Shimada
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Overview: The Archaeology of Religion

2012
Abstract The next part of this book touches either explicitly or implicitly, on ritual continuities across the sixth to eighth centuries, and it is clear that even as late as the eleventh century, important aspects of lay Christianity were still influenced by traditional indigenous practices. The book here also explores ways in which the
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Portsmouth Dockyard: An Industrial Archaeological Overview

Industrial Archaeology Review, 1986
Abstract A chronological framework is employed to trace the evolution since the 1690s of surviving artefacts in the Dockyard. Emphasis is placed upon the docks and basins, not only because they are of crucial importance, but also since they have to date been the subject of scant attention by researchers.
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Gateshead: An Archaeological and Historical Overview

2019
Concentrates on the historic core of the town, revisiting aspects of Manders' History in the light of archaeological excavations and desk-based studies carried out since 1973.
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A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies

World Archaeology, 1996
Abstract In the course of a general review of archaeological animal bone studies, this paper draws particular attention to the importance of data quality, and the assessment of the integrity and information potential of bone samples, and the integration of such studies with the rest of archaeology and with palaeobiology.
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West Indian archaeology. 1. Overview and foragers

Journal of Archaeological Research, 1994
Caribbean archaeology is riding the wave of an exponential growth curve. In fact, so much has happened during the past 5 years that it is impossible to review everything in a single article. The present article is written as the first in a series. The first part of the paper provides an archipelagic overview of the regional environmental and cultural ...
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