The Archaeologist's Laboratory The Analysis of Archaeological Data

The purpose of this book is to introduce stu- analysis, lithics, archaeozoology, or archa- dents to basic laboratory and analytical tech- logical architecture, I hope that they can find niques in archaeology. It is not a text on statistics something of value in this book. or archaeometry, although it does contain some This book is primarily intended for third- or statistics and is applicable to archaeometric pr- fourth-year undergraduates who already have lems. Although it will familiarize students with some background in archaeology, such as an a wide range of analytical techniques, the details introductory course in world prehistory or a of most of them are beyond its scope. Only course in field methods. Students will also find methods that we could reasonably expect - it helpful to have had at least a basic course in dergraduate students to carry out in class are statistics, although any statistical concepts used considered in detail. Some more advanced me- here are briefly reviewed. Some good introd- ods are only mentioned for the sake of comple- tions to statistics for archaeologists include ness or to familiarize students with terms they Drennan (1996), Fletcher and Lock (1991), Orton will encounter elsewhere. (1980), and Shennan (1988), each with its own I decided to write this book after years of emphases.