Bøger af Stanley South

In Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick, Stanley South recounts the decade-long excavation of this important North Carolina colonial port. He provides historical context and detailed interpretation of the many hundreds of objects uncovered. South's narrative guides the reader through a town and a way of life that ended more than two centuries ago. The experience is enhances by 196 illustrations that include photographs of excavated buildings and artifacts, archaeological site plans, and interpretive drawings. Archaeology at Colonial Brunswick meets the inquisitive needs of the general public while answering the scientific queries of archaeologists.

Described by Lewis Binford in his new foreword as a 'solid foundation on which to build a vital and growing historical archaeology,' Stanley South's famous book on historical archaeology includes a new introduction by the author that discusses how the book came to be written and the evolution of the field.

Presents a record of the 1753 Moravian town of Bethabara, near Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This book describes such discoveries as fortifications from the French and Indian War and twenty ruins of various shops and dwellings in the town. It illustrates methods of ruin excavation and stabilization.

In this book I walk with the reader along the bothered me that some of my colleagues, in their archaeological pathways traveled by many reports of archaeological activity on documented researchers in the process of historic site historic sites, never mention finding evidence of previous American Indian occupation.

This fascinating and revealing book charts the life of one of the greatest living archaeologists. His personal perseverance in field of archaeology has also been an inspiration to new and upcoming archaeologists and anthropologists.