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Dig was founded in 1999 by the Archaeological Institute of America with offices in New York's financial district. [4] The AIA had commissioned magazine editor and writer Stephen Hanks, who at the time was working for Scholastic News, to create a prototype for a children's archaeology magazine.
He went freelance in the mid-80s, and since then has devoted himself to writing, editing and translating books on archaeology, plus occasional journalism. His main research interest is prehistoric art, especially rock art of the world, and most notably Palaeolithic art, as well as the archaeology of Easter Island .
Archaeology books, featuring the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts , architecture , biofacts or ecofacts, sites , and cultural landscapes .
Barbara Ann Kipfer (born 1954) is a lexicographer, [1] linguist, ontologist, and part-time archaeologist.She has written more than 70 books and calendars, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About (), which has more than 1.5 million copies in print.
Gods, Graves, and Scholars is a book by German writer C. W. Ceram about the history of archaeology. First published in 1949, Ceram's book introduced the general reading public to the origin and development of archaeology. It sold extremely well — over five million copies have been published in 30 languages — and remains in print today. [1]
In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. [1] An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be conducted over a few weeks to several years.
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life was originally published in 1977 by anthropologist James Deetz.The book presents the idea that small objects can play big parts in an individual's life, and should therefore not be taken lightly in an archaeological investigation.
The author of many articles and numerous academic papers, his ten books include The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain, Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics, A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals, and Digging Sedgeford: A People's ...