Archaeological Surveying And Mapping Recording And Depicting The Landscape 1st Edition Phil Howard by Phil Howard 9780815349181, 0815349181 instant download after payment.

A comprehensive and practical guide to surveying for archaeologists, with clear instructions in archaeological mapping, recording field work and detailed case studies from the UK, Europe and the US. Philip Howard provides a user's guide to methods and instruments of surveying to enable archaeologists to represent their own fieldwork confidently and independently. Archaeological Surveying is an invaluable resource which: provides beginner's instructions to software used in computerised surveying, including IntelliCAD 2000, Terrain Tools, Christine GIS and Global Mapper introduces the archaeologist to a range of surveying instruments such as GPS, electronic distance measures, theodolites and magnetic compasses includes low-cost software. This textbook is an essential read for any field archaeologists who are in need of an introduction to surveying, or simply wish to update their techniques.

The definitive practical guide to surveying for archaeologists in the twenty-first century. The geometrical principles and techniques involved in surveying are often considered prohibitively complex by fieldworkers. In this book, Phil Howard unravels the basic principles involved in surveying and shows how they can be used by archaeologists to log the results of their fieldwork. User’s guides to methods and instruments of surveying provide clear and comprehensive instructions to enable archaeologists to represent their own fieldwork confidently and independently.

• Provides beginner’s instructions to software used in computerised surveying, including IntelliCAD 2000, Terrain Tools, Christine GIS and Global Mapper.

• Introduces the archaeologist to a range of surveying instruments such as GPS, electronic distance measures, theodolites and magnetic compasses.

• Uses low-cost software.

• Includes detailed case studies from the UK, Europe and the US.