TY - BOOK ID - 101517279 TI - Down to earth archaeology AU - Adams, William Y. AU - Anderson, Julie R. PY - 2022 SN - 1803272309 1803272295 9781803272306 9781803272290 PB - Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, DB - UniCat KW - Social archaeology KW - Processual archaeology. KW - Archaeology KW - International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia KW - Philosophy. KW - Influence. KW - Social aspects KW - Adams, William Y. KW - Archeology KW - Anthropology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - Methodology KW - Adams, William Yewdale, KW - Adams, W. Y. KW - Unesco. KW - Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des monuments de la Nubie KW - Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des monuments de Nubie KW - Campaña internacional para la salvaguardia de los monumentos de Nubia KW - International Campaign to Save the Monuments KW - International Campaign for Safeguarding the Nubian Monuments UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101517279 AB - Down to Earth Archaeology collects sixteen archaeological papers by Professor William Y. Adams chosen by the author, who added introductory commentary to each. These articles were written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career for different purposes and for different audiences. Most of those selected had been previously published only in a limited way, either as conference proceedings or contributions to various Festschriften, and as such he wanted to enable them to reach a wider readership than they had originally. He described this collection as his 'dernières pensées'. The essays encompass a wide range of topics, from reflections upon the successes, failures and lessons learned from the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia in the 1960s, in which Bill was very much a leading figure and which he was uniquely positioned to critique, to discussions and criticisms of the theoretical framework of 'New' or 'Processual Archaeology' and its application of 'scientific' methods. Other papers included here are seminal works discussing the ideological concepts of typology and classification and their practical application to archaeological excavations, notably his own major excavations conducted at the large Nubian cityscapes of Meinarti, Kulubnarti and Qasr Ibrim, and the ceramic kilns at Faras." ER -