Disaster ArchaeologyUniversity of Utah Press, 2007 - 253 էջ Unlike traditional archaeology, which studies the human past and examines issues of scholarly and popular interest, disaster archaeology is about the aftermath of mass-fatality events and deals with urgent needs such as victim identification and scene investigation. In this context, archaeological skills are an instrument of recovery for the families and others affected by a disaster. This methodology involves a humanitarian element that often motivates archaeologists to perform this emotionally difficult work, and it requires a commitment to scientifically controlled field recovery and documentation of human remains, personal effects, and other physical evidence. First-hand experiences are described from the World Trade Center, 'The Station' nightclub fire in Rhode Island, and from Hurricane Katrina. Disaster archaeology involves the meticulous, empirical use of archaeological science as well as emotional sensitivity toward victims and victims family and friends. By combining standards of forensic science with state-of-the-art field techniques, archaeologists can decisively affect the outcome of post-disaster investigations and recoveries. " |
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... Seafaring Labour : The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada , 1820-1914 . Montreal : McGill - Queens University Press . Schiffer , Michael B. ( editor ) . 1985. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory . New York : Academic Press ...
... Seafaring Labour : The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada , 1820-1914 . Montreal : McGill - Queens University Press . Schiffer , Michael B. ( editor ) . 1985. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory . New York : Academic Press ...
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Introduction I | 1 |
What Is Disaster Archaeology? | 7 |
Brian Gohacki | 64 |
Հեղինակային իրավունք | |
9 այլ բաժինները չեն ցուցադրվում
Common terms and phrases
aftermath American Southwest Ancestral Puebloan anchor ancient Anthropology archaeological facts baseline behavior Bermuda bodies bomb bones burial cannibalism cargo closure Clyde context court of history crash crime scene cultural damage debris field disaster archaeology disaster scene DMORT earlier efforts emergency-services emotional Ethnoarchaeology evidence excavations exhumations families FAR's feet fire scene forensic archaeology forensic investigation forensic science Ground Zero Haglund historical hull human remains human-rights Ibid identify involved issues JPAC Katyn Massacre killings kind later locations mass graves mass-fatality disaster memorial displays North Carolina operation past perimortem personal effects photographs physical possible postmortem Prehistoric present Providence Journal recording recovered recovery relatively Rhode Island ship ship's silt Soviet starboard Station fire Station nightclub fire taphonomic tion total station Turner and Turner Ty Longley underwater victim identification volunteers Vukovar West Warwick World Trade Center wreck wreckage York