EXARC Journal (Jan 2012)
Book Review: Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology by Jeffrey R. Ferguson (ed)
Abstract
Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology is a recently published guide to planning and conducting archaeological experiments. Edited by Jeffrey R. Ferguson, a research assistant professor at the archaeometry laboratory at the University of Colorado, the book aims to guide researchers through methodology and experiment design. It consists of 11 articles that touches upon most of the established research within the North American tradition of experimental archaeology, and is divided into ten chapters on research on different raw materials.