Who is Afraid of Basketry


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Series: Cotsen Digital Archaeology Series
ISBN: 90-73782-06-6
Publication Date: Jul 1991
Price: OUT OF PRINT
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Willeke Wendrich

Who is Afraid of Basketry is a guide to recording basketry and cordage for archaeologists and ethnographers. This is a very practical, well-illustrated step-by-step explanation on how to describe, draw, photograph and handle archaeological basketry. Originally published in 1991, the book has been made available online with a database template, the BasketBase, which users can download and use for free at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7p51v5jz. See the left hand tab "Supporting Material."

Table of Contents
  • Ch. 01: Introduction
  • Ch. 02: Equipment
  • Ch. 03: Location
  • Ch. 04: Stabilization and Retrieval
  • Ch. 05: Recording
  • Ch. 06: Sampling
  • Ch. 07: Preservation and Storage