Archaeology Excavation Simulation: Correcting the Emphasis

Autor/in	Thistle, Paul C.
Titel	Archaeology Excavation Simulation: Correcting the Emphasis
Quelle	In: Journal of Museum Education, 37 (2012) 2, S.67-77 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8650
Schlagwörter	Museums; Archaeology; Simulation; Nonschool Educational Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Archäologie; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm
Abstract	Museums offering archaeological programs often attempt to use the "sandbox approach" to simulate archaeological excavation work. However, in light of the definition of simulation, and given the realities of actual professional practice in archaeological excavation, the author argues that the activity of troweling for artifacts in loose sand places the emphasis of such programs on activities that are not realistic and therefore actually counterproductive--if not miseducational. The author presents an alternative approach to simulating excavations in museums that is much more realistic and places the program's primary emphasis on the precise skills professional archaeologists actually must carry out in excavating and analyzing archaeological sites. (Contains 4 figures and 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10