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

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Equipment
Chapter 3. Location
Chapter 4. Stabilization and Retrieval
Chapter 5. Recording
Chapter 6. Sampling
Chapter 7. Preservation and Storage