Cambridge University Press and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA collaborate on a series of digital monographs under the title “Elements of Current Archaeological Tools and Techniques". This series aims to facilitate deployment of specific techniques by archaeologists in the field and in the laboratory. It provides readers with a basic understanding of selected techniques, followed by clear instructions how to implement them, or how to collect samples to be analyzed by a third party, and how to approach interpretation of the results. This is a valuable tool both for practicing field archaeologists as well as in academic research and teaching. It will at the same time allow those not familiar with a specific technique to appreciate and evaluate the results of its use by others and embedded in  scholarly publications or theoretical models. Each volume in the series entails 20,000 – 30,000 words and a comprehensive bibliography. Where relevant and appropriate, text and images are complemented with brief instructional videos or digital tools.

Series Editors:

Hans Barnard was associate adjunct professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures as well as associate researcher at the Cotsen Insitute of Archaeology, both at the University of California, Los Angeles. He currently works at the Roman site of Industria in northern Italy and previously participated in archaeological projects in Armenia, Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, Iceland, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. This is reflected in the seven books and more than 100 articles and chapters to which he contributed. nomads @ucla.edu

Willeke Wendrich is professor of cultural heritage and digital  humanities at the Politecnico di Torino (Turin,Italy). Until 2023 she was professor of Egyptian archaeology and digital humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the first holder of the Joan Silsbee Chair in African Cultural Archaeology. Between 2015 and 2023 she was director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, with which she remains affiliated. She managed archaeological projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, and Yemen, and is on the board of the International Association of Egyptologists, Museo Egizio (Turin, Italy), the Institute for Field Research, and the online UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.  wendrich@humnet.ucla.edu