
Modeling Archaeological Site Burial in Southern Michigan
A Geoarchaeological Synthesis
Michigan State University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-0-87013-738-9 (ISBN)
Description
Modeling Archaeological Site Burial in Southern Michigan is the first volume in the Environmental Research Series. The product of more than two decades of research, it examines relationships between regional and local scale fluvial system evolution and the processes that result in the deep burial of archaeological sites-primarily in floodplain and coastal contexts. This multidisciplinary study incorporates findings from earth and social sciences, discussing regional scale processes of environmental change that are necessary to understand relationships between human economic needs, social adaptation, and changing paleoenvironment. Monaghan and Lovis have compiled and synthesized available data on deeply buried archaeological sites in southern Lower Michigan; the result is the most comprehensive single compendium of such data available for any region of the Great Lakes.
Since the processes and contexts present in southern Lower Michigan are comparable to those in the larger region, research modes presented here also have applicability across northeastern North America. This is one of the most important pieces of research to be produced on Michigan archeology.
Since the processes and contexts present in southern Lower Michigan are comparable to those in the larger region, research modes presented here also have applicability across northeastern North America. This is one of the most important pieces of research to be produced on Michigan archeology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
807 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87013-738-9 (9780870137389)
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Persons
G. William Monaghan is an Associate Research Scientist at the Glenn Black Laboratory at Indiana University and consults on Cultural Resource Management projects throughout the Midwest, East, and Mid-Atlantic regions. William A. Lovis is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Associate Director for Natural and Social Science Research and Curator of Anthropology at the MSU Museum at Michigan State University. He is also the editor of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology.