Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology: Artwork CD-ROM for Instructors
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2003
Software
CD-ROM
448 pages
978-1-4051-3904-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" provides an invaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. This book reflects the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. It covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic site formation processes and their investigation. It also provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. "Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" is essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists, and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies.
"Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" provides an invaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. This book reflects the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. It covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic site formation processes and their investigation. It also provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. "Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" is essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists, and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies.
"Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" provides an invaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. This book reflects the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. It covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic site formation processes and their investigation. It also provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. "Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" is essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists, and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
250 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-3904-5 (9781405139045)
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Content
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I Traditional Geoarchaeology1. Sediments2. Stratigraphy3. Soils4. Hydrological Systems I: slopes and slope deposits5. Hydrological Systems II: rivers, lakes, and wetland6. Aeolian settings and geoarchaeological environments7. Coasts8. Caves and rocksheltersPart II Nontraditional Geoarchaeological Approaches9. Human impact on landscape: forest clearance, soil modifications, and cultivation10. Occupation deposits I: concepts and aspects of cultural deposits11. Occupation deposits II: examples from the Near East, North America, and Europe12. Experimental archaeology13. Human materials14. Applications of geoarchaeology to forensic sciencePart III Field and Laboratory Methods, Data, and Reporting15. Field-based methods16. Laboratory techniques17. Reporting and publishing18. Concluding remarks and the geoarchaeological futureAppendicesReferencesIndex