Geoarchaeology in Action
Studies in Soil Micromorphology and Landscape Evolution
Price: $130.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-27309-1
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 28th November 2002
- Pages: 320
- Illustrations: 100 line drawings
About the Book
Geoarchaeology in Action provides much-needed 'hands on' methodologies to assist anyone conducting or studying geoarchaeological investigations on sites and in landscapes, irrespective of date, place and environment.The book sets out the essential features of geoarchaeological practice and geomorphological processes, and is deliberately aimed at the archaeologist as practitioner in the field. It explains the basics - what can be expected, what approaches may be taken, and what outcomes might be forthcoming, and asks what we can reasonably expect a micromorphological approach to archaeological contexts, data and problems to tell us.
The twelve case studies are taken from Britain, Europe and the Near East. They illustrate how past landscape change can be discovered and deciphered whether you are primarily a digger, environmentalist or soil micromorphologist.
Based on the author's extensive experience of investigating buried and eroded landscapes, the book develops new ways of looking at conventional models of landscape change. With an extensive glossary, bibliography and more than 100 illustrations it will be an essential text and reference tool for students, academics and professionals.
Customers who bought Geoarchaeology in Action also bought:
Archaeology of Ancient Australia
This book is an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century AD. It is the only up-to-date textbook on...
Archaeological Surveying and Mapping
Recording and Depicting the Landscape
A comprehensive and practical guide to surveying for archaeologists, with clear instructions in, archaeological mapping, recording field work and detailed case studies from the UK,...