Goldberg / Macphail Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1225-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 472 Seiten, E-Book

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology provides aninvaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be usedeffectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts.Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this bookpresents:
* * a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials ofmodern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of theapproaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle.
* the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but alsogives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches.
* covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, aswell as anthropogenic site formation processes and theirinvestigation.
* provides guidelines for the presentation of field andlaboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeologicalresults.
* essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduatestudents, practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need tounderstand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies.
Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at:www.blackwellpublishing.com/goldberg
"This is one of the best textbooks that I have read inyears. I enjoyed reviewing it, and found it well-written andthorough in its coverage of the traditional earth science aspectsof geoarchaeology. The non-traditional aspects were intriguing andequally thorough... I predict that this book will become thetextbook of choice for geoarchaeology classes for severalyears."
Geomorphology 101 (2008) 740-743

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldberg, Paul

Macphail, Richard I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I Traditional Geoarchaeology.
1. Sediments.
2. Stratigraphy.
3. Soils.
4. Hydrological Systems I: Slopes and Slope Deposits.
5. Hydrological Systems II: rivers, Lakes, and Wetland.
6. Aeolian settings and Geoarchaeological Environments.
7. Coasts.
8. Caves and Rockshelters.
Part II Nontraditional Geoarchaeological Approaches.
9. Human Impact on Landscape: Forest Clearance, SoilModifications, and Cultivation.
10. Occupation Deposits I: Concepts and Aspects of CulturalDeposits.
11. Occupation Deposits II: Examples from the Near East, NorthAmerica, and Europe.
12. Experimental Archaeology.
13. Human Materials.
14. Applications of Geoarchaeology to Forensic Science.
Part III Field and Laboratory Methods, Data, andReporting.
15. Field-based Methods.
16. Laboratory Techniques.
17. Reporting and Publishing.
18. Concluding Remarks and the Geoarchaeological Future.
Appendices.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Goldberg is a geologist and Professor in the Departmentof Archaeology, Boston University. He has carried outgeoarchaeological research ranging from Quaternary landscapes andassociated archaeological sites in the Near East, California, andTexas, to cave sediments in China, South Africa, Europe, and theUSA.
Richard I. Macphail is a Senior Research FellowatUniversity College London, investigating archaeologicalsediments, soils, and occupation deposits across Europe and theUSA. He was a researcher for English Heritage for 20 years, and iscurrently a Research Fellow at Boston University and wasprofessor invité at Université de Tours.