Archaeological Sediments and Soils

Analysis, Interpretation and Management
Herausgeber: Barham, Anthony J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a collection of papers focusing on the links between archaeology and the study of geological sediments and soils.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9781138404977
• ISBN-10: 1138404977
• Artikelnr.: 48953428

Autorenporträt

Anthony J Barham, Richard I Macphail

Inhaltsangabe

Part I; Chapter 1 Recent advances in micromorphological interpretations of
soils and sediments from archaeological sites, Richard I. Macphail, Paul
Goldberg; Chapter 2 Soil micromorphological data from traditional and
experimental agriculture, Anne Gebhardt; Chapter 3 Micromorphological
characterisation and interpretation of occupation deposits and
microstratigraphic sequences at Abu Salabikh, Southern Iraq, Wendy
Matthews; Part II; Chapter 4 Soil analysis and archaeological site
formation studies, Timothy A. Quine; Chapter 5 Studies of lithostratigraphy
and lithofacies: a selective review of research developments in the last
decade and their applications to geoarchaeology, David D. Gilbertson;
Chapter 6 Methodological approaches to archaeological context recording:
X-radiography as an example of a supportive recording, assessment and
interpretive technique, Anthony J. Barham; Chapter 7 A mixed-method
approach to geoarchaeological analysis, Matthew Canti; Chapter 8 Plant
macrofossil analysis from lake cores: an example from Polynesia, Jon G.
Hather, Joanna C. Ellison; Part III; Chapter 9 Archaeology and the river
environment in Britain: a prospective review, Mark G. Macklin; Chapter 10
Important Quaternary Palaeolithic sites in Britain: their investigation and
conservation, David R. Bridgland;