Archaeology research trends / Alex R. Suarez and Marc N. Vasquez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suárez, Alex R.

Vásquez, Marc N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Archaeology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The goals of archaeology vary, and there is debate as to what its aims and responsibilities are. Some goals include the documentation and explanation of the origins and development of human cultures, understanding culture history and studying human behaviour and ecology. This book presents research in the field.

Contents:

"Natural and cultural formation processes on the archaeological record : a case study regarding skeletal remains from a Brazilian shellmount" / Maria Mercedes M. Okumura and Sabine Eggers The archaeology of human-environment interactions : history and current trends / Emily Lena Jones When it rains it pours : multiple congenital pathologies in single individuals / E. Weiss Archaeology and ancient DNA : assessing domestication / Joana Seco-Morais and Carney D. Matheson Metric and geometric methods applied to the analysis of architectural design : urbanism changes and the emergence of mathematical thinking / José Antonio Esquivel Stress diagrams as a structural documentation of an architectural heritage / Iqbal Marie Tracing minimal cultural signatures : combining non-linear and linear micro-artefact patterning for investigating cultural site formation processes / Dimitris Kontogiorgos A peculiar funerary rite in the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Monte Sirai (Carbonia-Sardinia-Italy) studied by XRD and FT-IR techniques / Giampaolo Piga [and others]Using multivariate statistics for pattern recognition in archaeology / Grant S. McCall

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-257-2