Geoarchaeology in action : studies in soil micromorphology and landscape evolution / Charles French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, C. A. I. (Charles A. I.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeological geology.

Landscape changes.

Soil science in archaeology.

Soil micromorphology.

Soil formation.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 ar

Contents:

Cover; Geoarchaeology in Action; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART 1 Some essential elements of geoarchaeology: method and practice; 1 Issues and aims in geoarchaeology; 2 Processes of archaeological preservation; 3 Geomorphological processes; 4 Soils, sediments and buried soils; 5 Lowland and upland landscape systems; PART 2 Geoarchaeology in action: case studies and syntheses; 6 The lower Welland valley, Cambridgeshire, England

7 The Fengate shore, lower Nene valley and the Flag Fen basin, Cambridgeshire, England8 The lower Great Ouse valley, Cambridgeshire, England; 9 The development of the Cambridgeshire fenlands of eastern England; 10 The dyke survey in the northwestern Cambridgeshire fenlands; 11 Monitoring desiccation, erosion and preservation of sites and landscapes in the East Anglian wetlands and elsewhere; 12 Wyke Down and the upper Allen valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England; 13 The lower Aguas basin, southeastern Spain; 14 The Troina river valley, north-central Sicily

15 The Dhamar region, Central Highlands, Yemen16 The environs of Tell Brak, northeastern Syria; 17 The steppe at Botai, northeastern Kazakhstan; Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-48233-7

1-134-48234-5

1-299-14676-7

1-280-11238-7

0-203-98714-4

9780203987148

OCLC:

310464629