Overview

"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 first part of 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 that follow 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."

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Author:   Charles French
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780415273091

ISBN 10:   0415273099
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   28 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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<p>'Reveals an astonishing diversity of sequences at the micro-regional scale ... this book is to be highly recommended to landscape historians and prehistorians.' Landscape History<p>'This book [is] especially welcome since it is written in a clear and interesting style, accessible to student and field archaeologist alike ... a provocative and intelligent guide to the investigation of past landscapes using geoarchaeology.' Antiquity<p>

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