Geoarchaeology in Action - Studies in Soil Micromorphology and Landscape Evolution

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Part 1: Some essential elements of geoarchaeology; 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; 6: The lower Welland valley, Cambridgeshire, England; 7: The Fengate shore, lower Nene valley and the Flag Fen basin, Cambridgeshire, England; 8: 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, Yemen; 16: The environs of Tell Brak, northeastern Syria; 17: The steppe at Botai, northeastern Kazakhstan; Conclusions

About the author

Charles French

Summary

"Geoarchaeology in Action" provides "hands on" methodologies to assist anyone conducting or studying geoarchaeological investigations on sites and in landscapes, irrespective of date, place and environment.

Product details

• Authors: Charles French, French Charles
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2002
• EAN: 9780415273091
• ISBN: 978-0-415-27309-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Weight: 750 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques