Geoarchaeology : the earth-science approach to archaeological interpretation / George (Rip) Rapp, Jr. and Christopher L. Hill.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998. Description: xiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300070756; 9780300070750; 0300070764; 9780300070767Subject(s): Archaeology -- Methodology | Archaeological geology | Archaeologie -- Methodologie | Geoarcheologie | geoarchaeology | 15.30 archaeology: general | Archaeological geology | Archaeology -- Methodology | Geoarchaologie | Geologie | Archeologie | Archaeology -- Methodology | Archaeological geology -- Methodology | Geoarcheologie | GeoarchaologieDDC classification: 930.10285 LOC classification: CC77.5 | .R37 1998Other classification: 15.30 | NF 1128 | NF 1140 | RB 10123 | 6,12 | 6,11Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 38 - Main Room | G2c RAPP 18264 | Not for loan | BOOKS*00000002621 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.
THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: The domain of geoarchaeology -- A history of the interaction between Earth sciences and archaeology -- SEDIMENTS AND SOILS AND THE CREATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD: Sediments -- Classification of sedimentation products -- Soils and buried soils -- Inferring environments from physical and chemical parameters -- CONTEXTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD FORMATION: Stages of site formation -- Initial landscapes and original occupation -- Sedimentary settings -- Postdepositional processes -- PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS: HUMANS, CLIMATES, AND ANCIENT LANDSCAPES: Lake Records and Geoecology -- Inferring environmental change -- Ecology and landscape change -- Plant remains as clues to environmental and climatic change -- Animal remains as clues to environmental conditions -- Other ecological accumulations -- Isotopes and chemical ratios as environmental indicators -- Environmental change and archaeological interpretation -- Microclimates -- RAW MATERIALS AND RESOURCES: Minerals -- Metals and ores -- Rocks -- Shells -- Clays -- Building materials -- Other materials -- Rock and mineral recovery -- Water -- PROVENANCE STUDIES: Geologic deposits -- Materials used in geologic sourcing -- Methods used in geologic sourcing -- ESTIMATING AGE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD: Stratigraphy -- Dating techniques based on animal and plant remains -- Dating techniques based on chemical accumulation -- Temperature-affected dating -- Radiometric dating -- Radiation dating -- Dating exposed surfaces -- GEOLOGIC MAPPING, REMOTE SENSING, AND SURVEYING: Geologic maps and mapping -- Remote sensing -- Core drilling -- Geochemical prospecting and analysis -- geographic information systems -- The complexitites of scale -- CONSTRUCTION, DESTRUCTION, SITE PRESERVATION, AND CONSERVATION: Ancient geotechnology -- Construction -- Excavation -- Natural burial of sites -- Destruction -- Site preservation -- Conservation -- The future.
This textbook offers an integrated approach to geoarchaeology (the direct use of geologic concepts, methods and knowledge to solve archaeological problems and interpret archaeological records).