Overview
- 2nd edition includes paleoecology, paleoclimate and studies about ancient cultures
- Integrates new data analysis of specific geologic methods
- Includes many color illustrations and "inset examples"
Part of the book series: Natural Science in Archaeology (ARCHAEOLOGY)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include:
- historical principles;
- archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types;
- sediments and sediment analytic methods;
- archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes;
- ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods;
- geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials;
- commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology.
Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Techniques in Archaeological Geology
Authors: Ervan Garrison
Series Title: Natural Science in Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30232-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30230-0Published: 27 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80756-0Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30232-4Published: 18 May 2016
Series ISSN: 1613-9712
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXV, 345
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 83 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry