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- 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
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
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Department of Geology, The University of, Athens, USA
Ervan Garrison
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