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Subject(s)

• Archaeological geology [Browse]
• Archaeological geology—Methodology [Browse]

Series

• Natural science in archaeology. [More in this series]
• Natural science in archaeology, 1613-9712 [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-345).

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The geomorphological and geological context
• 3. Sediments, soils, and stratigraphy in archaeological geology
• 4. Techniques for archaeological sediments and soils
• 5. Geophysical techniques for archaeology
• 6. Petrography for archaeological geology
• 7. Clay minerals and ceramics
• 8. Instrumental analytical techniques for archaeological geology
• 9. Metallic minerals, ores, and metals
• 10. Statistics in archaeological geology
• 11. Theory and practice in geoarchaeology : a brief discussion with examples.

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ISBN

• 3319302302
• 9783319302300

OCLC

936083158

RCP

H - S

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