Applied Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9781107011380 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 630 str.

Richard I. MacPhail; Paul Goldberg

Opis

This book uniquely focuses on all aspects of archaeological soil micromorphology, based upon the authors' joint sixty years of worldwide studies.

Spis treści

Part I. Background Approach and Methods: 1. Applied principles from geology and soil science; 2. Complementary analyses; 3. Systematic soil micromorphology description; Part II. Soils and Sediments: 4. Soils and burial (horizon types and effects of burial in the Temperate and Boreal regions); 5. Soil-sediments; 6. Inundated freshwater and coastal marine sites; Part III. Archaeological Materials: 7. Archaeological materials and deposits; Part IV. Features and Activities in the Landscape: 8. First records of human activity; 9. Clearance and cultivation; 10. Occupation surfaces and use of space; 11. Settlement morphology; 12. Site transformation; 13. Final remarks.