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Principles of Geoarchaeology - A North American Perspective (Paperback)
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Principles of Geoarchaeology - A North American Perspective (Paperback)
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Geoarchaeological studies can significantly enhance interpretations
of human prehistory by allowing archaeologists to decipher from
sediments and soils the effects of earth processes on the evidence
of human activity. While a number of previous books have provided
broad geographic and temporal treatments of geoarchaeology, this
new volume presents a single author's view intended for North
American archaeologists. Waters deals with those aspects of
geoarchaeology--stratigraphy, site formation processes, and
landscape reconstruction--most fundamental to archaeology, and he
focuses on the late Quaternary of North America, permitting
in-depth discussions of the concepts directly applicable to that
research. Assuming no prior geologic knowledge on the part of the
reader, Waters provides a background in fundamental geological
processes and the basic tools of geoarchaeology. He then proceeds
to relate specific physical processes, microenvironments, deposits,
and landforms associated with riverine, desert, lake, glacial,
cave, coastal, and other environments to archaeological site
formation, location, and context. This practical volume illustrates
the contributions of geoarchaeological investigations and
demonstrates the need to make such studies an integral part of
archaeological research. The text is enhanced by more than a
hundred line drawings and photographs. CONTENTS
1. Research Objectives of Geoarchaeology
2. Geoarchaeological Foundations: The Archaeological Site Matrix:
Sediments and Soils / Stratigraphy / The Geoarchaeological
Interpretation of Sediments, Soils, and Stratigraphy
3. Alluvial Environments: Streamflow / Sediment Erosion, Transport,
and Deposition / Alluvial Environments: Rivers, Arroyos, Terraces,
and Fans / Alluvial Landscapes Evolution and the Archaeological
Record / Alluvial Landscape Reconstruction
4. Eolian Environments: Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition
/ Sand Dunes / Loess and Dust / Stone Pavements / Eolian Erosion /
Volcanic Ash (Tephra)
5. Springs, Lakes, Rockshelters, and Other Terrestrial
Environments: Springs / Lakes / Slopes / Glaciers / Rockshelters
and Caves
6. Coastal Environments: Coastal Processes / Late Quaternary Sea
Level Changes / Coastal Environments / Coastal Landscape Evolution
and the Archaeological Record / Coastal Landscape
Reconstruction
7. The Postburial Disturbance af Archaeological Site Contexts:
Cryoturbation / Argilliturbation / Graviturbation / Deformation /
Other Physical Disturbances / Floralturbation /
Faunalturbation
8. Geoarchaeological Research
Appendix A: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating the Effects of
Fluvial Landscape Evolution on the Archaeological Record
Appendix B: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Site-Specific
Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions
Appendix C: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Regional
Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions
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