Applied soils and micromorphology in archaeology

1. Verfasser: Macphail, Richard.
Weitere Verfasser: Goldberg, Paul.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xxx, 600 pages) : illustrations, maps ;.
Schriftenreihe: Cambridge manuals in archaeology.
Parallelausgabe: Applied soils and micromorphology in archaeology (Print version)
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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
  • Color plates and additional figures are available at www.cambridge.org/9781107648685
  • Site gazetteer
  • References
  • Index.