Geoarchaeology: The Earth-science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation - Softcover

Rapp, George Robert; Hill, Christopher L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300109660 ISBN 13: 9780300109665

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2006

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An integrated approach to geoarchaeology, framing geologic concepts within an archaeological context—"probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written." (Vance Haynes, University of Arizona)

An indispensable book for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology, including those with limited earth-science experience, this new edition of Geoarchaeology builds on the success and innovation of the first edition and includes updates, new concepts and examples, an enhanced bibliography, and many new illustrations.  The second edition begins by considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology.  Rapp and Hill then move to discussions of soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; paleoenvironments, landscapes, and the human past; identifying, analyzing, and sourcing raw materials; and construction, destruction, and conservation of sites and materials.  

"[This book] covers a wide range of topics . . . with clarity and balance. . . . [The] chapters are all well written and have concise introductory discussions that are not too detailed and not too brief. . . . Beautifully produced."—Michael Waters, Geoarchaeology: An International Journal (on the first edition)

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

George (Rip) Rapp is Regents Professor Emeritus of Geoarchaeology and was formerly director of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Christopher L. Hill is an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. 

George (Rip) Rapp is Regents Professor Emeritus of Geoarchaeology and was formerly director of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Christopher L. Hill is an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. 

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Geoarchaeology

The Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation By George Rapp Christopher L. Hill

Yale University Press

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Contents

Preface to the Second Edition........................................................................xiPreface to the First Edition.........................................................................xiii1 Theory and History.................................................................................1The Scope of Geoarchaeology..........................................................................1Archaeology and the Earth Sciences...................................................................4Foundational Phase: Before 1900......................................................................5Collaborative Phase: 1900-1950.......................................................................10Integrative Phase: After 1950........................................................................16Changing the Guard...................................................................................202 Sediments Soils and Environmental Interpretations..................................................25Sediments............................................................................................25Weathering...........................................................................................26Transportation.......................................................................................27Postdepositional Changes.............................................................................28Archaeological Implications..........................................................................28Classification of Sedimentation Products.............................................................29Clastic Deposits.....................................................................................29Gravel...............................................................................................32Sand.................................................................................................33Mud..................................................................................................34Chemical Deposition..................................................................................35Calcareous Precipitates..............................................................................36Noncalcareous Precipitates...........................................................................36Organic Matter.......................................................................................37Soils and Buried Soils...............................................................................38The Soil Profile.....................................................................................39Soil Types...........................................................................................41Entisols.............................................................................................41Vertisols............................................................................................41Inceptisols..........................................................................................41Mollisols............................................................................................41Alfisols.............................................................................................42Ultisols.............................................................................................42Spodosols............................................................................................42Aridosols............................................................................................42Histosols............................................................................................42Paleosols and Buried Soils...........................................................................43Inferring Environments from Physical and Chemical Parameters.........................................45Color................................................................................................45Cementation and Induration...........................................................................47Texture..............................................................................................47Structure............................................................................................53Composition..........................................................................................54Boundaries...........................................................................................58Micromorphology......................................................................................593 Initial Context and Site Formation.................................................................60The Creation of the Archaeological Record............................................................60Stages of Site Formation.............................................................................62Initial Landscapes and Original Occupation...........................................................62Sedimentary Contexts.................................................................................63Desert Depositional Systems..........................................................................64The Effects of Wind..................................................................................64The Effects of Moisture..............................................................................65Desert System Site Formation.........................................................................66Alluvial Depositional Systems: Flowing Water.........................................................67Depositional Contexts................................................................................68Site Formation in Alluvial Settings..................................................................75Lakes and Associated Basin Settings..................................................................78Basin Deposits.......................................................................................78Site Formation in Basin Settings.....................................................................80Cave and Rock Shelter Depositional Systems...........................................................81Limestone Caves......................................................................................81Sandstone Caves and Rock Shelters....................................................................85Igneous Rock Caves...................................................................................85Site Formation in Caves..............................................................................85The Glacial System...................................................................................86Coastal and Marine Depositional Settings.............................................................90Coastal Processes and Site Formation.................................................................91Coastal Landscape Context............................................................................95Postdepositional Processes...........................................................................98Mass...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300109660
• ISBN 13: 9780300109665
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 339
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