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Author : Susan Limbrey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015000538812
Discusses forms of soil distinctive to Australia.
Author : INSTAP Academic Press
Publisher : INSTAP Academic Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623031084
In this book Michael Morris presents a detailed study of the prehistoric landscape in three regions of Crete. He examines the development, stability, and physio-chemical composition of selected soils near three archaeological sites: Karphi, a Late Minoan IIIC "refuge site"; Chrysokamino, a Final Neolithic to Late Minoan IIIB farmhouse; Vronda and Kastro near Kavousi, two Late Minoan IIIC to Geometric sites. Morris offers conclusions on the history of the Cretan landscape and its formation processes, and how those processes contribute to our understanding of the human use of the landscape. The book will interest anyone involved with the archaeology of Minoan Crete, as well as those who study the pedological history of other regions.
Author : Richard I. Macphail,Paul Goldberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107011380
This book uniquely focuses on all aspects of archaeological soil micromorphology, based upon the authors' joint sixty years of worldwide studies.
Author : Vance T. Holliday
Publisher : Smithsonian
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1560981113
"Focusing on the archaeological applications of soil chemistry and soil geomorphology, the case histories and reviews presented here combine a wide range of academic disciplines, including archaeology, physical geography, Quaternary geology, and pedology. The essays range in topic from the use of soils for reconstructing past landscapes, site settings, and landscape evolution to the dating of surfaces and deposits. The book also covers the use of soil chemistry in determining the presence or absence of human occupation and for detecting agricultural practices. Soils in Archaeology also includes a glossary of selected soil science terms."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Vance T. Holliday
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195149654
Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists. In this book, the author addresses each of these issues in terms of fundamentals as well as in field case histories from all over the world.
Author : Anthony J Barham,Richard I Macphail
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781315434445
A collection of papers focusing on the links between archaeology and the study of geological sediments and soils.
Author : Cristiano Nicosia,Georges Stoops
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118941072
Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology goes beyond a mere review of current literature and features the most up to date contributions from numerous scientists working in the field. The book represents a groundbreaking and comprehensive resource covering the plethora of applications of micromorphology in archaeology. Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology offers researchers, students and professionals a systematic tool for the interpretation of thin sections of archaeological contexts. This important resource is also designed to help stimulate the use of micromorphology in archaeology outside Europe, where the technique is less frequently employed. Moreover, the authors hope to strengthen the proper application of soil micromorphology in archaeology, by illustrating its possibilities and referring in several cases to more specialized publications (for instance in the field of plant remains, pottery and phytoliths). Written for anyone interested in the topic, this important text offers: Contributions from most of the world's leading authorities on soil micromorphology A series of chapters on the major topics selected among the most recurrent in literature about archaeological soil micromorphology Systematic descriptions of all important micromorphological features Special analytical tools employed on thin sections, such as SEM/EDS, image analysis, fluorescence microscopy, mass spectrometry, among others Numerous cross-references 400 illustrated full-colour plates The resource provides the most current and essential information for archaeologists, geoarchaeologists, soil scientists and sedimentologists. Comprehensive in scope, Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology offers professionals and students a much-needed tool for the interpretation of thin sections of archaeological contexts.
Author : Paul Goldberg,Vance T. Holliday,C. Reid Ferring
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461511830
This volume brings together contributions from an experienced group of archaeologists and geologists whose common objective is to present thorough and current reviews of the diverse ways in which methods from the earth sciences can contribute to archaeological research. Many areas of research are addressed here, including artifact analysis and sourcing, landscape reconstruction and site formation analysis, soil micromorphology and geophysical exploration of buried sites.
Author : György Füleky
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053028521
Thirteen papers form the proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology held in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, in 2001. The specialised and mostly technical papers comprise methodological and theoretical discussions of the contribution soil analysis can make to archaeology as well as worldwide case studies.
Author : Oliver Anthony Clark,Anthony Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134611201
Scientific soil prospecting methods can give dramatic pictures of buried archaeological sites, and sometimes information on what occurred within them, before any earth has ben removed. Dr Clark, who was one of the earliest to work in this field, has written the first general survey of an increasingly important area of practical archaeology. The emphasis is on the principles and practical application of the well established techniques of resistivity, magnetometry and magnetic susceptibility, with shorter sections on emerging and less common techniques such as ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic methods and phosphate survey. This paperback edition updates and enhances the earlier book, adding new material such as the large-scale evaluation exercises now required as a precondition of planning consent for major developments.
Author : I. W. Cornwall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : OCLC:669672849
Author : A Mark Pollard,Carl Heron
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782626114
The application of chemistry within archaeology is an important and fascinating area. It allows the archaeologist to answer such questions as "what is this artefact made of?", "where did it come from?" and "how has it been changed through burial in the ground?", providing pointers to the earliest history of mankind. Archaeological Chemistry begins with a brief description of the goals and history of archaeological science, and the place of chemistry within it. It sets out the most widely used analytical techniques in archaeology and compares them in the light of relevant applications. The book includes an analysis of several specific archaeological investigations in which chemistry has been employed in tracing the origins of or in preserving artefacts. The choice of these investigations conforms to themes based on analytical techniques, and includes chapters on obsidian, ceramics, glass, metals and resins. Finally, it suggests a future role for chemical and biochemical applications in archaeology. Archaeological Chemistry enables scientists to tackle the fundamental issues of chemical change in the archaeological materials, in order to advance the study of the past. It will prove an essential companion to students in archaeological science and chemistry, field and museum archaeologists, and all those involved in conserving human artefacts.
Author : John D. Wingard,Sue Eileen Hayes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457174117
Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land--the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. The volume traces the origins of agriculture, the transition to agrarian societies, the sociocultural implications of agriculture, agriculture's effects on population, and the theory of carrying capacity, considering the relation of agriculture to the profound social changes that it wrought in the New World. Soil science plays a significant, though varied, role in each case study, and is the common component of each analysis. Soil chemistry is also of particular importance to several of the studies, as it determines the amount of food that can be produced in a particular soil and the effects of occupation or cultivation on that soil, thus having consequences for future cultivators. Soils, Climate and Society demonstrates that renewed investigation of agricultural production and demography can answer questions about the past, as well as stimulate further research. It will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, historical ecology and geography, and agricultural history.
Author : Douglas S Frink
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0123878225
The paradigm and models of traditional soil science lack the ability to adequately address issues of soil dynamics, environmental integration, and change. Unexplainable research results obtained from traditional soil studies applied to non-traditional soil phenomena in physical geography, archaeology and ecology speak to the current need for soil science to move beyond description and classification and into a dynamic process-oriented soil science capable of providing explanations. Soils do not behave as static inert geologic detritus affected by climate, organisms, relief, and parent material through time, but instead soils behave as self-organizing systems dynamically interrelating with their environment. Recognition of this dynamic behaviour required a re-examination of how scientists in general think and in how modern soil science specifically evolved its basic paradigms and models. This book examines the dynamics of soil organic carbon and demonstrates the self-organizing nature of soil through time as soil responds to a wide range of environmental and human perturbations. Makes soil science accessible to a wider audience by integrating soil science with biology, geography and archaeology Demonstrates universal application by including case studies from around the world Avoids pitfalls of determinism and vitalism by being well founded in the philosophy of science
Author : Judit Deák
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9076297819
