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This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Sections include coverage of main rock-forming minerals and classes of rocks. Geological maps and structures are introduced, and the elements of geological stratigraphy and dating are explained and related to archaeological experience. Fluvial and coastal environments are important archaeological landscapes and their formation processes, sediments and topography are outlined. Stone for building, implement-making, tool-making, and making mortar are all discussed, followed by an introduction to clays and ceramics. A final chapter introduces metallurgical landscapes: metalliferous ores, mining and smelting, and metal-making industries. Each chapter ends with a short reading list, and many have selected case-histories in illustration of the points made. Included is a glossary of technical terms.
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"Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences. The field has been steadily enriched by scholars from a diversity of disciplines and much has happened as the importance of global perspectives on environmental change has emerged. Carlos Cordova, provides a fully up-to-date account of geoarchaeology that reflects the important changes that have occurred in the past four decades. Innovative features include: the development of the human-ecological approach and the impact of technology on this approach; how the diversity of disciplines contributes to archaeological questions; frontiers of archaeology in the deep past, particularly the Anthropocene; the geoarchaeology of the contemporary past; the emerging field of ethno-geoarchaeology; the role of geoarchaeology in global environmental crises and climate change."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Archaeological geology. --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Geology
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Since 1990, the ancient city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey has been the focus of an interdisciplinary archaeological research project coordinated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The papers collected in this volume reveal how the meticulous systematic and interdisciplinary reconstruction of the ecology and economy of the site and its territory has enhanced our understanding of the ancient settlement and its inhabitants beyond the traditional aspects of classical archaeology in Asia Minor. Highlighting geo-archaeological, archaeometrical, and bio-archaeological work performed withi
Archaeological geology --- Sagalassos (Extinct city) --- Turkey --- Antiquities.
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Tsunamis --- Archaeological geology --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Geology --- Earthquake sea waves --- Seismic sea waves --- Seismic surges --- Tidal waves --- Tunamis --- Natural disasters --- Ocean waves --- Research --- Archaeological geology. --- Research.
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'Geological Methods for Archaeology' discusses the application of geological methods and theory to archaeology. Written as a survey text covering appropriate methods and techniques taken from geology, geophysics, geochemistry and geochronology, it shows the student the practicality and importance of the techniques' use in solving archaeological problems. Specific techniques are illustrated by practical results obtained from their use on archaeological digs.
Archaeological geology. --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Geology --- Geology. --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history
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"Geoarchaeology is a major branch of archaeological science at the interfaces between geology, geography and archaeology, involving the combined study of archaeological, soil and geomorphological records and the recognition of how natural, climatic and human-induced processes alter landscapes. The formation and modification of past soils, and occupation sequences can be examined primarily through the use of soil micromorphological techniques and various physical and geo-chemical techniques. This short text aims to explain some of the basics of geoarchaeological approaches and research design used to tackle the investigation of landscapes and settlement archaeology, and the application of soil micromorphology to archaeological situations. The intention is to present a basic handbook of good practice, with case studies and examples, that any archaeologist or aspiring geoarchaeologist can use."--Publisher's website.
Archaeological geology --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Geology
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"This theoretical book is a work of history and of cultural studies. Through analyses of Gondwana, India, and its geological, anthropological, and cultural histories, the book describes how human evolution, mythological geographies, tribal aboriginality, and colonial state formation fundamentally defined India's antiquity"--
Archaeological geology --- Gondwana (India) --- India --- Historical geography. --- Environmental conditions. --- Antiquities. --- Historiography.
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"This manuscript uses geoarchaeology and the study of landscapes to look at the agrarian history of a settlement in the Toluca Valley, central Mexico, from prehistoric to historic times. It is based on both survey and excavation data, plus geoarchaeological and archival research. It explores how social circumstance promotes the improvement or degradation of agricultural land prehistorically, then the impact of Spanish colonialism on these agrarian systems, and finally, how the long-term modification of these landscapes impacts the valley in post-colonial times"--
Agriculture --- Landscape archaeology --- Terracing --- Archaeological geology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Aztecs --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Mexico --- Calixtlahuaca (Mexico)
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Archaeological geology --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeometry --- Archaeological geology. --- Archaeometry. --- Europe, Central. --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Central Europe --- Human skeleton --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Art --- Geology --- Methodology --- History --- Central Europe. --- Europe, Central --- Bioarchaeology
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