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ISBN: 9780985201609 0985201606 Year: 2012 Publisher: [New York] American Museum of Natural History
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Some of the most enduring and fundamental questions in archaeology relate to site seasonality. During which seasons did people occupy coastal archaeological sites? Why is "seasonality" important to our understanding of human behavior? What does this knowledge tell us about life in dynamic estuarine systems? What methods and technologies are available to address key issues of seasonality? Archaeological seasonality is uniquely linked to settlement patterns, resource availability, environmental relationships, anthropogenesis, landscapes, and social complexity. Archaeologists working in coastal settings typically recover multiple biological proxies that are well suited to explicating questions of human seasonal behavior. The Fifth Caldwell Conference was convened to discuss and report on practiced methods for reading the seasonality record found in common biological proxies. These researchers spoke of how they are applying various methods grounded in the natural sciences to estimate seasonality with particular reference to the archaeology of St. Catherines Island and the Georgia Bight. These methods include stable isotope analysis, ¹⁴C dating, longitudinal studies of animals (molluscs and fishes), zooarchaeology, and archaeobotany. The research shows that all plant and animal remains found in a midden contain a record of human behavior. The authors of these 13 chapters agree that multiple indicators of site seasonality provide the most robust picture of the annual settlement cycle. These papers were initially presented at the Fifth Caldwell Conference, cosponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the St. Catherines Island Foundation, held on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, May 14-16, 2010.
Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric --- Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric --- Food supply --- Food supply --- Coastal settlements --- Migration, Internal --- Indians of North America --- Indians of North America --- Fish remains (Archaeology) --- Fish remains (Archaeology) --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Plant remains (Archaeology) --- Plant remains (Archaeology) --- Coastal archaeology --- Seasonal variations --- Seasonal variations --- Food --- Food --- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) --- Saint Catherines Island (Ga.)
ISBN: 9780444421968 0444421963 9780080870748 0080870740 1281778362 9781281778369 9786611778361 6611778365 9780444423566 0444423567 9780080870779 0080870775 9780444426833 0444426833 9780080870823 0080870821 9780444987167 0444987169 9780080870915 0080870910 1281779156 9781281779151 9780444416759 0444416757 9780080870571 0080870570 9780444424860 0444424865 9780080870786 0080870783 1281756156 9781281756152 9786611756154 6611756159 9780444426758 0444426752 9780080870816 0080870813 9780444426260 0444426264 9780080870809 0080870805 1281984515 9781281984517 9780444427946 0444427945 9780080870830 008087083X 1281984566 9781281984562 9786611984564 6611984569 9780444873750 0444873759 9780080870861 0080870864 9786611759940 6611759948 1281759945 9781281759948 9780444987518 0444987517 9780080870939 0080870937 9786611754822 6611754822 0444416234 9786611779153 9786611984519 0444421971 9780444416230 0444874704 Year: 1992 Publisher: Beijing, China Amsterdam New York, NY Water & Power Press Elsevier Distribution for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.
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In trying to discover as much as possible about the marine environment, oceanography has split into many subdisciplines, each represented by innumerable publications. To date however, there has been no concise synthesis introducing readers to the whole array of physical processes in the sea, and showing how these processes are related to one another and to other natural phenomena. The author of Marine Physics aims to fill this gap. The volume presents energy and mass transfer processes in the marine environment together with an explanation of their effects on other processes.
Oceanography. --- Coastal engineering. --- Ocean-atmosphere interaction --- Mathematical models --- Coast changes. --- Hydrodynamics. --- Hydrodynamics --- Water waves --- Wave equation --- Numerical solutions --- Oceanography --- Estuarine oceanography --- Marine ecology --- Mer-atmosphère (Interaction). Modèles mathématiques. (Congrès) --- Zee-atmosfeerwisselwerking. Wiskundige modellen. (Congres) --- Kust. Oecologie. --- Géochimie organique. --- Littoral. Ecologie. --- Geochemie (Organische). --- Mer intérieure. Canada. --- Zee (Binnenlandse). Canada. --- Zee. Oecologie. (Congres) --- Mer. Hydrodynamique. (Congrès) --- Mer. Ecologie. (Congrès) --- Zee. Hydrodynamica. (Congres) --- Mathematical models. --- Numerical solutions. --- Earth sciences --- Marine biology --- Hydrodynamique --- Modèles mathématiques --- Fluides, mecanique des oceans --- Turbulence --- GEOLOGIE DES OCEANS --- GEOLOGIE APPLIQUEE --- ETUDE REGIONALE --- MANGANESE --- MATIERES UTILES --- ELEMENTS CHIMIQUES --- GEOGRAPHIE INDUSTRIELLE ET MINIERE --- SYSTEMATIQUE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES --- Oceanographie --- Oceanographie des estuaires --- Mers et oceans --- Modeles mathematiques --- Pollution --- Interactions ocean-atmosphere --- Seasonal variations
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