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Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Michael B. Schiffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record written by Michael B. Schiffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Social Science categories.
A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Michael B. Schiffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record written by Michael B. Schiffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Social Science categories.
A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.
Understanding The Archaeological Record
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Author : Gavin Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-06
Understanding The Archaeological Record written by Gavin Lucas and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-06 with History categories.
This book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views. Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence. The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record - as historical sources, through formation theory, and as material culture - then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice. Ultimately, Lucas calls for a rethinking of the nature of the archaeological record and the kind of history and narratives written from it.
Site Formation Processes Of Submerged Shipwrecks
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Author : Matthew E. Keith
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2016-01-30
Site Formation Processes Of Submerged Shipwrecks written by Matthew E. Keith and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-30 with Social Science categories.
Many factors influence the formation of shipwreck sites: the materials from which the ship was built, the underwater environment, and subsequent events such as human activity, storms, and chemical reactions. In this first volume to comprehensively catalogue the physical and cultural processes affecting submerged ships, Matthew Keith brings together experts in diverse fields such as geology, soil and wood chemistry, micro- and marine biology, and sediment dynamics. The case studies identify and examine the natural and anthropogenic processes--corrosion and degradation on one hand, fishing and trawling on the other--that contribute to the present condition of shipwreck sites. The contributors also discuss how these varied and often overlapping events influence the archaeological record. Offering an in-depth analysis of emerging technologies and methods—acoustic positioning, computer modeling, and site reconstruction--this is an essential study for the research and preservation of submerged heritage sites.
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Michael B. Schiffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record written by Michael B. Schiffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.
Principles Of Geoarchaeology
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Author : Michael R. Waters
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1992
Principles Of Geoarchaeology written by Michael R. Waters and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Science categories.
Geoarchaeological studies can significantly enhance interpretations of human prehistory by allowing archaeologists to decipher from sediments and soils the effects of earth processes on the evidence of human activity. While a number of previous books have provided broad geographic and temporal treatments of geoarchaeology, this new volume presents a single author's view intended for North American archaeologists. Waters deals with those aspects of geoarchaeologyÑstratigraphy, site formation processes, and landscape reconstructionÑmost fundamental to archaeology, and he focuses on the late Quaternary of North America, permitting in-depth discussions of the concepts directly applicable to that research. Assuming no prior geologic knowledge on the part of the reader, Waters provides a background in fundamental geological processes and the basic tools of geoarchaeology. He then proceeds to relate specific physical processes, microenvironments, deposits, and landforms associated with riverine, desert, lake, glacial, cave, coastal, and other environments to archaeological site formation, location, and context. This practical volume illustrates the contributions of geoarchaeological investigations and demonstrates the need to make such studies an integral part of archaeological research. The text is enhanced by more than a hundred line drawings and photographs. CONTENTS 1. Research Objectives of Geoarchaeology 2. Geoarchaeological Foundations: The Archaeological Site Matrix: Sediments and Soils / Stratigraphy / The Geoarchaeological Interpretation of Sediments, Soils, and Stratigraphy 3. Alluvial Environments: Streamflow / Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition / Alluvial Environments: Rivers, Arroyos, Terraces, and Fans / Alluvial Landscapes Evolution and the Archaeological Record / Alluvial Landscape Reconstruction 4. Eolian Environments: Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition / Sand Dunes / Loess and Dust / Stone Pavements / Eolian Erosion / Volcanic Ash (Tephra) 5. Springs, Lakes, Rockshelters, and Other Terrestrial Environments: Springs / Lakes / Slopes / Glaciers / Rockshelters and Caves 6. Coastal Environments: Coastal Processes / Late Quaternary Sea Level Changes / Coastal Environments / Coastal Landscape Evolution and the Archaeological Record / Coastal Landscape Reconstruction 7. The Postburial Disturbance af Archaeological Site Contexts: Cryoturbation / Argilliturbation / Graviturbation / Deformation / Other Physical Disturbances / Floralturbation / Faunalturbation 8. Geoarchaeological Research Appendix A: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating the Effects of Fluvial Landscape Evolution on the Archaeological Record Appendix B: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Site-Specific Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions Appendix C: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Regional Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions
The Quality Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Charles Perreault
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-09-16
The Quality Of The Archaeological Record written by Charles Perreault and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-16 with Social Science categories.
Paleobiology struggled for decades to influence our understanding of evolution and the history of life because it was stymied by a focus on microevolution and an incredibly patchy fossil record. But in the 1970s, the field took a radical turn, as paleobiologists began to investigate processes that could only be recognized in the fossil record across larger scales of time and space. That turn led to a new wave of macroevolutionary investigations, novel insights into the evolution of species, and a growing prominence for the field among the biological sciences. In The Quality of the Archaeological Record, Charles Perreault shows that archaeology not only faces a parallel problem, but may also find a model in the rise of paleobiology for a shift in the science and theory of the field. To get there, he proposes a more macroscale approach to making sense of the archaeological record, an approach that reveals patterns and processes not visible within the span of a human lifetime, but rather across an observation window thousands of years long and thousands of kilometers wide. Just as with the fossil record, the archaeological record has the scope necessary to detect macroscale cultural phenomena because it can provide samples that are large enough to cancel out the noise generated by micro-scale events. By recalibrating their research to the quality of the archaeological record and developing a true macroarchaeology program, Perreault argues, archaeologists can finally unleash the full contributive value of their discipline.
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record
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Author : Michael B. Schiffer
language : en
Publisher: Me-Int
Release Date : 1996
Formation Processes Of The Archaeological Record written by Michael B. Schiffer and has been published by Me-Int this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Social Science categories.
Synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists.
Method And Theory In Paleoethnobotany
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Author : John M. Marston
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Method And Theory In Paleoethnobotany written by John M. Marston and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Social Science categories.
Paleoethnobotany, the study of archaeological plant remains, is poised at the intersection of the study of the past and concerns of the present, including agricultural decision making, biodiversity, and global environmental change, and has much to offer to archaeology, anthropology, and the interdisciplinary study of human relationships with the natural world. Method and Theory in Paleoethnobotany demonstrates those connections and highlights the increasing relevance of the study of past human-plant interactions for understanding the present and future. A diverse and highly regarded group of scholars reference a broad array of literature from around the world as they cover their areas of expertise in the practice and theory of paleoethnobotany—starch grain analysis, stable isotope analysis, ancient DNA, digital data management, and ecological and postprocessual theory. The only comprehensive edited volume focusing on method and theory to appear in the last twenty-five years, Method and Theory in Paleoethnobotany addresses the new areas of inquiry that have become central to contemporary archaeological debates, as well as the current state of theoretical, methodological, and empirical work in paleoethnobotany.
Microarchaeology
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Author : Stephen Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-02-15
Microarchaeology written by Stephen Weiner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-15 with Social Science categories.
The archaeological record is a combination of what is seen by eye, as well as the microscopic record revealed with the help of instrumentation. The information embedded in the microscopic record can significantly add to our understanding of past human behaviour, provided this information has not been altered by the passage of time. Microarchaeology seeks to understand the microscopic record in terms of the type of information embedded in this record, the materials in which this information resides, and the conditions under which a reliable signal can be extracted. This book highlights the concepts needed to extract information from the microscopic record. Intended for all archaeologists and archaeological scientists, it will be of particular interest to students who have some background in the natural sciences as well as archaeology.