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Applied soils and micromorphology in archaeology/
"Applied Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology provides the most up-to-date information on soil science and its applications in archaeology. Based on more than three decades of investigations and experiments, the volume demonstrates how description protocols and complimentary methods (SEM...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University,
2018
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Background approach and methods. 1. Applied principles from geology and soil science ; 2. Complementary analyses ; 3. Systematic soil micromorphology description
- Part II. Soils and sediments. 4. Soils and burial (horizon types and effects of burial in the temperate and boreal regions) ; 5. Soil-sediments ; 6. Inundated freshwater and coastal marine sites
- Part III. Archaeological materials. 7. Archaeological materials and deposits
- Part IV. Features and activities in the landscape. 8. First records of human activity ; 9. Clearance and cultivation ; 10. Occupation surfaces and use of space ; 11. Settlement morphology ; 12. Site transformation ; 13. Final remarks
- Color plates and additional figures are available at www.cambridge.org/9781107648685
- Site gazetteer
- References
- Index.