Environmental Archaeology

This volume is a guide to methods of interpreting the ecology of archaeological sites, and their applications.

Klappentext
Authoritative and essential guide to methods interpreting the ecology of archaeological sites, and their applications.

Zusammenfassung
Archaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sites. This book is an authoritative and essential guide to archaeological methods and their applications, illustrated by examples ranging from the Palaeolithic, through classical civilizations, to urban archaeology.

Inhalt
Part I. Introduction: 1. Environmental archaeology and human ecology; 2. Concepts for paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 3. Mechanisms of environmental change; 4. Human responses to environmental change; Part II: 5. Introduction to chronometry and correlation; 6. Measuring time with isotopes and magnetism; Part III: 7. Climate: the driving forces; 8. Climate reconstruction; Part IV. Geomorphology: 9. Landforms; 10. Landforms of shores and shallow water; Part V. Sediments and Soils: 11. Basic principles of sedimentology and soils science; 12. Archaeological matrices; Part V. Vegetation: 13. Concepts and methods of paleobotany; 14. Vegetation in paleoecology; 15. Concepts and methods for faunal paleoenvironments; 16. Faunal paleoecology; 17. Humans among animals; Part VIII. Integration: 18. Anthropocentric paleoecology.

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