Techniques in Archaeological Geology
| By: | Ervan Garrison |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9783319302300 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783319302324 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Copyright: | 2016 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include: historical principles; archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types; sediments and sediment analytic methods; archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes; ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods; geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials; commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology. Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.