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Soils in archaeological research / by Vance T. Holliday

Author
Holliday, Vance T.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 448 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Terminology and methodology -- Conceptual approaches to pedogenesis -- Soil surveys and archaeology -- Soil stratigraphy -- Soil stratigraphy in geoarchaeological contexts -- Soils and time -- Soils and paleoenvironmental reconstructions -- Soils and landscape evolution -- Soil genesis and site-formation processes -- Human impacts on soils.
Summary
Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists. Not only are they primary reservoirs for artifacts, they often encase entire sites. And soil-forming processes in themselves are an important component of site formation, influencing which artifacts, features, and environmental indicators (floral, faunal, and geological) will be destroyed and to what extent and which will be preserved and how well. In this book, Holliday will address each of these issues in terms of fundamentals as well as in field case histories from all over the world. The focus will be on principles of soil geomorphology , soil stratigraphy, and soil chemistry and their applications in archaeological research.
Report Numbers
MYILIB_CUp
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ISBN
1423761510 (electronic bk.)
9781423761518 (electronic bk.)
9780197561874 (ebook)
019756187X (ebook)
9781433701139
1433701138
1280482036
9781280482038
9780195149654 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0195149653 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780195348811
0195348818
9786610482030
6610482039
0195149653 (Cloth)
0199882088
9780199882083
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-415) and index.
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