Applied soils and micromorphology in archaeology / Richard I. Macphail, University College London, Institute of Archaeology; Paul Goldberg, Department of Archaeology, Boston University.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge manuals in archaeologyPublication details: London: Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xxx, 600 pages : illustrationsISBN:- 9781107011380 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 1107011388 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781107648685 (paperback)
- 1107648688 (paperback)
- 930.1028
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-584) and index.
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 -- Site gazetteer -- References -- Index.
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