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020 _a9781107011380 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a1107011388 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9781107648685 (paperback)
020 _a1107648688 (paperback)
082 0 0 _a930.1028
100 1 _aMacphail, Richard,
245 1 0 _aApplied soils and micromorphology in archaeology /
_cRichard I. Macphail, University College London, Institute of Archaeology; Paul Goldberg, Department of Archaeology, Boston University.
260 _aLondon:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018
300 _axxx, 600 pages :
_billustrations ;
490 0 _aCambridge manuals in archaeology
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 529-584) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
650 0 _aSoil science in archaeology.
650 0 _aSoil micromorphology.
700 1 _aGoldberg, Paul,
942 _cBK