Environmental Archaeology: Approaches, Techniques & ApplicationsEnvironmental archaeology concerns the study of vegetation... and animals..., which lived in association with the people of the past, and the way in which humans interacted with these other living organisms'. It is also about reconstructing the physicality of the landscapes in which people lived, hunted and farmed'. This excellent, uncomplicated' introduction discusses what environmental archaeology is, why it is studied and what contribution it can make to reconstructing the past. Individual chapters focus on how the field of study developed, its key principles, techniques and approaches, and how environmental archaeologists reach and communicate their interpretations of the evidence. Although there are many other similar introductions, this one is not geared towards students studying environmental archaeology, but to those interested in the subject. The well-written text is accompanied by lots of illustrations, diagrams and summaries. |
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Environmental Archaeology: Approaches, Techniques & Applications Keith Wilkinson,Chris Stevens No preview available - 2014 |
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agricultural Amarna analysis ancient animal bones archaeological record archaeological sites areas artefacts assemblages associated barley beetle biological remains braided river Bronze Age burial Çatalhöyük cattle cereal charred plant clay commonly context crops cultural deposits developed ditches dry valley economic ecosystem environmental archaeology evidence examining example excavations exploited field floodplain geoarchaeology glumes harvesting histogram Holocene human identified important indicate insects interpretation Iron Age landscape large numbers macrofossils mammals material means meat Mesolithic modern mollusc natural Neolithic palaeoenvironmental palaeosol palynologists past environments period phytoliths pigs pits plant remains pollen grains present preserved processes production Pupilla muscorum reconstruction recovered result ritual river samples sand sea level sediment sequence shells sieve silts snail social societies soil species spikelets stratigraphy structures suggested survive taxa theory uniformitarianism Vallonia Vallonia costata Vallonia excentrica vegetation vertebrate waterlogged weed seeds Weichselian wheat Workmen's Village zooarchaeologist