Geoarchaeology in action : studies in soil micromorphology and landscape evolution / Charles French.

Author
French, C. A. I. (Charles A. I.) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Description
xxi, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    "Geoarchaeology in Action provides fresh perspectives on what is important in conducting geoarchaeological investigations on sites and in landscapes, irrespective of date, place and environment. These are backed up by a wide range of case studies that demonstrate how to discover and decipher past landscape change from a digger's, environmentalist's or soil micromorphologist's perspective."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280) and index.
    Contents
    • pt. 1. Some essential elements of geoarchaeology: method and practice
    • 1. Issues and aims in geoarchaeology
    • 2. Processes of archaeological preservation
    • 3. Geomorphological processes
    • 4. Soils, sediments and buried soils
    • 5. Lowland and upland landscape systems
    • pt. 2. Geoarchaeology in action: case studies and syntheses
    • 6. The lower Welland valley, Cambridgeshire, England
    • 7. The Fengate shore, lower Nene valley and the Flag Fen basin, Cambridgeshire, England
    • 8. The lower Great Ouse valley, Cambridgeshire, England
    • 9. The development of the Cambridgeshire fenlands of eastern England
    • 10. The dyke survey in the northwestern Cambridgeshire fenlands.
    ISBN
    • 0415273099
    • 9780415273091
    • 0415273102 ((pbk.))
    • 9780415273107 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2002068194
    OCLC
    50315236
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