Soils in Archaeological Research
By addebook • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Astronomy & Geography
Soils in Archaeological Research
Soils in Archaeological Research
By Vance T. Holliday
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2004-08-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195149653
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195149654
Binding: Hardcover
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.
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