(Η/Β) RECONSTRUCTING ARCHAELOGICAL SITES

Παρουσίαση

A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix
Reconstructing Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and practical aspects of depositional processes in an archaeological site. It contains an in-depth discussion on the role of stratigraphy that helps determine how deposits are organised in time and space. The authors - two experts in the field - include the information needed to help recognise depositional systems, processes and stratigraphic units that aid in the interpreting the stratigraphy and deposits of a site in the field.
The book is filled with practical tools, numerous illustrative examples, drawings and photos as well as compelling descriptions that help visualise depositional processes and clarify how these build the stratigraphy of a site. Based on the authors' years of experience, the book offers a holistic approach to the study of archaeological deposits that spans the broad fundamental aspects to the smallest details. (From the publisher)

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: A Depositional Approach to the Study of Archaeological Excavations
1 Principles of Site?formation or Depositional Processes
2 Natural Sediments and Processes in Sites
3 Anthropogenic Sediments
4 Site Stratigraphy
5 Non?architectural Sites
6 Architectural Sites
7 Some Approaches to Field Sediment Study
Concluding Remarks
References
Index