LEADER 04157oam 2200793I 450 001 9910451435403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-48234-5 010 $a1-299-14676-7 010 $a1-280-11238-7 010 $a0-203-98714-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203987148 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250244 035 $a(EBL)240434 035 $a(OCoLC)310464629 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198299 035 $a(PQKB)10036021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293026 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240434 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099593 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL11238 035 $a(OCoLC)995531926 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL445926 035 $a(OCoLC)1027169241 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250244 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGeoarchaeology in action $estudies in soil micromorphology and landscape evolution /$fCharles French 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27310-2 311 $a0-415-27309-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280). 327 $aCover; Geoarchaeology in Action; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART 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; PART 2 Geoarchaeology in action: case studies and syntheses; 6 The lower Welland valley, Cambridgeshire, England 327 $a7 The Fengate shore, lower Nene valley and the Flag Fen basin, Cambridgeshire, England8 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; 11 Monitoring desiccation, erosion and preservation of sites and landscapes in the East Anglian wetlands and elsewhere; 12 Wyke Down and the upper Allen valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England; 13 The lower Aguas basin, southeastern Spain; 14 The Troina river valley, north-central Sicily 327 $a15 The Dhamar region, Central Highlands, Yemen16 The environs of Tell Brak, northeastern Syria; 17 The steppe at Botai, northeastern Kazakhstan; Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $aGeoarchaeology in Action provides much-needed 'hands on' methodologies to assist anyone conducting or studying geoarchaeological investigations on sites and in landscapes, irrespective of date, place and environment.The book sets out the essential features of geoarchaeological practice and geomorphological processes, and is deliberately aimed at the archaeologist as practitioner in the field. It explains the basics - what can be expected, what approaches may be taken, and what outcomes might be forthcoming, and asks what we can reasonably expect a micromorphological approach to ar 606 $aArchaeological geology 606 $aLandscape changes 606 $aSoil science in archaeology 606 $aSoil micromorphology 606 $aSoil formation 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchaeological geology. 615 0$aLandscape changes. 615 0$aSoil science in archaeology. 615 0$aSoil micromorphology. 615 0$aSoil formation. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a930.1/028 700 $aFrench$b C. A. I$g(Charles A. I.),$01055379 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451435403321 996 $aGeoarchaeology in action$92488727 997 $aUNINA