Encyclopedia of geoarchaeology
Geoarchaeology is the archaeological subfield that focuses on archaeological information retrieval and problem solving utilizing the methods of geological investigation. Archaeological recovery and analysis are already geoarchaeological in the most fundamental sense because buried remains are contai...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London
Springer Reference
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Encyclopedia of earth sciences series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Geoarchaeology is the archaeological subfield that focuses on archaeological information retrieval and problem solving utilizing the methods of geological investigation. Archaeological recovery and analysis are already geoarchaeological in the most fundamental sense because buried remains are contained within and removed from an essentially geological context. Yet geoarchaeological research goes beyond this simple relationship and attempts to build collaborative links between specialists in archaeology and the earth sciences to produce new knowledge about past human behavior using the technical information and methods of the geosciences.0The principal goals of geoarchaeology lie in understanding the relationships between humans and their environment. These goals include (1) how cultures adjust to their ecosystem through time, (2) what earth science factors were related to the evolutionary emergence of humankind, and (3) which methodological tools involving analysis of sediments and landforms, documentation and explanation of change in buried materials, and measurement of time will allow access to new aspects of the past |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xxviii, 1046 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Pläne 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789400748286 978-94-007-4828-6 9789400748279 978-94-007-4827-9 |