Julie K. Stein

Sediments in Archaeological Context

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Almost Every Artifact in archaeological analysis originates in or on the ground. While there are elaborate methods for extracting and analyzing artifacts, treatment of the material within which they are located is often unsophisticated and does not include systematic analysis. Sediments in Archaeological Context is concerned with the analysis of this matrix and the potential use of sediments to answer archaeological questions. Describing sediments and sampling them in appropriate ways do not replace the study of artifacts, but they can provide additional, useful information regarding a site complex, its physical environment, and the relations of artifacts to each other. Each chapter in the volume considers sediments within a specific context. Topics include sediments found in a variety of environments: cultural environments, rockshelter and cave environments, dryland alluvial environments, humid alluvial environments, lake environments, shoreline environments, and spring and wetland environments. Sediments in Archaeological Context is intended for every archaeologist who investigates sites in depositional contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Utah Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780874806915
• ISBN-10: 0874806917
• Artikelnr.: 22312991

Autorenporträt

William R. Farrand is director emeritus of the Exhibit Museum of Natural History and professor emeritus of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. Julie K. Stein is professor of anthropology and dean of computing, facilities, and research at the University of Washington.