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Environmental Archaeology : Principles and Practice by Dena Ferran Dincauze (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521310776
ISBN-139780521310772
eBay Product ID (ePID)1722193
Product Key Features
Number of Pages620 Pages
Publication NameEnvironmental Archaeology : Principles and Practice
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
SubjectArchaeology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science
AuthorDeNA Ferran Dincauze
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight43.1 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-039090
Reviews"Dincauze's comprehensive book provides an excellent survey of the study of environmental data and paleocology at archeological sites." CHOICE March 2001, "This important addition to the archaeological literature is certain to benefit graduate teaching in environmental archaeology." CHOICE March 2001, 'The text is comprehensive ... as an overview of many aspects of environmental archaeology and related subjects it is hard to beat.' Hannah O'Regan, The Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 'In short, any archaeologist who seeks to place their cultural studies into an environmental context should read this book, regardless of whether they are practising environmentalists or not.' Adam Gardner, The Holocene, "This book is a well-written and informative discourse on environmental archaeology." Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal930.1
Table Of ContentPart I. Introduction: 1. Environmental archaeology and human ecology; 2. Concepts for paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 3. Mechanisms of environmental change; 4. Human responses to environmental change; Part II: 5. Introduction to chronometry and correlation; 6. Measuring time with isotopes and magnetism; Part III: 7. Climate: the driving forces; 8. Climate reconstruction; Part IV. Geomorphology: 9. Landforms; 10. Landforms of shores and shallow water; Part V. Sediments and Soils: 11. Basic principles of sedimentology and soils science; 12. Archaeological matrices; Part V. Vegetation: 13. Concepts and methods of paleobotany; 14. Vegetation in paleoecology; 15. Concepts and methods for faunal paleoenvironments; 16. Faunal paleoecology; 17. Humans among animals; Part VIII. Integration: 18. Anthropocentric paleoecology.
SynopsisArchaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches in order to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sites. But borrowing concepts from other disciplines demands a critical understanding, and the methods must be appropriate to particular sets of data. This book is an authoritative and essential guide to methods, ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany and faunal paleoecology. Their applications are illustrated by examples from the Paleolithic, through classical civilizations, to urban archaeology., Archaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sites. This book is an authoritative and essential guide to archaeological methods and their applications, illustrated by examples ranging from the Palaeolithic, through classical civilizations, to urban archaeology., Archaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches in order to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sites. Dena Dincauze has written an authoritative and essential guide to a variety of archaeological methods, ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany and faunal paleoecology. Professor Dincauze insists that borrowing concepts from other disciplines demands a critical understanding of their theoretical roots. Moreover, the methods that are chosen must be appropriate to particular sets of data. The applications of the methods needed for an holistic human-ecology approach in archaeology are illustrated by examples ranging from the Paleolithic, through classical civilizations, to recent urban archaeology.
LC Classification NumberCC81 .D56 2000
