Soils in Archaeological Research
ISBN-10: 0195149653
ISBN-13: 9780195149654
$135.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Aug 19, 2004
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.25x1.00x9.25 Inches
Weight
1.75 Pounds
About the Book
Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists. Not only are they primary reservoirs for artifacts, they often encase entire sites. And soil-forming processes in themselves are animportant component of site formation, influencing which artifacts, features, and environmental indicators (floral, faunal, and geological) will be destroyed and to what extent and which will be preserved and how well. In this book, Holliday will address each of these issues in terms offundamentals as well as in field case histories from all over the world. The focus will be on principles of soil geomorphology , soil stratigraphy, and soil chemistry and their applications in archaeological research.