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Book Synopsis Geoarchaeological and Microartifact Analysis of Archaeological Sediments by : Dimitris Kontogiorgos
Download or read book Geoarchaeological and Microartifact Analysis of Archaeological Sediments written by Dimitris Kontogiorgos and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoarchaeology is the field of study that applies the concepts and methods of the geosciences to archaeological research. Geoarchaeological studies are important to archaeology because they can significantly enhance the archaeological interpretation. This book presents a geoarchaeological investigation of the processes involved in the formation of the Neolithic site at Paliambela in the Northern Pieria region of Central Macedonia, Northern Greece which unusually comprises both a tell and flat/extended component. Evidence (i.e., pits) of the Byzantine-Ottoman period was also detected on the tell part of the Neolithic site. The book presents and interprets the results of geoarchaeological analysis of core-data and of selected deposits (pits and ditches of the Neolithic period and pits of the Byzantine-Ottoman period, for comparative purposes) within the site. It also explores the spatial organisation of these deposits in more detail applying non-linear and linear methods of statistical analysis on the smallest cultural indicators (i.e., microartIfacts) detected on these archaeological deposits. The overall outcome of this analysis is the recognition that the formation of the archaeological deposits from both parts of the site, both temporally and spatially, was largely the result of differences in human activities and probably in the organisation of human activities that seem to preserve the two components of the Neolithic site as spatially distinct over time while differences between the Neolithic and the Byzantine-Ottoman contexts broadly indicate differences in the living environment between the prehistoric and the historic settlement.
Book Synopsis Applications of Self-Organizing Maps by : Magnus Johnsson
Download or read book Applications of Self-Organizing Maps written by Magnus Johnsson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The self-organizing map, first described by the Finnish scientist Teuvo Kohonen, can by applied to a wide range of fields. This book is about such applications, i.e. how the original self-organizing map as well as variants and extensions of it can be applied in different fields. In fourteen chapters, a wide range of such applications is discussed. To name a few, these applications include the analysis of financial stability, the fault diagnosis of plants, the creation of well-composed heterogeneous teams and the application of the self-organizing map to the atmospheric sciences.
Book Synopsis Geoarchaeology by : George Robert Rapp
Download or read book Geoarchaeology written by George Robert Rapp and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology
Book Synopsis Journal of Northwest Anthropology by : Roderick Sprague
Download or read book Journal of Northwest Anthropology written by Roderick Sprague and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine Crossing: Representing Native American Lived Experience - Benedict J. Colombi Evidence for Thermal Preconditioning in Patinated Basaltic Chipped Stone Artifacts -Edward F. Bakewell Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 56th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Bellingham, 19-22 March 2003 Barnacles: Fed Up with Being Unappreciated; First Prize Student Paper 56th Northwest Anthropological Conference - Keturah Huber and Jade Sommer Northern Exposure: A Site for Hegemonic Struggle? Second Prize Student Paper 56th Northwest Anthropological Conference - Jennifer C. Gatzke Sea-Level History and the Archaeology of the Northern Oregon Coast: A Case Study from Netarts Bay - Robert J. Losey
Book Synopsis Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory by : Michael B Schiffer
Download or read book Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory written by Michael B Schiffer and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Volume 11 is a collection of papers that discusses world systems theory, modeling interregional interaction in prehistory, and the archaeological analysis of ceramics. Some papers review dating and weathering of inorganic materials, strategies for paleo-environmental reconstruction, as well as deposits and depositional events. One paper reviews the Old World state formation that occurred in West Asia during the fourth and third millennia B.C. Another paper examines the role of interactions among societies in the process of local social change, and the need for archaeologists to develop a framework in which to analyze intersocietal interaction processes. The presence of items such as ceramics is associated directly to factors of availability, functions, economic values, or ethnic affiliation. As an example, one paper cites the use and misuse of English and American ceramics in archaeological analysis in identifying cultural patterns and human behavior. Another paper notes that each biological or mechanical agent of transport and deposition has its own respective attributes on a deposit where the attributes of sedimentary particles on the deposit can be defined. From such definitions, the archaeologists can make observations and inferences. Sociologists, anthropologist, ethnographers, museum curators, professional or amateur archaeologists, and academicians studying historical antiquities will find the collection very useful.
Book Synopsis Sediments in Archaeological Context by : Julie K. Stein
Download or read book Sediments in Archaeological Context written by Julie K. Stein and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 matrix within which they are located is often unsophisticated and does not include systematic analysis. Sediments in Archaeological Context concerns 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.
Book Synopsis Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology by : Paul Goldberg
Download or read book Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology written by Paul Goldberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic deposits and site formation processes and their investigation. provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies, and help foster the dialog among diverse researchers investigating archaeological sites. Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology, and a great practical reference for practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies internationally.
Book Synopsis Earth Sciences and Archaeology by : Paul Goldberg
Download or read book Earth Sciences and Archaeology written by Paul Goldberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together contributions from an experienced group of archaeologists and geologists whose common objective is to present thorough and current reviews of the diverse ways in which methods from the earth sciences can contribute to archaeological research. Many areas of research are addressed here, including artifact analysis and sourcing, landscape reconstruction and site formation analysis, soil micromorphology and geophysical exploration of buried sites.
Book Synopsis Is It a House? by : Amanda K. Taylor
Download or read book Is It a House? written by Amanda K. Taylor and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prehistoric houses on the Northwest Coast were built from wood, often within piles of discarded shells, leaving little archaeological evidence from which to confirm their presence. Is It a House? uses multiple lines of evidence to investigate whether the U-shaped depression surrounded by shells at the English Camp site on San Juan Island was originally a house constructed by native peoples. Each chapter addresses a different kind of evidence, including artifacts, sediment, faunal remains, and stratigraphy. The quantitative and qualitative analyses used to examine the evidence reveal new directions and insights for identifying houses in similar contexts. The editors introduce the research in the context of current and past Gulf of Georgia (Coast Salish) archaeology, and end by synthesizing the research evidence.
Book Synopsis Soils in Archaeological Research by : Vance T. Holliday
Download or read book Soils in Archaeological Research written by Vance T. Holliday and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 an important 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 of fundamentals 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.
Book Synopsis Techniques in Archaeological Geology by : Ervan Garrison
Download or read book Techniques in Archaeological Geology written by Ervan Garrison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include: historical principles; archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types; sediments and sediment analytic methods; archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes; ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods; geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials; commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology. Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.
Book Synopsis Analysis of Lithic Artefact Microdebitage for Chronological Determination of Archaeological Sites by : George J. Susino
Download or read book Analysis of Lithic Artefact Microdebitage for Chronological Determination of Archaeological Sites written by George J. Susino and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of Lithic Artefact Microdebitage for Chronological Determination of Archaeologica Aby George J Susino This study explores several different techniques to isolate and determine the age of lithic microdebitage in relation to archaeological deposits and sedimentation.
Book Synopsis Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro-archaeological Techniques by : Lynn Rainville
Download or read book Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro-archaeological Techniques written by Lynn Rainville and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn Rainville's revised thesis uses micro-debris analyis' to investigate aspects of domestic life in three Early Bronze Age sites, two urban and one rural, in southeastern Turkey.
Book Synopsis Journal of Northwest Anthropology by :
Download or read book Journal of Northwest Anthropology written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journal of Northwest Anthropology by : Darby C. Stapp
Download or read book Journal of Northwest Anthropology written by Darby C. Stapp and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Immigrant Women in Seattle: The Influence of Ken Affiliation, Residential Location, and Employment Status by Akiko Nosaka and Donna Lockwood Leonetti Seasonal Sociopolitical Reversals and the Reinforcement of Autonomy and Fluidity among the Coast Salish by Emily Helmer Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Spatial Database to Enhance Potential of Legacy Collections at the Washington State University Museum of Anthropology by William J. Damitio, Andrew Gillreath-Brown, and Shannon Tushingham Coast Salish Sweep ~ Tripling Chehalis Stories by Jay Miller The Hunting of Marine Animals and Fishing among the Natives of the Northwest Coast of America by Alphonse Louis Pinart, Translated by Richard L. Bland Abstracts from the 70th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, WA, 13–15 April 2017
Book Synopsis Deciphering a Shell Midden by : Julie K. Stein
Download or read book Deciphering a Shell Midden written by Julie K. Stein and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest research on shell middens: sites that contain shell and are located near coastal and fluvial settings around the world. The shell imparts certain characteristics to sites such as complex discontinuous strata, low densities of artifacts, large volumes of deposits, alkaline chemistry and proximity to fluctuating sea level. The shell midden is often a product of both cultural and non-cultural events, such as saturation of the lower portion of the midden by rising sea level, or differential weathering of shell and bone. These non-cultural events affect cultural interpretations. The book aims to provide a detailed history of shell midden research and a description of procedures and analyses using an example of a Northwest Coast shell midden. Key Features * Excavation strategy * Use of microartifacts * Classification of fire-cracked rock * Detection of burned bone * Use of grain-size analysis on shell * Stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis
Book Synopsis Applied Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology by : Richard I. Macphail
Download or read book Applied Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology written by Richard I. Macphail and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uniquely focuses on all aspects of archaeological soil micromorphology, based upon the authors' joint sixty years of worldwide studies.
