Author: J. Keith RigbyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Recognition of Ancient Sedimentary Environments
Author: J. Keith RigbyRecognition of Ancient Sedimentary Environments
Author: J. Keith RigbyPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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The National union catalog, 1968-1972
Author: Soils, Climate and Society
Author: John D. WingardPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457174111
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land--the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. The volume traces the origins of agriculture, the transition to agrarian societies, the sociocultural implications of agriculture, agriculture's effects on population, and the theory of carrying capacity, considering the relation of agriculture to the profound social changes that it wrought in the New World. Soil science plays a significant, though varied, role in each case study, and is the common component of each analysis. Soil chemistry is also of particular importance to several of the studies, as it determines the amount of food that can be produced in a particular soil and the effects of occupation or cultivation on that soil, thus having consequences for future cultivators. Soils, Climate and Society demonstrates that renewed investigation of agricultural production and demography can answer questions about the past, as well as stimulate further research. It will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, historical ecology and geography, and agricultural history.
National Union Catalog
Author: Recent Developments in Isthmian Archaeology
Author: Frederick W. LangePublisher: BAR International Series
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: Catalog of the United States Geological Survey Library
Author: U.S. Geological Survey LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Wet Site Archaeology
Author: Barbara A. PurdyPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351086200
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This volume, the result of an International Conference on Wet Site Archaeology funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, explores the rewards and responsibilities of recovering unique assemblages from water-saturated deposits. Characteristics common to all archaeological wet sites are identified from Newfoundland to Chile, Polynesia to Florida, and from the Late Pleistocene to the Twentieth Century. Topics include innovative excavation and preservation methods; the need for adequate funding to preserve and analyze the abundant biological and cultural remains recovered only at archaeological wet sites; expanded knowledge of past environments, subsistence, technologies, artistic expressions, skeletal structure, and pathologies; the urgency to inform developers and governmental bodies about the invisible heritage entombed in wetlands that is often destroyed before it can be investigated; a formula for establishing priorities for excavating wet sites; and how to determine when enough of a wet site has been sampled.Many famous sites and discoveries are described in this volume, including Herculaneum, Hoko River, Hontoon Island, Key Marco, Monte Verde, Ozette, Somerset Levels, Windover, bog bodies of Northern Europe, and lake dwellers of Switzerland. Professional and amateur archaeologists, as well as anyone interested in archaeology or the significance of wet site archaeology will find this book fascinating.
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