Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

Provides an overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. This book demonstrates the approaches and the problems that it can tackle. It is suitable for archaeology students, practicing archaeologists, and geoscientists who need to understand and apply these methodologies.

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"Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" provides an invaluable 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. This book reflects the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. It covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic site formation processes and their investigation. It also provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. "Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology" is essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists, and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies.