Geological Methods for Archaeology

by: Herz, N. Garrison, E.G.

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Geological methods for archaeology

Authors:Norman Herz, Ervan G. Garrison

Summary:This study discusses the application of geological methods and theory to archaeology. Covering appropriate methods and techniques taken from geology, geophysics, geochemistry and geochronology, it shows the practicality and importance of the techniques' use in solving archaeological problems.

viii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Contents:
Foreword ; 1. Scope of Archaeological Geology ; 2. Geomorphology in Archaeology ; 3. Sediments and Soils ; 4. Chemical Methods ; 5. Radioactive Methods: Radioactive Decay and Age Determination ; 6. Radiation Damage, Cosmogenic and Atom Counting Techniques ; 7. Other Chronological Methods ; 8. Archaeogeophysical Exploration ; 9. Soil Phosphate in Archaeological Surveys ; 10. Archaeological Materials - Rocks and Minerals ; 11. Instrumental Analytical Techniques ; 12. Metallic Minerals and Archaeological Geology ; 13. Ceramics ; 14. Applications of Stable Isotopes in Archaeological Geology

Geological Methods for Archaeology

by: Herz, N. Garrison, E.G.

• ISBN-13: 9780195090246 / 978-0-19-509024-6
• ISBN-03: 0195090241 / 0-19-509024-1
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock