Environmental & Earth Sciences

ISBN: 9781842172773
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785709920
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past, and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future. Ancient technologies are what engineers define as ‘intermediate’, which means that they are of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781784916879
Published by : Archaeopress
This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Sections include coverage of main rock-forming minerals and classes of rocks. Geological maps and stru... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781108462051
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This handbook defines the discipline of historical seismology by detailing the latest research methodologies for studying historical earthquakes and tsunamis. It describes the various sources that reference seismic phenomena, discusses the critica... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781788313018
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Environmental History and Global Change
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Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences. The field has been steadily enriched by scholars from a diversity of disciplines and much has happen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788779340961
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: (Black Sea Studies)
This volume challenges the orthodox view that fishing and fish played only a marginal role in the economy of the ancient world. In fact, there is archaeological evidence for ancient fish processing on a commercial scale not only in the Mediterrane... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783319253145
Published by : Springer Verlag
Modern archaeology can be considered as an interdisciplinary approach that increasingly combines different methods and datasets to answer questions about ancient cultures and their remains. Having its major focus on new technologies and multi-meth... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781118941058
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology goes beyond a mere review of current literature and features the most up to date contributions from numerous scientists working in the field. The book represents a groundbreaking and comprehensive r... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781138308589
Published by : Routledge
Series: Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
Pastoralists were a vital economic and social force in ancient societies around the globe, transforming landscapes poorly suited for agriculture into spaces of vast productive potential while simultaneously connecting mobile and sedentary communit... .... Learn More