Geoarchaeology, climate change, and sustainability
By: edited by Antony G. Brown, Laura S. Basell, Karl W. Butzer
Series: Special paper -- 476
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780813724768
Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Archaeological geology; Paleoecology
Description: This volume provides a broad survey of recent advances in geoarchaeology with particular attention to environmental change. The fourteen chapters include methodologically innovative research, case studies valuable for teaching, and the use of geological techniques to answer archaeological questions from lower Paleolithic hunting to the location of Homer's Ithaca. The research presented here clearly demonstrates the value and practical application of geoarchaeological techniques from sediment-based dating to geographic information systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.