Wetland Archaeology & Environments
Title | Wetland Archaeology & Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Lillie |
Publisher | Oxbow Books Limited |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Science |
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For the past thirty years or so, wetlands have been at the forefront of developments in understanding past cultural activity and associated landscapes. Waterlogged environments and contexts not only preserve the organic part of the cultural record, but they also provide an archive of the environmental conditions pertaining at the time the deposits form, thereby allowing the detailed reconstruction of their associated environments and landscapes.
Enduring Records
Title | Enduring Records PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara A. Purdy |
Publisher | Oxbow Books Limited |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Nature |
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The 27 papers in this volume have been developed from presentations made at an international wetlands archaeology conference held in Gainsville, Florida in December 1999. The theme of the conference was: The Significance of the Survival of Organic Materials from Archaeological Contexts. Individuals from seventeen countries spoke about shipwrecks, bog bodies, cenotes of sacrifice, art styles, perishable technologies, palynology, wetlands management, conservation methods, and updates on famous sites. Time periods ranged from the early Pleistocene to a few hundred years ago. As the international composition of the delegates (including a large number of North American scientists) indicates, wetland archaeology has emerged in recent years as a unique discipline facing unique difficulties which are encountered on both sides of the Atlantic.
Hidden Dimensions
Title | Hidden Dimensions PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Bernick |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0774842555 |
Hidden Dimensions is a collection of essays drawn from papers presented at an international conference in Vancouver, British Columbia in April 1995. Scholars from around the globe examine several aspects of wetland archaeology in North America, Mexico, Europe, eastern Siberia, and New Zealand. Some of the essays in this volume explore environmental and historical contexts of wet-sites as well as past human adaptation to wetland environments. Others concentrate on the contributions of wetland archaeology to reconstructions of cultural history and the interpretation of unique perishable materials. In addition to discussions on the dynamic nature of wetlands and concern about the future of the cultural resources they contain, the authors look at practical issues of land management and object conservation. In Hidden Dimensions the authors seek to raise awareness of the significance of wetland archaeology issues at a time when wetlands around the globe are rapidly shrinking and their cultural contents are at risk of disappearing.
The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Francesco Menotti |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 970 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0199573492 |
This Handbook sets out the key issues and debates in the theory and practice of wetland archaeology which has played a crucial role in studies of our past. Due to the high quantity of preserved organic materials found in humid environments, the study of wetlands has allowed archaeologists to reconstruct people's everyday lives in great detail.
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond
Title | Wetland Archaeology and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Francesco Menotti |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 563 |
Release | 2012-03-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199571015 |
Wetland Archaeology and Beyond offers an appreciative study of the people, and their artefacts, who occupied a large variety of worldwide wetland archaeological sites. The volume also includes a comprehensive explanation of the processes involved in archaeological practice and theory.
Wetland Archaeology & Environments
Title | Wetland Archaeology & Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Lillie |
Publisher | Oxbow Books Limited |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
For the past thirty years or so, wetlands have been at the forefront of developments in understanding past cultural activity and associated landscapes. Waterlogged environments and contexts not only preserve the organic part of the cultural record, but they also provide an archive of the environmental conditions pertaining at the time the deposits form, thereby allowing the detailed reconstruction of their associated environments and landscapes.
Environmental Archaeology
Title | Environmental Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Evangelia Pişkin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2018-04-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3319750828 |
This book aims to thoroughly discuss new directions of thinking in the arena of environmental archaeology and test them by presenting new practical applications. Recent theoretical and epistemological advancement in the field of archaeology calls for a re-definition of the subdiscipline of environmental archaeology and its position within the practise of archaeology. New technological and methodological discoveries in hard sciences and computer applications opened fresh ways for interdisciplinary collaborations thus introducing new branches and specialisations that need now to be accommodated and integrated within the previous status-quo. This edited volume will take the challenge and engage with contemporary international discussions about the role of the discipline within the general framework of archaeology. By drawing upon these debates, the contributors to this volume will rethink what environmental archaeology is and what kind of input the investigation of this kind of materiality has to the reconstruction of human history and sociality.