The Late Quaternary Geology and Archaeology of Whitewater Draw, Southeastern Arizona
Author : Michael R. Waters
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Archaeology
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Author : Michael R. Waters
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Archaeology
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Author : Michael R. Waters
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 22,58 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Science
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"A fine example of the contributions that can be made by well-defined and organized geoarchaeological investigations." --Quaternary Science Reviews "A welcome addition to our library of southwestern studies. Well-written, extremely well illustrated, and filled with useful dates, field techniques, and stratigraphic data." --International Journal of Geoarchaeology "This geoarchaeological study is in the very best tradition of interdisciplinary research that applies geological concepts and methods to the study of archaeological contexts." --The Kiva
Author : Emil W. Haury
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081653490X
"Emil Haury stands as one of the finest archaeologists of the American Southwest. He skills were sharpened by the best mentors—Cummings, Douglass, Gladwin—and eventually Haury's excavations became the definitive work on the Mogollon and Hohokam cultures. . . . This work is a 'best of Haury' collection of many of his previously published works, with excellent introductory essays by colleagues and noted archaeologists—gathered into one, readable volume."—Choice
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Geology
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Author : Michael R. Waters
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816517701
Geoarchaeological studies can significantly enhance interpretations of human prehistory by allowing archaeologists to decipher from sediments and soils the effects of earth processes on the evidence of human activity. While a number of previous books have provided broad geographic and temporal treatments of geoarchaeology, this new volume presents a single author's view intended for North American archaeologists. Waters deals with those aspects of geoarchaeologyÑstratigraphy, site formation processes, and landscape reconstructionÑmost fundamental to archaeology, and he focuses on the late Quaternary of North America, permitting in-depth discussions of the concepts directly applicable to that research. Assuming no prior geologic knowledge on the part of the reader, Waters provides a background in fundamental geological processes and the basic tools of geoarchaeology. He then proceeds to relate specific physical processes, microenvironments, deposits, and landforms associated with riverine, desert, lake, glacial, cave, coastal, and other environments to archaeological site formation, location, and context. This practical volume illustrates the contributions of geoarchaeological investigations and demonstrates the need to make such studies an integral part of archaeological research. The text is enhanced by more than a hundred line drawings and photographs. CONTENTS 1. Research Objectives of Geoarchaeology 2. Geoarchaeological Foundations: The Archaeological Site Matrix: Sediments and Soils / Stratigraphy / The Geoarchaeological Interpretation of Sediments, Soils, and Stratigraphy 3. Alluvial Environments: Streamflow / Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition / Alluvial Environments: Rivers, Arroyos, Terraces, and Fans / Alluvial Landscapes Evolution and the Archaeological Record / Alluvial Landscape Reconstruction 4. Eolian Environments: Sediment Erosion, Transport, and Deposition / Sand Dunes / Loess and Dust / Stone Pavements / Eolian Erosion / Volcanic Ash (Tephra) 5. Springs, Lakes, Rockshelters, and Other Terrestrial Environments: Springs / Lakes / Slopes / Glaciers / Rockshelters and Caves 6. Coastal Environments: Coastal Processes / Late Quaternary Sea Level Changes / Coastal Environments / Coastal Landscape Evolution and the Archaeological Record / Coastal Landscape Reconstruction 7. The Postburial Disturbance af Archaeological Site Contexts: Cryoturbation / Argilliturbation / Graviturbation / Deformation / Other Physical Disturbances / Floralturbation / Faunalturbation 8. Geoarchaeological Research Appendix A: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating the Effects of Fluvial Landscape Evolution on the Archaeological Record Appendix B: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Site-Specific Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions Appendix C: Geoarchaeological Studies Illustrating Regional Synchronic and Diachronic Alluvial Landscape Reconstructions
Author : American Quaternary Association
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
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Author : John Tilton Hack
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Page : 73 pages
File Size : 23,88 MB
Release : 1939
Category : Geology
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Page : 654 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 1985
Category : America
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Page : 470 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Archaeology
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Author : T. Kathleen Henderson
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Archaeology
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