Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Floodplain Archaeology and Environmental Change

by Tony Brown and A.G. Brown

Book Overview

This comprehensive manual is designed to give archaeologists the necessary background knowledge in environmental science required to excavate and analyse archaeological sites by rivers and on floodplains. Part I covers the techniques for studying alluvial environments, while Part II reviews the literature on the archaeology of alluvial environments and presents new information on alluviation and site formation in both the British Isles and Mediterranean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052156820X
• ISBN13: 9780521568203
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.7"