Tectonic Archaeology: Subduction Zone Geology in Japan and Its Archaeological Implications

by Gina L. Barnes

The effects of tectonic processes on archaeological sites are evidenced by earthquake damage, volcanic eruptions, and tsunami destruction. However, these processes affect a far broader sphere of landform structures, environment, and even climate that envelops an archaeological site and triggers human behavioural activities. Tectonic processes derive directly or indirectly from Plate Tectonics and associated magmatic activity of the Earth's mantle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803273992
• ISBN13: 9781803273990
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 8.09 lbs.