The Abandonment of Settlements and Regions: Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Approaches

by Steve A Tomka, Catherine M. Cameron, Steve A. Tomka

Book Overview

All archaeological sites have been abandoned, but people abandoned sites in many different ways, and for different reasons. What they did when leaving a settlement, structure, or activity area had a direct effect on the kind and quality of the cultural remains entering the archaeological record - for example, whether tools were removed, destroyed, or buried in the ground, and building structures dismantled or left standing. This book examines abandonment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521574692
• ISBN13: 9780521574693
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 9.2"