Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, 2 Teile
2 Volume Set
Edition number: 2. Aufl.
Publisher: Wiley & Sons
Date of Publication: 1 January 2023
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| ISBN13: | 9781119592044 |
| ISBN10: | 1119592046 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 1328 pages |
| Size: | 284x220x74 mm |
| Weight: | 4116 g |
| Language: | English |
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HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCESA modern and comprehensive introduction to methods and techniques in archaeologyIn the newly revised Second Edition of the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, a team of more than 100 researchers delivers a comprehensive and accessible overview of modern methods used in the archaeological sciences. The book covers all relevant approaches to obtaining and analyzing archaeological data, including dating methods, quaternary paleoenvironments, human bioarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology and archaeogenetics, resource exploitation, archaeological prospection, and assessing the decay and conservation of specimens.Overview chapters introduce readers to the relevance of each area, followed by contributions from leading experts that provide detailed technical knowledge and application examples.Readers will also find:* A thorough introduction to human bioarchaeology, including hominin evolution and paleopathology* The use of biomolecular analysis to characterize past environments* Novel approaches to the analysis of archaeological materials that shed new light on early human lifestyles and societies* In-depth explorations of the statistical and computational methods relevant to archaeologyPerfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of archaeology, the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences will also earn a prominent place in the libraries of researchers and professionals with an interest in the geological, biological, and genetic basis of archaeological studies.
Table of Contents:
Section 1. DatingOverviewQuaternary geochronological frameworksNew developments in Radiocarbon datingDendrochronology and archaeologyTrapped charge dating and archaeologyU
-series datingArchaeomagnetic datingObsidian hydration dating with SIMSAmino acid datingAn introduction to tephrochronology and the correlation of sedimentary sequences using volcanic ash layersSection 2. Quaternary PalaeoenvironmentsOverviewModelling Quaternary PalaeoclimatesIce core and marine sediment records of Quaternary environmental changeInsects as palaeoenvironmental and archaeological indicatorsNon
-marine molluscs as palaeoenvironmental indicatorsMammals as palaeoenvironmental indicatorsLake and peat records of climate change and archaeologyArchaeological soil micromorphologyPollen and macroscopic plant remains as indicators of local and regional environmentsEnvironmental controls on human dispersal and adaptationHolocene climate changes and human consequencesSection 3. Human BioarchaeologyOverviewHominin evolutionBiological distance (normal variation/non
-metrical and metrical analysis)PalaeopathologyIntegrating bioarchaeology and palaeodemographyPalaeodiet through stable isotope analysisPalaeomobility through stable isotopesPreserved human bodiesCremated boneSection 4. Biomolecular ArchaeologyOverviewZooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS)Archaeological proteomicsThe use of immunological methods in archaeologyLipids in archaeologyArchaeological microbiologyDental calculusThe biomolecular archaeology of psychoactive substancesSection 5. ArchaeogeneticsOverviewSex and kinship typing of human archaeological remainsHuman populations ? origins and movementPalaeogenomics of extinct and archaic humansPalaeogenetics and palaeogenomics to study the domestication of animalsDomestication of plantsPalaeomicrobiology of human infectious diseasesSection 6. Biological Resource ExploitationOverviewArchaeobotanyHuman impact on vegetationZooarchaeologyCoprolites/intestinal contentsInvertebratesSecondary animal and plant productsSection 7. Inorganic Resource ExploitationOverviewLithic exploitation and usewear analysisAncient binders and pigmentsMaterials analysis of ceramicsThe archaeometry of glassMining and resource procurement: methods and approaches to the appropriation of mineral raw materials in past societiesMaking and using metalsProvenancing inorganic materials: biography and mutabilitySection 8. Archaeological ProspectionOverviewApproaches to archaeological surface surveyGeophysical survey techniquesRemote sensing/LIDARGeochemical prospectingIntegrating survey dataSection 9. Burial, Decay and Archaeological ConservationOverviewDefining the burial environmentMetallic corrosion processes and information from corrosion productsPost
-depositional changes in archaeological ceramics and glassDeterioration of organic materialsDiagenetic alterations to vertebrate mineralized tissuesForensic taphonomySection 10. Statistical and Computational MethodsOverviewSpatial information in archaeologyMultivariate analysis in archaeologyThe Bayesian inferential paradigm in archaeologyQuantification in zooarchaeology and palaeoethno(archaeo)botanyThe use of kernel density estimates on chemical and isotopic data in archaeologyModelling/Simulations in archaeologyBig data in archaeology
-series datingArchaeomagnetic datingObsidian hydration dating with SIMSAmino acid datingAn introduction to tephrochronology and the correlation of sedimentary sequences using volcanic ash layersSection 2. Quaternary PalaeoenvironmentsOverviewModelling Quaternary PalaeoclimatesIce core and marine sediment records of Quaternary environmental changeInsects as palaeoenvironmental and archaeological indicatorsNon
-marine molluscs as palaeoenvironmental indicatorsMammals as palaeoenvironmental indicatorsLake and peat records of climate change and archaeologyArchaeological soil micromorphologyPollen and macroscopic plant remains as indicators of local and regional environmentsEnvironmental controls on human dispersal and adaptationHolocene climate changes and human consequencesSection 3. Human BioarchaeologyOverviewHominin evolutionBiological distance (normal variation/non
-metrical and metrical analysis)PalaeopathologyIntegrating bioarchaeology and palaeodemographyPalaeodiet through stable isotope analysisPalaeomobility through stable isotopesPreserved human bodiesCremated boneSection 4. Biomolecular ArchaeologyOverviewZooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS)Archaeological proteomicsThe use of immunological methods in archaeologyLipids in archaeologyArchaeological microbiologyDental calculusThe biomolecular archaeology of psychoactive substancesSection 5. ArchaeogeneticsOverviewSex and kinship typing of human archaeological remainsHuman populations ? origins and movementPalaeogenomics of extinct and archaic humansPalaeogenetics and palaeogenomics to study the domestication of animalsDomestication of plantsPalaeomicrobiology of human infectious diseasesSection 6. Biological Resource ExploitationOverviewArchaeobotanyHuman impact on vegetationZooarchaeologyCoprolites/intestinal contentsInvertebratesSecondary animal and plant productsSection 7. Inorganic Resource ExploitationOverviewLithic exploitation and usewear analysisAncient binders and pigmentsMaterials analysis of ceramicsThe archaeometry of glassMining and resource procurement: methods and approaches to the appropriation of mineral raw materials in past societiesMaking and using metalsProvenancing inorganic materials: biography and mutabilitySection 8. Archaeological ProspectionOverviewApproaches to archaeological surface surveyGeophysical survey techniquesRemote sensing/LIDARGeochemical prospectingIntegrating survey dataSection 9. Burial, Decay and Archaeological ConservationOverviewDefining the burial environmentMetallic corrosion processes and information from corrosion productsPost
-depositional changes in archaeological ceramics and glassDeterioration of organic materialsDiagenetic alterations to vertebrate mineralized tissuesForensic taphonomySection 10. Statistical and Computational MethodsOverviewSpatial information in archaeologyMultivariate analysis in archaeologyThe Bayesian inferential paradigm in archaeologyQuantification in zooarchaeology and palaeoethno(archaeo)botanyThe use of kernel density estimates on chemical and isotopic data in archaeologyModelling/Simulations in archaeologyBig data in archaeology
