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993529
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b747899
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Dincauze, Dena Ferran
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Environmental archaeology : : principles and practice /\ Dena Ferran Dincauze.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, ©2000.
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xxx, 587 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0521310776
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: 0521325684
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: 9780521310772
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: 9780521325684
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-576) and index.
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| Contents
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List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- pt. I: Introduction. Environmental archaeology and human ecology ; Concepts for paleoenvironmental reconstruction ; Mechanisms of environmental change ; Human responses to environmental change -- pt. II: Chronology. Introduction to chronometry and correlation ; Measuring time with isotopes and magnetism -- pt. III: Climate. Climate: The driving forces ; Climate reconstruction -- pt. IV: Geomorphology. Landforms ; Landforms of shores and shallow water -- pt. V: Sediments and soils. Basic principles of sedimentology and soils science ; Archaeological matrices -- pt. VI: Vegetation. Concepts and methods in paleobotany ; Vegetation in paleoecology -- pt. VII: Fauna. Faunal paleoenvironments: Concepts and methods ; Faunal paleoecology ; Humans among animals -- pt. VIII: Integration. Anthropocentric paleoecology -- References -- Index.
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"Dena Dincauze has written an authoritative and essential guide to a variety of archaeological methods, ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany, and faunal paleoecology. Professor Dincauze insists that borrowing concepts from other disciplines demands a critical understanding of their theoretical roots. Moreover, the methods that are chosen must be appropriate to particular sets of data. The applications of the methods needed for a holistic human-ecology approach in archaeology are illustrated by examples ranging from the Paleolithic through Classical civilizations, to recent urban archaeology."--Jacket.
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Environmental archaeology.
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Archéologie de l'environnement.
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Archaeology-- Methodology.
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Archéologie-- Méthodologie.
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Environmental archaeology.
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Environmental archaeology.
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Paléoenvironnement.
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Archeologie.
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Milieu.
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| Dewey Classification
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930.1
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CC81.D56 2000
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15.31bcl
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15.31.bcl
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LA 8Ebliss
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LA 8E.bliss
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