Dena F. DincauzeCambridge University Press, 8/21/2008EAN 9780521310772, ISBN10: 0521310776Paperback, 620 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 3.3 cmLanguage: EnglishArchaeologists today need a wide range of scientific approaches in order to delineate and interpret the ecology of their sites. 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 an holistic human-ecology approach in archaeology are illustrated by examples ranging from the Paleolithic, through classical civilizations, to recent urban archaeology.Part I. Introduction1. Environmental archaeology and human ecology2. Concepts for paleoenvironmental reconstruction3. Mechanisms of environmental change4. Human responses to environmental changePart II5. Introduction to chronometry and correlation6. Measuring time with isotopes and magnetismPart III7. Climatethe driving forces8. Climate reconstructionPart IV. Geomorphology9. Landforms10. Landforms of shores and shallow waterPart V. Sediments and Soils11. Basic principles of sedimentology and soils science12. Archaeological matricesPart V. Vegetation13. Concepts and methods of paleobotany14. Vegetation in paleoecology15. Concepts and methods for faunal paleoenvironments16. Faunal paleoecology17. Humans among animalsPart VIII. Integration18. Anthropocentric paleoecology.'The text is comprehensive ... as an overview of many aspects of environmental archaeology and related subjects it is hard to beat.' Hannah O'Regan, The Palaeontological Association Newsletter
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