PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I Traditional Geoarchaeology1. Sediments1.1. Introduction1.2. Types of sediment2. Stratigraphy2.1.
Introduction2.2. Stratigraphy and stratigraphic principles2.3. Facies and microfacies2.4. Correlation2.5.
Keeping track: the Harris Matrix2.6. ConclusionsBox 2.1. The Paleoindian-Archaic site of Wilson-Leonard, Texas3. Soils3.1. Introduction3.
2. The five soil forming factors3.3. Soil profiles and soil properties3.4. Important soil forming processes3.5. ConclusionsBox 3.
1. The five factors of soil formation and Bronze Age Brean Down, UKBox 3.2. Cold climate soils4. Hydrological Systems I: slopes and slope deposits4.1. Introduction4.2.
Water movement on slopes4.3. Erosion, movement, and deposition on slopes4.4. Conclusions5. Hydrological Systems II: rivers, lakes, and wetland5.1. Introduction5.
2. Stream erosion, transport, and deposition5.3. Stream deposits and channel patterns5.4. Floodplains5.5. Stream terraces5.
6. Lakes and wetlands5.7. ConclusionsBox 5.1. Upper and Middle Palaeolithic sites of Nahal Zin, Central Negev, Israel6. Aeolian settings and geoarchaeological environments6.1.
Introduction6.2. Sandy aeolian terrains6.3. Examples of sites in dune contexts6.4. Bioturbation in sandy terrains6.5.
Fine grained aeolian deposits6.6. ConclusionsBox 6.1. Aeolian features in desert environments7. Coasts7.1. Introduction7.
2. Palaeo sea shores and palaeo coastal deposits7.3. ConclusionsBox 7.1. Boxgrove, UK: the marine and salt marsh sequenceBox 7.2. Drowned coasts of Essex and the River Severn, UK8.
Caves and rockshelters8.1. Introduction8.2. Formation of caves and rock shelters8.3. Cave deposits and processes8.4.
Environmental reconstruction8.5. ConclusionsBox 8.1. Kebara Cave, IsraelPart II Nontraditional Geoarchaeological Approaches9. Human impact on landscape: forest clearance, soil modifications, and cultivation9.1. Introduction9.
2. Forest clearance and soil changes9.3. Forest and woodland clearance features9.4. Cultivation and manuring9.5. Landscape effects9.
6. ConclusionsBox 9.1. Cultivation at Late Roman/Saxon Oakley, Suffolk, UK10. Occupation deposits I: concepts and aspects of cultural deposits10.1. Introduction10.2.
Concepts and aspects of occupation deposits10.3. Stratigraphic sequences as material culture, and concepts and uses of space10.4. Time and scale10.5. Settlement-landscape interrelationships10.6.
Origin and predepositional history of occupation deposits10.7. Depositional history10.8. Postdepositional modifications10.9. Conclusions11. Occupation deposits II: examples from the Near East, North America, and Europe11.
1. Introduction11.2. Tells and mounds11.3. Mounds11.4. Urban archaeology of Western Europe11.
5. Early medieval settlement11.6. Medieval floors of Northwest Europe11.7. ConclusionsBox 11.1. TellsBox 11.
2. Grubenhäuser12. Experimental archaeology12.1. Introduction12.2. Effects of burial and aging12.3.
Experimental "ancient farms" at Butser and Umeå12.4. Conclusions13. Human materials13.1. Introduction13.2. Constructional materials13.
3. Metal workingBox 13.1. Brickearth wallsBox 13.2. Terra preta and European dark earth14. Applications of geoarchaeology to forensic science14.1.
Introduction14.2. Soils and clandestine graves14.3. Provenancing and obtaining geoarchaeological information from crime scenes14.4. Other potential methods14.5.
Practical approaches to forensic soil sampling and potential for soil micromorphology14.6. ConclusionsPart III Field and Laboratory Methods, Data, and Reporting15. Field-based methods15.1. Introduction15.2. Regional-scale methods15.
3. Shallow geophysical methods15.4. Coring and trenching techniques15.5. Describing sections: soils and sediments in the 448.6. Collecting samples15.
7. Sample and data correlation15.8. Conclusions16. Laboratory techniques16.1. Introduction16.2.
Physical techniques16.3. Magnetic susceptibility16.4. Sourcing16.5. Conclusions17. Reporting and publishing17.
1. Introduction17.2. Management of sites and reporting17.3. Fieldwork and assessment/evaluation reporting17.4. Postexcavation reporting and publication17.
5. Site interpretation17.6. ConclusionsBox 17.1. How to write a reportBox 17.2. Reporting: London Guildhall18.
Concluding remarks and the geoarchaeological futureAppendicesReferencesIndex.