{"product_id":"9781119016403","title":"Reconstructing Archaeological Sites Understanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReconstructing Archaeological Sites\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUnderstanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePanagiotis Karkanas | Paul Goldberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Sedimentology \u0026amp; Stratigraphy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconstructing Archaeological Sites\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and practical aspects of depositional processes in an archaeological site. It contains an in-depth discussion on the role of stratigraphy that helps determine how deposits are organised in time and space. The authors — two experts in the field — include the information needed to help recognise depositional systems, processes and stratigraphic units that aid in the interpreting the stratigraphy and deposits of a site in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is filled with practical tools, numerous illustrative examples, drawings and photos as well as compelling descriptions that help visualise depositional processes and clarify how these build the stratigraphy of a site. Based on the authors’ years of experience, the book offers a holistic approach to the study of archaeological deposits that spans the broad fundamental aspects to the smallest details. This important guide:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers information and principles for interpreting natural and anthropogenic sediments and physical processes in sites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a framework for reconstructing the history of a deposit and the site\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines the fundamental principles of site formation processes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores common misconceptions about what constitutes a deposit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a different approach for investigating archaeological stratigraphy based on sedimentary principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for archaeologists and geoarchaeologists at all levels of expertise as well as senior level researchers, \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Archaeological Sites\u003c\/i\u003e offers a guide to the theory and practice of how stratigraphy is produced and how deposits can be organised in time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePanagiotis (Takis) Karkanas\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece. He is member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research interests encompass all aspects of geoarchaeology including site-formation processes and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. He has carried out geoarchaeological research in sites of almost all cultural periods and associated landscapes in many countries around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a geoarchaeologist with over four decades of experience. He is Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia, Senior Researcher in the Institute of Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, and Professor Emeritus, Boston University. His principal research focus is the use of soil micromorphology to understand how archaeological sites form, regardless of age or location, from Pleistocene caves in Europe and Asia, to Iron-Age sites in Menorca, Spain. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePractical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 August 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119016403\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e36.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384439271564,"sku":"9781119016403","price":98.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119016403.jpg?v=1780167794","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119016403","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}