This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include:

• historical principles;
  
• archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types;
  
• sediments and sediment analytic methods;
  
• archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes;
  
• ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods;
  
• geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials;
  
• commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology.
  

Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.