Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

<p><i>Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology</i>, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: <ul><li>a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle.</li><li>the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches.</li><li>covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic deposits and site formation processes and their investigation.</li><li>provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results.</li><li>essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists an