This book aims to thoroughly discuss new directions of thinking in the
arena of environmental archaeology and test them by presenting new
practical applications.
Recent theoretical and epistemological advancement in the field of
archaeology calls for a re-definition of the subdiscipline of
environmental archaeology and its position within the practise of
archaeology.
New technological and methodological discoveries in hard sciences and
computer applications opened fresh ways for interdisciplinary
collaborations thus introducing new branches and specialisations that
need now to be accommodated and integrated within the previous
status-quo.
This edited volume will take the challenge and engage with contemporary
international discussions about the role of the discipline within the
general framework of archaeology. By drawing upon these debates, the
contributors to this volume will rethink what environmental archaeology
is and what kind of input the investigation of this kind of materiality
has to the reconstruction of human history and sociality.