A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological
matrix
Reconstructing Archaeological Sites 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.
The 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:
- Offers information and principles for interpreting natural and
anthropogenic sediments and physical processes in sites
- Provides a framework for reconstructing the history of a deposit and
the site
- Outlines the fundamental principles of site formation processes
- Explores common misconceptions about what constitutes a deposit
- Presents a different approach for investigating archaeological
stratigraphy based on sedimentary principles
Written for archaeologists and geoarchaeologists at all levels of
expertise as well as senior level researchers, Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers a guide to the theory and practice of how
stratigraphy is produced and how deposits can be organised in time and
space.
