Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design. By proposing the amelioration of communication gaps between traditional and geophysical archaeologists, this book will foment dialogue and participate in bringing about new ways of thinking anthropologically about archaeological geophysics, especially in relation to prehistoric open-air ephemeral sites. Offering a way to begin a dialogue between archaeology and geophysics, Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations is an important reference for practicing professionals, instructors, and students in geophysics and anthropology/archaeology, as well as geology.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. vii 6. Chapter 1. Archaeological Geophysics Biases - p. 1 7. Chapter 2. Recognizing and Defeating Biases - p. 17 8. Chapter 3. Seeing the Forest but Missing the Trees - p. 27 9. Chapter 4. Material Signature of Human Behavior: Framing a Hunter-Gatherer AGP Agenda - p. 31 10. Chapter 5. Human Material Signatures - p. 43 11. Chapter 6. Pattern Recognition and Preliminary Identification - p. 49 12. Chapter 7. Simulation Sandbox - p. 53 13. Chapter 8. Material Signature of Seasonality at Verberie - p. 61 14. Chapter 9. Just for Students - p. 69 15. Chapter 10. Questions to Guide Framing Theoretical Perspectives - p. 75 16. Chapter 11. Conclusion: We Versus Me - p. 79 17. References - p. 87
Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design. By proposing the amelioration of communication gaps between traditional and geophysical archaeologists, this book will foment dialogue and participate in bringing about new ways of thinking anthropologically about archaeological geophysics, especially in relation to prehistoric open-air ephemeral sites. Offering a way to begin a dialogue between archaeology and geophysics, Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations is an important reference for practicing professionals, instructors, and students in geophysics and anthropology/archaeology, as well as geology.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. vii 6. Chapter 1. Archaeological Geophysics Biases - p. 1 7. Chapter 2. Recognizing and Defeating Biases - p. 17 8. Chapter 3. Seeing the Forest but Missing the Trees - p. 27 9. Chapter 4. Material Signature of Human Behavior: Framing a Hunter-Gatherer AGP Agenda - p. 31 10. Chapter 5. Human Material Signatures - p. 43 11. Chapter 6. Pattern Recognition and Preliminary Identification - p. 49 12. Chapter 7. Simulation Sandbox - p. 53 13. Chapter 8. Material Signature of Seasonality at Verberie - p. 61 14. Chapter 9. Just for Students - p. 69 15. Chapter 10. Questions to Guide Framing Theoretical Perspectives - p. 75 16. Chapter 11. Conclusion: We Versus Me - p. 79 17. References - p. 87
