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Case studies in environmental archaeology

edited by Elizabeth J. Reitz, Lee A. Newsom, and Sylvia J. Scudder

(Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology)

Plenum Press, c1996

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780306452529

Description

Filling the gap left by the European and methodological bias of most texts on environmental archaeology, examines sites in North and South America and the Caribbean and demonstrates how the discipline can address significant anthropological issues. Some of those issues are the systematic relationshi
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: pbk ISBN 9780306452536

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This volume contains case studies in environmental archaeology that apply data obtained from various disciplines-including zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, human biology, and geoarchaeology-to explore important anthropological issues. Studies include geological and biological data from sites located in North America, the Caribbean basin, and South America. Rather than critiquing or advocating specific environmental techniques, each study demonstrates how and why the information obtained from their use is important to anthropologists and archaeologists.

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