This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include:

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  historical principles;

  
  


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  archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types;

  
  


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  sediments and sediment analytic methods;

  
  


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  archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes;

  
  


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  ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods;

  
  


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  geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials;

  
  


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  commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology.

  
  

Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.