Reconstructing Human-Landscape Interactions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781847181886)

"This book shows the breadth and range of topics now being examined by geoarchaeologists. It has been clearly edited and very well presented, producing an excellent final volume."

--Matthew Canti, English Heritage

"The volume is composed of 14 chapters and an Index.

Each chapter is well-referenced and where appropriate well-illustrated. Very many facets of, and approaches to, Geoarchaeology, are covered in these proceedings. Not only are the site locations worldwide, but also the technical content covers most mainstream approaches, namely: remote sensing - both on the ground and underwater, fieldwork, a variety of laboratory techniques and GIS. Papers clearly demonstrate a variety of methodologies and successfully report site location patterns and regional scale interpretations based upon geoarchaeological findings. I was intrigued, however, to note the absence of any soil micromorphology in the studies, a technique employed almost universally in Europe, and totally missing from Rapp's Chapter 1 ('Prologue: The Organisation, Development, and Future of Geoarchaeology). As a European I found the chapters (especially 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) dealing with hunter-gatherer site location, environmental and sea level changes in northern North America, most interesting, because these are approaches that can be applied to our Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites, especially in the North Sea and Baltic regions. Clearly the content fully reflects the title of the volume - Reconstructing Human-Landscape Interactions.

I recommend this volume to all geoarchaeologists."

--Dr Richard I Macphail, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University College London