Environmental Archaeology: Meaning and Purpose edited by Umberto Albarella.

Despite the fact that the human life of the past cannot be understood without taking into account its ecological relationships, environmental studies are often marginalised in archaeology. This is the first book that, by discussing the meaning and purpose we give to the expression ̀environmental arc...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Albarella, Umberto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Environmental Science and Technology Library, 17
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505 0 |a Exploring the real Nature of environmental archaeology. An introduction -- Meaning and Purpose -- Economic prehistory or environmental archaeology? On gaining a sense of identity -- Re-inventing environmental archaeology. A comment on “Economic prehistory or environmental archaeology? On gaining a sense of identity” -- Whose dichotomy is it anyway? A reply to Hamilakis -- Environmental archaeology is not human palaeoecology -- Environmental archaeology is dead: long live bioarchaeology, geoarchaeology and human palaeoecology. A comment on “Environmental archaeology is not human palaeoecology” -- A reply to Thomas -- The poverty of empiricism and the tyranny of theory -- Commercialising the palaeoenvironment. Developer funding and environmental archaeology -- The responsibilities of archaeologists to nature conservation -- Sustainability and the rate of change. A comment on “The responsibilities of archaeologists to nature conservation” -- A reply to Graves-Brown -- What is geoarchaeology? Re-examining the relationship between archaeology and earth sciences -- Is human osteoarchaeology environmental archaeology? -- Case Studies -- The rhetoric of people and grains -- A match made in heaven or a marriage of convenience? The problems and rewards of integrating palaeoecological and archaeological data -- Historical archaeology and new directions in environmental archaeology. Examples from Neolithic Scandinavia and Venezuela (400–1400 AD) -- Can’t see the wood for the trees. Interpreting woodland fire history from microscopic charcoal -- The potential for using religious belief to derive environmental information on past societies, with a case study on the environment of Attica -- Reconstructing house activity areas -- Environmental archaeology and the interpretation of social space. A comment on “Reconstructing house activity areas” -- When method meets theory. The use and misuse of cereal producer/consumer models in archaeobotany -- Producers and consumers in archaeobotany. A comment on “When method meets theory: the use and misuse of cereal producer/consumer models in archaeobotany” -- Conclusions -- Agendas for environmental archaeology. 
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