Ephemeral Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Sites
Geophysical Research

Combining technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises, this practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design offers a unique platform for enhancing dialog between students, instructors and practitioners working in archaeology and geophysics

Jason Thompson (Author)

9780128044421, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 22 July 2016

100 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.8 cm, 0.2 kg

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.

Chapter 1. Archaeological Geophysics Biases

Subject Areas: Geophysics [PHVG]