Principles of archaeological stratigraphy /
This book is the only text devoted entirely to archaeological stratigraphy, a subject of fundamental importance to most studies in archaeology. The first edition appeared in 1979 as a result of the invention, by the author, of the Harris Matrix--a method for analyzing and presenting the stratigraphi...
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| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Academic Press,
1979
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy; Copyright Page; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The concept of stratigraphy in geology; Steno and sharks' teeth; Correlation of strata; Geological processes; Laws of geological stratigraphy; Chapter 2. The concept of stratigraphy in archaeology; Man-made fossils; Early stratigraphic theories; The Wheeler-Kenyon school; Law of Superposition; Chapter 3. Techniques of archaeological excavation; Strategies of excavation; Processes of excavation.
- Chapter 4. Early recording methods on excavationsChapter 5. The laws of archaeological stratigraphy; Law of Superposition; Law of Original Horizontality; Law of Original Continuity; Law of Stratigraphical Succession; The Harris Matrix and stratigraphic sequences; Chapter 6. Deposits as units of stratification; Characteristics of stratification; Process of stratification; Deposits and layers; Attributes of deposits; Chapter 7. Interfaces as units of stratification; Horizontal layer interfaces; Upstanding layer interfaces; Horizontal feature interfaces; Vertical feature interfaces.
- Period interfacesInterfaces of destruction; Chapter 8. Archaeological sections; Early types of sections; Purpose of sections; Types of sections; Drafting archaeological sections; Chapter 9. Archaeological plans; Multiple feature plan; Composite plans; Planning of interfaces of destruction; Single-layer plans; Chapter 10. Correlation, phasing and stratigraphie sequences; Correlation and stratification; Stratigraphic 'phasing'; Stratigraphic sequences; Periodization of stratigraphic sequences; Chapter 11. Stratigraphic sequences and post-excavation analyses.
- Non-historical aspects of contained remains'Reversed stratigraphy'; Recording of artefacts; Dating of artefacts and strata; 'Horizontal stratigraphy'; Artefacts and stratigraphic sequences; Chapter 12. An outline for stratigraphic recording on excavations; Glossary of terms used in archaeological stratigraphy; Bibliography; Index.
