Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology

'Ain Ghazal.- Akrotiri Aetokremno, Cyprus.- Alluvial Settings.- Amino Acid Racemization.- Analysis of Carbon, Nitrogen, pH, Phosphorus, and Carbonates as Tools in Geoarchaeological Research.- Anthrosols.- 40Ar/39Ar and K-Ar Geochronology.- Archaeological Stratigraphy.- Archaeomagnetic Dating.- Archaeomineralogy.- Archaeoseismology.- Arctic Geoarchaeology: Site Formation Processes.- Artifact Conservation.- Atapuerca.- Beringia, Geoarchaeology .- Big Eddy Site, Missouri.- Blombos Cave.- Boxgrove.- Built Environment.- Burned-Rock Features.- Cactus Hill, Virginia.- Caves and Aqueducts in the Ancient World.- Casper Site, Wyoming.- Çatalhöyük.- Cave Settings.- Ceramics.- Cerén.- Chemical Alteration.- Chronostratigraphy.- Climatostratigraphy (Climostratigraphy).- Coastal Settings.- Colluvial Settings.- Cosmogenic Isotopic Dating.- Data Visualization.- Dendrochronology.- Dmanisi.- Dolní Vestonice, Pavlov, Milovice.- Dumps and Landfill.- Dust Cave, Alabama.- Eastern Sahara: Combined Prehistoric Expedition.- El Mirón Cave.- Electrical Resistivity and Electromagnetism.- Electron Probe Microanalyzer.- Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) in Archaeological Context.- Eolian Settings: Loess.- Eolian Settings: Sand.- Ethnogeoarchaeology.- Experimental Geoarchaeology.- Field Geochemistry.- Field Survey.- Fission Track Dating.- Fluorine Dating.- Forensic Geoarchaeology.- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).- Gas Chromatography.- Geoarchaeology, History.- Geochemical Sourcing.- Geographical Information Systems (GIS).- Geomorphology.- Geophysics.- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov.- Glacial Settings.- Glass.- Grain Size Analysis.- Great Plains Geoarchaeology.- Grimaldi Caves.- Ground-Penetrating Radar.- Harappa.- Harbors and Ports, Ancient.- Harris Matrices and the Stratigraphic Record.- Haua Fteah.- Hearths and Combustion Features.- Hohle Fels.- House Pits and Grubenhäuser.- Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).- Inundated Freshwater Settings .- Isernia.- Isochron Dating.-

Allan S. Gilbert is Professor of Anthropology at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York.  He holds a B.A. from Rutgers University, and his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. were earned at Columbia University.  His areas of research interest include the Near East (late prehistory and early historic periods) as well as the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S. (historical archaeology).  His specializations are in archaeozoology of the Near East and geoarchaeology, especially mineralogy and compositional analysis of pottery and building materials.  Publications have covered a range of subjects, including ancient pastoralism, faunal quantification, skeletal microanatomy, brick geochemistry, and two co-edited volumes on the marine geology and geoarchaeology of the Black Sea basin.

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"Many of the articles in this encyclopaedia are about specific sites. ... They give a brief overview of the site but also make reference to the main articles on the site. ... The market for this book will be academics and professional archaeologists." (John Goodier, Reference Reviews, Vol. 31 (6), 2017)