Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Floodplain Archaeology and Environmental Change

ISBN: 9780521568203 出版年：1997 页码：402 A G Brown Cambridge University Press

Introduction and the example of the Nile Part I. Principles: 1. Floodplain evolution 2. Alluvial environments over time 3. Interpreting floodplain sediments and soils 4. Floodplain ecology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology Part II. Application: 5. Artifacts from floodplains and rivers 6. The rise and fall of forested floodplains in North West Europe 7. Buried sites 8. Managed floodplains 9. The cultural archaeology of floodplains 10. People, floodplains and environmental change Appendices: 1. River flow and sediment transport 2. Flood frequency analysis 3. Documentary evidence and wetland perceptions References Subject index.