Title:	Environmental Archaeology
Authors:	Reitz, Elizabeth J. Myra Shackley
Keywords:	Archaeology
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The stimulus for this work is the in fl uential role that Myra Shackley’s 1981 publication, Environmental Archaeology , has had on the fi eld. This small volume continues to linger on the shelves of many environmental archaeologists, treasured as a simple source where one can obtain a brief summary of the biotic and abiotic components of archaeological sites. Since 1981, signi fi cant publications have described materials, methods, and interpretations in environmental archaeology. Yet the 1981 volume is the only one that surveys the soils, sediments, and biological materials fundamental to this fi eld without presuming the reader is trained in the earth and biological sciences. The complaints of fi eld staff, environmental archaeologists, and resource managers that none seem to understand the needs of the others can be traced, in part, to the un fi lled gap created when the 1981 edition went out of print. Yet biological and earth scientists, anthropologists, and fi eld staff attracted to the historical record of human–environmental interactions are more numerous and, in some cases, more vocal in their need to access this record and to be able to critically evaluate it. The stimulus for this volume is to update the information in the 1981 volume for a younger generation of environmental archaeologists and for new audiences that have emerged over the decades.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/15474
ISBN:	978-1-4614-3339-2
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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