Soils in Archaeological Research

The volume is well written and illustrated and includes extensive, current bibliography concentrating on, as the title would suggest, archeological applications. This excellent text is suitable for classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and as a general reference for field archeologists. While nonspecialists will find the reading stif going, professionals ouside archeology in the general area of earth sciences will find it a valuable survey of one area of their larger, more general interest.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Terminology and Methodology ; 3. Conceptual Approaches to Pedogenesis ; 4. Soil Surveys and Archaeology ; 5. Soil Stratigraphy ; 6. Soil-Stratigraphy in Geoarchaeological Contexts ; 7. Soils and Time ; 8. Soils and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions ; 9. Soils and Landscape Evolution ; 10. Soil Genesis and Site Formation Processes ; 11. Human Impacts on Soils ; Appendix 1. Variations on U.S.D.A Field Nomenclature ; Appendix 2. Soil Phosphorus: Chemistry, Analytical Methods, and Chronosequences ; Appendix 3. Variability of Soil Laboratory Procedures and Results