Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Physical-Chemical-Biological Processes Affecting Archeological Sites Held in College Station, Texas on May 27-29, 1987

摘要

Contents: Introduction to the Workshop and the Concept of a Site Decay Model; Archaeological Frameworks for Evaluating Site-Formation Processes; Archaeological Techniques, Methods and Sampling; Archaeological Conservation and Processes of Artifact Deterioration; Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy and Preservation of the Fossil Faunal Assemblage; Botanical Remains in Archaeological Sites; An Introduction to Geoarchaeology and the Impacts of Site Burial; Physical-Chemical-Biological Processes Affecting Archaeological Sites and Carbonaceous Samples and their Potential for Archaeometric Analyses; Climatology; Geomorphic Processes and Archaeological Site Preservation; Soil Property Changes upon Burial; Invertebrates that Disturb Archaeological Materials; Burrowing vertebrates and their Role in Archaeological Site Decay; Limnology and the Preservation of Archaeological Sites; Logic-Based Qualitative Site Decay Model for the Preservation of Archaeological Sites; Appendix A: Interdisciplinary Bibliography on the Cultural, Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors Affecting Archaeological Sites. (fr)