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New Books Aston, Michael (1997). Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History. Routledge, 168 pp. Adams, E. Charles, Editor (1996). River of Change: Prehistory of the Middle Little Colorado River Valley, Arizona. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 185, 342 pp. Conyers, Lawrence B., and Dean Goodman (1997). Ground- Penetrating Radar: An Introduction for Archaeologists. Sage Publications, Walnut Creek, CA, 232 pp. Force, Eric, and Wayne Howell (1997). Holocene Depositional History and Anasazi Occupation in McElmo Canyon, Southwestern Colorado. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 188, 42 pp. Holliday, Vance T. (1997). Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains. University of Texas Press, 297 pp. Isaac, Glynn, and Barbara Isaac, Editors (1997). Koobi Fora Research Project, vol. 5: Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. Oxford University Press, New York, 96 pp. Niemi, Tina M., Zvi Ben-Avraham, and Joel R. Gat, Editors (1997). The Dead Sea: The Lake and its Setting. Oxford University Press, Monographs on Geology and Geophysics No. 36, 286 pp. Rapp, George Jr., Christopher L. Hill (1998). Geoarchaeology. Yale University Press, xiii + 274 pp. This book was written as a geoarchaeology textbook for seniors and graduate students in archaeology but should have wider appeal. As a textbook it is unlike the other excellent geoarchaeology books available in that it is comprehensive in scope, including chapters on geologic raw materials, provenance studies, and geologic aspects of construction, destruction, site preservation, and conservation. It attempts to provide an integrated approach to geoarchaeology-- the direct use of geologic concepts, methods, and knowledge to solve archaeological problems and interpret archaeological records. Herz, Norman, and Ervan G. Garrison (1998). Geological Methods for Archaeology. Oxford University Press. This book discusses the application of geological methods and theory to archaeology. Written as a survey text covering appropriate methods and techniques taken from geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geochronology, it shows the student the practicality and importance of each technique's use in solving archaeological problems. Specific techniques are illustrated by practical results obtained from the authors' use on archaeological digs. Hebda, R.J. and J.C. Haggarty, editors (1997). Brooks Peninsula: An ice-age refugium on Vancouver Island. Occasional Paper No. 5, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria. Irregular pagination. ISBN 0-7726-3139-5 (soft cover) CDN$40.00. Crown Publications Inc., 521 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 1E7; 250- 386-4636; fax: (250) 386-0221. The publication has 16 chapters that deal with various aspects of the Brooks Peninsula (geology and soils, plants and vegetation, terrestrial arthropods, fishes and vertebrates, and ethnographic history and archaeology of the area). All the chapters brought evidence of the ice age refugium on Brooks Peninsula. This ice age refugium is reflected in the richness and uniqueness of flora and fauna and it was an impor- tant stepping stone in the distribution of plants and animals along the Pacific Coast of North America. G.A. Wagner, (1998). Dating of Young Rocks and Artifacts: Physical and Chemical Clocks in Quaternary Geology and Archaeology. 350 pp., 177 illus., 9 tables, hardcover $99.95, ISBN 3-540-63436-3. The Quaternary period, spanning approximately the last two million years, is characterized by dramatic environmental changes. During this period, humans and their manifold cultures evolved. Great progress has been made in dating these events as accurately as possible. The broad spectrum of physical and chemical dating methods available for dating human artifacts and Quaternary rocks is becoming increasingly difficult to grasp. In this book, the various chronometric techniques are comprehensively and intelligibly examined. The potentials and limitations of these techniques are demonstrated using numerous case studies taken from archaeology and geology. This book is intended for scientists and students in these fields, but the interested layman will also find this work of value. Corgan, James X., and Emanuel Breitburg (1996). Tennessee's Prehistoric Vertebrates. Division of Geology Bulletin 84, Department of Environmental and Conservation, State of Tennessee, 170 p., paperback, $8.75. Corgan and Breitburg inventory 161 sites at which the soils and rocks of Tennessee yield bones of ancient animals. At least 245 species occur, ranging in age from 350 ka to roughly 10 ka. The book illustrates the distribution of fossils through time and space, reviewing bedrock geology and what is presently known about paleogeography, climate change, and possible exploitation by early Native American cultures. |