Pp. xvii, 310; numerous maps, plan-views and stratigraphic sections. Publisher's original light gray cloth, lettered in red on the spine and front cover, 8vo. The authors provide detailed accounts of multidisciplinary efforts in uncovering in hominid sited in Africa and Asia; the coin the term "archaeological geology" for these efforts. The authors examine how geochronology, sedimentology, petrology, pedology, palynology, geophysics, zooarchaeology, and related studies have expanded the knowledge of hominid development. The volume cover work at many of the better-known sites and other new potential sites, such as Luzon in the Philippines . No ownership marks and no signs of use.
Language
English
Pages
310
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 01, 1981
ISBN 13
9780865312623
Hominid Sites, Their Geologic Settings (Aaas Selected Symposium, 63)
Pp. xvii, 310; numerous maps, plan-views and stratigraphic sections. Publisher's original light gray cloth, lettered in red on the spine and front cover, 8vo. The authors provide detailed accounts of multidisciplinary efforts in uncovering in hominid sited in Africa and Asia; the coin the term "archaeological geology" for these efforts. The authors examine how geochronology, sedimentology, petrology, pedology, palynology, geophysics, zooarchaeology, and related studies have expanded the knowledge of hominid development. The volume cover work at many of the better-known sites and other new potential sites, such as Luzon in the Philippines . No ownership marks and no signs of use.
Language
English
Pages
310
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 01, 1981
ISBN 13
9780865312623
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