| Título : |
Environment and Archeology : An Introduction to Pleistocene Geography |
| Tipo de documento: |
Libro |
| Autores: |
Karl W. Butzer, Autor |
| Mención de edición: |
Reprinted with revisions |
| Editorial: |
Chicago : Aldine |
| Fecha de publicación: |
1966 |
| Número de páginas: |
xviii, 524 p. il. |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
Paleoambientes Prehistoria Cambios ambientales Agricultura Pleistoceno |
| Clasificación: |
902"624" |
| Resumen: |
20120124002044 |
| Nota de contenido: |
Prehistoric Environment, Geography, and Ecology
Pleistocene Stratigraphy
Dating and Absolute Chronology
Radiocarbon dating
The problem of Milankovitch´s radiation curve"
Vgetation, soils and Geomorphology as Environmental indices
Vegetation and climate
natural regions
Soil Processes and Soil Types
Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology
Glaciers past and present
Humid, Arid and Tropical Geomorphology
Mammalian and Human Distributions
The concept of animal regions
Culture tecnology Mammalian distributions in the major natural regions_Culture, technology, and the human resource base Enviromental resources for early food-collectors, enviromental resources for primitive agriculturists
Interpretation of pleistocene sediments
Field and Laboratory Study of Sediments
Sediment disposition, Simple quantitative analyses. Field description of paleosols
Mechanical analyses in the laboratory
Chemical analysis in the Laboratory
Stream and lake sediments
Stream terraces
Alluviation due to glacial advance
Terraces due to periglacial alluviation
Pluvial alluviation in arid regions
Coastal streams and sea level fluctuations
Crustal instability and stream action
Lake and swamp beds
Interpretaion of mineral of semioganic lacustrine beds
Varve analysis
Spring deposits Interpretation of organic, sediments
Wind-borne and Slope Sediments
Wind action Features of wind erosion and abrasion
Bed load deposits: sand dunes
Suspended load deposits:loess and sand sheets
Slope deposits
Cave Sediments
Cave environments and sedimentation
Limestone detritus
Limestone precipitates: travertine
Residual clays and extraneous sediments
Organic deposits
Special sedimentary analyses
Coastal Phenomena and Sea Level Fluctuations
Evidence of high Pleistocene shorelines
Evidence of lower Pleistocene shorelines
Glacio-eustatic stratigraphy
Geomorphological study of Archeological sitesgeological classes of archeological sites
Alluvial sites
Lacustrine sites-Aeolian
sites-Slope sites-Cave
sites-Surface sites-Geomorphology, surficial geology, and archeological sites
Contributions of the biological sciences
Palynology and Paleobotany
General principles of pollen analysis
Field removal of samples for pollen examination
Laboratory preparation of samples
The pollen spectrum and pollen diagram
Difficulties in the interpretation of pollen profiles
Applications of pollen analysis-
Macro-botanical remains-
Tree-ring studies
Paleontology and Paleotemperatures
Fossil preservation
Methods of study
Relative dating of bone by chemical analyses
Glacial and interglacial faunas of the European
Upper Pleistocene_
Stratigraphic aspects of Pleistocene mammalian faunas
Non-mammalian
Faunas- Paleotemperatures and deep-sea
Sediment cores
Some pleistocene environments of the old world
Mid-latitude Europe during the Late Pleistocene
Existing reconstructions of last glacial climatic zones-
Basic chronology of the last glacial in mid-latitude Europe_ The Scandinavian, British, and Alpine glaciers
Non glaciated regions of western Europe_Non glaciated region of Central Europe_
Southeastern Europe_ Non glaciated European Russia_ Full glacial temperature conditions _
Full glacial moisture conditions
The geomorphic landscape of the Wurm tundras of Europe
Physical conditions during the interstadial periods_
Summary of main Wurm climatic zonation in Europe
The Mediterranean Region during the Late Pleistocene
Evidence of mountain glaciation
Late Pleistocene solifluction in the Mediterranean highlands
Paleobotanical evidence for the Mediterranean highlands
Paleobotanical evidence for the Wurm period
Faunal evidence from the late Pleistocene
Late Pleistocene pluvial phenomena in the Mediterranean lowlands
Retrospect on the Mediterranean eco-zone during the late Pleistocene
The Sahara and Eastern Africa during the Late Pleistocene
Late Pleistocene geomorphic sequences of the Sahana_
Palynological evidence from the Saharan area
Late Pleistocene pluvial climates of the Saharan area
Late Pleistocene climate in Ethiopia
Late Pleistocene climate in East Africa
Some Paloclimatic problems of the Interglacials
The climatic changes of the Pleistocene
Meteorological theory on Pleistocene atmospheric circulation_ Climatic phases of the european*
Climatic
Metereological theory on Pleistocene atmospheric circulation
Climatic changes of the Pleistocene
Some Paleoclimatic Problems of the Interglacials
Retrospect on interglacial climates
The climatic changes of the Pleistocene
Man-land relationships in prehistoy
Human Origins in sub-saharan Africa
Man-Land relationships at the early paleolithic Culture Level
The middle paleolithic Neanderthalers and their environment
Late Paleolithic Man -Land Relationships in Eurasia
First colonization of the Americas
Colonización of Australia_ Man-land relationships
Enviromental change and cultural adaptation in early postglacial europe
An example of Mesolithic habitat and economy: star carr, Yorkshire
Agricultural Origins in the Near East as a Geographical problem
The significance of Agricultural Dispersal into Europe and Northern Africa
Agricultural Settlement and Urban Origins in the Near Eastern Foodplains
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| Tema Principal / Disciplina : |
Arqueologia |
| Link: |
https://www.bfa.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/id/2298 |
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