Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy.

Front Cover -- Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The concept of stratigraphy in geology -- Steno and sharks' teeth -- Correlation of strata -- Geological processes -- Laws of geological stratigraphy -- Chapter 2. The concept of stratigraphy in archaeology -- Man-made fossils -- Early stratigraphic theories -- The Wheeler-Kenyon school -- Law of Superposition -- Chapter 3. Techniques of archaeological excavation -- Strategies of excavation -- Processes of excavation -- Chapter 4. Early recording methods on excavations -- Chapter 5. The laws of archaeological stratigraphy -- Law of Superposition -- Law of Original Horizontality -- Law of Original Continuity -- Law of Stratigraphical Succession -- The Harris Matrix and stratigraphic sequences -- Chapter 6. Deposits as units of stratification -- Characteristics of stratification -- Process of stratification -- Deposits and layers -- Attributes of deposits -- Chapter 7. Interfaces as units of stratification -- Horizontal layer interfaces -- Upstanding layer interfaces -- Horizontal feature interfaces -- Vertical feature interfaces -- Period interfaces -- Interfaces of destruction -- Chapter 8. Archaeological sections -- Early types of sections -- Purpose of sections -- Types of sections -- Drafting archaeological sections -- Chapter 9. Archaeological plans -- Multiple feature plan -- Composite plans -- Planning of interfaces of destruction -- Single-layer plans -- Chapter 10. Correlation, phasing and stratigraphie sequences -- Correlation and stratification -- Stratigraphic 'phasing' -- Stratigraphic sequences -- Periodization of stratigraphic sequences -- Chapter 11. Stratigraphic sequences and post-excavation analyses -- Non-historical aspects of contained remains.

'Reversed stratigraphy' -- Recording of artefacts -- Dating of artefacts and strata -- 'Horizontal stratigraphy' -- Artefacts and stratigraphic sequences -- Chapter 12. An outline for stratigraphic recording on excavations -- Glossary of terms used in archaeological stratigraphy -- Bibliography -- Index.

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