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"An integrated approach to geoarchaeology, framing geologic concepts within an archaeological context—""probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written."" (Vance Haynes, University of Arizona) An indispensable book for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology, including those with limited earth-science experience, this new edition of Geoarchaeology builds on the success and innovation of the first edition and includes updates, new concepts and examples, an enhanced bibliography, and many new illustrations.  The second edition begins by considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology.  Rapp and Hill then move to discussions of soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; paleoenvironments, landscapes, and the human past; identifying, analyzing, and sourcing raw materials; and construction, destruction, and conservation of sites and materials.   ""[This book] covers a wide range of topics . . . with clarity and balance. . . . [The] chapters are all well written and have concise introductory discussions that are not too detailed and not too brief. . . . Beautifully produced.""—Michael Waters, Geoarchaeology: An International Journal (on the first edition)"

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Rapp and Hill provide the single most comprehensive guide to basic principles in the field of Geoarchaeology. The text is an essential resource for teaching earth science applications to undergraduate archaeologists. -Andrea Freeman, University of Calgary -- Andrea Freeman Probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written. -Vance Haynes, University of Arizona -- Vance Haynes

Rapp and Hill provide the single most comprehensive guide to basic principles in the field of Geoarchaeology. The text is an essential resource for teaching earth science applications to undergraduate archaeologists. -Andrea Freeman, University of Calgary -- Andrea Freeman Probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written. -Vance Haynes, University of Arizona -- Vance Haynes

Probably the most comprehensive treatise on geoarchaeology yet written. -Vance Haynes, University of Arizona -- Vance Haynes Rapp and Hill provide the single most comprehensive guide to basic principles in the field of Geoarchaeology. The text is an essential resource for teaching earth science applications to undergraduate archaeologists. -Andrea Freeman, University of Calgary -- Andrea Freeman

[This book] covers a wide range of topics... with clarity and balance... The chapters are all well written and have concise introductory discussions that are not too detailed and not too brief... Beautifully produced. Michael Waters, Geoarchaeology: An International Journal (on the first edition) Rapp and Hill's book fills a resource gap. There is very little available in book form about the interdisciplinary field of Georarchaeology... [The authors] have contributed a wealth of information about almost all geological aspects of archaeology... Any university having archaeology courses should have this book in its library, as should any professor of archaeology. Choice A useful addition to the study of geoarchaeology in many of its aspects, and the authors are to be commended for an ambitious project. A.G. Latham, Antiquity

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George (Rip) Rapp is Regents Professor Emeritus of Geoarchaeology and was formerly director of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Christopher L. Hill is an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. 

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