Soils in Archaeological Research

Holliday discusses geoarchaeology, that subspecialty of archaeology that studies soils as a component of earth science with applications in archaeology. For students and professionals with backgrounds in both archaeology and earth science, he explains how the study of soils can be integrated with other aspects of archaeological and geoscientific research to answer questions regarding the past. Generally he approaches soils as a function of and as clues to the factors of soil formation, usin...