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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Colin
dc.contributor.authorDenson, Robyn L.
dc.coverage.spatial312 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T15:52:05Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T15:52:05Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/15148
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores a conceptual methodology for studying archaeological sites in fluvial settings. The methodology stems from geoarchaeology, an approach to the past that focuses upon the geomorphic context of artifacts or the application of geological principles and techniques to the solution of archaeological problems. The paper will examine its application to fluvial systems in two different geomorphic environments, the Oklawaha River in Florida and the Earn River Valley in Scotland. In these different environmental settings, the geoarchaeological approach makes use of different kinds of evidence available to it. Survey in submerged and eroding river margins offers additional information on site distribution and density within the landscape that can go unnoticed by traditional terrestrial surveys. Through conceptualization and application of the methodology that has developed from these studies, the arbitrary land/water interface can effectively be erased from research areas and rivers can begin to be viewed not as permanent and non-moving barriers, but as significant and dynamic components of the archaeological landscape.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subject.lccCC77.G3D3en
dc.subject.lcshLandscape archaeologyen
dc.titleA conceptual methodology for studying the geoarchaeology of fluvial systems : with case studies from the Oklawaha River (Florida) and the River Earn (Scotland)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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