Science: Archaeology: Topics: Geoarchaeology

This assessment shows that a large amount of valuable information can be extracted from these otherwise unpromising deposits and that the intensive application of geoarchaeological analyses has been justified.

Popular press article by Anne Boyd, El Dorado National Forest Geologist.

Brief profile of a research project being conducted at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia.

Overview of the laboratory in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Current research projects, staff members, and related links.

The aim of the interdisciplinary Fezzan Project is to increase our understanding of environmental change and past human occupation of the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, in the hyper-arid heart of the Sahara Desert.

Presents the principles, applications, and difficulties of geoarchaeology along with case studies.

A set of educational pages presented as part of the Iowa State Archaeologist's site.

Scientists studying the geoarchaeology of Gray's Reef and nearby J-Reef are documenting the reefs' existence above sea level during geologic time to provide the foundation for studies on the existence of prehistoric humans and their prey in this area.

Brief profile of the geoarchaeology aspect of the Smithsonian's Deltas-Global Change Program.

Arizona State University course syllabus. Includes detailed geoarchaeology bibliography.

Offers an undergraduate degree program in geoarchaeology. Program overview, courses, and faculty.

Offers a graduate degree in geography with a specialization in geoarchaeology.

A long-running multi-disciplinary landscape project in the Milfield basin, Northumberland to provide an integrated approach to understanding past human settlement in relation to the environment.

An interest group that aims to promote high quality, multidisciplinary geoarchaeological research advancing the sustainable use of the valley associated with the third longest river in England.

Offers a BSc Geoarchaeology program.

Course covers geomorphology of semi-arid landscapes, descriptions of soils and stratigraphic sections, geomorphological mapping, air photo interpretation, and relationships between archaeological site location and environmental characteristics. The setting is south-central Oregon.