New Directions In Archaeological Science: Terra Australis 28
by Sue O'Connor /
2012 / English / PDF
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Archaeological Science meetings will have a personality of their
own depending on the focus of the host archaeological fraternity
itself. The 8th Australasian Archaeometry meeting follows this
pattern but underlying the regional emphasis is the continuing
concern for the processes of change in the landscape that
simultaneously effect and illuminate the archaeological record.
These are universal themes for any archaeological research with the
increasing employment of science-based studies proving to be a key
to understanding the place of humans as subjects and agents of
change over time. This collection of refereed papers covers the
thematic fields of geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, materials
analysis and chronometry, with particular emphasis on the first
two. The editors Andrew Fairbairn, Sue O'Connor and Ben Marwick
outline the special value of these contributions in the
introduction. The international nature of archaeological science
will mean that the advances set out in these papers will find a
receptive audience among many archaeologists elsewhere. There is no
doubt that the story that Australasian archaeology has to tell has
been copiously enriched by incorporating a widening net of advanced
science-based studies. This has brought attention to the nature of
the environment as a human artefact, a fact now more widely
appreciated, and archaeology deals with these artefacts, among
others, in this way in this publication.
Archaeological Science meetings will have a personality of their
own depending on the focus of the host archaeological fraternity
itself. The 8th Australasian Archaeometry meeting follows this
pattern but underlying the regional emphasis is the continuing
concern for the processes of change in the landscape that
simultaneously effect and illuminate the archaeological record.
These are universal themes for any archaeological research with the
increasing employment of science-based studies proving to be a key
to understanding the place of humans as subjects and agents of
change over time. This collection of refereed papers covers the
thematic fields of geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, materials
analysis and chronometry, with particular emphasis on the first
two. The editors Andrew Fairbairn, Sue O'Connor and Ben Marwick
outline the special value of these contributions in the
introduction. The international nature of archaeological science
will mean that the advances set out in these papers will find a
receptive audience among many archaeologists elsewhere. There is no
doubt that the story that Australasian archaeology has to tell has
been copiously enriched by incorporating a widening net of advanced
science-based studies. This has brought attention to the nature of
the environment as a human artefact, a fact now more widely
appreciated, and archaeology deals with these artefacts, among
others, in this way in this publication.
