Geoarchaeology-Where Do We Go from Here?

Niemi, Tina M.; Rapp, George; Hill, Christopher L.; Herz, Norman; Garrison, Ervan G.; Brown, A. G.; Sthatis, Stiros,; Jones, Richard E.; Higgins, Michael; Higgins, Reynold; Grolier, Maurice J.; Brinkman, R.; Blakeley, Jeffrey A.

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“…Finally, site formation research is one of the most powerful tools available in the maritime archaeologist's tool kit due to its unique capacity to draw on theories, techniques and methods -from related disciplines such as history, geography, geology and biology (Dincauze 2000:502;Ferrari and Adams 1990;Hassan 1987, Jones 1994McNinch et al. 2001;Nash and Petraglia 1987;Niemi 1999;Oxley 1998a:12;Schiffer 1987:8) -to produce a comprehensive understanding of an archaeological site, its history, and all it contains.…”

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Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Horlings¹

2012

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to formation processes across a range of scales from micro-artifact to region and from historical to environmental processes, this work explores the archaeology of the event related to submerged archaeological sites within the Elmina seascape of coastal Ghana. Building on and intersecting with the work of other scholars, this research is a unique approach to the investigation of submerged cultural remains related to historical maritime trade. Remote sensing surveys in 2009 led to the identification of three sites related to maritime trade, adding significantly to the two previously known sites, which include a circa 1650 shipwreck, referred to as the Elmina Wreck, and the remains of an early 18 th century vessel in the Benya Lagoon. Drawing on remote sensing survey data, diver investigations, and the micro-sampling sediment coring technique developed over the course of field research, the historic and physical environment of coastal Elmina is studied as a means of interpreting the unique events surrounding a specific shipwreck, and to relate formation processes across the region to this and other sites. While archaeological evidence is limited, the complex study of formation processes, including the historical contexts of trade and the physical environmental has provided insights into events and practices of trade, destruction and preservation of submerged sites, and has provided a foundation for continued holistic investigation and maritime archaeological studies in the region. The methodological and theoretical approaches to formation processes form a model applicable to maritime research across the globe.

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Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Horlings¹

2012

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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“…disponíveis para o uso humano; o estudo de processos de formação de sítio; o estudo dos solos, de sedimentos, de geomorfologia e micromorfologia para reconstruções paleoambientais e paleoclimáticas e para o 23 Cadernos do LEPAARQ Vol. XV | n°29 | 2018 POR UMA ABORDAGEM GEOARQUEOLÓGICA: A INTERFACE ENTRE A ARQUEOLOGIA E AS CIÊNCIAS DA TERRA E A ÊNFASE NO CONTEXTO ESPACIAL reconhecimento da ação humana sobre eles em nível local e regional; estudos petrográficos e geoquímicos de artefatos; prospecções de superfície e de sub-superfície por técnicas de sensoriamento remoto e métodos geofísicos (e.g., magnetometria, resistividade elétrica e radar de penetração de solo) para a localização de sítios e a delimitação de suas extensões; geocronologia (além da datação relativa por meio da estratigrafia, sítios com datações absolutas que extrapolam os limites de alcance do radiocarbono são potencialmente datáveis por outras técnicas, como a termoluminescência, a luminescência opticamente estimulada e a ressonância de spin eletrônico); utilização de tecnologias digitais como Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) para análise e interpretação de informações espaciais e relações espaçotemporais entre fenômenos naturais e antropogênicos (NIEMI, 1999;BAR-YOSEF, 2001;HILL, 2005;GOLDBERG e MACPHAIL, 2006;CONOLLY e LAKE, 2006;FOUACHE et al, 2010;GILBERT et al, 2017).…”

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Por uma abordagem geoarqueológica: a interface entre a Arqueologia e as Ciências da Terra e a ênfase no contexto espacial

Araujo

2018

Cad. LEPAARQ

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Este artigo consiste numa argumentação acerca da importância da Geoarqueologia enquanto componente básico de qualquer pesquisa arqueológica. A abordagem geoarqueológica nasce da interface entre a Arqueologia e as Ciências da Terra, mais especificamente da aplicação de conceitos, métodos e técnicas da segunda sobre a primeira, colocando em evidência as características espaciais que compõem o registro arqueológico. As implicações das Geociências em métodos e técnicas arqueológicas se verificam historicamente, desde os primórdios da Arqueologia enquanto disciplina científica, e essa interface se justifica pela própria natureza espacial do registro arqueológico, uma vez que este está inserido numa matriz sedimentar. Nessa perspectiva, estudos de processos de formação constituem uma etapa fundamental para o estudo de qualquer contexto arqueológico, pois a investigação dos agentes naturais e culturais que formam e transformam o depósito é condição sine qua non para quaisquer inferências de comportamento.Abstract: This article is an argument about the importance of Geoarchaeology as a basic component of any archaeological research. The geoarchaeological approach arises from the interface between Archaeology and the Earth Sciences, more specifically from the application of concepts, methods, and techniques of the latter to the former, highlighting the spatial characteristics that make up the archaeological record. The implications of the Geosciences in archaeological methods and techniques have historically been verified since the earliest days of Archaeology as a scientific discipline, and this interface is justified by the spatial nature of the archaeological record itself since it is inserted in a sedimentary matrix. In this perspective, studies of formation processes constitute a fundamental stage for the study of any archaeological context, since the investigation of the natural and cultural agents that form and transform the deposit is a condition sine qua non for any inferences of behavior.

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Geoarchaeology-Where Do We Go from Here?

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Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Of His Bones are Coral Made: Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana

Por uma abordagem geoarqueológica: a interface entre a Arqueologia e as Ciências da Terra e a ênfase no contexto espacial

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