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Environmental archaeology is traditionally divided into three subfields



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Məmmədova Aysel Environmental archaelogy (1)

Environmental archaeology is traditionally divided into three subfields:
Zooarchaeologists
They study animal remains, both vertebrate and invertebrate, from archaeological contexts. These studies provide a better understanding of past lifeways, human diets, changed landscapes, management of animals, impact of human utilization on other animal populations, and other interactions between animals and humans.
Archaeobotanists
They study plant remains that are preserved at archaeological sites including macroremains such as wood, seeds, nuts, etc. Because these are fragile, they are only preserved in special conditions (desiccated, charred, frozen, waterlogged, or preserved as impressions in baked clay or daub). Archaeobotanists also study microremains such as pollen, phytoliths, and spores, often found in the soils, as residues in pottery vessels, or in the sediments of stable waterbodies around archaeological sites.
Geoarchaeologists
They study a wide range of data, such as global climate, regional distribution of resources like stone for tools or clay for pots, local geomorphology or topography, and the clues that soil can provide in studies of ancient land-use. All environmental archaeologists, regardless of speciality, often rely on biomolecular sciences for their research, studying DNA, stable isotopes, or heavy metals to reveal even more detail about ancient environments.
Here at the Florida Museum of Natural History Environmental Archaeology Program, we have specialists in each of the major subfields. We specialize therefore in the zooarchaeology of macro- and microfauna, both vertebrate and invertebrate, including research at the biomolecular level; in macrobotanical analysis particularly of charred and waterlogged plant remains and woods; and in archaeopedology (one aspect of geoarchaeology), the study of ancient soils from archaeological landscapes.

References:

  • PHYSICAL(BIOLOGICAL)ANTHROPOLOGY - Environmental Archaeology - Robin Bendrey, Aurélie Salavert and Keith Wilkinson

  • https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/envarch/what/

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport / Department for Communities and Local Government 2010 PPS5: Planning for the Historic Environment: Historic Environment Planning Practice Guide .

  • Cox, M and Mays, S (eds) 2000 Human Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic Science . London: Greenwich Medical Media

  • Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions 1999 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI No. 293) . London: HMSO

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