Hominid Sites, Their Geologic Settings (Aaas Selected Symposium, 63) - Hardcover

Rapp, George Robert; American Association For The Advancement Of Science

 
9780865312623: Hominid Sites, Their Geologic Settings (Aaas Selected Symposium, 63)

Synopsis

Pp. xvii, 310; numerous maps, plan-views and stratigraphic sections. Publisher's original light gray cloth, lettered in red on the spine and front cover, 8vo. The authors provide detailed accounts of multidisciplinary efforts in uncovering in hominid sited in Africa and Asia; the coin the term "archaeological geology" for these efforts. The authors examine how geochronology, sedimentology, petrology, pedology, palynology, geophysics, zooarchaeology, and related studies have expanded the knowledge of hominid development. The volume cover work at many of the better-known sites and other new potential sites, such as Luzon in the Philippines (from the forward). No ownership marks and no signs of use.

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