| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 512 pages) : color illustrations |
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Natural science in archaeology |
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Natural science in archaeology.
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| Contents |
Introduction : new methods and technologies of natural sciences for archaeological investigations in Nasca and Palpa, Peru / Markus Reindel and Günther A. Wagner -- Man and environment in the eastern Atacama Desert (southern Peru) : Holocene climate changes and their impact on pre-Columbian cultures / Bernhard Eitel and Bertil Mächtle -- Built on sand : climatic oscillation and water harvesting during the late intermediate period / Bertil Mächtle [and others] -- Beneath the desert soil : archaeological prospecting with a caesium magnetometer / Jörg W.E. Fassbinder and Tomasz H. Gorka -- Quantum detection meets archaeology : magnetic prospection with SQUIDs, highly sensitive and fast / Sven Linzen [and others] -- Viewing the subsurface in 3D : sediment tomography for (geo- )archaeological prospection in Palpa, southern Peru / Stefan Hecht -- The field of sherds : reconstructing geomagnetic field variations from Peruvian potsherds / Florian Stark [and others] -- From hunters to regional lords : funerary practices in Palpa, Peru / Johny Isla Cuadrado -- Talking bones : bioarchaeological analysis of individuals from Palpa / Elsa Tomasto Cagigao -- Who were the Nasca? Population dynamics in pre-Columbian southern Peru revealed by ancient DNA analyses / Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Susanne Hummel and Bernd Herrmann -- Humans and camelids in river oases of the Ica-Palpa-Nazca region in pre-Hispanic times : insights from H-C-N-O-S-Sr isotope signatures / Peter Horn [and others] -- The Nasca and their dear creatures : molecular genetic analysis of pre-Columbian camelid bones and textiles / Rebecca Renneberg, Susanne Hummel and Bernd Herrmann -- Of layers and sherds : a context-based relative chronology of the Nasca style pottery from Palpa / Niels Hecht -- The clock in the corn cob : on the development of a chronology of the Paracas and Nasca period based on radiocarbon dating / Ingmar Unkel and Bernd Kromer -- Cold light from the sediments of a hot desert : how luminescence dating sheds light on the landscape development of the northeastern Atacama / Annette Kadereit [and others] -- Light thrown on history : the dating of stone surfaces at the geoglyphs of Palpa using optically stimulated luminescence / Steffen Greilich and Günther A. Wagner -- Virtual archaeology : new methods of image-based 3D modeling / Armin Gruen -- Virtual flight over the Nasca lines : automated generation of a photorealistically textured 3D model of the Pampa de Nasca / Martin Sauerbier -- Context matters : GIS-based spatial analysis of the Nasca geoglyphs of Palpa / Karsten Lambers and Martin Sauerbier -- A model helicopter over Pinchango Alto : comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and aerial photogrammetry / Henri Eisenbeiss -- Perspectives and contrasts : documentation and interpretation of the petroglyphs of Chichictara, using terrestrial laser scanning and image-based 3D modeling / Peter Fux [and others] -- Pottery plotted by laser : 3D acquisition for documentation and analysis of symmetry of ancient ceramics / Hubert Mara -- Gold in southern Peru? Perspectives of research into mining archaeology / Thomas Stöllner -- Fingerprints in gold / Sandra Schlosser [and others] -- Life at the edge of the desert : archaeological reconstruction of the settlement history in the valleys of Palpa, Peru / Markus Reindel |
| Summary |
Gives an overview of developments in archaeometry. This work presents a detailed history of human development as well as its interaction with natural environment in the Nasca region, based on South America's detailed numeric archaeochronology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Archaeometry.
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archaeometry.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Archaeometry.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Antiquities
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Archaeometry
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| SUBJECT |
Nazca (Peru : Province) -- Antiquities
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Palpa (Ica, Peru) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Palpa (Ica, Peru) -- Antiquities.
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Nazca (Peru : Province) -- Antiquities.
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Peru -- Nazca (Province)
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Peru -- Palpa (Ica)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reindel, Markus.
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Wagner, Günther A.
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| ISBN |
9783540874386 |
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3540874380 |
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9783540874379 |
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3540874372 |
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