Call for papers: a special issue on geoarchaeology

Geoarchaeology, 2010

This journal emerged from the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research that took place in the 1970s and 1980s as new ideas and new methods (especially in geochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction) led to closer links between archaeologists and geoscientists, both in the field and in the laboratory. Looking back at the first editorial board of Geoarchaeology shows that many of the pioneers of this field, themselves representing a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and traditions, had built highly productive careers at this interface. The editorial board of 1986 also featured a number of geoscientists who had moved away from traditional hard-rock and Quaternary research to forge new research agendas tackling archaeological questions. The rapid growth in the relationship between the geosciences and archaeology led to the need for a peer-reviewed journal that could present and promote this growing body of interdisciplinary research. Jack Donahue penned the following editorial in the first issue:

The Working Group defines Geoarchaeology as “the geosciences and geographical methods and techniques applied to prehistory, archaeology, and history”. Its aim is to promote Geoarchaeology in an open-minded way and from an interdisciplinary point of view. (Fouache et al. 2010: 307)

The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, 2018

Entry "Geoarchaeology" for "The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences". Edited by Sandra L. López Varela (2018) JohnWiley & Sons, Inc.

Table of Contents - Chair’s word (Kosmas Pavlopoulos) - Activity report 2015-2016 (Yasuhisa Kondo) - Scientific essays -- Open discussion: Geoarchaeology as Geoarchaeology (Francisco Borja Barrera) -- Out of Africa: Geoarchaeological research in the Eastern Desert of Egypt (Karin Kindermann, Felix Henselowsky, Philip Van Peer and Olaf Bubenzer) -- Seismic faulting and palaeo-liquefaction in an ancient harbor (Stathis Stiros and Vasso Saltogianni) - Conference reports - New books and research articles - Call for papers

Geoarchaeology uses the techniques, methods, and concepts of the physical sciences to address archaeological questions. Examined here are the major techniques of geoarchaeology that are geared toward: discovering archaeological sites and documenting their internal structure; surveying site formation and disturbance processes; the analysis of soils and sediments; paleoenvironmental reconstruction and the impact of humans on the landscape; the physical analysis of archaeological materials; and the integration of geoarchaeology with social archaeology. Geoarchaeology must be integrated into research programs at the design, excavation, and analytical stages to be most advantageous.

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1999

Of all of the sciences utilized in modern archaeological research, that of geology has the longest history of association with archaeology. Surprisingly, perhaps, geoarchaeology as a recognized sub-discipline has taken slightly longer to establish itself than others such as bioarchaeology. There is still some uncertainty about what exactly geoarchaeology encompasses, and some differences of usage of the term between Europe and North America. This brief introduction explores some of these issues, and attempts to place the other contributions to this volume in a slightly broader context. Geoarchaeology here is used to describe the application of the geosciences to solve research problems in archaeology. The interaction between the sciences of geology and archaeology has a long and honourable history, going back to the early 19th century, when geology and prehistoric archaeology developed substantially in parallel. Conventionally, it is usual to consider primarily a subset of the geosciences as included within the term 'geoarchaeology', particularly geomorphology, sedimentology, pedology and stratigraphy. This priority perhaps reflects an observation made by Renfrew in 1976, in his introduction to one of the earliest volumes to use the term geoarchaeology (Davidson & Shackley 1976), that 'since archaeology, or at least prehistoric archaeology, recovers almost all its basic data by excavation, every archaeological problem starts as a problem in geoarchaeology' (Renfrew 1976). It also reflects the intensity of interest during the 1980s in the subject of site formation processes, to which these techniques have made a considerable contribution (e.g. Schiffer 1987). Chronology, although central to both archaeology and geology, is usually considered to be a separate sub-discipline. Opinions differ as to whether chemical analysis (of raw materials and artefacts) and geophysics should be included within the term geoarchaeology. The former, particularly in the United States, is often termed 'archaeometry', and forms a significant subset of the emerging sub-discipline known as 'archaeological chemistry' (e.g. Pollard & Heron 1996). The latter is often incorporated in the wider field of study known as remote sensing or archaeological prospection. We have taken a broad view of the word geoarchaeology here, and, as signified by the subtitle , have included a wider spectrum of geoscience techniques applied to problems in archaeology. The papers presented here are a subset of those presented at the Geoarchaeology session of the Geosciences '98 Conference, held at Keele University on 14-16 April 1998. Archaeology, geology, geoarchaeology and archaeological geology The beginnings of scientific archaeology in the 19th century are intimately tied to the parallel development of geology. This approach is personified by Sir Charles Lyell

Newsletter, IAG Working Group on Geoarchaeology, 2013

Table of Contents Chair’s Word (Kosmas Pavlopoulos) Communications Activity report: 2009–2013 (Kosmas Pavlopoulos) Board members 2013–2016 Our new website and social network services (Yasuhisa Kondo) Scientific Essays Geomorphological surveying in Sambor Prei Kuk Pre-Angkor Site, Central Cambodia (Sumiko Kubo & Naoko Nagumo) The natural environment in the territory of Kazakhstan in anthropogene (Adilkhan B. Baibatsha) Geoarchaeological Research within the Framework of ROCEEH (Michael Märker) Conference Reports Forthcoming Conferences New Books New Research Articles You are welcome to contribute!

E & G - Quaternary Science Journal , 2020

In this editorial, we give a short state of the art of geoarchaeology, including recent advancements and challenges, and shortly present the seven contributions to our special issue "Geoarchaeology and past human–environment interactions" that was published in January 2020 in E & G - Quaternary Science Journal.

Dear colleagues, We kindly invite You to the 5th Geoarchaeological conference: LATE ANTIQUITY AND MIGRATION PERIOD IN THE LIGHT OF GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, EASTERN ADRIATIC AND ADJACENT REGIONS - organized by the Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The Conference will be held at the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb 23rd-24th of October 2018. Requests for detailed information please contact Dr Katarina Botic: kbotic@iarh.hr. We are looking forward to Your participation. Dr hab. Fabian Welc Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland (President of the organizing committee) Dr. Katarina Botić Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia (Vice-president of the organizing committee) Prof. Marcel Burić Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Member of the organizing committee)