Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

 

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences



Handbook of Archaeological Sciences



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Das Handbook of Archaeological Science ist das erste gro? angelegte Nachschlagewerk zur modernen Arch?ologie seit mehr als 30 Jahren. Behandelt werden alle Aspekte der arch?ologischen Wissenschaft, wie z.B. Datierung, Pal?obiologie, Entwicklungen der Molekularbiologie, Ausgrabungen, Prospektion, Konservierungsmethoden, statistische - und Computerverfahren. Die Beitr?ge stammen von f?hrenden Wissenschaftlern der jeweiligen Disziplin, deren Grundlagen ausf?hrlich erl?utert und in ihrer Bedeutung f?r die Arch?ologie diskutiert werden. (12/00)

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