The Archaeology of Garden and Field

Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason, Editors

1994 | 248 pages | Cloth $35.00 | Paper $26.50
Archaeology | Anthropology

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface

1. To Bound and to Cultivate: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Gardens and Fields
—Kathryn L. Gleason
2. Fertilizer in the Identification and Analysis of Cultivated Soil
—Naomi F. Miller, Kathryn L. Gleason
3. Archaeological Palynology of Gardens and Fields
—Suzanne K. Fish
4. Remote Sensing of Gardens and Fields
—Bruce Bevan
5. The Creation of Cultivable Land through Terracing
—John M. Treacy, William M. Denevan
6. Methodological Considerations in the Study of Ancient Andean Field Systems
—Clark L. Erickson
7. The "Celtic" Field Systems on the Berkshire Downs, England Stephen Ford
—Mark Bowden, Vincent Gaffney, Geoffrey C. Mees
8. Techniques for Excavating and Analyzing Buried Eighteenth-Century Garden Landscapes
—Anne E. Yentsch, Judson M. Kratzer
9. The Landscapes and Ideational Roles of Caribbean Slave Gardens
—Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher

List of Contributors
Index