On Site Geoarchaeology on a Neolithic Tell Site in Greece: Archaeological Sediments, Microartifacts and Software Development PDF
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O S G N ITE EOARCHAEOLOGY ON A N T S G : EOLITHIC ELL ITE IN REECE A S , RCHAEOLOGICAL EDIMENTS M ICROARTIFACTS AND S D OFTWARE EVELOPMENT No part of this digital document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means. The publisher has taken reasonable care in the preparation of this digital document, but makes no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of information contained herein. This digital document is sold with the clear understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, medical or any other professional services. O S G N ITE EOARCHAEOLOGY ON A N T S G : EOLITHIC ELL ITE IN REECE A S , RCHAEOLOGICAL EDIMENTS M ICROARTIFACTS AND S D OFTWARE EVELOPMENT DIMITRIS KONTOGIORGOS EDITOR Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Kontogiorgos, Dimitris. On site geoarchaeology on a Neolithic tell site in Greece : archaeological sediments, microartifacts, and software development / Dimitris Kontogiorgos. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN: 978-1-61470-473-7 (eBook) 1. Paliambela Kolindros Site (Greece) 2. Neolithic period--Greece--Pieria Region. 3. Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Pieria Region. 4. Archaeological geology--Greece--Pieria Region. 5. Archaeological geology--Computer programs. 6. Sediments (Geology)--Analysis. 7. Particle size determination. 8. Soil science in archaeology--Greece--Pieria Region. 9. Antiquities, Prehistoric--Greece--Pieria Region. 10. Pieria Region (Greece)--Antiquities. I. Title. GN776.22.G8K66 2009 938'.1--dc22 2009017368 Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (cid:212) New York CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Chapter 1 The Rise of a Neolithic Tell: The Evidence from Particle Size Analysis on Archaeological Sediments 1 Dimitris Kontogiorgos Chapter 2 Tell the Story of a Ditch. Additional Sedimentary and Microartifactual Evidence for the Use of Space on a Neolithic Tell 19 Dimitris Kontogiorgos Chapter 3 Test again for the Optimum! Confirming the Use of Genetic Algorithm Minimization on Microartifact Weight Estimation 27 Dimitris Kontogiorgos and Alexandros Leontitsis Chapter 4 Microartelyzer: A Software for Microartifacts’ Quantification 47 Alexandros Leontitsis and Dimitris Kontogiorgos Chapter 5 From Tells to Extended Settlements: On-site Geoarchaeology and Cultural Formation Processes at the Extended Neolithic Settlement at Korinos (Northern Greece) 57 Manthos Besios, Fotini Adaktylou and Dimitris Kontogiorgos vi Contents Chapter 6 From Neolithic to Hellenistic. A Geoarchaeological Approach to the Burial of a Hellenistic Theatre: The Evidence from Particle Size Analysis and Microartifacts 71 Dimitris Kontogiorgos and Kaliopi Preka-Alexandri Chapter 7 A Comment on the Vertical Movement of Microartifacts in an Anthropogenic and in a Non Anthropogenic Environment and the Effects of Formation Processes 81 Dimitris Kontogiorgos Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks 85 Dimitris Kontogiorgos Index 89 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dimitris Kontogiorgos would like to express his deep appreciation and gratitude to Prof. Paul Halstead (University of Sheffield-U.K.) for his valuable academic advice, support and encouragement. D.K would like also to thank Professor Kostas Kotsakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Greece) for his encouragement to study the geoarchaeology of the site. D.K would like also to express his appreciation to Dr. Sherry Fox (Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical studies at Athens) for her support. This work would not be possible without generous funding from the Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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