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Environmental Archaeology

• If we want to know how humans functioned we must know what their world was like thus environmental reconstruction
• Geomorphical and biological processes occurring around sites, not self contained package.
• Cores from the ocean to extract information about dates
• Ancient winds, from isotopes, helps us see why Vikings stop particular route Polynesian migrations. Storm peacefulness stops and they don't go on to Australia and New Zealand.
• Ephesus Roman town now 5k in land used to be on coast.
• Glaciers when bigger held more water and sea levels decrease, thus exposing land bridges like Baring or north-western Europe human colonization etc.
• Study how much land available during a period

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