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This contribution aims to discuss how gravity-driven processes affect the archaeological record with the goal of building a broad conceptual and methodological framework for dealing with these contexts. A wide compilation of cases regarding gravity-driven processes is analyzed to recognize relevant environmental factors, the way they affect the properties of the record, and long-term archaeological expectations. Only by understanding the specific mechanisms and processes that occur in each context can an accurate methodological approach be chosen on which to base interpretations. A careful taphonomic study of the spatial distribution, frequency, size, diversity, and orientation of materials comprising the archaeological record is the first step to recognizing formation processes. Actualistic studies provide a framework for discussing the timing and intensity at which processes occur. A detailed geomorphological description is required to interpret sedimentological and micromorphological analysis, which in turn helps understanding of the relative subaerial permanence of the record, its temporal resolution, and preservation potential. Interpreting surface and buried materials requires the understanding of pedogenetic processes. Broad in/off-site spatial sampling strategies definitely yield a more realistic picture about the variety of processes in slope settings. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Gravity and the formation of the archaeological record: Main concepts and methodological tools
Autor:Ozán, I.L.
Filiación:Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires (IGEBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:geomorphology; pedology; sedimentology; surface/burial archaeological record; taphonomy
Año:2017
Volumen:32
Número:6
Página de inicio:646
Página de fin:661
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21620
Título revista:Geoarchaeology
Título revista abreviado:Geoarchaeology
ISSN:08836353
CODEN:GEOAE
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08836353_v32_n6_p646_Ozan

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(2017) . Gravity and the formation of the archaeological record: Main concepts and methodological tools. Geoarchaeology, 32(6), 646-661.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21620
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Ozán, I.L. "Gravity and the formation of the archaeological record: Main concepts and methodological tools" . Geoarchaeology 32, no. 6 (2017) : 646-661.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21620
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Ozán, I.L. "Gravity and the formation of the archaeological record: Main concepts and methodological tools" . Geoarchaeology, vol. 32, no. 6, 2017, pp. 646-661.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21620
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Ozán, I.L. Gravity and the formation of the archaeological record: Main concepts and methodological tools. Geoarchaeology. 2017;32(6):646-661.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21620