Geoarchaeology of the Qumran archaeological site, Israel.

Focus on Geography | June 22, 2004| | Copyright

Introduction

Geoarchaeology combines archaeological research with methods and concepts of the earth sciences (Butzer 1982). Geography (both physical and human), geology, geomorphology and geophysics have been melded with archaeology to develop a multidisciplinary approach for studying the site at Khirbet Qumran (hereafter Qumran) in Israel. The full range of earth (geo) sciences can be applied to archaeological evidence at the Qumran Archaeological Site allowing past processes and events to be inferred (Rapp and Hill 1998).

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