Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 18, Dvortsovaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

[pitulko.vladimir@gmail.com]

Received 05.05.2025, accepted 12.05.2025

 

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2025-1-87-102

 

For citation: Pitulko V. V. Archaeology, geoarchaeology and modern scientific methods (Kuzmin Ya. V. Osnovy geoarkheologii: Estestvennonauchnye metody v sovremennoi arkheologii: uchebnik [Basics of geoarchaeology: Scientific methods in modern archaeology: a textbook]. Moscow: RUSCIENCE, 2024. 340 p.) (in Russ.). Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2025 (1), 87–102, DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2025-1-87-102

 

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