Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface Didier Wirth 11 -- Gardens for Archaeologists Amina-Aïcha Malek 13 -- Part I A Short History of Garden Archaeology 19 -- Preamble What do Archaeologists Look for when Looking for Gardens? Amina-Aïcha Malek 21 -- Chapter 1 Garden Archaeology in Japan Kenkichi Ono & Amina-Aïcha Malek 25 -- Chapter 2 Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and the Gardens of the Roman Empire Amina-Aïcha Malek 41 -- Chapter 3 Christopher Taylor and British Garden Archaeology Amina-Aïcha Malek 59 -- Chapter 4 American Garden Archaeology and the Chesapeake Bay Amina-Aïcha Malek 73 -- Conclusion Amina-Aïcha Malek 93 -- Part II Preliminary Questions and Investigations 95 -- Chapter 1 Apprehending the Garden: Non-destructive Approaches to Detecting Gardens Kathryn L. Gleason & Mark P. Leone 97 -- Chapter 2 Geophysical Exploration of Gardens Bruce Bevan & Rinita Dalan 127 -- Chapter 3 Ground-penetrating Radar Exploration and Mapping Techniques for Garden Archaeology Lawrence B. Conyers 163 -- Part III Excavating the Garden: Bringing the Garden to Light 195 -- Chapter 1 Special Considerations in Excavating a Garden Kathryn L. Gleason 197 -- Chapter 2 Detecting and Documenting Archaeological Features of a Garden through Excavation Kathryn L. Gleason 217 -- Chapter 3 Coordinating the Study of Environmental Remains in the Garden Soils Kathryn L. Gleason 257 -- Chapter 4 Synthesis & Interpretation: The Garden as a Built Environment Kathryn L. Gleason & Michele Palmer 277 -- Glossary Kathryn L. Gleason, Michele Palmer & John E. Foss 316 -- Part IV Biological Investigations: The Archaeology of Living Matter 319 -- Chapter 1 Garden SoilsJohn E. Foss 321 -- Chapter 2 Macroremains of PlantsMark Horrocks 337 -- Chapter 3 Microbotanical Remains: Pollen Analysis Eberhard Grüger 361 -- Chapter 4 Phytoliths Mark Horrocks 393.

Chapter 5 Invertebrates: Insects Hiram Larew 411 -- Part V The Enhanced Nature: Analyzing Elements of the Garden 419 -- Chapter 1 Water and Waterworks in Garden Archaeology James L. Wescoat Jr. 421 -- Chapter 2 Physical Evidence of the Garden A. The Gardens of Pompeii and the other Vesuvian Sites Stefano De Caro & Wilhelmina F. Jashemski 453 -- B. The Physical Evidence of the American Garden Elizabeth Kryder-Reid 475 -- Chapter 3 Cultural Elaboration of Nature A. Interpreting the Gardens of Pompeii Wilhelmina F. Jashemski 493 -- B. Interpreting the American Garden Elizabeth Kryder-Reid 499 -- Part VI Historic Gardens and Garden Archaeology 513 -- Chapter 1 Preservation, Conservation, and Garden Archaeology Giorgio Galletti 515 -- Chapter 2 Experiences in Garden Archaeology Giorgio Galletti 521 -- Part VII A Garden of Practical Examples 549 -- Chapter 1 Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens, West Midlands, England, UK Christopher Currie 551 -- Chapter 2 The Gardens at Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, England, UK Brian Dix 561 -- Chapter 3 Stow Park, Lincolnshire, England, UK. Palace and Hunting Parkof the Medieval Bishops of Lincoln Paul Everson 567 -- Chapter 4 The Garden of Vallery, Yonne, FranceAnne Allimant 575 -- Chapter 5 Vallon/Sur Dompierre, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland Michel E. Fuchs & Jacques Monnier 583 -- Chapter 6 The Courtyard Garden in the House of Bacchus and Ariadne at Thuburbo Maius, Zaghouan, Tunisia Wilhelmina F. Jashemski 595 -- Chapter 7 The Garden of Hercules at Pompeii, Campania, Italy Wilhelmina F. Jashemski 603 -- Chapter 8 The "Villa of Horace" at Licenza, Latium, Italy Kathryn L. Gleason 607 -- Chapter 9 Branickis' Garden in Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland Dorota Sikora 615 -- Chapter 10 The Petra Garden and Pool-Complex, Ma'an, Jordan Leigh-Ann Bedal, Lawrence B. Conyers, John E. Foss & Kathryn L. Gleason 625.

Chapter 11 Sacred Gardens in the Old Town of Emar, Meskene, Syria Dominique Beyer 643 -- Chapter 12 Garden of Hasan Abdal (Wah Garden), Punjab, Pakistan Abdul Rehman 647 -- Chapter 13 The Mahtab Bagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Elizabeth B. Moynihan 653 -- Chapter 14 The Palace Garden of the Nanyue State, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Hongxun Yang 659 -- Chapter 15 The Garden at Block 6, East Second Ward on Third Street At the Nara Capital Site, Nara Prefecture, Japan Kenkichi Ono 667 -- Chapter 16 Ancient Gardening in the Kona Field System, Island of Hawai, US Mark Horrocks & Robert B. Rechtman 673 -- Chapter 17 Maya Urban Gardens at Xuch, Campeche, Mexico Christian Isendahl 685 -- Chapter 18 The Gardens of Ceren, El Salvador Payson Sheets 691 -- Chapter 19 Landscape Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Virginia, US Barbara J. Heath 697 -- Chapter 20 William Paca's Gardens in Annapolis, and on Wye Island, Maryland, US Mark P. Leone 707 -- Chapter 21 Andalusia's Graperies and Gardens, Pennsylvania, US Anne Yentsch & Judson M. Kratzer 713 -- Chapter 22 Raised Fields as Monumental Farmed Landscapes, Lake Titicaca, South America Clark L. Erickson 723 -- Chapter 23 The Garden of the Patio of the Acequia in the Generalife, Granada, Spain Manuel Casares Porcel & José Tito Rojo 729 -- Chapter 24 Renaissance Garden of Don Diego de Castejon (1554-1630). Palacio de los Castejones, Ágreda, Soria, Spain Ana Luengo & Joe Prentice 735 -- Chapter 25 The Islamic Gardens of Madinat Mursiya, Murcia, Spain Julio Navarro Palazón 741 -- Geographical Index 747 -- Subject Index 753 -- The Contributors 781.