Archaeological chemistry : analytical techniques and archaeological interpretation

Körperschaft: American Chemical Society. Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry
American Chemical Society. Meeting
Weitere Verfasser: Glascock, Michael
Popelka-Filcoff, Rachel S., 1977-
Speakman, Robert J., 1970-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, 2007.
Umfang/Format: xi, 571 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: ACS symposium series ; 968
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Expanding the range of electron spin resonance dating
  • Toward the classification of colorants in archaeological textiles of Eastern North America
  • Infrared examination of fiber and particulate residues from archaeological textiles
  • Extraction and analysis of DNA from archaeological specimens
  • Using archaeological chemistry to investigate the geographic origins of trophy heads in the central Andes: strontium isotope analysis at the Wari site of Conchopata
  • Interpreting stable isotopic analyses: case studies on Sardinian prehistory
  • Bitumen in neolithic Iran: biomolecular and isotopic evidence
  • Surface analysis of a black deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho
  • Shell bead sourcing: a comparison of two techniques on Olivella biplicata shells and beads from Western North America
  • Archaeological soils and sediments: application of microfocus synchrotron X-ray scattering, diffraction, and fluorescence analyses in thin-section
  • Quantitative modeling of soil chemical data from inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy reveals evidence for cooking and eating in ancient Mesoamerican plazas
  • Chemical composition of song dynasty, Chinese, copper-based coins via energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
  • Elemental compositions of Herodian Prutah, copper coins-of the Biblical "widow's mites" series
  • via energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
  • Chemical composition of the Isfiya and Qumran coin hoards.
  • Selected applications of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma
  • mass spectrometry to archaeological research
  • Evaluating the precision requirements for isotope ratio determination of archaeological materials using laser ablation-time-of-flight-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry increasing ratio precision
  • Lead isotope analysis of Roman carthage curse tablets
  • Laser ablation
  • inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis of ancient copper alloy artifacts
  • Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis applied to the characterization of Peruvian Wari ceramics
  • Characterization of building materials from the brick chapel at historic St. Mary's city
  • Characterization of 15th-16th century Majolica pottery found on the Canary Islands
  • Intraregional provenancing of Philistine pottery from Israel
  • The technology of Mesopotamian ceramic glazes
  • Analysis of historic latter-day Saint pottery glazes by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
  • Fingerprinting specular Hematite from mines in Botswana, Southern Africa
  • Instrumental neutron activation analysis of Ochre artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru
  • Feasibility of field-portable XRF to identify obsidian sources in Central Peten, Guatemala
  • Sources of archaeological obsidian in Peru: descriptions and geochemistry.