Archaeological chemistry : analytical techniques and archaeological interpretation / Michael D. Glascock, editor, Robert J. Speakman, editor, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, editor.
"Sponsored by the ACS Divisions of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology and the History of Chemistry." "The symposium upon which this book is based was held at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-27, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
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.
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