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Archaeological Ceramic Materials

Origin and Utilization

Authors:

  1. Bruce Velde

    1. Laboratoire de Géologie, URA CNRS 1316 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Cedex 05, France

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  2. Isabelle C. Druc

    1. Peabody Museum of Natural History Division of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, USA

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  • Practical approach in the study of ceramics Clearly targeted for non-specialists (archaeologists, geologists)

Part of the book series: Natural Science in Archaeology (ARCHAEOLOGY)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Introduction

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 1-10

  3. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Rocks and Minerals

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 11-33

  4. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Clay Minerals and Their Properties

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 35-58

  5. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Origin of Clay Resources

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 59-74

  7. RETRACTED CHAPTER: The Making of Pots

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 139-176

  8. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Optical Observation of Ceramics

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 177-203

  9. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Ceramics and Archaeology: Case Studies

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 205-258

  10. RETRACTED CHAPTER: Some Current Analysis Methods

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 259-286

  11. RETRACTED CHAPTER: How to Acquire the Knowledge to Do the Job

    • Bruce Velde, Isabelle C. Druc
    Pages 287-294

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 295-300
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About this book

The text which follows is based largely on the personal experience of the authors. The examples used which concern archaeological material, thin sections of sherds and many of the case studies are for the most part those which we have developed ourselves. This experience. may seem biased when one thinks of the large experience of petrographic archaeology, and this is surely true, but it is a reflection of our observations which are more complete for the objectives we have in mind than most of the examples given in the literature. For example, we have access to initial sherds, photo­ graphs, grain-size measurements and so forth for the same materials and we can present a specific archaeological context and problem using these data. Of course, there have been many studies on the same general subjects published elsewhere. As it turns out, our collective experience covers two of the major fields of investigation, the old (European) world and the new (American) one. It is evident that the problems are different in these two worlds. The contexts of production, distribution and use are different. The evolution of tech­ niques is very different although covering similar time periods. These two view points are complementary and, we hope, will enrich the investigative methods and outlook of workers in both cultural areas.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Géologie, URA CNRS 1316 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Bruce Velde

  • Peabody Museum of Natural History Division of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Isabelle C. Druc

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