An Introduction to Archaeological Chemistry
Authors: Price, T. Douglas, Burton, James H.
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- Comprehensive coverage of Archaeological Science from professors with twenty years teaching experience
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- About this Textbook
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Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of archaeology. This comprehensive text covers the subject with a full range of case studies, materials, and research methods. With twenty years of experience teaching the subject, the authors offer straightforward coverage of archaeological chemistry, a subject that can be intimidating for many archaeologists who do not already have a background in the hard sciences. With clear explanations and informative illustrations, the authors have created a highly approachable text, which will help readers overcome that intimidation. Topics covered included: Materials (rock, pottery, bone, charcoal, soils, metals, and others), Instruments (microscopes, NAA, spectrometers, mass spectrometers, GC/MS, XRF & XRD, Case Studies (Provinience, Sediments, Diet Reconstruction, Past Human Movement, Organic Residues). The detailed coverage and clear language will make this useful as an introduction to the study of archaeological chemistry, as well as a useful resource for years after that introduction.
- About the authors
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T. Douglas Price is the Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. James H. Burton is the Associate Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Archaeological Chemistry
Pages 1-24
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What Archaeologists Want To Know
Pages 25-39
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Archaeological Materials
Pages 41-72
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Methods of Analysis
Pages 73-126
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Identification and Authentication
Pages 127-154
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- An Introduction to Archaeological Chemistry
- Authors
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- T. Douglas Price
- James H. Burton
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4419-6376-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-6376-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-6375-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-3302-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXII, 311
- Topics
