Thin section petrography, geochemistry and scanning electron microscopy of archaeological ceramics /
Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of archaeological pottery, ceramic building materials, ancient refractories and plaster. Using over 400 color...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,
[2022].
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| Series: | Archaeopress archaeology.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to archaeological ceramics and compositional analysis
- Sampling, preparation and analysis of ceramic thin sections
- Composition of archaeological ceramics in thin section
- Classification and characterisation of archaeological ceramics in thin section
- Petrographic provenance determination
- Reconstructing ancient ceramic technology in thin section
- Other ceramic materials in thin section
- Instrumental geochemistry of archaeological ceramics
- Scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction of archaeological ceramics.