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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinn, Patrick Sean (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2022].
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:
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.