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Archaeological chemistry : materials, methods, and meaning /

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"This book provides examples of analytical methods in a variety of archaeological materials. It presents analytical techniques that incur no visible destruction of the artifact under examination. Using patterns in the analytical data derived from a wide variety of analytical methods, different...

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Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: Jakes, Kathryn A., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [2002]
Series:ACS symposium series ; 831.
Subjects:
Archaeological chemistry.
Archaeology > Methodology.
Chimie archéologique.
Archéologie > Méthodologie.
Archaeological chemistry
Archaeology > Methodology
Chemie
Archäologie
Kongress
History & Archaeology.
Archaeology.
archaeological chemistry
ACS
Online Access:Table of contents
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Full text available from ACS Symposium Series (1974-2012)
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Summary:"This book provides examples of analytical methods in a variety of archaeological materials. It presents analytical techniques that incur no visible destruction of the artifact under examination. Using patterns in the analytical data derived from a wide variety of analytical methods, different components of past human behavior are inferred, including diet, technology of manufacture, source of raw materials, trade routes, and determination of age."--
Item Description:Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of the History of Chemistry at the 222th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illinois, August 26-30, 2001.
Physical Description:ix, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0841238103
9780841238107