Archaeological chemistry : analytical techniques and archaeological interpretation /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: Glascock, Michael, Speakman, Robert J., 1970-, Popelka-Filcoff, Rachel S., 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 968.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Expanding the range of electron spin resonance dating
  • Toward the classification of colorants in archaeological textiles of Eastern North America
  • Infrared examination of fiber and particulate residues from archaeological textiles
  • Extraction and analysis of DNA from archaeological specimens
  • Using archaeological chemistry to investigate the geographic origins of trophy heads in the central Andes: strontium isotope analysis at the Wari site of Conchopata
  • Interpreting stable isotopic analyses: case studies on Sardinian prehistory
  • Bitumen in neolithic Iran: biomolecular and isotopic evidence
  • Surface analysis of a black deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho
  • Shell bead sourcing: a comparison of two techniques on Olivella biplicata shells and beads from Western North America
  • Archaeological soils and sediments: application of microfocus synchrotron X-ray scattering, diffraction, and fluorescence analyses in thin-section
  • Quantitative modeling of soil chemical data from inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy reveals evidence for cooking and eating in ancient Mesoamerican plazas
  • Chemical composition of song dynasty, Chinese, copper-based coins via energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
  • Elemental compositions of Herodian Prutah, copper coins-of the Biblical "widow's mites" series--via energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
  • Chemical composition of the Isfiya and Qumran coin hoards
  • Selected applications of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma--mass spectrometry to archaeological research
  • Evaluating the precision requirements for isotope ratio determination of archaeological materials using laser ablation-time-of-flight-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry increasing ratio precision
  • Lead isotope analysis of Roman carthage curse tablets
  • Laser ablation--inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis of ancient copper alloy artifacts
  • Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis applied to the characterization of Peruvian Wari ceramics
  • Characterization of building materials from the brick chapel at historic St. Mary's city
  • Characterization of 15th-16th century Majolica pottery found on the Canary Islands
  • Intraregional provenancing of Philistine pottery from Israel
  • The technology of Mesopotamian ceramic glazes
  • Analysis of historic latter-day Saint pottery glazes by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
  • Fingerprinting specular Hematite from mines in Botswana, Southern Africa
  • Instrumental neutron activation analysis of Ochre artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru
  • Feasibility of field-portable XRF to identify obsidian sources in Central Peten, Guatemala
  • Sources of archaeological obsidian in Peru: descriptions and geochemistry.