18053
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeometry: an introduction to physical methods in archaeology and the history of art
Collation
xi, 176 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Reference Bibliography
Bibliography: p. (161)-165
Publisher
VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH . Distribution, USA and Canada, VCH Publishers
Publisher City
Weinheim : New York
ISBN
3527266313;0895736128 (US)
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Monographic
Abstract
Written to help archaeologists and historians to recognize the potentials of physics and chemistry for their purposes. An introduction outlines the historical development of archaeometry. Four self contained chapters discuss: prospection (aerial surveying resistivity surveying magnetic prospection underwater surveying etc.); dating methods (archaeomagnetism, radiation, obsidian etc.); characterization of artifacts (optical examination thermal analysis, diffraction chemical analysis by physical methods etc.); mathematics in archaeology. Bibliography of recommended reading, photographs diagrams.
Keywords
Archaeology, magnetism archaeomagnetism geomagnetism; archaeology, dating; archaeology, prospection; archaeology, prospection magnetic; archaeology, prospection electric resistance; archaeology, site identification survey; archaeology, underwater prospection; dating, archaeomagnetism; archaeometry, science; dating, radiocarbon; spectroscopy, x ray diffraction; spectroscopy, analysis; spectroscopy, mass; dating, science; dating, geophysics; dating, amino-acid racemization; dating, dendrochronology; dating, thermoluminescence; spectroscopy, emission x ray proton-induced pixe; physics, science; chemistry, archaeology; analysis, chemical; electron, microscopy scanning; microscopy, optical; radiography, technique; ICCROM -- ICCROM
pub_id
18053