35081
Accession Number
849
Author
Rainey, Froelich; Ralph, Elizabeth K.
Title Of Article Chaper
Archeology and its new technology
Title Of Journal Book
Science
Volume
153
Issue
3743
Pages
1481-1491
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The director and associate director of the Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, discuss new archeological techniques and improvements in existing ones used at the Center. Covers dating by thermoluminescence, potassium-argon, fission-track and thorium-230 methods, detection of buried features by a variety of instruments, underwater methods, and briefly mentions analytical techniques for the identification of archeological materials. -- AATA
pub_id
35081