Archaeological chemistry : materials, methods, and meaning / Kathryn A. Jakes, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jakes, Kathryn A., 1949-

American Chemical Society. Division of the History of Chemistry.

American Chemical Society. Meeting 2001 : Chicago, Ill.)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

ACS symposium series ; 831.

ACS symposium series ; 831

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeological chemistry.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, [2002]

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.

Contents:

1. Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning / Kathryn A. Jakes 1

2. Potential for Virtually Nondestructive Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotopic Analyses on Perishable Archaeological Artifacts / Karen L. Steelman, Marvin W. Rowe 8

3. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Ages of an Oxalate Accretion and Rock Paintings at Toca do Serrote da Bastiana, Brazil / Karen L. Steelman, Richard Rickman, Marvin W. Rowe, Thomas W. Boutton, Jon Russ, Niede Guidon 22

4. Measuring Lead Isotope Ratios in Majolica from New Spain Using a Nondestructive Technique / Susan Reslewic, James H. Burton 36

5. Characterization of Archaeological Materials by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry / Robert J. Speakman, Hector Neff, Michael D. Glascock, Barry J. Higgins 48

6. Modern and Ancient Resins from Africa and the Americas / Joseph B. Lambert, Yuyang Wu, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay 64

7. Characterization and Radiocarbon Dating of Archaeological Resins from Southeast Asia / C. D. Lampert, I. C. Glover, C. P. Heron, B. Stern, R. Shoocongdej, G. B. Thompson 84

8. Analysis of Glass Beads and Glass Recovered from an Early 17th-Century Glassmaking House in Amsterdam / K. Karklins, R. G. V. Hancock, J. Baart, M. L. Sempowski, J.-F. Moreau, D. Barham, S. Aufreiter, I. Kenyon 110

9. Morphology and Microstructure of Marine Silk Fibers / Rekha Srinivasan, Kathryn A. Jakes 128

10. Electron Spin Resonance Studies To Explore the Thermal History of Archaeological Objects / Robert G. Hayes, Mark R. Schurr 151

11. Geochemical Analysis of Obsidian and the Reconstruction of Trade Mechanisms in the Early Neolithic Period of the Western Mediterranean / Robert H. Tykot 169

12. Chemical, Technological, and Social Aspects of Pottery Manufacture in the La Quemada Region of Northwest Mexico / E. Christian Wells, Ben A. Nelson 185

13. Trace Element Analysis and Its Role in Analyzing Ceramics in the Eastern Woodlands / Christina B. Rieth 199

14. Contribution of Stable Isotope Analysis to Understanding Dietary Variation among the Maya / Robert H. Tykot 214

15. Chemical Compositions of Chinese Coins of Emperor Ch'ien Lung (Qian Long) and Annamese Coins of Emperor Thanh Thai via Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence / Tiffany Gaines, Eric McGrath, Vincent Iduma, Renee Kuzava, Sarah Frederick, Mark Benvenuto 231.

Notes:

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.

"Disbributed by Oxford University Press"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0841238103

OCLC:

49727757