The Oxford handbook of archaeological ceramic analysis / edited by Alice Hunt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunt, Alice M. W., editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Oxford handbooks in archaeology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pottery--Analysis.

Pottery.

Archaeological chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Other Title:

Handbook of archaeological ceramic analysis

Archaeological ceramic analysis

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic, one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record. It provides an invaluable resource for archaeologists, anthropologists, and archaeological materials scientists.

Contents:

Introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis / Alice Hunt

'Provenance' studies: productions and compositional groups / Yona Waksman

Mineralogical and Chemical Alteration / Gerwulf Schneider

Formal analysis and typological classification in the study of ancient pottery / Daniel Albero Santacreu, Manuel Calvo Trias, Jaume García Rosselló

Fabric Description of Archaeological Ceramics / Ian Whitbread

Analytical Drawing / Prabodh Shirvalkar

Petrography: Optical Microscopy / Patrick Degryse, Dennis Braekmans

Ceramic Micropalaeontology / Ian Wilkinson, Patrick Quinn, Mark Williams, Jeremy Taylor, Ian Whitbread

Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) / Corina Ionescu, Volker Höck

Isotope Analysis / Bettina Wiegand

X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) / Robert Heimann

History of Scientific Research / M. S. Tite

X-ray Fluorescence-Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence-Energy Dispersive (ED-XRF) and Wavelength Dispersive (WD-XRF) Spectrometry / Mark Hall

Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and its Applications for Ceramic Analysis / Marcia Rizzutto, Manfredo Tabacniks

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) / Mark Golitko, Laure Dussubieux

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in the Study of Archaeological Ceramics / Leah D. Minc, Johannes Sterba

Synchrotron Radiation / Alan F. Greene

Ethnography / Kent Fowler

Experimental Firing and Re-firing / Malgorzata Daszkiewicz, Lara Maritan

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) in Archaeological Ceramic Analysis / Shlomo Shoval

Raman spectroscopy and the study of ceramic manufacture: possibilities, results and challenges / Peter Vandenabeele, Jolien Van Pevenage

Designing Rigorous Research: Integrating Science and Archaeology / Jaume Buxeda I Garrigós, Marisol Madrid i Fernandez

X-radiography of Archaeological Ceramics / Ina Berg, Janet Ambers

Organic Inclusions / Marta Mariotti, Pasquino Pallecchi

Formal typology of Iberian ceramic vessels by morphometric analysis / Ana Martinez-Carrillo, Juan Barcelo

Mechanical and thermal properties / Noemi Müller

Assessing Vessel Function by Organic Residue Analysis / Hans Barnard, Jelmer W. Eerkens

Typology and Classification / Eugenio Bortolini

Direct Dating Methods / Sophie Blain, Christopher Hall

Evaluating Data: Uncertainty in Ceramic Analysis / Roberto Hazenfratz Marks

Handheld Portable Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (pXRF) / Elisabeth Holmqvist

Statistical Modelling for Ceramic Analysis / Gulsebnem Bishop

Data Recycling: Working with Published and Unpublished Ceramic Compositional Data / Matthew Boulanger

Ceramic Raw Materials / Giuseppe Montana

Ceramic Manufacture: the chaîne opératiore / Valentine Roux

The Organization of Pottery Production: Towards a Relational Approach / Kim Duistermaat.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 5, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191767920

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.