Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics / Patrick Sean Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Patrick S. (Patrick Sean), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petrology in archaeology.

Thin sections (Geology).

Scanning electron microscopy in archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en liña (466 páxinas)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress, [2022]

Summary:

Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient ceramics and provides comprehensive guidelines for their scientific study within archaeology.

Contents:

Introduction to archaeological ceramics & compositional analysis

Sampling, preparation & analysis of ceramic thin sections

Composition of archaeological ceramics in thin section

Classification & characterisation of archaeological ceramics in thin section

Petrographic provenance determination

Reconstructing ancient ceramic technology in thin section

Other ceramic materials in thin section

Instrumental geochemistry of archaeological ceramics

Scanning electron microscopy & x-ray diffraction of archaeological ceramics.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Quinn, Patrick Sean Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics

ISBN:

9781803272702 (paper)

9781803273655

1803273658

9781803272719

1803272716