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