Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wisseman, Sarah U.; Williams, Wendell S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1993.This book is a user-friendly introduction to the interface between archaeology and the natural sciences. It is intended as a secondary textbook for undergraduates in interdisciplinary courses in anthropology, archaeological science, museum studies, or materials science. This title will also be useful to graduate students taking a course outside their major field, and to archaeologists, curators, and scientists in a variety of settings who are engaged in interdisciplinary research. Each chapter includes references and suggested readings; a glossary of technical terms concludes the volume.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134303335
• Artikelnr.: 40099606

Autorenporträt

Sarah U. Wisseman, Wendell S. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction; 1. Why Study Artifacts? An Interdisciplinary Approach
Sarah Wisseman
Wendell Williams; Part II Ancient Technologies and Experimental Archaeology; 2. From Pots to People: Ceramic Production in the Ancient Mediterranean
Sarah U. Wisseman; 3. The Diffusion of Technological Knowledge: A Case Study in North American Ceramic Analysis
Thomas J. Riley
Philip Hopke
Rodger Martin
James W. Porter; 4. Invention
Thought
and Process: Strategies in Iron Tool Production
Charles Keller; 5. Classics and Technology: A Reevaluation of Heron's First-Century A.D. Steam Engine
Paul T. Keyser; Part III Organic Materials and the Reconstruction of Early Environments; 6. Can Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Skeletons Determine Past Diet and Health?
Linda Klepinger; 7. Plants and People: An Introduction to Paleoethnobotany
Margaret van de Guchte
Richard Edging; 8. History
Identification
and Characterization of Old World Fibers and Dyes
Mastura Raheel; Part IV Museums and Monuments; 9. Science and the Art Museum: The Analysis of Archaeological Materials
Wendell S. Williams; ch0010 X-Ray Vision: The Recovery of Early Medieval Ironwork
Barbara Oehlschlaeger-Garvey
Henry Maguire
Wendell S. Williams
Richard Keen; 11. Saving the Monuments of the Athenian Acropolis
Eric C. Freund; 12. Imaging the Past: Interdisciplinary Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy
Sarah Wisseman;