Archaeology Meets Science : Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece. The Primary Scientific Evidence 1997-2003

by: Tzedakis, Y. Martlew, H. Jones, M.K.

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Archaeology meets science : biomolecular investigations in Bronze Age Greece : the primary scientific evidence, 1997-2003

Authors:Τζεδάκης, Γιάννης., Holley Martlew, M. K. Jones / Yannis Tzedakis

Summary:The 'Archaeology meets Science' project is currently transforming our understanding of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations, through the in-depth application of state of the art scientific analyses to ceramic artefacts and skeletal material. This book is the fruit of this acclaimed research, which was carried out between 1997 and 2003, and presented in an exhibition in a number of museums across Europe and the United States, starting with the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Moving beyond the standard archaeological format of illustrations with descriptions of contexts, the book analyses each object from the inside , and consequently each has a different story to tell. Organic residue and stable isotope analysis has extended our knowledge beyond anything previously gleaned through conventional archaeological research, and we now have a much better understanding of the food and drink consumed by ordinary people in Bronze Age Greece. There are some fascinating insights, such as the origin of modern Greek retsina, which was traced first to the time of Agamemnon, then to Crete in the 17th century BC and finally to the Early Minoan Period, c. 2000 BC. The book provides the primary scientific evidence on which the world renowned scientists who have carried out this work have based their conclusions

xxiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Contents:
Introduction to the history of organic residue analysis / Curt W. Beck
Certainty and doubt in organic residue analysis / Curt W. Beck and Edith Stout
Analysis of organic remains in the fabric of Minoan and Mycenaean pottery sherds by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry / Curt W. Beck [and others]
Absorbed organic residues in pottery from the Minoan settlement of Pseira, Crete / Organic residue analysis: Pseira / Ruth F. Breston, Joe Palatinus and Curt W. Beck
Organic residue analysis: Chrysokamino / Ruth F. Breston, Joe Palatinus and Curt W. Beck
Chrysokamino: occupational health and the earliest medicines on Crete / Robert Arnott
Organic residue analysis of ceramics from the Neolithic Cave of Gerani, West Crete / Oliver Craig
Organic residues in pottery of the Bronze Age in Greece / the late John Evans-completed by Victor Garner
Alternative approaches to organic residue analysis: the Early Hellenic Cemetery at Kalamaki; the Mycenaean settlement on Salamis; the Late Hellenic Cemetery at Sykia; Vivara, settlement of Punta d'Alaca, Bay of Naples, Italy / Victor Garner
Atypical calcium carbonate precipitates in narrow-necked Late Hellenic jars: a potential indicator of organic residues / Andrew P. Gize [and others]
The chemical identification of resinated wine and a mixed fermented beverage in Bronze Age pottery vessels of Greece / Patrick E. McGovern [and others]
Stable isotope evidence of past human diet at the sites of the Neolithic Cave of Gerani: the Late Minoan III Cemetery of Armenoi; Grave Circles A and B at the Palace site of Mycenae; and the Late Hellenic Chamber Tombs / M.P. Richards and R.E.M. Hedges
Stable isotope results from new sites in the Peloponnese: cemeteries at Sykia, Kalamaki and Spaliareika / M.P. Richards and E. Vika
Protocols: ceramic artefacts and skeletal material / Holley Martlew
Biomolecular archaeology in the Aegaen context: problems and prospects / Curt W. Beck [and others]

Archaeology Meets Science : Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece. The Primary Scientific Evidence 1997-2003

by: Tzedakis, Y. Martlew, H. Jones, M.K.

• ISBN-13: 9781842172384 / 978-1-84217-238-4
• ISBN-03: 1842172387 / 1-84217-238-7
• Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2008

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock