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Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials

by: Wisseman, S.U. Williams, W.S.

Price: 85,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Technology / Science
Code: 6578
ISBN-13: 9782881246326 / 978-2-88124-632-6
ISBN-10: 288124632X / 2-88124-632-X
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Publishers
Publication Date: 1996
Publication Place: Amsterdam
Binding: Paper
Pages: 250
Book Condition: New
Comments: First Published 1994, Second Printing 1996, OPA (Overseas Publishers Association)

 Ancient technologies and archaeological materials

Authors:Sarah Underhill Wisseman, Wendell S. Williams

Summary:Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials presents solutions to questions of dating, composition, provenience, and technology through the application of instrumental techniques to archaeological materials. The book also examines the reconstruction of early environments through analysis of bone and plant remains, the replication of artifacts to better understand ancient technologies through experimental archaeology, and the authentication of museum objects


xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm


Contents:
Why Study Artifacts? An Interdisciplinary Approach / Sarah U. Wisseman
From Pots to People: Ceramic Production in the Ancient Mediterranean / Sarah U. Wisseman
The Diffusion of Technological Knowledge: A Case Study in North American Ceramic Analysis / Thomas J. Riley
Invention, Thought, and Process: Strategies in Iron Tool Production / Charles Keller
Classics and Technology: A Reevaluation of Heron's First Century A.D. Steam Engine / Paul Keyser
Can Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Skeletons Determine Past Diet and health? / Linda L. Klepinger
Plants and People: An Introduction to Paleoethnobotany / Margaret van de Guchte
History, Identification, and Characterization of Old World Fibers and Dyes / Mastura Raheel
Science and the Art Museum: The analysis of Archaeological Materials / Wendell S. Williams
Xray Vision: The recovery of Early Medieval Ironworks / Barbara Oehlschlaeger- Garvey
Saving the Monuments of the Athenian Acropolis / Eric C. Freund
Imaging the Past: Nondestructive Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy / Sarah U. Wisseman


Subjects:
Archaeology
Archäologie
Archeologische vondsten
Archéologie
Arkeologi
Aufsatzsammlung
Experiment
History
Materiale
Naturwissenschaften
Technique Histoire
Technologie
Technologie Histoire
Technology
Technology History
Teknologi
archaeology
arkeologi
historie
metode
teknologi
 
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Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials

by: Wisseman, S.U. Williams, W.S.

  • ISBN-13: 9782881246326 / 978-2-88124-632-6
  • ISBN-03: 288124632X / 2-88124-632-X
  • Gordon and Breach Publishers, Amsterdam, 1996

Price: 85,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

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