Archaeological Science

Herausgeber: Britton, Kate; Richards, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an easily accessible introduction to often complex scientific methods that are increasingly applied in archaeology. It will be invaluable to students and professionals in archaeology who need to understand these essential methods, and it explains these approaches clearly and simply using relevant archaeological examples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9780521144124
• ISBN-10: 0521144124
• Artikelnr.: 56791501

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introducing archaeological science Kate Britton and Michael P. Richards
Part II. Biomolecular Archaeology: 2. Ancient DNA Liisa Loog and Greger Larson
3. Proteomics Jessica Hendy, Nienke van Doorn and Matthew Collins
4. Residue analysis Oliver E. Craig, Hayley Saul and Cynthianne Spiteri
5. Isotope analysis for mobility and climate studies Kate Britton
6. Isotope analysis for diet studies Michael P. Richards
Part III. Bioarchaeology: 7. Human osteology Darlene A. Weston
8. Dental histology Tanya M. Smith
9. Geometric morphometrics Philip Gunz
Part IV. Environmental Archaeology: 10. Vertebrate zooarchaeology Keith Dobney and Beth Upex
11. Invertebrate zooarchaeology Marcello Mannino
12. Palaeoethnobotany A. Catherine D'Andrea
13. Geoarchaeology Panagiotis Karkanas
Part V. Materials Analysis: 14. Ceramics Andrew J. Shortland and Peter Degryse
15. Glass Andrew J. Shortland and Thilo Rehren
16. Metals in archaeological science Thilo Rehren
17. Lithics Shannon McPherron
Part VI. Absolute Dating Methods: 18. Radiocarbon dating Simon Blockley
19. Luminescence dating Richard Bailey.