M.J. Aitken

Science-Based Dating in Archaeology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A discussion of the various scientific methods used to help in the dating of archaeological finds. It covers such aspects as radiocarbon dating, magnetic dating, amino acid racemization, obsidian hydration and other chemical methods plus luminescence dating and electron spin resonance.

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Produktdetails

• Longman Archaeology Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780582493094
• ISBN-10: 0582493099
• Artikelnr.: 39218078

Autorenporträt

Martin Aitken retired in 1989 as Professor of Archaeometry and Deputy Director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Generalities
2: Climatic Clocks and Frameworks
3: Radiocarbon - I
4: Radiocarbon - II
5: Potassium-argon
uranium series
fission tracks
6: Luminescence dating
7: Electron spin resonance
8: Amino acid racemization
obsidian hydration
other chemical methods
9: Magnetic Dating and Magnetostratigraphy