Trace Element Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from the Andes
Author : Richard L. Burger
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Bolivia
ISBN :
Author : Richard L. Burger
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Bolivia
ISBN :
Author : Richard D. Holmes
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,35 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Obsidian
ISBN :
Author : Eileen Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Great Plains
ISBN :
Author : Fred W. Nelson
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Obsidian
ISBN :
Author : M. Steven Shackley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 147579276X
This volume is the third in the Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science series sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS). The purpose of this series is to provide summaries of advances in various topics in ar chaeometry, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, preservation technology, and museum conservation. The SAS exists to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and colleagues in the natural and physical sciences. SAS mem bers are drawn from many disciplinary fields. However, they all share a common belief that physical science techniques and methods constitute an essential component of contemporary archaeological field and laboratory studies. The series editors wish to thank the reviewers of each of the chapters in this volume for their excellent comments and suggestions. We also wish to thank Chriss jones for her invaluable assistance in the preparation of the texts for submission to the publisher. xi Preface As noted in the introductory chapter, this volume is the second major review of research progress in the study of archaeological obsidian. An earlier book, Advances in Obsidian Glass Studies: Archaeological and Geochemical Perspectives, appeared in 1976. A comparison of the treatment of topics reflected in this earlier work and that contained in this volume not only highlights important advances in the quality and depth of research on archaeological obsidian over more than a quarter of a century but also illustrates more generally some characteristics of developments in the archaeological science field in general.
Author : Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2022-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1803273615
This volume draws attention to recent obsidian studies in the Americas and acts as a reference for archaeologists and scholars interested in material culture and exchange. Moreover, it provides a wide range of case studies in obsidian characterization, material application, and theoretical interpretations in the Americas.
Author : Nicholas Tripcevich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1461452007
Over the millennia, from stone tools among early foragers to clays to prized metals and mineral pigments used by later groups, mineral resources have had a pronounced role in the Andean world. Archaeologists have used a variety of analytical techniques on the materials that ancient peoples procured from the earth. What these materials all have in common is that they originated in a mine or quarry. Despite their importance, comparative analysis between these archaeological sites and features has been exceptionally rare, and even more so for the Andes. Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes focuses on archaeological research at primary deposits of minerals extracted through mining or quarrying in the Andean region. While mining often begins with an economic need, it has important social, political, and ritual dimensions as well. The contributions in this volume place evidence of primary extraction activities within the larger cultural context in which they occurred. This important contribution to the interdisciplinary literature presents research and analysis on the mining and quarrying of various materials throughout the region and through time. Thus, rather than focusing on one material type or one specific site, Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes incorporates a variety of all the aspects of mining, by focusing on the physical, social, and ritual aspects of procuring materials from the earth in the Andean past.
Author : Ioannis Liritzis
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826351611
This edited volume offers archaeologists and archaeometrists the latest technical information, the fundamentals of provenance studies, instrumentation used in these investigations, and strategies for the dating and interpretation of archaeological materials in glass studies. The contributors discuss recent advances in obsidian hydration dating, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy, focusing on the application of these technologies to a variety of glass forms and incorporating studies that look at the social and economic strategies of past cultures. With examples from Greece, the Middle East, Italy, Peru, Bolivia, Russia, Africa, and the Pacific region, provenance studies look at regional patterns of glass acquisition, production, and exchange, providing examples that use one or more instrumental methods to characterize materials from ancient societies. Extensive figures and tables included.
Author : William Isbell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387757308
The third volume in the Andean Archaeology series, this book focuses on the marked cultural differences between the northern and southern regions of the Central Andes, and considers the conditions under which these differences evolved, grew pronounced, and diminished. This book continues the dynamic, current problem-oriented approach to the field of Andean Archaeology that began with Andean Archaeology I and Andean Archaeology II. Combines up-to-date research, diverse theoretical platforms, and far-reaching interpretations to draw provocative and thoughtful conclusions.
Author : Koen H. A. Janssens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 18,3 MB
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0470516143
The first scientific volume to compile the modern analytical techniques for glass analysis, Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass presents an up-to-date description of the physico-chemical methods suitable for determining the composition of glass and for speciation of specific components. This unique resource presents members of Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, as well as university scholars, with a number of case studies where the effective use of one or more of these methods for elucidating a particular culturo-historical or historo-technical aspect of glass manufacturing technology is documented.