Glascock Michael D., Speakman Robert J., Popelka-Filcoff Rachel S. (eds.) Archaeological Chemistry. Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007. — xi, 571 p. — (ACS symposium series; 968). — ISBN: 978-0-8412-7413-6.The symposium upon which this book is based was held at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-27, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.Preface (Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff).
Expanding the Range of Electron Spin Resonance Dating (Anne R. Skinner, Bonnie A. B. Blackwell, Maysun M. Hasan, and Joel I. B. Blickstein).
Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America (Christel M. Baldia and Kathryn A. Jakes).
Infrared Examination of Fiber and Particulate Residues from Archaeological Textiles (Kathryn A. Jakes, Christel M. Baldia, and Amanda J. Thompson).
Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Archaeological Specimens (Brian M. Kemp, Cara Monroe, and David Glenn Smith).
Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origins of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis at the Wari Site of Conchopata (Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung).
Interpreting Stable Isotopic Analyses: Case Studies on Sardinian Prehistory (Luca Lai, Robert H. Tykot, Jessica F. Beckett, Rosalba Floris, Ornella Fonzo, Elena Usai, Maria Rosaria Manunza, Ethan Goddard, and David Hollander).
Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and Isotopic Evidence (Michael W. Gregg, Rhea Brettell, and Benjamin Stern).
Surface Analysis of a Black Deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho (Reshmi Perumplavil and Ruth Ann Armitage).
Shell Bead Sourcing: A Comparison of Two Techniques on Olivella biplicata Shells and Beads from Western North America (Jelmer W. Eerkens, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Howard J. Spero, Ryoji Shiraki, and Gregory S. Herbert).
Archaeological Soils and Sediments: Application of Microfocus Synchrotron X-ray Scattering, Diffraction, and Fluorescence Analyses in Thin-Section (W. Paul Adderley, Ian A. Simpson, Raymond Barrett, and Timothy J. Wess).
Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma — Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas (E. Christian Wells, Claire Novotny, and James R. Hawken).
Chemical Composition of Song Dynasty, Chinese, Copper-Based Coins via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (Jessica Misner, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto).
Elemental Compositions of Herodian Prutah, Copper Coins — of the Biblical "Widow's Mites" Series — via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (Meghann Mouyianis, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto).
Chemical Composition of the Isfiya and Qumran Coin Hoards (Michael Notis, Aaron Shugar, Danny Herman, and Donald T. Ariel).
Selected Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma — Mass Spectrometry to Archaeological Research (Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, Robert H. Tykot, Christophe Descantes, Jennifer J. Thatcher, Craig E. Skinner, and Kyra M. Lienhop).
Evaluating the Precision Requirements for Isotope Ratio Determination of Archaeological Materials Using Laser Ablation — Time-of-Flight — Inductively Coupled Plasma — Mass Spectrometry: Increasing Ratio Precision (John V. Dudgeon, Hector Neff, Andrew "Flynn" Saint, and William Balsanek).
Lead Isotope Analysis of Roman Carthage Curse Tablets (Sheldon Skaggs).
Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma — Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy Artifacts (Laure Dussubieux).
Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma — Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics (Laure Dussubieux, Mark Golitko, Patrick Ryan Williams, and Robert J. Speakman).
Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City (Ruth Ann Armitage, Leah Minc, Silas Hurry, and Melissa Doolin).
Characterization of 15th-16th Century Majolica Pottery Found on the Canary Islands (Javier Garcia Iñañez, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigós, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Elena Sosa Suárez).
Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel (David Ben-Shlomo).
The Technology of Mesopotamian Ceramic Glazes (David V. Hill, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Hector Neff).
Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma — Mass Spectrometry (Nicole C. Little, Timothy J. Scarlett, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Christopher W. Merritt).
Fingerprinting Specular Hematite from Mines in Botswana, Southern Africa (Adam V. Kiehn, George A. Brook, Michael D. Glascock, Jonathan Z. Dake, Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell, and Michael L. Murphy).
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru (Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Nathan Craig, Michael D. Glascock, J. David Robertson, Mark Aldenderfer, and Robert J. Speakman).
Feasibility of Field-Portable XRF to Identify Obsidian Sources in Central Petén, Guatemala (Leslie G. Cecil, Matthew D. Moriarty, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock).
Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in Peru: Descriptions and Geochemistry (Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Richard L. Burger).