Lambert Joseph B. (ed.) Archaeological Chemistry-III

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1984. — xii, 487 p. — (Advances in Chemistry 205). — ISBN: 0-8412-0767-4.Based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of the History of Chemistry at the 184th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Kansas City Missouri, September 12-17, 1982.Foreword, About the Editor (M. Joan Comstock).
Preface (Joseph B. Lambert).
Stone Materials, Soils, Bone, and Shell.
Use of Rare Earth Element Analysis to Study the Utilization and Procurement of Soapstone Along the Labrador Coast (Ralph Allen, Hany Hamroush, Christopher Nagle, and William Fitzhugh).
Provenance Studies of Middle Eastern Obsidian from Sites in Highland Iran (M. James Blackman).
The Application of Geochemical Techniques to the Investigation of Two Predynastic Sites in Egypt (Ralph Allen and Hany Hamroush).
Soil Chemical Investigations in Illinois Archaeology: Two Example Studies (William I. Woods).
Chemical Analysis of Archaeological Soils from Yagi Site, Japan (C. A. Stimmell, R.G.V. Hancock, and A.M. Davis).
Analysis of Soil Associated with Woodland Burials (Joseph B. Lambert, Sharon Vlasak Simpson, Jane E. Buikstra, and Douglas K. Charles).
Pottery, Glass, Pigments, and Ink.
Modern Neutron Activation Analysis and Ancient History (I. Perlman).
Major, Minor, and Trace Element Analysis of Medieval Stained Glass by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (N. H. Tennent, P. McKenna, K. K. N. Lo, G. McLean, and J. M. Ottaway).
Provenance and Technical Studies of Mexican Majolica Using Elemental and Phase Analysis (Marino Maggetti, Harold Westley, and Jacqueline S. Olin).
Provenance Determination of Fine Orange Maya Ceramic Figurines by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. A Preliminary Study of Objects from Jaina (Campeche) and Jonuta (Tabasco), Mexico (Luis M. Torres, Ana W. Arie, and Beatriz Sandoval).
Technological Examination of Egyptian Blue (M.S. Tite, M. Bimson, and M.R. Cowell).
Analysis of Medieval Pigments from Cilician Armenia (Diane E. Cabelli, Mary Virginia Orna, and Thomas F. Mathews).
Scanning Auger Microscopy for Dating of Manuscript Inks (Roderick J. McNeil).
Metals.
Trace Element Discrimination of Discrete Sources of Native Copper (George Rapp Jr., James Allert, and Eiler Henrickson).
Mass Spectrometry as a Historical Probe: Quantitative Answers to Historical Questions in Metallurgy (B. I. Kronberg, L. L. Coatsworth, and M. C. Usselman).
Chemical Compositions of Copper-Based Roman Coins: Claudian Quadrantes A.D. 41 — 42 (Giles F. Carter).
Organic Materials.
Radiocarbon Dating by Particle Accelerators: An Archaeological Perspective (R. E. Taylor, Douglas J. Donahue, T. H. Zabel, P. E. Damon, and A. J. T. Jull).
The Analysis of Exudate Plant Gums in Their Artistic Applications: An Interim Report (John W. Twilley).
Technical Examination of Oriental Lacquer (Gary W. Carriveau).
An Examination of the Phenomenon of Textile Fabric Pseudomorphism (Kathryn A. Jakes and Lucy R. Sibley).
Formation of the Image on the Shroud of Turin by x-Rays: A New Hypothesis (Giles F. Carter).
A Comprehensive Examination of the Various Stains and Images on the Shroud of Turin (Eric J. Jumper, Alan D. Adler, John P. Jackson, Samuel F. Pellicori, John H. Heller, and James R. Druzik).