Archaeologists, historians, chemists, and physicists have employed a variety of chemical and physical approaches to study artifacts and historical objects since at least the late 18th century. During the past 50 years, the chemistry of archaeological materials has increasingly been used toaddress a broad spectrum of anthropological topics, including preservation, dating, nativity, exchange, provenance, and manufacturing technology. This book brings together 28 papers that address how various analytical techniques can be used to address specific archaeological questions. Chemists,archaeologists, geologists, graduate students, and others in related disciplines who are investigating the use of archaeometric techniques will find this book of interest.

Preface	p. xi
Expanding the Range of Electron Spin Resonance Dating	p. 1
Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America	p. 15
Infrared Examination of Fiber and Particulate Residues from Archaeological Textiles	p. 44
Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Archaeological Specimens	p. 78
Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origins of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis at the Wari Site of Conchopata	p. 99
Interpreting Stable Isotopic Analyses: Case Studies on Sardinian Prehistory	p. 114
Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and Isotopic Evidence	p. 137
Surface Analysis of a Black Deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho	p. 152
Shell Bead Sourcing: A Comparison of Two Techniques on Olivella biplicata Shells and Beads from Western North America	p. 167
Archaeological Soils and Sediments: Application of Microfocus Synchrotron X-ray Scattering, Diffraction, and Fluorescence Analyses in Thin-Section	p. 194
Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas	p. 210
Chemical Composition of Song Dynasty, Chinese, Copper-Based Coins via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence	p. 231
Elemental Compositions of Herodian Prutah, Copper Coins-of the Biblical "Widow's Mites" Series-via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence	p. 246
Chemical Composition of the Isfiya and Qumran Coin Hoards	p. 258
Selected Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry to Archaeological Research	p. 275
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	p. 297
Lead Isotope Analysis of Roman Carthage Curse Tablets	p. 311
Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy Artifacts	p. 336
Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics	p. 349
Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City	p. 364
Characterization of 15th-16th Century Majolica Pottery Found on the Canary Islands	p. 376
Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel	p. 399
The Technology of Mesopotamian Ceramic Glazes	p. 423
Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry	p. 447
Fingerprinting Specular Hematite from Mines in Botswana, Southern Africa	p. 460
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru	p. 480
Feasibility of Field-Portable XRF to Identify Obsidian Sources in Central Peten, Guatemala	p. 506
Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in Peru: Descriptions and Geochemistry	p. 522
Indexes
Author Index	p. 555
Subject Index	p. 557
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