Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics
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Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics

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Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics

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This volume presents a range of petrographic case studies as applied to archaeological problems, primarily in the field of pottery analysis, i.e. ceramic petrography. Petrographic analysis involves using polarising optical microscopy to examine microstructures and the compositions of rock and mineral inclusions in thin section, and has become a widely used technique within archaeological science. The results of these analyses are commonly embedded in regionally specific reports and research papers. In this volume, however, the analytical method takes centre stage and the common theme is its application in different archaeological contexts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Information
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. HENRY CLIFTON SORBY (1826-1908) & THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIN SECTION PETROGRAPHY IN SHEFFIELD
  7. THE PROVENANCE POTENTIAL OF IGNEOUS GLACIAL ERRATICS IN ANGLO-SAXON CERAMICS FROM NORTHERN ENGLAND
  8. TECHNOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO BELL-BEAKERS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MONDEGO PLATEAU, PORTUGAL
  9. INDIGENOUS TABLEWARE PRODUCTION DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN WESTERN SICILY: NEW RESULTS FROMPETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
  10. PETROGRAPHIC & MICROSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF MORTAR-BASED BUILDING MATERIALS FROMTHE TEMPLE OF VENUS, POMPEII
  11. PROVENANCE & PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY FROM A LAKE-DWELLING SETTLEMENT ATARQUÀ PETRARCA, PADOVA, ITALY
  12. CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL PROCESS INLATE NEOLITHIC HUNGARY
  13. EARLY POTTERY TECHNOLOGY & THE FORMATION OF ATECHNOLOGICAL TRADITION: THE CASE OF THEOPETRA CAVE,THESSALY, GREECE
  14. FINE-GRAINED MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POLYCHROME WARE FROM CRETE: COMBINING PETROGRAPHIC & MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
  15. POTTERY TECHNOLOGY & REGIONAL EXCHANGE IN EARLY IRON AGE CRETE
  16. THE MOVEMENT OF MIDDLE BRONZE AGE TRANSPORT JARSA PROVENANCE STUDY BASED ON PETROGRAPHIC AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CANAANITE JARS FROM MEMPHIS, EGYPT
  17. PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF EB III CERAMICS FROM TALL AL-‘UMAYRI, JORDAN: A RE-EVALUATION OF LEVELS OF PRODUCTION
  18. COMPARISON OF VOLCANICLASTIC-TEMPERED INCA IMPERIAL CERAMICS FROM PARIA, BOLIVIA WITH POTENTIAL SOURCES
  19. MULTI-VILLAGE SPECIALIZED CRAFT PRODUCTION & THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOKOHAM SEDENTARY PERIOD POTTERY, TUSCON, ARIZONA
  20. A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE VERDE CONFEDERACY MODEL: TESTING EXPECTATIONS OF POTTERY EXCHANGE IN THE CENTRAL ARIZONA HIGHLANDS
  21. CERAMIC PETROGRAPHY & THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HUNTER-GATHERER CRAFT TECHNOLOGY IN LATE PREHISTORIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS