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Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis

Alice M. W. Hunt
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      The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and votivefigurines. For more than 100 years, archaeologists have used ceramic analysis to answer complex questions about economy, subsistence, technological innovation, social organization, and dating. The volume is structured around the themes 'Research design and data analysis', 'Foundational concepts', 'Evaluating ceramic provenance', 'Investigating ceramic manufacture', 'Assessing vessel function', and 'Dating ceramic assemblages'. It provides a common vocabulary and offers practical tools and guidelines for ceramic analysis using techniques and methodologies ranging from network analysis and typology to rehydroxylation dating and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Each chapterprovides the theoretical background and practical guidelines, such as cost and destructiveness of analysis, for each technique, as well as detailed case studies illustrating the application and interpretation of analytical data for answering anthropological questions.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alice M. W. Hunt EAN: 9780198854449 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 1446 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-18 CITY: GENRE: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Pottery & Ceramics, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology WIDTH: 168 cm SPINE:

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      Material culture, Social and cultural history, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques

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      Alice M. W. Hunt is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia. Her PhD in Archaeological Materials Analysis (2012, UCL Institute of Archaeology) developed cathodoluminescence spectrometry of quartz as a method for differentiating raw material sources in fine-grained ceramics. Currently, her research focuses on developing analytical calibrations and protocols for bulk chemical characterization of culturalmaterials (ceramics, anthropogenic sediments, copper alloys, and obsidian) by portable XRF. Recent publications include 'Portable XRF analysis of archaeological sediments and ceramics' (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015) and Palace Ware across the Neo-Assyrian Imperial Landscape: Social Value andSemiotic Meaning (E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2015).
      The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and votivefigurines. For more than 100 years, archaeologists have used ceramic analysis to answer complex questions about economy, subsistence, technological innovation, social organization, and dating. The volume is structured around the themes 'Research design and data analysis', 'Foundational concepts', 'Evaluating ceramic provenance', 'Investigating ceramic manufacture', 'Assessing vessel function', and 'Dating ceramic assemblages'. It provides a common vocabulary and offers practical tools and guidelines for ceramic analysis using techniques and methodologies ranging from network analysis and typology to rehydroxylation dating and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Each chapterprovides the theoretical background and practical guidelines, such as cost and destructiveness of analysis, for each technique, as well as detailed case studies illustrating the application and interpretation of analytical data for answering anthropological questions.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alice M. W. Hunt EAN: 9780198854449 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 1446 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-18 CITY: GENRE: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Pottery & Ceramics, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology WIDTH: 168 cm SPINE:

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      Material culture, Social and cultural history, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques

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      Alice M. W. Hunt is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia. Her PhD in Archaeological Materials Analysis (2012, UCL Institute of Archaeology) developed cathodoluminescence spectrometry of quartz as a method for differentiating raw material sources in fine-grained ceramics. Currently, her research focuses on developing analytical calibrations and protocols for bulk chemical characterization of culturalmaterials (ceramics, anthropogenic sediments, copper alloys, and obsidian) by portable XRF. Recent publications include 'Portable XRF analysis of archaeological sediments and ceramics' (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015) and Palace Ware across the Neo-Assyrian Imperial Landscape: Social Value andSemiotic Meaning (E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2015).

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