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Archaeometry 46 (1)
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Title:
Archaeometry 46 (1)
Series
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Series:
Archaeometry
Volume
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Volume:
46 (1)
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Publication Type:
Journal
Editor
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Editor:
M S Tite
Günther A Wagner
M S Shackley
M Martini
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Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing
Year of Publication
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Year of Publication:
2004
Source
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Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
10 Jun 2008
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Abstract
Identifying chemical activity residues on prehistoric house floors: a methodology and rationale for multi-elemental ch...
William D Middleton
47 - 65
Archaeologists have employed sediment chemistry in site prospection for nearly a century. For example, phosphorus is a good indicator of human occupation, because it is a generic indicator of human activity. Recently, multi-element studies of sediments have successfully identified specific activity areas by analysing other elements in addition to phosphorus. To reach its full potential, however, sediment chemistry must be undertaken with an understanding of how these residues are formed and of the chemical indicators that can be used to identify specific activities, and methodologies that optimize the extraction of specific residues must be employed.
Post-depositional elemental alterations in pottery: neutron activation analyses of surface and core sa...
A Schwedt
Hans Earl of Halsbury
Nikolaos Zacharias
85 - 101
From thirty-eight sherds with `corroded' surfaces, two samples per sherd were examined using Neutron Activation Analysis, one from the surface and one from the core of each sherd, in order to analyse post-depositional alterations of minor and trace elements. The most striking effect was that a leaching of Ca could be found at the surface. Another group of elements that is severely affected are the alkali metals, with Cs and Rb showing the strongest changes. A third conspicuous group of elements are the Rare Earth Elements. Finally, the effect of such alterations on a statistical data evaluation to classify pottery according to provenance is investigated. Includes
Appendix
97 - 101
table of raw data
Potassium-calcium glass: new data and experiments
W B Stern
Y Gerber
137 - 156
The chemical composition of potassium-calcium `wood-ash' glass reflects the elemental pattern of the involved non-volatile base materials in quartz sand, wood ash and possibly potash. Phosphate stemming from wood ash is an essential discriminator between wood-ash glass and potash-lime glass.
The preservation of invertebrates in 16th-century cesspits at St Saviourgate, York
Lucy M E McCobb
Derek E G Briggs
Allan R Hall
Harry Kenward
157 - 169
The taphonomy of invertebrates from sixteenth-century cesspits was investigated. Earthworms, fly larvae and puparia are preserved through replication in calcium phosphate, a process facilitated by acidic cesspit pore water and by the presence of abundant organic matter, bones and shells. Features preserved by mineralization include muscles, blood vessels and setae. Non-mineralized invertebrate remains include puparia and beetles. Py-GC/MS (flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry) revealed a very high level of preservation of structural biomolecules, with all the protein and chitin markers that are evident in the living forms still being detectable in the divalent remains.
