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50th anniversary issue
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50th anniversary issue
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Series:
Archaeometry
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Volume:
50 (6)
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Number of Pages:
154
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Publication Type:
Journal
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Year of Publication:
2008
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BIAB (biab_online)
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/arch.2008.50.issue-6/issuetoc
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Created Date:
24 Jan 2011
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Abstract
Organic residue analysis in archaeology; the archaeological biomarker revolution
Richard P Evershed
895 - 924
Overview of the field. PP-B
On isotopes and old bones
Julia A Lee-Thorp
925 - 950
Charts the developments and progress made in the application of stable light isotope tools to palaeodietary adaptations from the 1970s onwards.
Archaeometry and museums; fifty years of curiosity and wonder
Maria Filomena Guerra
951 - 967
Gives an overview of the importance of museum items for the understanding of the past, the difficulties relating to their authentication and the significant advances brought about by science-based techniques, in particular those cases discussed in Archaeometry during the past 50 years.
Mathematics, statistics and archaeometry; the past 50 years or so
Michael J Baxter
968 - 982
Reviews developments in the use of mathematics and statistics in archaeometry over the past 50 years. It is argued that, with the exception of methods for analysing radiocarbon dates and increased computational power, mathematical and statistical methods currently used and found to be useful in widespread areas of application such as provenance studies, do not differ fundamentally from what was being done 30 years ago.
Archaeomagnetism in Archaeometry - a semi-centennial review
Rob Sternberg
983 - 998
Briefly reviews all papers published in Archaeometry, and a few other papers, dealing with archaeomagnetic secular variation, archaeomagnetic dating, archaeointensity studies and related applications of magnetic studies to archaeology, to indicate some of the major developments over the past 50 years.
Accessing past beliefs and practices; the case of Lemnian Earth
Allan J Hall
Effie Photos-Jones
1034 - 1049
Lemnian Earth, a medicine in the shape of a stamped clay tablet (sphragis) from Lemnos, northeastern Greece, was much valued in antiquity and in the post-medieval period as an antidote to poison and a treatment for other ailments. Although it was among the first archaeological materials to be subjected to chemical analysis (in 1807), there is still no clear understanding as to what made Lemnian Earth an effective medicine. We argue that Lemnian Earth, the artefact, was not the same as Lemnian Earth, the raw material. We suggest a composition for the artefact by scrutinizing the documentary evidence for its properties and by considering the geochemical processes that led to the formation of the raw material and the ritual relating to its extraction. The study of the latter highlights the need for archaeological materials scientists to recognize ritual as a possible manifestation of physical and chemical processes carried out within the framework of past beliefs and practices.
