The impact of the natural sciences on archaeology
作者:
M.S. Tite,
期刊:
Contemporary Physics
(Taylor Available online 1970)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 6
页码: 523-539
ISSN:0010-7514
年代: 1970
DOI:10.1080/00107517008202192
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This article reviews some of the applications of physics to the solution of archaeological problems. The use of magnetic, resistivity and electromagnetic surveying techniques for the location of buried features is described. Various methods of age determination are outlined while the problems associated with radiocarbon dating of organic material and thermoluminescent dating of pottery are discussed in detail. The techniques, including petrological examination, chemical analysis and isotopic analysis, employed in the physical examination of archaeological artefacts are described. Examples of the application of these techniques in establishing the source of the raw materials used in pottery, metal and stone implements and in elucidating the techniques of manufacture of pottery and metal objects are also given.
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