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Suitable for the practical archaeologists, this title contains sections on various materials including ceramics, glass, metals and stone. It examines the very foundations of archaeological study. It shows how raw materials are refined, transformed and shaped into objects.

This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines why and how this unique material was invented some 4, 500 years ago and considers the ritual, social, economic, and political contexts of its development. The book also provides an in-depth consideration of glass as a material, the raw ...

Featuring sections on a range of materials including ceramics, glass, metals and stone, this work examines the foundations of archaeological study. It is suitable for those interested in ancient technologies, especially those involving high temperatures.

Eleven papers giving advice on computer applications, based on lectures given at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford. Contents: Introduction (S Ross), approaches and applications, past and present (J Moffett), systems engineering (S Ross), introduction to statistics (G Lock), analysing information for database design(L Burnard), database fundamentals (D Smith), advancing graphic systems (P Reilly), Heslerton Parish post-excavation project (...