Archaeological sciences 1989 : proceedings of a conference on the application of scientific techniques to archaeology, Bradford, September 1989 / edited by P. Budd ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographies.

The technology of late La Tène 'painted pottery' decoration / K. Andrews -- The ICPS analysis of ancient copper alloys / N.W. Blades, J. Bayley & J.N. Walsh -- Neutron activation analysis of late Roman and Dark Age glass from Kent / L.R. Day & D.R.J. Perkins -- Corrosion of lead in seawater and saline groundwaters : formation of phases containing chloride / R. Edwards [and others] -- The diffusion of the silver from Potosi in the 16th century Spanish coinage : a new analytical method / M.F. Guerra [and others] -- The study of Hispanic terra sigillata from the kilns of Pla D'Abella (Catalonia) : a preliminary analysis / J.M. Gurt [and others] -- Analysis of Roman glass-working evidence from London / M.P. Heyworth -- Provenance studies of Spanish medieval tin-glazed pottery by neutron activation analysis / M.J. Hughes -- Neutron activation analysis of Scottish medieval pottery : a grain size study / A. Inscker & J. Tate --^

The analysis of glass from Coppergate, York, by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry / C.M. Jackson, J.R. Hunter & S.E. Warren -- Clunia : producer and receiver centre of Hispanic terra sigillata / P. de Palol [and others] -- Neutron activation analysis and the Bell Beaker folk / F. Rehman [and others] -- The composition of the materials of first millennium BC cylinder seals from western Asia / M. Sax -- Investigations on Anatolian opaque glasses / B. Tugrul -- Metallurgical analysis and the interpretation of modes of production : gold bracteates in Anglo-Saxon Kent / C.J. Arnold -- Processes in precious metal working / J. Bayley -- The properties of arsenical copper alloys : implications for the development of Eneolithic metallurgy / P. Budd & B.S. Ottaway -- The surface artefact assemblage for a prehistoric copper mine, Austria / D. Gale -- Prehistoric mining for copper in the Great Orme, Llandudno / D.A. Jenkins & C.A. Lewis --^

Northern European metalworking traditions in the fifth and sixth centuries AD / C. Mortimer -- Some experiments concerning the smelting of arsenical copper / A.M. Pollard, R.G. Thomas & P.A. Williams -- The variation of inclusion morphology and composition in ferrous artefacts / D.E. Starley -- New evidence for early prehistoric mining in Wales -- problems and potentials / S.A. Timberlake -- Recent highlights in archaeometallurgy / R.F. Tylecote -- Geology and metallurgy in the interpretation of ancient mining and smelting / L. Willies -- Use of spectroscopic methods in the metallurgical study of Bronze Age copper alloys from the Hasse collection / H. Wouters [and others] -- Optical dating : progress at Oxford / M.J. Aitken [and others] -- Red fired sandstone : a good recorder of ancient geomagnetic field? / D. Atkinson & J. Shaw -- Some comparisons between dendrochronology and other dating methods / M.G.L. Baillie --^

Magnetic studies of archaeological sediments / C.M. Batt & M. Noel -- Tephrochronology and UK archaeology / A.J. Dugmore -- Uranium series dating of contaminated calcite using multiple leachates and its use in archaeology / A.G. Latham & H.P. Schwarcz -- An ESR investigation of the inherent defect centres in mollusc shells / R. Williams [and others] -- Magnetic survey and data processing applied to the location of Roman kilns : methodological evaluation and archaeological results / A. Casas [and others] -- The archaeological perception of geophysical data / P.N. Cheetham, J.G.B. Haigh & S.S. Ipson -- An experimental study of geophysical methods / Y. Nishimura -- Imaging archaeology by electrical resistivity tomography : a preliminary study / M. Noel & R. Walker -- Frequency mode induced polarization studies for geophysical exploration in archaeology / S.M. Ovenden & A. Aspinall -- Inorganic analysis of organic residues at Sutton Hoo / P.H. Bethell --^

Some quantitative pollen extraction tests leading to a modified technique for cave sediments / D.N. Hale & M.J. Noel -- Glue, disinfectant and 'chewing gum' in prehistory / C. Heron [and others] -- New approaches to the analysis of organic residues from archaeological remains / C. Heron [and others] -- The survival of waxes in coprolites : the archaeological potential / S. Wales, J. Evans & A.R. Leeds -- Backscattered electron imaging of diagenetic changes to teeth and related alveolar bone / L.S. Bell, S.J. Jones & A. Boyde -- Bog body lipid taphonomy / R.P. Evershed -- Dentine : age and D-aspartic acid content / R.D. Gillard [and others] -- Methodological study of the analysis of bone / A.M. Pollard [and others] -- Scientific methods in palaeopathology : past, present and future / C.A. Roberts -- Kitchen chemistry? The use of microwaves in the analysis of human bone / L.C. Winter & C.A. Marlow.