The practical impact of science on Near Eastern and Aegean archaeology / 
edited by Scott Pike and Seymour Gitin. 
 - [London] :  Archetype [for the Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies, Athens],  c1999. 
 - ix, 169 p. :  ill., maps ;  30 cm. 
 - Wiener Laboratory publication ;  no. 3 .
 - Wiener Laboratory monograph  3. .
<br/><br/> "This volume evolved from a workshop series entitled 'The practical impact of science on field archaeology' held in the autumn of 1996 on the campuses of the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University"--P. vii. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Sampling and recovery of non-wood plant remains /  Phytolith analysis in Near Eastern archaeology /  The contribution of palynology and anthracology to archaeological research in the southern Levant /  Computerized keys for archaeological grains: first steps /  Microscopic analysis of ancient fibers: problems of identifying date palms /  Dendroarchaeological research in Israel /  Physical anthropology in the field: recognizing cremation, defleshing, exposure and secondary burial /  Ecology, evolution and zooarchaeology: the analysis of mammalian remains from archaeological sites /  Harvest profiles, domestic ovicaprids, and Broze Age Crete /  The contribution of archaeozoology to the identification of ritual sites /  Julie Hansen --  Arlene Miller Rosen --  Uri Baruch --  Mordechai Kislev, Yoel Melamed, Orit Simchoni, Mina Marmorstein --  Azriel Gorski --  Nili Liphschitz --  Della Collins Cook --  Tamar Dayan --  Walter E. Klippel --  Liora Kolska Horwitz --  The application of ancient DNA analysis to archaeological problems: its role in studies of gender in past societies /  Geoarchaeology: the geologic context /  Overview of ash studies in two prehistoric caves in Israel: implications to field archaeology /  Application of organic geochemistry to the study of Dead Sea asphalt in archaeological sites from Israel and Egypt /  ESR dating of archaeological flints: an unfulfilled prophecy /  The new radiocarbon dates of the Dead Sea scrolls and their significance /  Strength-testing glass: the Hellenistic/early Roman corpus of Sepphoris, Israel /  Patricia Smith, Gila Kahila, Marina Faerman, Dvora Filon, Emanuel Eisenburg --  George (Rip) Rapp, Jr. --  Steve Weiner, Paul Goldberg, Ofer Bar-Yosef --  Arie Nissenbaum, Jacques Connan --  Ervan G. Garrison --  Magen Broshi --  Alysia Fischer --  Contributions of petrography to the study of archaeological ceramics and man-made building materials in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean /  Petrographic analyses of late antique and Islamic fine and coarse wares from Qasrin /  Petrographic study of ceramic assemblages as a regional project: the early and late Broze Ages in the central Jordan valley /  What we can learn from pottery of a sunken ship through chemical analysis /  Lipid biomarkers preserved in archaeological pottery: current status and future prospects /  Sarah J. Vaughan --  Naomi Porat --  Yuval Goren --  Joseph Yellin --  Richard P. Evershed, Stephanie N. Dudd. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1873132174 (pbk.) 9781873132173 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA4-28207 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Archaeology--Methodology<br/>Archaeology--Methodology.--Middle East<br/>Archaeology--Methodology.--Greece--Crete<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Crete<br/>Exacte wetenschappen.<br/>Archeologie.<br/>Invloed.<br/>Archéologie--Méthodologie--Congrès.<br/>Fouilles (Archéologie)--Égée, Région de la mer--Congrès.<br/>Fouilles (Archéologie)--Moyen-Orient--Congrès.<br/>Matériaux--Analyse--Congrès.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mediterranean Region--Antiquities<br/>Middle East--Antiquities<br/>Israel--Antiquities
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Congresses (form)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CC101.M628  / P73 1999 CC75  / .P76 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>913.018  / P895