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Ceramic petrography : the interpretation of archaeological pottery & related artefacts in thin section / Patrick Sean Quinn.

By: Quinn, Patrick S. (Patrick Sean) [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volume | volumeISBN: 9781905739592 (Paper); 1905739591 (Paper)Subject(s): Petrology in archaeology | Ceramics -- Analysis | Pottery | Ceramics -- Analysis | Petrology in archaeology | PotteryDDC classification: 930.10285 LOC classification: CC79.P4 | Q85 2013
Contents:
Introduction to archaeological ceramic analysis & thin section petrography -- Sampling, thin section preparation & analysis -- Composition of archaeological ceramics in thin section -- Grouping & characterization of archaeological ceramics in thin section -- Interpreting ceramic raw materials & provenance - -Reconstructing ceramic technology -- Petrography of ceramic building materials, metallurgical ceramics & plaster -- Appendix: petrographic fabric descriptions.
Summary: "...this book illustrates the spectrum of compostional and microstructural phenomena that occur within ancient ceramics under the microscope and provides comprehensive guidelines for their study within archaeology." -- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to archaeological ceramic analysis & thin section petrography -- Sampling, thin section preparation & analysis -- Composition of archaeological ceramics in thin section -- Grouping & characterization of archaeological ceramics in thin section -- Interpreting ceramic raw materials & provenance - -Reconstructing ceramic technology -- Petrography of ceramic building materials, metallurgical ceramics & plaster -- Appendix: petrographic fabric descriptions.

"...this book illustrates the spectrum of compostional and microstructural phenomena that occur within ancient ceramics under the microscope and provides comprehensive guidelines for their study within archaeology." -- Back cover.