Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Ancient technologies and archaeological materials / edited by Sarah U. Wisseman and Wendell S. Williams.

Contributor(s): Wisseman, Sarah Underhill, 1951- | Williams, Wendell S, 1928-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Langhorne, Pa. : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1993Description: xi, 250 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 2881246311 (hardback); 288124632X (softcover)Subject(s): Archaeology | Technology -- HistoryLOC classification: CC175 | .A535 1993
Contents:
1. Why Study Artifacts? An Interdisciplinary Approach / Sarah U. Wisseman and Wendell S. Williams -- 2. From Pots to People: Ceramic Production in the Ancient Mediterranean / Sarah U. Wisseman -- 3. The Diffusion of Technological Knowledge: A Case Study in North American Ceramic Analysis / Thomas J. Riley, Philip Hopke, Rodger Martin and James Porter -- 4. Invention, Thought, and Process: Strategies in Iron Tool Production / Charles Keller -- 5. Classics and Technology: A Reevaluation of Heron's First Century A.D. Steam Engine / Paul Keyser -- 6. Can Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Skeletons Determine Past Diet and Health? / Linda L. Klepinger -- 7. Plants and People: An Introduction to Paleoethnobotany / Margaret van de Guchte and Richard Edging -- 8. History, Identification, and Characterization of Old World Fibers and Dyes / Mastura Raheel -- 9. Science and the Art Museum: The Analysis of Archaeological Materials / Wendell S. Williams -- 10. X-Ray Vision: The Recovery of Early Medieval Ironwork / Barbara Oehlschlaeger-Garvey, Henry Maguire, Wendell S. Williams and Richard Keen -- 11. Saving the Monuments of the Athenian Acropolis / Eric C. Freund -- 12. Imaging the Past: Nondestructive Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy / Sarah U. Wisseman.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 38 - Main Room 		G1h WISSE 16865 Not for loan BOOKS*00000002556

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why Study Artifacts? An Interdisciplinary Approach / Sarah U. Wisseman and Wendell S. Williams -- 2. From Pots to People: Ceramic Production in the Ancient Mediterranean / Sarah U. Wisseman -- 3. The Diffusion of Technological Knowledge: A Case Study in North American Ceramic Analysis / Thomas J. Riley, Philip Hopke, Rodger Martin and James Porter -- 4. Invention, Thought, and Process: Strategies in Iron Tool Production / Charles Keller -- 5. Classics and Technology: A Reevaluation of Heron's First Century A.D. Steam Engine / Paul Keyser -- 6. Can Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Skeletons Determine Past Diet and Health? / Linda L. Klepinger -- 7. Plants and People: An Introduction to Paleoethnobotany / Margaret van de Guchte and Richard Edging -- 8. History, Identification, and Characterization of Old World Fibers and Dyes / Mastura Raheel -- 9. Science and the Art Museum: The Analysis of Archaeological Materials / Wendell S. Williams -- 10. X-Ray Vision: The Recovery of Early Medieval Ironwork / Barbara Oehlschlaeger-Garvey, Henry Maguire, Wendell S. Williams and Richard Keen -- 11. Saving the Monuments of the Athenian Acropolis / Eric C. Freund -- 12. Imaging the Past: Nondestructive Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy / Sarah U. Wisseman.