Research Catalog

Title

Scientific studies in ancient ceramics / edited by M.J. Hughes.

Publication

London, England : British Museum, 1981.

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Additional Authors

• Hughes, M. J.
• Hughes, Mike, 1944-
• International Symposium on Archaeometry and Archaeological Prospection (19th : 1979 : London, England)

Description

177 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

Occasional paper, 0142-4815 ; no. 19

Uniform Title

Occasional paper (British Museum) no. 19.

Subject

• Ceramics > Analysis > Congresses
• Archaeology > Methodology > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• On cover: British Museum Research Laboratory.
• Part of the proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Archaeometry and Archaeological Prospection held in London, Mar. 1979.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The mineralogical and chemical analysis of Banesh period ceramics from Tal-e-Malyan, Iran / M.J. Blackman -- The neutron activation analysis of prehistoric pottery from Tell Aqab, northeast Syria / T.E. Davidson -- Composition of Roman pottery from Lousonna (Switzerland) / M. Maggetti -- The composition of Vasilike ware and the production of mottled colours of the slip / G.H. Myer and P.P. Betancourt -- Amphorae workshops in western Narbonnensis : the non-resolution space problem / F. Widemann, F. Laubenheimer, J. Leblanc -- Gallo-Roman amphorae workshops in the lower Rhone area. First neutron activation analysis approach / F. Laubenheimer [and others] -- Investigation of the number of elements required for provenance studies of ceramic materials / M. Winther-Nielsen [and others] -- Atomic absorption spectroscopy applications for ceramic analysis / D.L. Bomgardner -- Aegean ceramics : atomic absorption analysis of local and import ware from Thera, Greece / N.M. Magalousis and V. Gritton -- Determination of the firing temperature of ancient pottery by means of ESR spectrometry / T. Warashina, T. Higashimura and Y. Maeda -- Cobalt, silver and nickel in late Bronze Age glazes, pigments and bronzes, and the identification of silver sources for the Aegean and Near East / J.E. Dayton -- Mineralogy and technology of the painted ceramics of ancient Egypt / W. Noll -- Analysis of pigments used for decoration of Neolithic pottery from Bilcze Zlote, Ukraine / S. Stos-Gale and E. Rook -- Experiments on simulated burial of calcareous terra sigillata (mineralogical change) : preliminary results / R.B. Heimann and M. Maggetti.

ISBN

086159018X

OCLC

• 8896663
• SCSB-10175346

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library