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Title

X-rays for archaeology / edited by M. Uda, G. Demortier and I. Nakai.

Author

International Symposium on X-ray Archaeometry (1st : 2002 : Tokyo, Japan)

Publication

Dordrecht : Springer, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Uda, M. (Masayuki)
• Demortier, G. (Guy)
• Nakai, Izumi, 1953-

Description

ix, 308 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

The application of X-rays to archaeological objects with the goal of gaining insight into both their construction and chemical composition, in a non-destructive manner, dates back to the discovery of radiation. Nowadays, X-ray techniques, such as X-ray fluorescense and diffraction are standard tools. This book offers physicists, art historians, archaeologists, curators, and conservators a detailed overview via contributions written by leading scientists in the field. The book contains scientific data, i.e. in situ measurement data taken with portable XRF and XRD, and fine data taken with accelerating ion beams and synchrotron radiations, together with their explanations. Results obtained by traditional scientific methods are also reviewed. The broad data collection spans experimental data taken both from monuments in the field and exhibits in museums, for example: ancient Egyptian wall-painting pigments ancient Egyptian wooden statues and mummies ancient Greek funerary monuments Cypriot ceramics medieval, Lyubliana and Venetian glass Romanian ceramics ancient Near-Eastern clay old Japanese porcelain pre-Hispanic items from America ancient Chinese underglaze-red blue and white porcelain Chinese celadon Phoenician cosmetics Also included are data from glazes, ancient gold and silver coins, gold jewelleries, gold alloys, corroded metals, gemstones (ruby, emerald and garnet), painting pigments, pottery, bronze, obsidian, stucco, turquoise, and so on. The discussion fostered here between natural scientists and archaeologists anticipates the future direction of archaeology.

Subject

• X-ray spectroscopy in archaeology > Congresses
• Archaeology > Methodology > Congresses
• X-rays > Congresses
• Particle acceleration
• Molecular structure
• Crystallography
• Archaeology

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "The First International Symposium on X-ray Archaeometry took place in the conference hall of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, on 18-20 July 2002 ... this book, named 'X-rays for Archaeology', consists of papers selected from presentations in the First Symposium on X-ray Archaeometry" --P. ix.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Characterization of pigments used in ancient Egypt / M. Uda -- Importance of in-situ EDXRF measurements in the preservation and conservation of material culture / A.G Karydas ... [et al.] -- Scientific field research in Egypt - results from research undertaken by the Institute of Egyptology, Waseda University / Sakuji Yoshimura -- Ion beam techniques for the non-destructive analysis of archaeological materials / Guy Demortier -- The origin of ancient gemstones unveiled by PIXE, PIGE and [micron]-Raman spectrometry / T. Calligaro -- Investigations of medieval glass by a combined PIXE/PIGE method glassmaking à façon de Venise / Ž. Šmit and M. Kos -- PIXE analysis of pre-Hispanic items from ancient America / J.L. Ruvalcada Sil -- PIXE study on Chinese underglaze-red porcelain made in Yuan Dynasty / H.S. Cheng ... [et al.] -- Glassmaking in the Venetian manner / Mateja Kos and Žiga Šmit --
• Study on pigments for ceramics and glass using X-ray methods / B. Constantinescu ... [et al.] -- Compositional differences of blue and white porcelain analyzed by external beam PIXE / Y. Sha ... [et al.] -- Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence analysis of archaeological ceramics and glass / Izumi Nakai -- Synchrotron radiation in archaeological and cultural heritage science / E. Pantos -- Study of the elemental distribution in ancient Chinese porcelain using synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence / Y.Y. Huang, P.L. Leung, W. He -- Study on the compositional differences among different kilns' Tang sancai by SRXRF / Y. Lei ... [et al.] -- Study of Chemical composition in ancient celadon of Yue Kiln / Dongyu Fan, Songlin Feng, Qing Xu -- The use of medical computed tomography (CT) imaging in the study of ceramic and clay archaeological artifacts from the ancient Near East / N. Applbaum and Y.H. Applbaum --
• The radiographic examinations of the "guardian statues" from the tomb of Tutankhamen / Jiro Kondo -- Analytical study of paintings by X-ray radiography and spectroscopy / Kamba Nobuyuki -- Radiographic findings in ancient Egyptian mummies / Kazuaki Hirata -- X-ray application on post-Amarna objects from Dahshur / S. Hasegawa ... [et al.] -- Decorative program at Malqata Palace, Egypt / Shin-Ichi Nishimoto -- X-ray archaeology in China / Changsui Wang -- The relationship between arts and sciences in the field of archaeology : from cooperation to a truly equal partnership / Sakuji Yoshimura.

ISBN

• 1402035802 (hd.bd. : acid-free paper)
• 9781402035807 (hd.bd. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2006530945

OCLC

• 61386697
• SCSB-10464327

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library