Science-Based Dating in Archaeology

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-14729-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

Reihe: Longman Archaeology Series

Archaeologists and archaeology students have long since needed an authoritative account of the techniques now available to them, designed to be understood by non-scientists. This book fills the gap and it offers a two-tier approach to the subject. The main text is a coherent introduction to the whole field of science-based dating, written in plain langauge for non-scientists. Additional end-notes, however, offer a a more technical understanding, and cater for those who have a scientific and mathematical background.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aitken, M. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Generalities; 2: Climatic Clocks and Frameworks; 3: Radiocarbon – I; 4: Radiocarbon – II; 5: Potassium–argon; uranium series; fission tracks; 6: Luminescence dating; 7: Electron spin resonance; 8: Amino acid racemization; obsidian hydration; other chemical methods; 9: Magnetic Dating and Magnetostratigraphy

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Aitken retired in 1989 as Professor of Archaeometry and Deputy Director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University.