Mineralogical Approaches to Archaeological Materials Technological and Social Insights

• Other Authors: Santacreu, Daniel (Editor), Carvajal López, José Cristóbal (Editor), Durán Benito, Adrián (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Archaeology; carreaux de pavement; medieval pottery; archaeometry; mineralogical analysis; plumbiferous glaze; silicoaluminate engobe; reddish paste; ancient mortars; analytical characterization; Sorrento Peninsula; glass production; Spain; 16th century; µPIXE; glass kiln; production remains; objects; Italy; military equipment; bronze; pXRF; museum collections; non-destructive analysis; Roman mortars; aqueduct; microanalysis; red pozzolan; Sabatini Volcanic District; copper minerals; micro-XRF; petrographic analysis; rock fragment; pottery; ceramics; Early Bronze Age; Thrace; Almohad period; Al-Andalus; lead glazes; tin glazes; SEM-EDS; defensive structure; stone masonry bedding mortar; rammed earth; air lime; architectural heritage; architectural terracottas; production technology; Alba Fucens; technological choices; petrography; SEM-EDX; WDXRF; PXRD; heat transfer properties; fracture strength
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Summary

Archaeometry is based on the necessary interdisciplinary relationship between diverse branches of the natural and social sciences. This relationship is essential in archaeology, since, from physical materials (objects), scholars have to face questions that go beyond the limits of the tangible and pertain instead to abstract and social concerns. Currently, archaeometric studies are fundamental to the accurate classification and characterization of archaeological materials, providing relevant data, among other aspects, about their production, function and social meaning. In this book, we present a set of papers that show the potential of mineralogical studies (e.g. petrography, mineral geochemistry, X-ray Diffraction) and multiproxy approaches to characterize the composition of a wide diversity of archaeological materials such as ceramics, terracotta, tiles, metals, glazes, glass and mortars related to several periods (Bronze Age, Roman, Middle Age, Modern period). In this sense, this book can be of interest for specialized researchers who seek specific case studies and are mainly concerned with certain kinds of materials, but also for those students, researchers and professionals who look for a practical overview of the chief methods that can be followed in the study of material culture.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (238 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-5677-2
9783036556789
9783036556772

Access

Open Access