Program on
Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials
at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ATAM is a Division of the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program
ARCHAEOMETRY BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The following bibliographies are provided as a general, selective list
of references on the topics. For compiling a comprehensive bibliography
on a specific material, geographic region, or analytical technique,
consult the references listed under the Bibliographies, Symposia
Proceedings, and Journals sections below.
Bowman, S., (Ed.) (1991). Science and the Past. Trustees
of the British Museum, London, and the University of Toronto Press,
Toronto.
Archaeometry from a British museum perspective; suitable for
undergraduate course.
Ciliberto, E. and Spoto, G. (Eds.) (2000). Modern Analytical Methods in Art and Archaeology. John Wiley and Sons.
Detailed textbook on specific techniques.
De Atley, S. P. and R. L. Bishop (1991). Toward an Integrated
Interface for Archaeology and Archaeometry. In The Ceramic Legacy
of Anna O. Shepard, edited by R. L. Bishop and F. W. Lange, pp.
358-380. University Press of Colorado, Niwot.
England, P. A. and van Zelst, L. (editors) (1985). Application
of Science in Examination of Works of Art. Proceedings of the Seminar:
September 7-9 1983. The Research Laboratory, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston.
Goffer, Z. (1980). Archaeological Chemistry: A Sourcebook on
the Application of Chemistry to Archaeology. John Wiley and Sons,
New York.
Very readable general text for those without chemistry
background.
Henderson, Julian (Ed.) (1989). Scientific Analysis in
Archaeology. Oxford University and the UCLA Institute of
Archaeology.
Selected technical papers on glass, ceramic, metal, etc.
Lambert, J. B. (1997). Traces of the Past: Unraveling the
Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry. Perseus Books, Reading,
MA.
Excellent general text, well-illustrated, written by a chemist.
Leute, Ulrich (1987). Archaeometry. An Introduction to
Physical Methods in Archaeology and the History of Art. VCH
Publishers, Weinheim.
Maschner, H. and Chippindate, C. (Eds.) (2005). A Handbook of Archaeological Methods. 2 vols. AltaMira Press.
Includes archaeological theory, interpretation, survey and excavation methods as well as archaeometry.
McGovern, P. (1995). Science in Archaeology: A Review. American
Journal of Archaeology 99:79-142.
Olin, J. S., (Ed.) (1982). Future Directions in Archaeometry:
A Round Table. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Parkes, A. (1986). Current Scientific Techniques in
Archaeology. Croom Helm, London.
Pollard, M., and C. Heron. (1996). Archaeological Chemistry.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge.
Renfrew, C. and P. Bahn. (1996) Archaeology: Theories Methods
and Practice. Second Edition. Thames and Hudson, London.
Good side panels on archaeometric techniques; good archaeology.
Tite, M. (1972). Methods of Physical Examination in
Archaeology. Seminar Press, London.
Wisseman, S. U. and W. S. Williams (editors) (1994). Ancient
Technologies and Archaeological Materials. Gordon and Breach
Science Publishers.
Archaeometry from an American university perspective; suitable
for undergraduate course.
DATING
TECHNIQUES
Aitken, M. (1990). Science-based Dating in Archaeology.
Longman, London and New York.
Fleming, S. (1977). Dating in Archaeology: A Guide to
Scientific Techniques. St. Martin's Press, New York.
Taylor, R. E. (1987). Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological
Perspective. Orlando, Academic Press.
Taylor, R. E., and M. J. Aitken (Editors). (1997). Chronometric
Dating in Archaeology. Plenum Press, New York.
Young, W. J., (Ed.) (1978). Application of Science to the
Dating of Works of Art. Proceedings of the Seminar: September 23-25,
1974. The Research Laboratory, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
GEOARCHAEOLOGY
Herz, N., and E. G. Garrison (1998). Geological Methods for
Archaeology. Oxford University Press.
Rapp, Jr., G., and J. A. Gifford (Editors). (1985). Archaeological
Geology. Yale University Press, New Haven.
CERAMIC ANALYSIS
Neff, H. (editor). (1992). Chemical Characterization of
Ceramic
Pastes in Archaeology. Monographs in World Archaeology, No. 7.
Prehistory Press, Madison, WI.
Detailed case studies and technique descriptions for ceramic analysis.
Rice, P. (1987). Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook. University
of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Extremely thorough reference on ceramic analysis.
Rye, O. (1981). Pottery Technology. Taraxacum, Washington,
D.C.
BONE AND TISSUE ANALYSIS
Sandford, M. K. (Ed.) (1993). Investigations of Ancient
Human
Tissue: Chemical Analyses in Anthropology. Gordon and Breach
Science Publishers, Amsterdam.
An excellent text on analysis of human bone, teeth, hair, etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Ellis, L. (1982) Laboratory Techniques in Archaeology: A Guide to
the Literature, 1920-1980. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and
London.
AATA is published semi-annually. References to books, articles,
and reports published worldwide that cover a wide variety of topics
including archaeology, architectural conservation, analysis of
materials, and analytical techniques.
SYMPOSIA
PROCEEDINGS
Demirci, S, A. M. …zer, and G. D. Summers. (1996). Archaeometry
94: Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Archaeometry.
TŸbitak, Ankara, Turkey.
Farquhar, R. M., R. G. V. Hancock, and L. A. Pavlish, (editors)
(1988). Proceedings of the 26th International Archaeometry
Symposium. Archaeometry Laboratory, Department of Physics,
University of Toronto.
Lambert, J.B. (1984) Archaeological Chemistry III. Advances
in Chemistry Series 205. American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
Part of the Archaeological Chemistry Series (ACS).
Olin, J. S. and M. J. Blackman, (editors) (1986). Proceedings
of the 24th International Archaeometry Symposium. Smithsonian
Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Pernicka, E. and G. Wagner (Editors). (1990). Archaeometry '90.
Proceedings of the International Archaeometry Symposium. Birkhauser
Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.
Sayre, E. V., P. B. Vandiver, J. Druzik, and C. Stevenson,
(editors) (1988). Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology.
Symposium held April 6-8, 1988, Reno, NV. Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 123, Pittsburgh.
This symposium proceedings is only one of many similar publications
on archaeometric topics.
Scott, D. A., and P. Meyers. (1994). Archaeometry of
Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts: Proceedings of a Symposium organized
by the UCLA Institute of Archaeology and the Getty Conservation
Institute. The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.
Selected proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on
Archaeometry held in Los Angeles in 1992.
Archaeological Chemistry, Vols. 1-5 (American Chemical
Society) Ceramics and Civilization, Vols. 1-4 (American Chemical
Society, with various editors, beginning 1974).
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