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

The sites listed were chosen because their content is useful for teaching undergraduate or secondary school students with little or no background in the field of archaeometry. For lists of laboratories focusing on specific techniques, go to ARCHNET or the Society for Archaeological Sciences.

GENERAL APPLICATIONS

Science in the Art Museum, a collaboration between the Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials (ATAM) and the Krannert Art Museum, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). This site has attracted the interest of elementary and secondary school teachers.

CyberMummy, a collaboration between the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (UIUC), the ATAM Program, and three Urbana, Illinois elementary and secondary school teachers.

INTRODUCTIONS TO INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOMETRY

Neutron activation analysis
A very useful summary of the technique with good graphics, by Michael Glascock (University of Missouri reactor site).

Dendrochronology
A good introduction with useful graphics.

Carbon 14 dating
The basics of radiocarbon dating from the Waikato, New Zealand C-14 laboratory.

Thermoluminescence dating
Principles of the TL method from the Kotalla TL laboratory near Stuttgart, Germany.

BACKGROUND ON ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Excellent materials on archaeology and archaeometric techniques, with appropriate links, can be found in the electronic guide to Kevin Greene's book, Archaeology: an introduction. See especially his chapters 4 and 5.