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T. E. Allibone, chair.
The Impact of the Natural Sciences on Archaeology: A Symposium Organized Jointly for The Royal Society and The British Academy.
London: Oxford U.P. for the British Academy, 1970.
SBN 197259227.
Hardback, stitch bound.
216x302x16mm.
vii,185pp inc. several text figures, plus 4 pages of plates, all monochrome.
English.
Dustjacket a little grubby with some wear to edges, otherwise overall good condition.This item £14.50
894g.
No medieval emphasis. Was also published as Vol. 269 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A.; contents:
Libby, Radiocarbon dating;
Edwards, Absolute dating from Egyptian records & comparison with carbon-14 dating;
Sachs, Absolute dating from Mesopotamian records;
Berger, Ancient Egyptian radiocarbon chronology;
Barker, Critical assessment of radiocarbon dating;
Bucha, Evidence for changes in the Earth's magnetic field intensity;
Godwin, Contribution of radiocarbon dating to archaeology in Britain;
Aitken, Dating by archaeomagnetic & thermoluminescent methods;
Linington, Techniques used in archaeological field surveys;
Scollar, Magnetic methods of archaeological prospecting;
Hall, Survey techniques in underwater archaeology;
Kendall, A mathematical approach to seriation;
Hall, Analytical technies used in archaeometry;
Brill, Lead & oxygen isotopes in ancient objects;
Gordus, Neutron activation analysis of archaeological artefacts;
Catling, Analysis of poettry from the Mycenaean period;
Werner, Analysis of ancient metals.
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