Books & Volumes
Books Edited by Archaeometry Laboratory Staff
Since 2001, the present and former staff of the Archaeometry Laboratory have compiled special-topic papers into five books. Focused on broad archaeological topics, regions, or concepts, the papers in these volumes are classic case studies of how archaeometric techniques can be used to expand archaeological inquiry. The volumes are largely based on well-received conference sessions or symposia organized by the Archaeometry Laboratory.
Archaeological Chemistry: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation
Edited by M. D. Glascock, R.J. Speakman, R.S. Popelka-Filcoff
Published in 2007 by American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C.
Contents
- Expanding the Range of Electron Spin Resonance Dating. Anne R. Skinner, Bonnie A. B. Blackwell, Maysun M. Hasan, and Joel I.B. Blickstein.
- Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America. Christel M. Baldia and Kathryn A. Jakes
- Infrared Examinaton of Fiber and Particulare Residues from Archaeological Textiles. Kathryn A. Jakes, Christel M. Baldia, and Amanda J. Thompson
- Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Archaeological Specimens. Brian M. Kemp, Cara Monroe, and David Glenn Smith
- Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origins of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis at the Wari Site of Conchopata. Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung
- Interpreting Stable Isotopic Analyses: Case Studies on Sardinian Prehistory. Luca Lai, Robert H. Tykot, Jessica F. Beckett, Rosalba Floris, Ornella Fonzo, Elena Usai, Maria Rosaria Manunza, Ethan Goddard, and David Hollander
- Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and Isotopic Evidence. Michael W. Gregg, Rhea Brettell, and Benjamin Stern
- Surface Analysis of a Black Deposit from Little Lost River. Reshmi Perumplavil and Ruth Ann Armitage
- Shell Bead Sourcing: A Comparison of Two Techniques on Olivella biplicata Shells and Beads from Western North America. Jelmer W. Eerkens, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Howard J. Spero, Ryoji Shiraki, and Gregory S. Herbert
- Archaeological Soils and Sediments: Application of Microfocus Synchotron X-ray Scattering, Diffraction, and Fluorescence Analyses in Thin-Section. W. Paul Adderley, Ian A. Simpson, Raymond Barrett, and Timothy J. Wess
- Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas. E. Christian Wells, Claire Novotny, and James R. Hawken
- Chemical Composition of Song Dynasty, Chinese, Copper-Based Coins via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence. Jessica Misner, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto
- Elemental Compositions of Herodian Prutah, Copper Coins—of the Biblical "Widow's Mites" Series—via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence. Meghann Mouyianis, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto
- Chemical Composition of the Isfiya and Qumran Coin Hoards. Michael Notis, Aaron Shugar, Danny Herman, and Donald T. Ariel
- Selected Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry to Archaeological Research. Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, Robert H. Tykot, Christophe Descantes, Jennifer J. Thatcher, Craig E. Skinner, and Kyra M. Lienhop
- Evaluating the Precision Requirements for Isotope Ratio Determination of Archaeological Materials Using Laser Ablation-Time-of-Flight-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Increasing Ratio Precision. John V. Dudgeon, Hector Neff, Andrew "Flynn" Saint, and William Balsanek
- Lead Isotope Analysis of Roman Carthage Curse Tablets. Sheldon Skaggs
- Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy Artifacts. Laure Dussubieux
- Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics. Laure Dussubieux, Mark Golitko, Patrick Ryan Williams, and Robert J. Speakman
- Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City. Ruth Ann Armitage, Leah Minc, Silas Hurry, and Melissa Doolin
- Characterization of 15th-16th Century Majolica Pottery Found on the Canary Islands. Javier Garcia Inanez, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigos, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Elena Sosa Suarez
- Intraregional Provenancing of Phillistine Pottery from Israel. David Ben-Shlomo
- The Technology of Mesopotamian Ceramic Glazes. David V. Hill, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Hector Neff
- Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Nicole C. Little, Timothy J. Scarlett, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Christopher W. Merritt
- Fingerprinting Specular Hematite from Mines in Botswana, Southern Africa. Adam V. Kiehn, George A. Brook, Michael D. Glascock, Jonathan Z. Dake, Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell, and Michael L. Murphy
- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru. Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Nathan Craig, Michael D. Glascock, J. David Robertson, Mark Aldenderfer, and Robert J. Speakman
- Feasibility of Field-Portable XRF to Identify Obsidian Sources in Central Peten, Guatemala. Leslie G. Cecil, Matthew D. Moriarty, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock
- Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in Peru: Descriptions and Geochemistry. Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Richard L. Burger
Geochemical Evidence for Long Distance Exchange
Edited by M. D. Glascock
Published in 2002 by Bergin & Garvey: Westport
Contents
- Geochemical
Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange: An Introduction. Michael D. Glascock
- Indigena
ware: Spain to Valley of Mexico. Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria
- The Emergence
of Market Economies in the Ancient Maya World: Obsidian Exchange in
Terminal Classic Yucatan. Geoffrey E. Braswell and Michael D. Glascock
- More
than Exchange: Pre-Ceramic through Ceramic Period Obsidian Studies
in the Greater North American Southwest. M. Steven Shackley
- Archaeological
Evidence for the Long-Distance Exchange of Caddo Indian Ceramics in
the Southern Plains, Midwest, and Southeastern United States. Timothy
K. Perttula
- Production
and Long-Distance Movement of Chupadero Black-on-White Pottery in New
Mexico and Texas. Darrell G. Creel, Tiffany C. Clark,
and Hector Neff
- Exploring
the Landscapes of Long-Distance Exchange: Evidence from Obsidian Cliffs
and Devils Tower, Wyoming. Brian Leigh Molyneaux
- From
Loess Plains to High Plains: The Westward Movement of Upper Republican
Pots. Anne M. Cobry and Donna C. Roper
- Long-distance
obsidian traffic in northwestern Argentina. Hugo
D. Yacobaccio, Patricia S. Escola, Marisa Lazzari, and Fernando X. Pereyra
- A Geochemical
Vector for Trade: Cyprus, Asia Minor, and the Roman East. Danielle
A. Parks and Hector Neff
- XRF
Analysis of Pottery from Mutokolwe, a Khami Settlement from the Soutpansberg
Mountains, South Africa. Leon Jacobson, Warren S. Fish, and Willem
A. van der Westhuizen
- Yapese
Prestige Goods: The INAA evidence for an Asian Dragon Jar. Christophe
H. Descantes, Hector Neff, and Michael D. Glascock
- Centrality and the
Collapse of Long-Distance Voyaging in East Polynesia.
Marshall I. Weisler
Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations
Edited by D. M. Glowacki and H. Neff
Published in 2001 by The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Contents
- Ceramic Source Determination by Instrumental Neutron Activation
Analysis in the American Southwest. Hector Neff and
Donna M. Glowacki
- Quantitative Techniques for Analyzing Ceramic Compositional Data. Hector
Neff
- Black Mountain Phase Ceramics
and Implications for Manufacture and Exchange Patterns. Darrell
Creel, Matthew Williams, Hector Neff, and Michael D. Glascock
- Chaco and the Production and Exchange of Dogoszhi-Style
Pottery. Jill E. Neitzel, Hector Neff, Michael D. Glascock,
and Ronald L. Bishop
- Resource Use, Red-Ware Production, and Vessel Distribution in the
Northern San Juan Region. Donna M. Glowacki, Hector Neff,
Michelle Hegmon, James W. Kendrick, and W. James Judge
- Artifact Design, Composition, and Context: Updating the Analysis
of Ceramic Circulation at Point of Pines, Arizona. M. Nieves Zedeno
- From Compositional to Anthropological: Fourteenth-Century Red-Ware
Circulation and Its Implications for Peublo Reorganization. Daniela Triadan,
Barbara J. Mills, and Andrew I. Duff
- Ceramic Production and Distribution in Two Classic Period Hohokam
Communities. Karen G. Harry, Paul R. Fish, and Suzanne
K. Fish
- Protohistoric Ceramics from the Texas Southern
Plains: Documenting Plains-Pueblo Interactions. Douglas
K. Boyd, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Hector Neff, and Michael D. Glascock
- Patayan Ceramic Variability: Using Trace Elements
and Petrographic Analysis to Study Brown and Buff Wares in Southern
California. John A. Hildebrand, G. Timothy Gross, Jerry Schaefer, and
Hector Neff
- Typologies and Classification of Great Basin Pottery: A New Look
at Death Valley Brownwares. Jelmer W. Eerkens, Hector Neff, and Michael
D. Glascock
- A Petrographic Approach to Sand-Tempered Pottery Provenance Studies:
Examples from Two Hohokam Local Systems. James M. Heidke,
Elizabeth J. Miksa, and Henry D. Wallace
Laser Ablation ICP-MS in Archaeology
Edited by Robert J. Speakman and Hector Neff
Published in 2005 by University of New Mexico Press
Contents
- The Application of Laser Ablation ICP-MS to the
Study of Archaeological Materials—An Introduction. Robert J.
Speakman and Hector Neff
- Straight from the Source: Obsidian Prismatic Blades at El Ujuxte, Guatemala.
A. Natasha Tabares, Michael Love, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock,
and Hector Neff
- LA-ICP-MS as a Supplement to Abbreviated-INAA for Obsidian Artifacts
from the Aztec-Tarascan Frontier. Michael D. Glascock, Robert J.
Speakman, and Helen P. Pollard
- Laser Ablation ICP-MS Chemical Characterization of Jade from a Jade
Workshop in Cancuen, Guatemala. Brigitte Kovacevich, Hector Neff, and
Ronald Bishop
- Characterization of Montana Cherts by LA-ICP-MS. Tom Roll,
Michael P. Neeley, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock
- Searching for Analytical Alternatives in the Characterization
of Copper Minerals. Maria Nieves Zedeño,
Hector Neff, and Axel Neilson
- LA-ICP-MS of African Glass Trade Beads. Rachel Popelka, Michael
D. Glascock, Peter Robertshaw, and Marilee Wood
- LA-ICP-MS as a Bulk Chemical Characterization Technique: Comparison
of LA-ICP-MS, MD-ICP-MS, and INAA Data on Virgin Branch Anasazi Ceramics. Daniel O. Larson, Hector Neff, and Sachiko Sakai
- Compositional Analysis of Hohokam Schist-Tempered Pottery: Comparison
of Methods. James W. Cogswell, David R. Abbott, Elizabeth J. Miksa,
Hector Neff, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock
- Tephra Analysis by LA-ICP-MS for Archaeology. Hector Neff
and Payson Sheets
- LA-ICP-MS and the Late Neolithic Pottery of the Amuq Plain,
Turkey. Benjamin Diebold, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock
- A Compositional Analysis of Nasca Polychrome Paints: Implications
for Nasca Pottery Economics. Kevin J. Vaughn, Christina A. Conlee, Hector
Neff, and Katharina J. Schreiber
- A Preliminary Analysis of Pigments used in Redware Pottery
Production at Point of Pines, Arizona. Candace
A. Sall, Maria Nieves Zedeño,
and Robert J. Speakman
- Chemical Characterization of Mesa Verde and Mancos Black-on-White Pottery
Pigments by LA-ICP-MS. Robert J. Speakman
- Detecting Provenience of African-Origin Individuals
in the Colonial Cemetery of Campeche (Yucatán): A New Approach
using Trace Elements and LA-ICP-MS. Andrea Cucina, Hector Neff, and
Vera Tiesler Blos
Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes in Archaeology
Edited by Hector Neff
Published in 1992 by Prehistory Press
Contents
- Preface. Hector Neff
- Introduction. Hector Neff
- Neutron Activation Analysis. Michael D. Glascock
- Commentary on Technique.Garman Harbottle and Ronald L. Bishop
- Integrative Approaches in Compositional Characterization of Ceramic Pastes. Robert L. Rands and Monica Bargielski Weimer
- Ceramic Raw Materials Survey in Pacific Coastal Guatemala. Hector Neff, Frederick J. Bove, Brenda Lou, and Michael F. Piechowski
- Chemical and Petrographic Characterizations of Ceramic Pastes: Two Perspectives on a Single Data Set. James B. Stoltman, James H. Burton, and Jonathan Haas
- Ultrasonic Dissaggregation and INAA of Textural Fractions of Tucson Basin and Ohio Valley Ceramics. J. Michael Elam, Christopher Carr, Michael D. Glascock, and Hector Neff
- The Effect of Natural and Human Size Sorting on the Mineralogy and Chemistry of Ceramic Clays. M. James Blackman
- Style and Paste: Testing Stylistic Groupings of Vessels with INAA. Robert C. Henrickson and M. James Blackman
- Compositional Investigations of Elite Glaze-Painted Ceramics of Sixteenth Century Italy. J. Emlen Myers
- Commentary on Section II. Dean E. Arnold
- Comments on Section II: Variation. Ronald L. Bishop
- The Greater Nicoya Ceramic Data Base. Frederick W. Lange, Veletta Canouts, and Silvia Salgado G.
- Terminal Formative and Early Classic Ceramic Traditions of Pacific Coastal Guatemala. Frederick J. Bove, Hector Neff, Brenda L. Lou P., and Sonia Medrano.
- A Compositional Perspective on Ceramic Production in the Aztec Empire. Mary G. Hodge, Hector Neff, M. James Blackman, and Leah D. Minc
- Neutron Activation Analysis and Numerical Taxonomy of Thin Orange Ceramics from the Manufacturing Sites of Rio Carnero, Puebla, Mexico. Evelyn C. Rattray and Garman Harbottle
- An Evaluation of the Production and Exchange of Tanque Verde Red-on-Brown Ceramics from Southern Arizona. Stephanie Whittlesey, Paul R. Fish, Suzanne K. Fish, Hector Neff, Michael D. Glascock, and J. Michael Elam
- Neutron Activation Analysis of Late Woodland Ceramics from the Lake Superior Basin. Caven Clark, Hector Neff, and Michael D. Glascock
- The Use of Compositional Analysis in Determining the Production Mode of Glastonbury Ware. Chantal Cagle
- Comments on Section III: Applications. Ronald L. Bishop
Recent research reported by the Archaeometry Lab at MURR after June 2005 is based on support by the National Science Foundation under our current grant number 0504015.
Earlier research was supported by several NSF grants, including the following numbers: 8801707, 9102016, 9503035, 9802366, 9977237, 0102325, and 0405042. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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