The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation of Inorganic Materials

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ISBN: 9780415199346 | 0415199344
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Copyright: 1/22/2001

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The Science and Archaeology of Materialsis set to become the definitive work in archaeology of material. Henderson's highly illustrated work is an accessible and fascinating textbook which will be essential reading for all practical archaeologists. With clear sections on a wide range of materials including ceramics, glass, metals and stone, this work examines the very foundations of archaeological study. The concise and informative introduction provides a general over view as well as a brief insight into the history of this type of research.

List of figures and tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

xvii

Introduction

(7)

Techniques Of Scientific Analysis

(16)

Introduction

(1)

Destructive techniques

(5)

Non-destructive and micro-destructive techniques

(10)

Glass

(85)

Glass as a material

(1)

The raw materials of ancient glass production

(13)

The alkalis

(1)

Silica sources

(1)

The use of lead

(1)

Calcium

(1)

Glass coloration

(1)

Cobalt blue glass

(2)

Translucent turquoise blue and red glasses; opaque red glass

(2)

Iron-green and purple glasses

(1)

Opaque white, turquoise and yellow glasses

(3)

Other opacifiers

(1)

Glass decolorisers

(1)

Glass-making/fritting

(1)

Glass furnaces

(8)

Interpreting the evidence

(1)

The earliest furnaces

(2)

Roman furnaces

(2)

Early medieval, Islamic and other `southern' glass furnaces

(1)

`Northern' and later types of glass furnaces

(2)

Glass-working

(1)

The chemical compositions of ancient glasses

(3)

The working properties of soda-lime-silica glass

(1)

Ritual aspects

(1)

The origins of glass and its early production in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia

(8)

Introduction

(1)

The origins of glass: fuel-ash slags, glazed stones and faience

(1)

Chemical characteristics of early glass in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia

(5)

The archaeological inference

(1)

Roman glass production: refined specialisation or mass-production

(7)

Introduction

(1)

Specialised technology of the Portland vase and Lycurgus cup

(3)

Mass-produced greenish Roman glass

(2)

Scientific investigations

(1)

Early medieval glass in Europe: the continuation of a Roman tradition?

(9)

Introduction

(4)

Glass production at Ribe, Jutland

(1)

Scientific investigations

(3)

The archaeological inference

(1)

The rise of the `Abbasids and glass production in early Islamic Syria

(14)

Introduction

(1)

Glass production at al-Raqqa on the Euphrates: the industrial context

(1)

The glass tell, Tell Zujaj

(1)

The late workshop phase

(1)

The glass workshop

(3)

Dating of the site

(1)

Other evidence for the glass industry

(1)

Scientific investigations of the glass and allied materials

(5)

Scientific analysis of the frit

(2)

Summary

(1)

Seventeenth-century glass production in Europe

(19)

Introduction

(1)

The production and use of sixteenth-seventeenth-century glass goblets and beakers in Britain

(2)

The glass vessel forms

(1)

Chemical investigations

(2)

Chemical composition and vessel form

(2)

The importance of producing colourless glass

(1)

Glass-house compositions?

(1)

Summary of scientific investigations

(1)

Correlations of vessel form, economic value and chemical compositions

(1)

Summary

(10)

Ceramics

109

(99)

Introduction

109

(1)

The raw materials of pottery production

110

(5)

Clays and their origins

110

(1)

The formation of clays from the earth's crust

110

(2)

The definition of clays

112

(3)

Pottery manufacture

115

(27)

The preparation of clays for potting

115

(1)

Plasticity and its effect on shaping the pot

115

(3)

Shaping the pot

118

(4)

Decorating the pot

122

(3)

Glazes: their technology, chemical composition, colouring;the use of pigments

125

(1)

The classification of ancient glaze chemical compositions

125

(1)

Glaze colorants and the use of pigments

126

(1)

Clay drying

127

(2)

The texture of clay and clay inclusions

129

(1)

Additions to clays (temper) and cultural choice

129

(1)

The conditions of firing

130

(2)

What happens when clay is fired?

132

(3)

Types of firing and the use of kilns

135

(1)

`Open' firing

135

(1)

Pottery kilns

136

(5)

The fuels used

141

(1)

The changing modes of Iron Age pottery production in Britain

142

(12)

The socio-economic context

142

(2)

Ceramic production in southern Britain during the late Iron Age

144

(1)

Introduction of the potters wheel and its effect on local production

145

(2)

Salt briquetage production and distribution

147

(7)

Conclusions

154

(1)

The production and distribution of early medieval pottery in Britain

154

(10)

Introduction

154

(2)

The study of Anglo-Saxon and later pottery production in the Thames valley

156

(1)

Early Saxon pottery (fifth--seventh centuries)

156

(2)

Other studies of early--middle Saxon `plain' wares

158

(1)

Mid-Saxon pottery (seventh--ninth centuries) in the Thames valley

159

(3)

Late Saxon and early medieval pottery (ninth--eleventh centuries) and early towns

162

(2)

Conclusions

164

(1)

The manufacture of celadons

164

(17)

Oriental ceramic bodies: proto-porcelains, porcelains and stonewares, including celadons

164

(2)

Green glazed wares and the development of glaze colour in celadons

166

(2)

The archaeological evidence for celadon production at Yaozhou

168

(8)

Evidence of celadon production organisation from mould inscriptions

176

(1)

Scientific investigation of Yaozhou technology

177

(1)

The glazes

177

(2)

The pottery bodies

179

(1)

The moulds

180

(1)

The saggers

180

(1)

Analysis of Yaozhou raw materials

180

(1)

Iznik: Ottoman court ceramics and the development of `fritware'

181

(27)

Introduction

181

(1)

The possible origins and the characteristics of stonepaste/fritware and maiolica/`faience' technology

181

(1)

Iznik

182

(1)

The research questions

183

(1)

Evidence for the production of Iznik and other `fritware'

184

(2)

Historical evidence for the production of Iznik

186

(1)

The date and range of decorative types

187

(2)

The technology of typical Iznik ceramic bodies examined

189

(5)

Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century glaze technology and the development of colours

194

(1)

Did local Miletus ware, imported Chinese porcelain, Masters of Tabriz tiles and pottery, and Abraham of Kutahya ware influence the development of Iznik?

195

(4)

Production and the `art of the state'

199

(1)

Conclusions

200

(8)

Metals

208

(89)

Metals as materials

208

(2)

The range of metals used and their ores (copper, iron, tin, zinc, lead, gold, silver, bronze and brass)

210

(4)

Locating and mining ores

214

(6)

Ore sorting

220

(1)

The heat-treatment of metals: the process of smelting

220

(4)

The non-slagging process

222

(1)

The slagging process

223

(1)

The evidence of furnaces, their construction and use

224

(8)

Air supply

228

(1)

Fuel supply and its effect on the environment

229

(2)

Pollution

231

(1)

The heat-treatment of metals: refining and purification

232

(9)

The matte smelting process (for copper)

232

(1)

Iron alloys (and steel `working')

232

(2)

Zinc

234

(3)

Lead

237

(1)

Gold

237

(1)

Cupellation of lead-silver ores

238

(1)

Brass

239

(1)

Other alloys of copper - with arsenic, antimony and nickel

240

(1)

Mercury

240

(1)

Early copper production in Wadi Feinan, Jordan

241

(7)

Introduction

241

(1)

The ore deposits

241

(2)

Evidence for early ore exploitation and metallurgical activity in Palestine

243

(2)

The characteristics of metallurgical activity at Wadi Feinan

245

(3)

Scientific studies of copper and bronze in Europe - the potential for characterisation

248

(14)

Introduction

248

(3)

The role of lead isotope analysis

251

(1)

Some studies of Mediterranean metalwork

252

(1)

The chemical analysis and lead isotope analysis of Bronze Age metalwork found in Britain

253

(1)

Introduction

253

(1)

Chemical compositions of British Bronze Age metalwork

254

(4)

The relationship of chemical compositions to lead isotope determinations

258

(4)

Early copper and copper alloy production in Thailand

262

(8)

Introduction

262

(2)

North-east Thailand: Ban Na Di and Ban Chiang

264

(1)

Scientific analysis of the metal

264

(1)

The social significance of bronze metallurgy at Ban Na Di

265

(1)

Ban Chiang

265

(1)

The Phu Wiang region

265

(2)

North-east Thailand in the first millennium BC: evidence from Phu Lon

267

(1)

The mining evidence

267

(1)

The Pottery flat ore-dresing and metal casting area

267

(1)

Social distinctions and the degree of industrial specialisation in north-east Thailand

268

(1)

Central Thailand: evidence from Non Pa Wai and Nil Kham Haeng of the Ban Chiang cultural tradition

268

(2)

Nil Kham Haeng

270

(1)

The degree of specialisation in central Thailand

270

(1)

Technological innovation and the case of iron

270

(3)

Technological innovation

270

(1)

Innovation and iron

271

(2)

The production of iron in Iron Age Britain

273

(9)

Iron Age iron

273

(1)

Prehistoric iron production in north-west Wales

274

(1)

Bryn y Castell

274

(2)

Crawcwellt West

276

(2)

The experimental reconstruction of iron-smelting

278

(1)

An iron-smelting experiment based on excavated evidence

279

(1)

Scientific study of iron-working: the production of a currency bar

279

(2)

Technological implications

281

(1)

The chemical characterisation of precious metals?

282

(15)

Introduction

282

(1)

Compositional links between the New World and Europe through the use of gold and silver

283

(1)

The silver coins

283

(1)

The gold coins

284

(13)

Stone

297

(27)

Introduction

297

(1)

Flint and chert

297

(2)

Flint and chert mining

297

(2)

Sourcing stone

299

(1)

Steatite

300

(1)

Answering archaeological questions through the scientific analysis of flint

301

(4)

Obsidian research: a microcosm of the development of archaeological science

305

(10)

Obsidian use in the Middle East

307

(2)

Obsidian use in southern Europe

309

(6)

The origins and transportation of the bluestones of Stonehenge

315

(2)

Stone axe studies

317

(7)

Archaeological Science And The Way Forward

324

(3)

Index

327

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