M J Aitken

Science-Based Dating in Archaeology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A discussion of the various scientific methods used to help in the dating of archaeological finds. It covers such aspects as radiocarbon dating, magnetic dating, amino acid racemization, obsidian hydration and other chemical methods plus luminescence dating and electron spin resonance.

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Archaeologists and archaeology students have long since needed an authoritative account of the techniques now available to them, designed to be understood by non-scientists. This book fills the gap and it offers a two-tier approach to the subject. The main text is a coherent introduction to the whole field of science-based dating, written in plain langauge for non-scientists. Additional end-notes, however, offer a a more technical understanding, and cater for those who have a scientific and mathematical background.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780582493094
• ISBN-10: 0582493099
• Artikelnr.: 39218078

Autorenporträt

Martin Aitken retired in 1989 as Professor of Archaeometry and Deputy Director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Generalities
2: Climatic Clocks and Frameworks
3: Radiocarbon - I
4: Radiocarbon - II
5: Potassium-argon
uranium series
fission tracks
6: Luminescence dating
7: Electron spin resonance
8: Amino acid racemization
obsidian hydration
other chemical methods
9: Magnetic Dating and Magnetostratigraphy