Focuses on obsidian sourcing. Includes information on technology used and fees.
Conducts research on ancient and historical metallurgy including mining, primary metal production, artifact manufacturing, and slag and residue studies. Laboratory facilities, courses, and faculty profiles.
Research program of the University of Illinois. Newsletter, seminars, and the International Symposium on Archaeometry.
Specializes in trace element "fingerprinting" of archaeological specimens to determine their source. Contains details on techniques used and sample projects.
Paleodosimetry research laboratory at Dalhousie University which provides dating of natural minerals common in most rocks, sediments, and some organic materials.
Informal articles on teaching strategies, curriculum reform, and training issues, along with responses to these entries, will be posted here.
Archaeometry laboratory of the University of Rome. Contains a bibliography on non destructive archaeometry.
Oxford University research group studying all aspects of the metallurgical process, from smelting to metal finishing, and from the first use of alloys in the 5th/4th millennia BC to the Industrial Revolution.
Archaeometry research group specializing in geoarchaeology, sourcing, and paleodietary and paleoclimatic studies of archaeological materials from sites in the mid-continental United States.
This paper by George Rip Rapp addresses the partnership between archaeology on one hand and archaeometry (or archaeological science) on the other. The author considers all natural science applications as archaeometry.
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