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Petrology in archaeology --- Petrology in archaeology.

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Thin section ceramic petrography is a versatile interdisciplinary analytical tool for the characterization and interpretation of archaeological pottery. Using over 200 photomicrographs of thin sections from a diverse range of artefacts, time periods and geographic regions, this provides comprehensive guidelines for their study within archaeology.

Ceramics --- Petrology in archaeology. --- Pottery. --- Analysis.

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Petrology --- Pétrologie. --- Sedimentology --- Sédimentologie. --- Petrology in archaeology --- Pétrologie en archéologie.

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This book introduces students in archaeology and others interested to the materials that form ancient ceramics. It focuses on the nature of these materials, the minerals, rocks, clays, and ways they have been modified for the production of ceramics. The study of the use of the ceramic materials by potters through the ages allows us a better understanding of the potter's behavior and the influences on his or her craft. The book details clay, mineral and rock formations, basic geology principles, types of analyses conducted to study raw materials, and the different processes involved in making pottery. It describes the different attributes of a ceramic paste, and the different scales one can look at it. This book is conceived as an introduction to the origin of the materials which form ceramics in an archaeological context, their selection and use by potters.

Ceramics --- Archaeology --- Pottery, Prehistoric --- Archaeological chemistry --- Petrology in archaeology --- Analysis --- Methodology --- Analysis

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As part of the INSTAP Archaeological Excavation Manual series, Thin-Section Petrography of Ceramic Materials provides a concise overview of the history and application of the practice while detailing how this type of petrographic analysis can benefit archaeologists in the field. When thin-section analysis is employed as part of a thorough, multi-disciplinary study of ceramic materials, it provides a wealth of additional interpretative data to archaeologists, allowing for more accurate interpretations of the past, especially regarding pottery production, provenance, variations in technology over time and space, exchange networks on local and non-local scales, and even social issues such as choices of both manufacturers and consumers and traditions of manufacture.

Petrology in archaeology. --- Ceramics --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Petroarchaeology --- Archaeological chemistry --- Archaeology --- Analysis. --- Methodology --- Petrology in archaeology --- Analysis --- E-books --- Ceramics - Analysis --- Pétrologie en archéologie --- Céramique industrielle --- Analyse