2017 - L'Erma di Bretschneider
E-book
Digital Version
Ceramics in archaeology : from prehistoric to medieval times in Europe and the Mediterranean : ancient craftsmanship and modern laboratory techniques : vols. I-II
2 volumes (xix, xv, 664 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- First published 1985 in Italian; translations of the 2007 Italian enlarged and updated edition.
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Información
ISBN: 9788891310149
COLECCIÓN
MATERIAS
ENCABEZAMIENTOS DE MATERIA
- Pottery -- Technique
- Archaeology -- Methodology
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En este volumen
- List of Graphics and symbols / Tables / Text-boxes
- General bibliography : abbreviations for journal titles and sourcebooks
- Why a letter from the publisher to the reader ; Acknowledgements ; Foreword ; Authors preface
- Explanatory notes
- Introducing part one from clay to archaelogical ceramics
- Clay
- Clay minerals
- Nonclay minerals and incidental constituents
- Technological properties of clay and pottery
- Working the clay
- Forming
- Drying
- Applying coatings to vessels before firing
- Slip and gloss
- Glazing and new technologies in medieval times
- Decorating vessels before firing in antiquity
- Firing
- References : a pocket library for instant use.
- Introducing part one from clay to archaelogical ceramics
- Part two : Modern laboratory techniques
- Introducing part two : archeological ceramics in the laboratory
- OM optical microscopy for mineralogical characterization
- Thermal tecniques
- Physicochemical techniques
- Characterization techniques
- Data handling and statistical processing
- The decade 2001-2010 : a ten-year trend in the application of analytical techniques to archaeological ceramics
- List of Research Articles in Archaeometry and JAS over the decade 2001-2010
- Glossary of Scientific Instrumentation
- Appendix : Literary sources from classical to renaissance times
- Image Acknowledgements
- Acronyms used in this manual
- Index
