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Preface |
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PART I THE ROLE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN ARCHAEOLOGY |
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Archaeology and Analytical Chemistry |
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3 | (28) |
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The history of analytical chemistry in archaeology |
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5 | (5) |
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Basic archaeological questions |
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10 | (15) |
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25 | (6) |
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An Introduction to Analytical Chemistry |
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31 | (14) |
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31 | (7) |
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38 | (4) |
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Special considerations in the analysis of arehaeological material |
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42 | (3) |
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PART II THE APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TO ARCHAEOLOGY |
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45 | (170) |
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Elemental Analysis by Absorption and Emission Spectroscopies in the Visible and Ultraviolet |
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47 | (23) |
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Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) |
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47 | (1) |
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Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) |
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48 | (9) |
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Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP--AES) |
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57 | (3) |
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Comparison of analysis by absorption/emission spectrometries |
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60 | (2) |
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Greek pots and European bronzes -- archaeological applications of emission/absorption spectrometries |
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62 | (8) |
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Molecular Analysis by Absorption and Raman Spectroscopy |
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70 | (23) |
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Optical and UV spectrophotometry |
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70 | (7) |
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Infrared absorption spectroscopy |
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77 | (6) |
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83 | (2) |
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Soils, bone, and the ``Baltic shoulder'' -- archaeological applications of vibrational spectroscopy |
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85 | (8) |
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X-Ray Techniques and Electron Beam Microanalysis |
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93 | (30) |
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93 | (8) |
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X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry |
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101 | (8) |
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Electron microscopy as an analytical tool |
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109 | (4) |
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113 | (3) |
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Other X-ray related techniques |
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116 | (2) |
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A cornucopia of delights -- archaeological applications of X-ray analysis |
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118 | (5) |
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Neutron Activation Analysis |
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123 | (14) |
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Introduction to nuclear structure and the principles of neutron activation analysis |
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123 | (5) |
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Neutron activation analysis in practice |
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128 | (2) |
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Practical alchemy -- archaeological applications of NAA |
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130 | (7) |
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137 | (23) |
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Principles of chromatography |
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137 | (2) |
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Classical liquid column chromatography |
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139 | (1) |
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Thin layer chromatography (TLC) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (4) |
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High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) |
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146 | (1) |
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Sticky messengers from the past -- archaeological applications of chromatography |
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147 | (13) |
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160 | (35) |
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Separation of ions by electric and magnetic fields |
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160 | (9) |
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Light stable isotopes (δD, δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, and δ34S) |
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169 | (4) |
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Heavy isotopes (Pb, Sr) -- thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) |
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173 | (1) |
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Combined techniques -- GC-MS |
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174 | (2) |
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Isotope archaeology -- applications of MS in archaeology |
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176 | (19) |
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Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) |
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195 | (20) |
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195 | (5) |
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Comparison with other techniques |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (6) |
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Splitting hairs -- archaeological applications of ICP-MS |
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208 | (7) |
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PART III SOME BASIC CHEMISTRY FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS |
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Atoms, Isotopes, Electron Orbitals, and the Periodic Table |
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217 | (32) |
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The discovery of subatomic particles |
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217 | (10) |
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The Bohr-Rutherford model of the atom |
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227 | (3) |
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Stable and radioactive isotopes |
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230 | (8) |
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238 | (5) |
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243 | (6) |
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Valency, Bonding, and Molecules |
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249 | (26) |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (5) |
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258 | (2) |
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Lewis structures and the shapes of molecules |
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260 | (3) |
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Introduction to organic compounds |
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263 | (6) |
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269 | (6) |
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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275 | (19) |
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275 | (4) |
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279 | (2) |
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Emission lines and the Rydberg equation |
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281 | (5) |
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Absorption of EM radiation by matter Beer's law |
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286 | (2) |
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The EM spectrum and spectrochemical analysis |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (4) |
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Practical Issues in Analytical Chemistry |
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294 | (28) |
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Some basic procedures in analytical chemistry |
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294 | (8) |
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Sample preparation for trace element and residue analysis |
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302 | (4) |
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Standards for calibration |
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306 | (3) |
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Calibration procedures and estimation of errors |
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309 | (10) |
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Quality assurance procedures |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (4) |
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326 | (24) |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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Chemical symbols and isotopes of the elements |
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331 | (4) |
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Electronic configuration of the elements (to radon. Z 86) |
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335 | (2) |
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Some common inorganic and organic sample preparation methods used in archaeology |
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337 | (3) |
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General safe practice in the laboratory |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (8) |
References |
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Index |
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