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Portable digital microscope : atlas of ceramic pastes : components, texture and technology
Title
Portable digital microscope : atlas of ceramic pastes : components, texture and technology / Isabelle C. Druc ; with the technical collaboration of Bruce Velde and Lisenia Chavez.
ISBN
9781939755070 (pbk.)
1939755077 (pbk.)
Published
Blue Mounds, WI : Deep University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
123 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Summary
Describes the use of new portable digital microscopes for analysis of archaeological ceramics in the field or laboratory.
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Atlas of ceramic pastes : components, texture and technology
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2015
Contents
Introduction
Methodology and terminology. Methodology ; Identification problems ; Terminology
Identification of common mineral and lithic components in the ceramic paste. Felsic minerals ; Mafic minerals ; Oxides and hydroxides ; Intrusive rock fragments ; Volcanic rock fragments ; Alteration of igneous rocks ; Sedimentary and metamorphic rock fragments
Raw materials and ceramic technology. Raw materials ; Tempers ; Manufacturing techniques ; Paste textures ; Slips and glazes ; Firing
Image analysis. Image analysis protocol ; Quantitative image analysis ; Case study
Appendix. Archaeological sites and production places mentioned in the text, and relevant bibliography.
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