Science and the past
By: edited by Sheridan Bowman
Contributors: Bowman, Sheridan; British Museum. Dept. of Scientific Research
Publisher: University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: British Museum. -- Dept. of Scientific Research; Archaeometry -- England -- London; Archaeology -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Emergence of scientific inquiry into the past / Paul Craddock; title: Ceramics : materials for all reasons / Andrew Middleton; title: Looking into glass / Ian Freestone; title: Mining and smelting in antiquity / Paul Craddock; title: Metalwork : artifice and artistry / Michael Cowell & Susan La Niece; title: Tracing to source / Michael Hughes; title: Questions of chronology / Sheridan Bowman; title: Spotting the fakes / Paul Craddock & Sheridan Bowman; title: Computing and mathematics : putting two and two together / Peter Main; title: Computerising the collections : the art of successful flea handling / Lea Jones