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CATEGORIES:Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Semi
 nars
SUMMARY:Zooming in on Micro-Methods: Archaeometry and the 
 Interpretation of Ancient Ceramics - Christopher K
 otkin (Archeological Science)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230131T131500
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UID:TALK192452AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/192452
DESCRIPTION:From prehistory into the present\, ceramic materia
 ls are among the most prolific among finds in any 
 archaeological excavation. Their relative abundanc
 e and durability in the archaeological record have
  made them irreplaceable as a means of establishin
 g site chronology\, inferring trade patterns and s
 tudying the crafting methods and traditions of a c
 ulture’s artisans. While the literature on macrosc
 opic studies of archaeological ceramics is expansi
 ve in scope and scale\, the same cannot generally 
 be said of microscopic methodologies of ceramic ma
 terials. New innovations in the field of archaeome
 try\, or archaeological science\, are allowing mod
 ern scholars to collect more data from smaller and
  smaller assemblages. \nThis paper will seek to in
 troduce how archaeometry is being utilised in conj
 unction with archaeological ceramics to create a m
 ore complete picture of the past. Speficially\, th
 is paper will focus on the select usage of microsc
 opy (SEM-EDS)\, spectroscopy (pXRF and FTIR) and p
 etrography on ceramic assemblages from Late Chalco
 lithic (4500-3100 BCE) Tell Brak and Imperial Roma
 n (early 1st to late 2nd Century CE) Central Italy
 . \n
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
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