Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology

Acabou de ser publicado:

A. M. Pollard, C. M. Batt, B. Stern, S. M. M. Young, Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Índice:

The role of analytical chemistry in archaeology

• Archaeology and analytical chemistry 3
• An introduction to analytical chemistry 31

The application of analytical chemistry to archaeology

• Elemental analysis by absorption and emission spectroscopies in the visible and ultraviolet 47
• Molecular analysis by absorption and Raman spectroscopy 70
• X-ray techniques and electron beam microanalysis 93
• Neutron activation analysis 123
• Chromatography 137
• Mass spectrometry 160
• Inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) 195

Some basic chemistry for archaeologists

• Atoms, isotopes, electron orbitals, and the periodic table 217
• Valency, bonding, and molecules 249
• The electromagnetic spectrum 275
• Practical issues in analytical chemistry 294