Métodos de análise aplicados à resolução dos problemas arqueológicos

Ainda que já tenha data de 2011, acabou de ser publicado o seguinte livro:

Mary E. Malainey, A Consumer's Guide to Archaeological Science, New York, Springer, 2011.

Índice:

• Part I Basic Science
• Elements, Atoms, and Molecules 3
• Electromagnetic Radiation 23
• Radioactive Isotopes and Their Decay 27
• Stable Isotopes 35
• Organic Compounds 45
• Other Useful Concepts 73
• Part II Applications
• Methodological Considerations 85
• Radiocarbon Dating 91
• Other Radioactive Decay-Based Dating Techniques 109
• Trapped Charge Dating Techniques 121
• Other Dating Techniques 141
• Provenance Studies 169
• Isotope Analysis 177
• Lipid Residue Analysis 201
• Blood and Protein Residue Analysis 219
• Ancient DNA and the Polymerase Chain Reaction 237
• Part III Materials
• Pottery and Other Ceramics 257
• Flaked and Ground Stone Tools 275
• Bones and Teeth 291
• Cultural Rock 311
• Food-Related Pottery Residues 319
• Other Food-Related Residues 333
• Other Organic Residues 343
• Organic Artifacts 353
• Paints, Pigments, and Inks 361
• Metal and Glass 367
• Plant Remains 379
• Matrix and Environmental Deposits 387
• Other Materials 397
• Part IV Instrumentation
• Sample Selection and Processing 403
• Mass Spectrometry 411
• Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA or NAA) 427
• Separation Techniques 433
• Atomic and Emission Spectroscopy 443
• Optical Spectroscopy 453
• Resonance Spectroscopy 467
• X-Ray and Particle Emission Techniques 477
• Elemental Analysis 493
• Mössbauer Spectroscopy 497