Materials Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Theodore H. M. Prudon. Michael Mills. Jean Parker. Marsha Thompson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Caitlin O'Grady. Nancy Odegaard. E. Charles Adams.

Culturally defined color, and the technology used to produce it, is a hallmark of ceramics produced in the American Southwest prior to European contact. This characteristic (among others) was utilized to initially name, define and describe archaeologically recovered ceramic wares (e.g. Colton and Hargrave 1937; Fewkes 1898; Kidder 1931; Shepard 1931). The integration of conservation science and materials science approaches to this research is crucial to reveal nuanced interpretations of cultural...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian Freestone.

Glass has a number of distinct chemical types which are restricted in space and time and reflect several processes including (1) the spread of a dominant glass-making technology from an inferred single place of invention by the transfer knowledge and skill through the movement of people; (2) modification of the parent technology due to restricted availability of materials or selective improvement; (3) the re-invention of glass making due to stimulus diffusion in the form of exposure to imported...