Pottery analysis : a sourcebook /

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Rice, Prudence M.
Format: Livre
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1987.
Sujets:
Table des matières:
  • Pte. 1.Introduction: cap. 1.Pottery and Its History: Pottery and Ceramics: Definitions and Products
  • pte. 2.The Raw Materials of Pottery Making: cap. 2.Clays: Their Origin and Definitions: Earth Materials ; Feldspars, Weathering, and Clay Origins ; cap. 3.Properties of Clays I: The Clay/Water System: Plasticity ; Drying and Shrinkage ; Inclusions and Impurities ; cap. 4.Properties of Clays II: Firiging Behavior
  • pte. 3.Pottery Manufacture and Use: cap. 5.Pottery Manufacturing Technology: An Ethnographic Overview ; Forming, Finishing, and Decorating ; Drying and Firing ; cap. 6.Pottery Economics: Perspectives on Production and Distribution ; cap. 7.Vessel Function: Form, Technology, and Use: Unse-Related Properties: Capacity, Stability, Accessibility, and Transportability ; cap. 8.Pottery Decorative Styles and Stylistic Analysis: Design Elements and Interaction ; cap. 9.Special Topics in Archaeological, Ethnoarchaeological, and Ethnographic Pottery Studies: Pottery Classification ; Pottery Quantification: Sampling ; Counts, Weights, and Vessel Equivalents
  • pte. 4.Characterization Studies of Pottery: cap. 11.The Color of Ceramic Materials ; cap. 12.Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Pottery: Microestructure ; Porosity ; Hardness and Strength ; Thermal Properties and Stresses ; cap. 13.Mineralogical and Chemical Characterization of Pottery: Mineralogical Analysis: Petrographic Characterization ; X-Ray Diffraction ; Thermal Analysis ; Chemical Analysis: Physical Methods: Optical Emission Spectroscopy ; X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy ; Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy ; Neutron Activation Analysis ; X-Ray Milliprobe ; Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission ; Mössbauer Spectroscopy ; X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy ; cap. 14.Special Topics in Ceramic Characterization Studies: Provenience Studies ; Archaeothermometry: Estimating Firing Temperature ; Dating and Authentication.