Archaeological Ceramics in Thin Section: A Colour Guide

By Patrick Sean Quinn and Peter Martin Day

'Archaeological Ceramics in Thin Section: A Colour Guide' is the first handbook dedicated to thestudy and interpretation of archaeological ceramics in thin section. Using full colourphotomicrographs of ceramic artefacts and accompanying text, the book illustrates the wide range ofpetrographic and microstructural phenomena that occur in ancient ceramics under the microscope. Itassesses the evidence in thin section for the nature and origin of ceramic raw materials andproduction sequence of ancient pottery by referring to published studies, experimental investigationsand observations of ceramic manufacture in traditional societies. The handbook is aimed at researchstudents, scientists and consultants examining pottery and other archaeological ceramic materials inthin section with the polarising microscope.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642154662
• ISBN13: 9783642154669
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 190 Pages