A huge collection of papers on scientific analysis in archaeology from a conference held in Liverpool in 1995. Papers are grouped under ten headings: Scientific analysis of Petrology ( 3 papers ); of Glass ( five papers ); of Ceramics ( 7 papers ); Metallurgy ( 9 papers ); Chronological Studies ( 9 papers ); Dendrochronological Studies ( 3 papers ); The Study of Ancient Enviroments ( 16 papers ); Remote Sensing ( 2 papers ); The Analysis of Human Remains ( 5 papers ) and Perspectives on Human Evolution and Early Hominid Artefacts ( 9 papers ). Subjects studied include Stonehenge dolerites, early Egyptian glass, Greek Archaic transport amphorae, Roman brooches, South Indian bronzes, dendrochronological datings of Viking ships, phytolith analysis from the Indus Valley, Pakistan, the microflora of the Milos catacombs, Greece and Medieval glass making technology.

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• The Scientific Analysis of Artefacts: Petrography
  • Implement petrology: 50 years of service to the archaeological community: R.V. Davis
  • The potential of scanning electron microscope techniques for non-destructive obsidian characterisation and hydration rim dating research: P. Kayani and G. McDonnell
  • Detailed provenancing of the Stonehenge dolerites using reflected light petrography: a return to the light: R.A. Ixer
• The Scientific Analysis of Artefacts: Glass
  • Assessment of post-excavation systems for archaeological glass using FT-IR microscopy: N. Earl and D.E. Watkinson
  • Medieval glass making technology: the corrosive nature of glass: I. Merchant, J. Henderson, D. Crossley and M. Cable
  • Non-invasive revelation of precious metal decoration in glass beads: L. Blek and G. Gilmore
  • Medieval windows: what can chemical analysis tell us?: P. Mills and G.A. Cox
  • Early glass and glazing in Egypt: new excavations at Tell el-Amarna: P.T. Nicholson
• The Scientific Analysis of Artefacts: Ceramics
  • The chemical analysis of archaeological ceramics at the inter-regional level: the case of early Iron Age Cyprus: N. Brodle
  • Trade between Kommos, Crete and East Greece: a petrographic sudy of Archaic transport amphorae: C.A. de Domingo and A.W. Johnston
  • Petrography of Parthian ceramics: M. Eiland
  • Neutron activation analysis of Italian Maiolica and other Medieval Italian ceramics: M. Hughes, H. Blake, J. Hurst and T. Wilson
  • Byzantine and Frankish cooking wares at Corinth, Greece: changes in diet, style and raw material exploitation: L. Joyner
  • The early Iron Age kiln at Torone, Greece: geological diversity and definition of control groups: I.K. Whitbread, R.E. Jones and J. Papadopoulos
  • Provenancing of prehistoric and Roman pottery using petrographic and mineralogical analysis: case studies from North Wales: J. Williams and D. Jenkins
• The Scientific Analysis of Artefacts: Metallurgy
  • The composition and decoration of Roman Brooches: J. Bayley and S. Butcher
  • Silver refining: production, recycling and assaying: J. Bayley and K. Eckstein
  • The application of metallurgical analyses in numismatics: some cautionary tales: S. Bean
  • Early Islamic steel manufacture in Merv: D.R. Griffiths, A.M. Feuerbach and J.F. Merkel
  • A methodology for punchmark analysis using electron microscopy: C. Mortimer and M. Stoney
  • Lead isotope analysis and the Great Orme mine: E.C. Joel, J.J. Taylor, R.A. Ixer and M. Goodway
  • Ageing processes in gold-copper-silver alloys: A.I. Seruya and D.R. Griffiths
  • The composition of bronze slags from Kayladi, South India and implications for the problem of tin in South Indian bronzes: S. Srinivasan
  • From gold ores to artefacts in the British Isles: a preliminary study of a new LA-ICP-MS analytical approach: J.J. Taylor, R.J. Watling, C.A. Shell, R.A. Ixer, R.J. Chapman, R.B. Warner and M. Cahill
• Chronological Studies
  • Luminescence dating of first millenium be ceramics: S. Barnett
  • Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the Uffington White Horse: J. Rees-Jones
  • Optical dating of archaeological ceramics: L. Shepherd
  • Age estimation of materials with high Keratin content based on cystine and cysteic acid content: J. Csapo, Zs. Csapo-Kiss, L. Kolto and S. Nemethy
  • Uranium-series dating of fossil Nile Oyster from a Palaeolithic site, Mweya, Uganda: T. Brown, A.G. Latham, J.A.J. Gowlett and S. Luboga
  • Age-depth relationships in the radiocarbon dates from Sanghao Cave, Pakistan: M. Farid Khan and J.A.J. Gowlett
  • Uranium-series dating of flowstones from the Great Orme mine: H. King
  • A possible err or in amino acid dating: Zs. Csapo-Kiss, J. Csapo, L. Kolto and S. Nemethy
  • Bayesian estimation of age differences using stratigraphic order: R. Curl and A.Latham
• Dendrochronological Studies
  • Dendrochronological datings of the viking age ship burials at Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune, Norway: some new results: N. Bonde
  • Where does the timber come from? Dendrochronological evidence of the timber trade in Northern Europe: 14th to 17th Centuries AD: N. Bonde, I. Tyers and T. Wazny
  • The dating and provenancing of imported conifer timbers in England: the initiation of a research project: C. Groves
• The Study of Ancient Environments
  • A qualitative approach to dental microwear analysis: I. Mainland
  • Soil pollen analysis: a new approach to understanding the stratigraphic integrity of data: R. Tipping, S. Carter, D. Davidson, D. Long and A. Tyler
  • Investigations into waterlogged burial environments: C. Caple and D. Dungworth
  • Myth, manipulation and myopia in the study of Mediterranean soil erosion: G.H. Endfield
  • Agricultural terraces in Livadi, Thessaly, Greece: A. Krahtopoulou
  • The palaeohydrology of a river basin in the English Lake District: an interim view: T. Clare
  • A plant macrofossil investigation of a submerged forest: A. Clapham, T. Clare and D. Wilkinson
  • Holocene development of the Seton Coast: a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the archaeology: S. Gonzalez, D. Hubbart and G. Roberts
  • Phosphorous redistribution in cave sediments from the Lower Palaeolithic cave site of Pontnewydd: D. Jenkins
  • The ecological crisis on the North Black Sea coast in the 2nd to 1st centuries BC: Y. Ivaschenko
  • Phytolith analysis from the Indus Valley site of Kot Diji (Sind, Pakistan): M. Madella
  • The temple at Epikourious Apollo (Greece): consequences of the protection work on its microflora: A. Pantazidou, M. Roussomoustakaki and P. Theolakis
  • The microflora of the Milos Catacombs (Greece): A. Pantazidou, M. Roussomoustakaki and C. Urzi
  • Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of the Crimea in Ancient and Medieval times: A. Sazanov
  • Microfauna in Anglo-Saxon graves: entomological evidence at Boss Hall and the Butter Market, Ipswich: G. Turner-Walker and C.J. Scull
  • The historical and archaeological “spin-off” from heavy metal environmental research in the Peak District: L. Willies and J. Maskall
• Remote Sensing
  • Appropriate geophysics and excavation strategy: from mud brick to masonry in the East Mediterranean region: C.A. Shell
  • The impact of resolution on the interpretation of archaeological prospection data: A. Schmidt and A. Marshall
• The Analysis of Human Remains
  • Age determination via measurement of amino acid racemization in dental tissue: V. Carolan, M.L. Gardner and A.M. Pollard
  • Chemical study of degraded dentine by resolution enhanced infra-red spectroscopy: D. Lucy and A.M. Pollard
  • A survey of European human bone stable Carbon and Nitrogen isotope values: M.P. Richards and G.J. van Klinken
  • The ecological influence on human microevolution and culture: a study of ancient Greek pouplations around Mount Pindos: G. Panagiaris, A. Hassiacou and S.K. Manolis
  • A Taphonomic study of the human remains from Christchurch, Spitalfields: M. Tiley-Baxter
• Perspectives on Human Evolution and Early Hominid Artefacts
  • Approaches to the analysis of evidence from the Acheulean site of Beeches Pit, Suffolk, England: S.A. Andresen, D.A. Bell, J. Hallos, T.R.J. Pumphrey and J.A.J. Gowlett
  • Are the Sangoan and the Axheulean ‘industrial complexes’ distinct?: J.L. Cormack
  • The Acheulean and the Sahara: allometric comparisons between North and East African sites: R.H. Crompton and J.A.J. Gowlett
  • Running before they could walk? Locomotor adaptation and bipedalism in early hominids: R.H. Crompton and L. Yu
  • Technology and morphology: does one follow the other?: S. Crompton
  • Sexual dmorphism in the mandible of Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens: morphological patterns and behavioural implication: P.S. Quinney and M. Collard
  • The mechanical significance of “thick” enamel in early hominoids: I. Spears and R.H. Crompton
  • Shape and size in the study of older Palaeolithic stone flake inventories: T. Weber
  • Grades and the evolutionary history of early African hominids: B. Wood and M. Collard