ARCHAEOMETRY and APPLICATIONS

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ARCHAEOMETRY and APPLICATIONS

• Füsun Okyar
• 2007

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Archaeometry/Archaeological Science Scientific
tools techniques used in the analysis of
archaeological materials
Our focus will be -Advances in physical,
chemical and material science applications in
archaeology -The integration of results for the
resolution of archaeological problems
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• Interface between archaeology-natural science and
  physical sciences
• Interdisciplinary
• Requires close collaboration between
  archaeologist, art historian,
• curators, scientist

• Archaeometric Applications range from
• Archaeological fieldwork
• Conservation of museum objects and historical
  monuments
• Provenance ( location where it was made) studies
  
• Production technology of ceramics, etc

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• This course is designed to familiarize you
• with the Scientific Methods
• used as tools
• to solve archaeometric problems
• What is it?
• How old is it?
• How has it been made?
• Was it made locally? Or did it come to the
  site by trade?

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Our Lecture Calender Recommended reading is
already on the WEB, KEY journals include
Archaeometry, Arcaeological Science
E_mail fusun.okyar_at_mam.gov.tr
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Major topics include Dating Analysis and
characterisation of artefacts Non destructive
analysis
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Some goals For You To synthesize an overview
How Scientific Tools and Techniques are applied
to archaeology
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Seramik nasil yapilmisti? Kullanilan hammaddeler
nelerdi? Nasil üretilmisti? Ne zaman
üretilmisti? Nerede yapilmisti?
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provide insights into the past by applying
scientific techniques to answer questions such
as How old is it? Where does it come
from? What is it made of? How was it made?
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• Historical Development
• The term Archaeometry certainly older than its
  name
• 1958 a journal was published with this name,
• But application of physical methods goes back to
  19th century and
• Chemistry was employed even earlier.
• 1800 Chemical analysis started on glass, pigments
  and metal alloys
• for weapons and coins
• Physics entered the field in 1896, when X-rays
  used to study
• lead pigments
• Röentgen has already recognized by that his novel
  rays could be
• applied to detect fakes
• Major step pioneered in archaeometry by Scollar
  since about 1976
• was image processing By computer
• 1946 Atkinson in Oxford
• 1958 Magnetic prospection
• Probing radar

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1936 The oldest dating technique is
archaeomagnetism pioneered by
Thellier 1940 Radiocarbon dating, the first
potassium argon dating 1953 Termoluminesans
dating (TL) was proposed, 1970 Precise
measurement procedures were developed in TL 1962
Fission track dating was introduced 1967
ESR 1980 Accelerator mass spectrometer improved
the potential of the radiocarbon dating
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Analysis Area 1 Sn rich solder material
A244 Flake 4
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