Applications of Geochemistry in Archaeology
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2023) | Viewed by 8683
Special Issue Editors
Interests: archaeological science; chemical elements; archaeological materials; analytical chemistry
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Interests: applied petrography; urban geology; environmental mineralogy; geomaterials; clays and clay minerals; cultural heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
During recent decades, the development of geochemical methods to characterize archaeological materials and potential sources has been constantly expanding, due to the limitations of an approach based only on naked-eye observation, becoming a well-established practice in archaeological research. Indeed, the identification of raw material provenance for archaeological artefacts is a key source of evidence for a better understanding of the mobility of human groups from the past. The geochemical identification and characterization of raw material, as previously carried out in several studies, and the connection between raw material and archaeological artefacts have been fundamental to reconstruct aspects such as settlement dynamics, exchanges and patterns of raw material exploitation, and manufacturing processes.
Spectroscopic techniques such as ultraviolet-visible and infrared spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and mass spectrometry, among others, have been employed to study archaeological remains.
This Special Issue covers a wide range of destructive and non-destructive analytical techniques used for characterizing the mineralogical and elemental compositions of archaeological remains and raw materials, attempting to find answers to questions of provenance, manufacturing, deposition and material conservation.
We are also open to studies combining spectroscopic techniques and other such methods, such as microscopic approaches. Works cross-referencing analytical data and classic archaeological methods are also welcome. Finally, manuscripts that open the floor to debate on the development of innovative methodological approaches and the quality of the obtained data will be valuable to this collection.
Dr. Gianni Gallello
Prof. Dr. Marco Lezzerini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geochemistry
- applied petrography
- spectroscopy
- microscopy
- stable isotopes
- archaeological remains
- statistics
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