ArchaeoAnalytics : chromatography and DNA analysis in archaeology

• Type: Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Oliveira, César (Editor) FLUP; Morais, Rui (Editor) FLUP; Morillo Cerdán, Ángel (Editor) Other

Publisher

Município de Esposende

Esposende

Scientific classification

FOS: Humanities

Other information

Abstract (EN): The study on archaeological evidence has evolved over the years and it is noticeable the major advances on the identification of organic products associated to archaeological artefacts, mainly ceramic vessels. This is a poorly divulged theme, traditionally supported by classical sources that sometimes specify the contents of some objects, namely of amphorae. One of the ways found to gather more information has been the association with other scientific areas, as chemistry and biology and with the help of these sciences, the trace remains conserved in archaeological artefacts have been identified. These themes have been approached by several research teams throughout the last few years. Unfortunately, until very recently in Portugal little work has been done on these fields, making almost impossible the recollection and analysis of this type of data by archaeologists. The idea of publishing this book arose during the ArchaeoAnalytics meeting that took place in Esposende in September 2014, where both foreign and Portuguese researchers have joint to publicize and divulge these work methods ina archaeology. This book collects the contribution of different researchers that have attended the meeting and presented the major breakthroughs made by the collective projects they have been involved in. The research works here presented are grouped in three main themes. The first group gathers contributions mainly focused on General Problematics and Results, while the second and third parts are directed to Case Studies. More specifically, the second part consists of papers engaged on the use of Chromatographic Techniques in Archaeological Studies, whereas on the third part are collected research works on DNA and Archaeozoological Studies in Archaeology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Disponível em: http://www.academia.edu/19097216/ARCHAEOANALYTICS_-_CHROMATOGRAPHY_AND_DNA_ANALYSIS_IN_ARCHAEOLOGY

No. of pages: 254

ISBN: 978-989-99468-1-1