Science and the Past /

Science and the Past / / Sheridan Bowman.

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The ancient artifacts so carefully restored and exhibited in museums open vast windows to our understanding of humanity's past. But for every question an artefact can answer about an earlier civilization, a dozen more are raised. How long ago was this made, with what techniques, and of what mat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Bowman, Sheridan,
MitwirkendeR:
Bowman, Sheridan,
Cowell, Michael,
Craddock, Paul,
Freestone, Ian,
Hughes, Michael,
Jones, Lea,
La Niece, Susan,
Main, Peter,
Middleton, Andrew,
Wilson, David,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1991
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • List of Colour Plates
  • 1. The Emergence of Scientific Inquiry into the Past
  • 2. Ceramics: Materials for all reasons
  • 3. Looking into Glass
  • 4. Mining and Smelting in Antiquity
  • 5. Metalwork: Artifice and artistry
  • 6. Tracing to Source
  • 7. Questions of Chronology
  • 8. Spotting the Fakes
  • 9. Computing and Mathematics: Putting two and two together
  • 10. Computerising the Collections: The art of successful flea handling
  • Glossary
  • Index

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