Environmental archaeology

A good LC/MS instrument routinely provides a means for obtaining the identities and amounts of mixture components rapidly and efficiently. It is not unusual to examine micrograms or less of materia). LC/MS is used in a wide range of applications, including environmental, archaeological, medical, forensic, and space sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, and control boards for athletics and horse racing. 

This volume is the fifth in the Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science series by the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS). The piupose of this series is to provide siunmaries of advances in various topics in archaeometry, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, preservation technology, and museum conservation. 

Branch, N., M. Canti, P. Clark, C. Turney, and A. Hodder (2005), Environmental Archaeology Theoretical and Practical Approaches, Arnold, London. 

GC/MS is used in a wide range of applications, including environmental, archaeological, medical, forensic, and space sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, and control boards for athletics and horse racing. 

Dincauze, Dena F. 2000. Environmental Archaeology Principles and Practice. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 

Dugmore, Andrew J., Anthony J. Newton, Gunin Larsen and Gordon T. Cook. 2000. Tephrochronology, Environmental Change and the Norse Settlement of Iceland. Environmental Archaeology 5 21-34. 

Schwarcz HP, Blackwell BA (1992) Archaeological apphcations. In Uranium-series disequilibrium Applications to Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences. Ivanovich M, Harmon RS (eds) Oxford University Press, Oxford, p 513-552... 

Most wood is durable and, under favorable environmental conditions, can last for extremely long periods of time. This is why in most areas of the world wood remains from all periods are often found in archaeological sites. Like all materials, however, wood is susceptible to weathering and biodegradation. 

Schwarcz, H. R and B. Blackwell (1991), Archaeological applications, in Ivanovich, M. and R. S. Harmon (eds.), Uranium Series Disequilibrium Applications to Environmental Problems, 2nd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 513-552. 

M. Regert, S. Colinart, L. Degrand, O. Decavallas, Chemical alteration and use of beeswax through time accelerated ageing tests and analysis of archaeological samples from various environmental contexts, Archaeometry, 43, 549 569 (2001). 

E. Wild, R. Golser, P. Hille, W. Kutschera, A. Priller, S. Puchegger, W. Rom, P. Steier and W. Vycudilik, First 14C results from archaeological and forensic studies at the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Radiocarbon 40, 273 281 (1998). 

Butzer, K.W. 2005. Environmental history in the Mediterranean world Cross-disciplinary investigation of cause-and-effect for degradation and soil erosion. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32, 1773-1800. 

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