Ivory Eastern

Baer, N. S. and N. Indictor (1974), Chemical investigations of ancient Near Eastern archaeology ivory artifacts, in Beck, C. W. (ed.), Archaeological Chemistry, Advances in Chemistry Series, Vol. 1, ACS, Washington, DC, pp. 241-251. 

Chemical Investigations of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Ivory Artifacts... 

Table VIII. Comparison of Composite" Values for Analyses of Excavated Ancient Near Eastern Ivory Specimens with Specimens of Unknown Provenance...

Related Problems. The first question to be resolved in examining an Ancient Near Eastern ivory object of unknown provenance is its antiquity. Perhaps equally significant is the question of assignment to a specific archaeological site. This problem, as yet unexplored, may ultimately depend on the study of trace element distributions for its technical resolution. 

Ancient Near Eastern Ivories in the British Museum, British Museum, London, 1957. 

Ancient Near Eastern Ivory Artifacts III. Fluorine and Nitrogen Composition, Adv. Chem. Ser. (1978) 171,139. 

Tn a recent study we examined samples taken from ivory artifacts exca-vated at Hasanlu, Acem Hiiyiik, and Nimrud. Elemental analyses were obtained for carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen (I). The results for specimens of known provenance were used to develop preliminary criteria for Ancient Near Eastern archaeological ivory artifacts of uncertain provenance. The useful results obtained in that work suggested an extension of similar observations to other excavation sites in the Ancient Near East (Megiddo and Khorsabad). The range of analyses was extended to include fluorine. 

Additional Methods of Analysis. Racemization studies (11,12,13) hold considerable promise for the dating of ancient bone samples. If the diflBculties of shorter time span compared with those already studied, limited sample universe, and nonuniform burial conditions can be overcome, the application of this procedure to Ancient Near Eastern ivory specimens would be useful. Also of interest is the possibility (19,20,21,... 

Hofmann P., Wagner T., and Beckmann B. (2003) Millennial-to centennial-scale record of African climate variability and organic carbon accumulation in the Coniacian-Santonian eastern tropical Atlantic (Ocean Drilling Program Site 959, off Ivory Coast and Ghana). Geology 31, 135-138. 

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