Archaeology Meets Science: Biomolecular Investigations in Bronze Age Greece: The Primary Scientific Evidence 1997 - 2003
by Tzedakis, Yannis; Martlew, Holley; Jones, Martin K.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-30
Publisher(s): David Brown Book Co
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Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Archaeology Meets Science: The Background by Yannis Tzedakis and Holley Martlew | |
| Dates and List of the Exhibitions | |
| Map of Central and Eastern Mediterranean | |
| Chronological Chart | |
| Organic Residue Analysis / Ceramic Artefacts | |
| Introduction to the History of Organic Residue Analysis | p. 2 |
| Certainty and Doubt in Organic Residue Analysis | p. 5 |
| Methods and Primary Evidence for Analytical Results / Ceramic Artefacts / Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites | |
| Analysis of Organic Remains in the Fabric of Minoan and Mycenaean Pottery Sherds by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry | p. 12 |
| Absorbed Organic Residues in Pottery from the Minoan Settlement of Pseira, Crete | p. 48 |
| Organic Residue Analysis: Pseira | p. 74 |
| Organic Residue Analysis: Chrysokamino | p. 87 |
| Chrysokamino: Occupational Health and the Earliest Medicines on Crete | p. 108 |
| Organic Residue Analysis of Ceramics from the Neolithic Cave of Gerani, West Crete | p. 121 |
| Organic Residues in Pottery of the Bronze Age in Greece | p. 125 |
| Alternative Approaches to Organic Residue Analysis: The Early Helladic Cemetery at Kalamaki; the Mycenaean Settlement on Salamis; the Late Helladic Cemetery at Sykia; Vivara, Settlement of Punta d'Alaca, Bay of Naples, Italy | p. 144 |
| Atypical Calcium Carbonate Precipitates in Narrow-necked Late Helladic Jars: A Potential Indicator of Organic Residues | p. 163 |
| The Chemical Identification of Resinated Wine and a Mixed Fermented Beverage in Bronze Age Pottery Vessels of Greece | p. 169 |
| Methods and Primary Evidence for Stable Isotope Analysis Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites / Skeletal Material | |
| Stable Isotope Evidence of Past Human Diet at the Sites of the Neolithic Cave of Gerani; the Late Minoan III Cemetery of Armenoi; Grave Circles A and B at the Palace Site of Mycenae; and Late Helladic Chamber Tombs | p. 220 |
| Stable Isotope Results from New Sites in the Peloponnese: Cemeteries at Sykia, Kalamaki and Spaliarcika | p. 231 |
| Lessons for the Future | |
| Protocols: Ceramic Artefacts and Skeletal Material | p. 236 |
| Biomolecular Archaeology in the Aegean Context: Problems and Prospects | p. 238 |
| Site Descriptions and Catalogue Entries | |
| Introduction | p. 244 |
| Chrysokamino, An Early Minoan Smelting Site on the Northeast Coast of Crete | p. 245 |
| The Early Helladic Cemetery at Kalamaki in the Northwest Peloponnese | p. 249 |
| The Late Helladic Cemetery of Portes in the Northwest Peloponnese | p. 250 |
| Pseira, A Minoan Settlement on an Islet off the Northeast Coast of Crete | p. 251 |
| The Mycenaean Settlement on the Island of Salamis in the Saronic Gulf | p. 263 |
| The Mycenaean Cemetery at Sykia in Laconia, Southeast Peloponnese | p. 269 |
| Vivara, Settlement of Punta d'Alaca, Bay of Naples, Italy | p. 273 |
| Concordance of Exhibition Catalogue | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 295 |
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