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ACS Books Department In Archaeological Chemistry; Glascock, M., el al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2007. Table of Contents Preface Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff xi 1 Expanding the Range of Electron Spin Resonance Dating Anne R. Skinner, Bonnie A. B. Blackwell, Maysun M. Hasan, and Joel I. B. Blickstein 1-14 2 Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America Christel M. Baldia and Kathryn A. Jakes 15-43 3 Infrared Examination of Fiber and Particulate Residues from Archaeological Textiles Kathryn A. Jakes, Christel M. Baldia, and Amanda J. Thompson 44-77 4 Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Archaeological Specimens Brian M. Kemp, Cara Monroe, and David Glenn Smith 78-98 5 Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origins of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis at the Wari Site of Conchopata Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung 99-113 6 Interpreting Stable Isotopic Analyses: Case Studies on Sardinian Prehistory Luca Lai, Robert H. Tykot, Jessica F. Beckett, Rosalba Floris, Ornella Fonzo, Elena Usai, Maria Rosaria Manunza, Ethan Goddard, and David Hollander 114-136 7 Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and Isotopic Evidence Michael W. Gregg, Rhea Brettell, and Benjamin Stern 137-151 8 Surface Analysis of a Black Deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho Reshmi Perumplavil and Ruth Ann Armitage 152-166 9 Shell Bead Sourcing: A Comparison of Two Techniques on Olivella biplicata Shells and Beads from Western North America Jelmer W. Eerkens, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Howard J. Spero, Ryoji Shiraki, and Gregory S. Herbert 167-193 10 Archaeological Soils and Sediments: Application of Microfocus Synchrotron X-ray Scattering, Diffraction, and Fluorescence Analyses in Thin-Section W. Paul Adderley, Ian A. Simpson, Raymond Barrett, and Timothy J. Wess 194-209 11 Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma— Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas E. Christian Wells, Claire Novotny, and James R. Hawken 210-230 12 Chemical Composition of Song Dynasty, Chinese, Copper-Based Coins via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Jessica Misner, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto 231-245 13 Elemental Compositions of Herodian Prutah, Copper Coins—of the Biblical "Widow's Mites" Series—via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Meghann Mouyianis, Jeffe Boats, and Mark A. Benvenuto 246-257 14 Chemical Composition of the Isfiya and Qumran Coin Hoards Michael Notis, Aaron Shugar, Danny Herman, and Donald T. Ariel 258-274 15 Selected Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry to Archaeological Research Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, Robert H. Tykot, Christophe Descantes, Jennifer J. Thatcher, Craig E. Skinner, and Kyra M. Lienhop 275-296 16 Evaluating the Precision Requirements for Isotope Ratio Determination of Archaeological Materials Using Laser Ablation—Time-of-Flight—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry: Increasing Ratio Precision John V. Dudgeon, Hector Neff, Andrew "Flynn" Saint, and William Balsanek 297-310 17 Lead Isotope Analysis of Roman Carthage Curse Tablets Sheldon Skaggs 311-335 18 Laser Ablation—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy Artifacts Laure Dussubieux 336-348 19 Laser Ablation—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics Laure Dussubieux, Mark Golitko, Patrick Ryan Williams, and Robert J. Speakman 349-363 20 Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City Ruth Ann Armitage, Leah Minc, Silas Hurry, and Melissa Doolin 364-375 21 Characterization of 15th-16th Century Majolica Pottery Found on the Canary Islands Javier Garcia Iñañez, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigós, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Elena Sosa Suárez 376-398 22 Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel David Ben-Shlomo 399-421 23 The Technology of Mesopotamian Ceramic Glazes David V. Hill, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Hector Neff 422-446 24 Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry Nicole C. Little, Timothy J. Scarlett, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Christopher W. Merritt 447-459 25 Fingerprinting Specular Hematite from Mines in Botswana, Southern Africa Adam V. Kiehn, George A. Brook, Michael D. Glascock, Jonathan Z. Dake, Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell, and Michael L. Murphy 460-479 26 Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Nathan Craig, Michael D. Glascock, J. David Robertson, Mark Aldenderfer, and Robert J. Speakman 480-505 27 Feasibility of Field-Portable XRF to Identify Obsidian Sources in Central Petén, Guatemala Leslie G. Cecil, Matthew D. Moriarty, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock 506-521 28 Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in Peru: Descriptions and Geochemistry Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Richard L. Burger 522-552 Indexes Author Index 555-556 Subject Index 557-571 Preface Archaeological chemistry is an interdisciplinary field of archae ological research in which techniques and approaches from the chemical, biological, physical, geological, and statistical sciences are employed to extract more information from the material record of past human activity. The range of research conducted is so broad that any attempt to describe the field in a comprehensive summary is difficult. Major developments within archaeological chemistry have relied on the development and improvement of new techniques and procedures in conjunction with their application to significant archaeological problems. The symposium upon which this book is based was held at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-27, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. The chapters included in this volume were selected from the oral presentations at the symposium to demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of archaeological chemistry. The editors felt that it was important for the papers in this volume to describe an archae ological problem, to explain the analytical techniques and procedures used to investigate the problem, and most importantly to present an interpretation of their results for appreciation by archaeologists, chem ists, and others. Michael D. Glascock Research Reactor Center University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 Robert J. Speakman Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899 xi In Archaeological Chemistry; Glascock, M., el al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2007.