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Ref ID: 21384
Ref Type: Book (Edited)
Editors: Ehrenreich, Robert
Title: Metals in society: theory beyond analysis
Date: 1991
Source: MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Publisher: MASCA, the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Notes: Description: Archaeologists often can be bemused by archaeometric techniques and query their relevance to mainstream archaeological theory. The authors of the six papers in this volume show how the examination of metal artifacts can be used to formulate archaeological models for culture contact, ritual-artifact use, dating, and craft specialization.
Date Created: 4/20/2015