Front Cover
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
PART I: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION: APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TO ARCHAEOLOGY
PREPARATIVE METHODS, REPLICATING, AND VIEWING OF UNCOATED MATERIALS
BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL
PART II: ARCHAEOMETALLURGY
SEM AND MICROPROBE ANALYSIS: COMPLEMENTARY METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
METALWORKING TOOLS AND WORKSHOP PRACTICES: INTERPRETATION OF WORKED METAL SURFACES VIA SILICONE RUBBER MOULDS
THE IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS PRESERVED BY METAL CORROSION PRODUCTS
PART III: POTTERY
IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSOIL INCLUSIONS IN POMONA CERAMICS
PART IV: STONE ARTIFACTS AND MINERALOGY
QUARTZ GRAINS STUDIES: ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
CHEMICAL ETCHING OF WEAR FEATURES ON EXPERIMENTAL QUARTZ TOOLS
THE USE OF RESIN REPLICAS FOR THE STUDY OF LITHIC USE-WEAR
STUDY OF UPPER PALEOLITHIC AND EPIPALEOLITHIC ENGRAVED PEBBLES
PART V: PLANT MATERIALS
METHODS USED IN CHARCOAL ANALYSIS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOODS USED IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIMES AND THE PRESENT FUELWOOD CRISIS
SEM AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF MICRO-MORPHOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF DOMESTICATION IN SEED PLANTS
THE SEM AND SEED IDENTIFICATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE VICIEAE
SCANNING ELECTRON STUDIES OF THE CELL PATTERNS OF THE PERICARP LAYERS OF SOME WILD WHEATS AND RYES. METHODS AND PROBLEMS
PART VI: ANIMAL MATERIALS
THE DETECTION OF DIAGENETIC CHANGES IN NON-MARINE SHELLS PRIOR TO THEIR SUBMISSION FOR 14C DATING
THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND THE STUDY OF ANCIENT TEETH
ACTUALISTIC STUDIES OF ANIMAL RESOURCES AND HOMINID ACTIVITIES
ACTUALISTIC SEM STUDIES ON THE MAKAPANSGAT LIMEWORKS GREY BRECCIA BONE ASSEMBLAGE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA
Bone Tools: An Experimental Approach
THE IDENTIFICATION OF STONE AND METAL TOOL MARKS ON BONE ARTIFACTS
PART VII: HOMINID REMAINS
FLUORIDE CONTENT AND MICROWEAR OF TEETH IN THE PENINJ AUSTRALOPITHECUS
A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DENTAL CALCULUS
BUCCAL STRIATIONS ON THE HOMINID ANTERIOR TEETH FROM ATAPUERCA (SPAIN)
THE OCCURRENCE OF INTERPROXIMAL ABRASION GROOVES IN SOME IRISH POPULATIONS