Archaeometry – Using Scientific Techniques to Answer Questions in Archaeology
Dr. Michael D. Glascock, Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Missouri-Columbia
Archaeometry involves the application of scientific techniques and methodologies in the laboratory or in the field to investigate research questions of interest to archaeology. The range of archaeometry research includes the following major themes: (1) prospection; (2) dating; (3) conservation; (4) materials characterization; and (5) provenance/sourcing. Archaeologists can obtain significant information using these methods such that archaeometry has the potential to alter our understanding of the past. Dr. Glascock is Group Leader of the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the 2009 recipient of the Fryxell Award for Interdisciplinary Research from the Society for American Archaeology. His laboratory is the world’s leading laboratory in the application of chemical characterization methods to archaeological materials for provenance/sourcing research. Dr. Glasscock will describe some of the techniques employed in archaeometry and discuss a few of the recent research discoveries made in his laboratory. For more information on the MU Archaeometry Lab, see http://archaeometry.missouri.edu/information.html.
When: 7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Where: MSU, Center for Archaeological Research, 622 S. Kimbrough (next to Subway) (417) 836-5363
Sponsored by:
- Anthropology Program, Missouri State University, Springfield
- Missouri Archaeological Society, Ozarks Chapter
meh, new world stuff
Hi there, son of Aegeus!
You might give the New World stuff a try – a nice change of scenery from where you’ve been sitting around as of late.
I concur, sometimes new world stuff can be worth it!
I also found the new world/new age scientific techniques were not all that foreign to me.
There are still many applicable areas they can be used.
Scientific Techniques applied over the correct area and time can produce amplifications of effects such as these.
Great post I will be sharing it with my co workers today!
Thanks so much for giving everyone remarkably remarkable opportunity to check tips from this blog. It is always so fantastic plus jam-packed with fun for me and my office fellow workers to visit your web site at a minimum thrice in 7 days to study the newest guidance you have. And lastly, I’m just certainly astounded concerning the beautiful tricks you serve. Some two ideas in this post are completely the most beneficial I have had.