TECHNOLOGY
PART 2: How pots are studied
| Index: | |||||
| A. | Introduction | ||||
| A.1. | Problems of the "Samarra Horizon" | ||||
| A.2. | Select Bibliography on Samarra | ||||
| B. | Scientific Approaches | ||||
| B.1. | Methods of Analysis: | ||||
| a. | Destructive methods | ||||
| b. | Non-destructive methods | ||||
| c. | Methods of Dating | ||||
| B.2. | Case studies utilising some of the above methods: | ||||
| a. | An investigation into Abul-Qasims treatise on ceramics | ||||
| b. | Robert Masons petrographic studies on early Iraqi wares | ||||
| c. | (Xero)Radiography: Applications in Museums | ||||
| B.3. | Select Bibliography on Scientific Approaches | ||||
| C. | Ethnographic Approaches | ||||
| C.1. | Applications to questions of stylistic groupings | ||||
| C.2. | Experiments in archaeology: | ||||
| a. | Alan Caiger-Smith | ||||
| b. | Investigations into Abul-Qasims treatise (continued) | ||||
| c. | Experiments with an ancient potters wheel | ||||
| C.3. | Select Bibliography on Ethnographic Approaches | ||||
| D. | Other theories and approaches | ||||
| E. | Combined Bibliographies | ||||
| F. | Study Guides | ||||
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