Portable Digital Microscope: Atlas of Ceramic Pastes - Components, Texture and Technology
- 132 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Focusing on the innovative use of portable digital microscopes, this manual serves as a comprehensive guide for analyzing archaeological ceramics both in the field and laboratory settings. It features a geological atlas format, detailing common minerals and lithic fragments in ancient ceramic pastes, aiding archaeologists in identification. The book outlines an analysis protocol, offers suggestions for granulometric and digital image analyses, and is richly illustrated with color images. It is an essential reference for those studying and classifying archaeological ceramics.
