TY - BOOK ID - 14302047 TI - X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) in Geoarchaeology PY - 2011 SN - 1441968857 1461436206 9786612973468 1282973460 1441968865 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Antiquities -- Analysis. KW - Archaeological chemistry. KW - Archaeology -- Methodology. KW - X-ray spectroscopy in archaeology KW - Archaeological geology KW - Archaeology KW - History & Archaeology KW - Methodology KW - Spectrum analysis. KW - Geophysics. KW - Archaeology. KW - Archeology KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Analysis, Spectrum KW - Spectra KW - Spectrochemical analysis KW - Spectrochemistry KW - Spectroscopy KW - Social sciences. KW - Mass spectrometry. KW - Geology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Mass Spectrometry. KW - Anthropology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Interferometry KW - Optics KW - Radiation KW - Wave-motion, Theory of KW - Absorption spectra KW - Light KW - Spectroscope KW - Earth sciences KW - Physics KW - Qualitative KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Natural history KW - Mass spectra KW - Mass spectrograph KW - Mass spectroscopy KW - Mass spectrum analysis KW - Mass (Physics) KW - Nuclear spectroscopy KW - Spectrum analysis KW - X-ray spectroscopy in archaeology. KW - Archaeological geology. KW - Methodology. UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302047 AB - Since the 1960s, x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), both wavelength and energy-dispersive have served as the workhorse for non-destructive and destructive analyses of archaeological materials. Recently eclipsed by other instrumentation such as LA-ICP-MS, XRF remains the mainstay of non-destructive chemical analyses in archaeology, particularly for volcanic rocks, and most particularly for obsidian. In a world where heritage and repatriation issues drive archaeological method and theory, XRF remains an important tool for understanding the human past, and will remain so for decades to come. Currently, there is no comprehensive book in XRF applications in archaeology at a time when the applications of portable XRF and desktop XRF instrumentation are exploding particularly in anthropology and archaeology departments worldwide. The contributors to this volume are at the forefront of the newest applications of XRF to archaeological solutions.  It covers all relevant aspects of the field for those using the newest XRF technologies. ER -